Advice and Information for Health Service Users

National Workshop Friends Meeting HouseAlbert Square Manchester

Tuesday 11th July 2000

for health and advice workers, researchers, and commissioners

Are advice and information services an effective tool against deprivation?
What do we need to run an effective information service in a health centre?
Can we demonstrate health gain from advice services?
Can we use medical time effectively to get the right benefits to the right people?
Do we want a Citizen's Advice Bureau in every surgery?
Can Primary Care participate effectively in the Community Legal Service?
Geographical Information Systems: - Can we supply effective information through the Internet?

Speakers and workshop leaders:

Judith Emanuel Lecturer in Education for Primary Health Care Univ of Manchester
Stephen Abbott Health and Community Care Research Unit, University of Liverpool
Clive Martin Ferret Information Systems
Mike Green, Chair of South Manchester PCT
Martin Rathfelder Development Director Socialist Health Association
Jean Dunkley Former member of the Legal Aid Board
Edna Robinson Manchester Salford and Trafford Health Action Zone
Dave Butler Manchester Geomatics
Jeremy Vane Sandwell CAB