Conferences
Our conferences are set up to encourage participation, discussion, and debate among those attending. We try to get a mix of research, politics, practice and debate.
We attract very mixed audiences: patients, campaigners, councillors and politicians, academics, people from voluntary and sometimes commercial organisations and those who work in the NHS. Some are very well informed and some are not. We ask our speakers to make no assumptions about what people know, and we expect them to deal with questions of all kinds.We do our best to enable people with special needs to participate, but we are a small organisation with limited resources. Please let us know in advance if you think we may have to make special arrangements for you. We always arrange vegetarian food and we do not normally book premises which a person in a wheelchair could not get into. We operate an environmental policy.
If there is a record of proceedings of our past conferences it will be listed below, but events which did not generate a record are not usually listed.
2020 Health Children's Health under the Coalition Government Saturday 3rd March Bradford
Does the NHS run better without an Internal Market? Saturday 4th February Cardiff
What does NHS Reform mean for Milton Keynes? Friday 20th January
What does NHS Reform mean for West London? Thursday 19th January Ealing
What can we learn from past NHS reorganisations? Manchester Monday 16th January
2011
- The Future of the Hospital Tuesday 22nd November London
- Councils and Health - New Challenges Wednesday 16th November London
- Health & Welfare under the Coalition Tuesday 27th September Liverpool
- Health Inequality in 2011 Monday 25th July Manchester
- Contracts, Commissioning and Conflicts Wednesday 20th July London
- Prescription for a Healthy Britain - tackling the housing and health divide Monday 13th June London
- NHS……going, going, gone? Thursday 14th April Southport
- The Sharp End of the Big Society Tuesday 22nd March London
- Conservative Health Policy - what does it mean for the NHS? London Tuesday 25th January
2010
- What would make GP commissioning work? Manchester Tuesday 14th December
- Can market forces make the NHS more efficient? London Tuesday 30th November
- What does the coalition mean for the health of the North East? Newcastle Saturday 16th October
- A Socialist Health Strategy London Saturday 4th September
- Labour Leadership Health Hustings Liverpool Tuesday 31st August
- Valuing a diverse workforce in the NHS Coventry Saturday 10th July
- Food and Health Manchester 29th June
- Current issues in Health Inequality London Tuesday 13th April
- Debate on Markets and Health London Wednesday 17th March
- Foundation Trusts, Democracy and Public Ownership London Friday 5th March
- Inequality and Mental Health London Tuesday 9th February
2009
- Lessons from Stafford London Tuesday 6th October
- What Outcome Measures matter to patients? Birmingham Thursday 24th September
- Health inequalities - the Scottish experience and response Edinburgh Saturday 27th June
- Dignity in Old Age Corby Friday 5th June
- A More Efficient NHS in more difficult times? London Wednesday 20th May
- Fair Deal for Mental Illness Coventry Saturday 16th May
- Somali Health Day Manchester Saturday 25th April
- Free Prescription Charges in England London 23rd March
- Patients Crossing Borders London 19th January
2008
- Primary health care - the heart of a health system Cardiff 11th December
- Is Information Technology the Key to Empowering Patients? London 21st November
- Limiting the Damage from Alcohol Newcastle 12th November
- Reducing Inequality Sheffield 31st October
- Will Topping Up Payments lead to the end of the National Health Service? London 2nd October
- Calling the NHS to Account Birmingham Midland Institute 20th June
- Labour's Health Policy London Tuesday 20th May
- Just managing in health - What counts as success? Manchester Friday 16th May
- Personalisation in health and social care services London Wednesday 7th May
- Future of Primary Care Nottingham Friday 11th April
- Lord Darzi's plan for the NHS Exeter Thursday 3rd April
- Lord Darzi's plan for the NHS Leeds Wednesday 12th March
- Health, Inequality and Housing London Saturday 23rd February
- Lord Darzi's plan for London NHS London Friday 1st February
- Unequal from the start: How can we give babies a fair chance of health? London Tuesday 22nd January
2007
- Getting the balance right - Hospitals and Primary Care Coventry Tuesday 4th December
- Dealing with complaints constructively London Friday 9th November
- Health of Black and Ethnic Minority Communities Bradford Tuesday 30th October
- Developing a co-operative model of delivering world class health services in NHS Wales Swansea Saturday Oct 13th 2007
- Obesity and Exercise Manchester 8th October
- Vive La Difference - Healthcare Across Our Borders Edinburgh Wednesday 19th September
- Public Involvement in the NHS - is LINKs the way forward? Coventry 25th June
- Health of Black and Ethnic Minority Communities London Tuesday 12th June
- Learning from Mistakes London Monday 30th April
- Eat Local -Think Global Bradford Thursday 8th March
- Meeting with Andy Burnham MP - Politicians and the NHS - Manchester Friday 2nd February
- New Deal on Patient and Public Involvement London Tuesday 9th January
2006
- Developing Labour Health Policy Leeds Saturday 9th December
- Developing Labour Health Policy London Saturday 2nd December
- Developing Labour Health Policy Birmingham Saturday 11th November
- Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals London 11th October
- Involving Patients in Commissioning, Sheffield, Saturday 27th May and London, Wednesday 21st June
- Advice and advocacy services for patients in a reformed NHS - How can disadvantaged people take advantage of more choice? London Monday 6th March
- Reform of the NHS: Choice, Markets, Competition in the NHS - What does this mean for health inequality?
- Ipswich Wednesday 25th January,
- Bristol Saturday 28th January,
- Liverpool Friday 3rd February,
- York Friday 17th February,
- London Tuesday 28th February
2005
- The Black Report - Health inequalities 25 Years On Friday 9th September Manchester
- Independence, Well-being and Choice - the way forward for Social Services Friday 22nd July Birmingham
- Is health a Consumer Good? 18th February Sheffield
2004
- Public Involvement after CPPIH 3rd December London
- Obesity Liverpool 11th September and Cambridge 6th November
2003
- Whose choice? What choice? Mental Health Conference Thursday December 11th 2003 Leeds
- Patients - Consumers - Citizens Wednesday 19th November 2003 London
- The Welsh Difference Saturday October 18th 2003 Cardiff
- Foundation Hospitals & The Health Service Reforms (with Labour Reform) Saturday 13th September 2003 London School of Economics
- Foundation Hospitals Saturday 24th May 2003 Birmingham
- Health Inequalities Friday 16th May 2003 Manchester
2002 and earlier
- Involving Patients and the Public in the NHS Friday 29th November 2002 London
- Food Policy Friday 8th March 2002 Glasgow
- Bristol Royal Infirmary enquiry Friday 12th October 2001 Bristol
- Public Health Through Partnership Friday 1st June 2001 Cardiff
- Democracy and Accountability in the New NHS Saturday, 18th November 2000 London
- Advice and Information for Health Service Users July 2000 Manchester
- Better Housing, Better Health: Towards A Real Strategy For Health 26 February 1994
- From Market Chaos to Common Sense June 1993
- Health, Wealth and Poverty November 1992
- Democracy and Accountability & the NHS 1990
- The State of the NHS 27th March 1977
See also our History page for earlier events