Our conferences are normally set up in such a way as to encourage participation, discussion, and debate among those attending. We try to get a mix of research, politics, practice and debate.
We normally attract a very mixed audience: 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 attend, 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. 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.
For events now passed you can usually find a record of proceedings from this page.
Patient Related Outcome Measures Birmingham Thursday 30th July
Training for LINK members London Wednesday 22nd July
Health inequalities - the Scottish experience and response Edinburgh Saturday 27th June
Dignity in Old Age Corby Friday 5th June
Training for LINK members Manchester Wednesday 27th May
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
Damage Limitation - Leek Wednesday 15th April
Developing Research and Education to Advance Medicine Manchester Wednesday 8th April
Free Prescription Charges in England London 23rd March
Accountability and the Scottish Health Service Glasgow 13th February
The Future of Primary Care Leeds 9th February
Accountability and the Health Service Liverpool 23rd January
Patients Crossing Borders London 19th January
Primary health care - the heart of a health system Cardiff 11th December
Is Information Technology the Key to Empowering Patients? London 21st November
Ethnicity and Health Manchester 19th November
Limiting the Damage from Alcohol Newcastle 12th November
Reducing Inequality Sheffield 31st October
The Future of General Practice under Labour Birmingham Friday 17 October
Will Topping Up Payments lead to the end of the National Health Service? London 2nd October
NHS Constitution Bradford Monday 14th July
Individualisation of Public Services Manchester Friday 11th July
Calling the NHS to Account Birmingham Midland Institute 20th June
Labour's Health Policy York Monday 2nd June 2008
Labour's Health Policy London Tuesday 20th May 2008
Just managing in health - What counts as success? Manchester Friday 16th May 2008
Personalisation in health and social care services London Wednesday 7th May 2008
Future of Primary Care Nottingham Friday 11th April 2008
Lord Darzi's plan for the NHS Exeter Thursday 3rd April 2008
Lord Darzi's plan for the NHS Leeds Wednesday 12th March 2008
Health, Inequality and Housing London Saturday 23rd February 2008
Lord Darzi's plan for London NHS London Friday 1st February 2008
Unequal from the start: How can we give babies a fair chance of health? London Tuesday 22nd January 2008
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
Local Democracy & the NHS Newcastle 9th July
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 2007
New Deal on Patient and Public Involvement London Tuesday 9th January 2007
Developing Labour Health Policy Leeds Saturday 9th December 2006
Developing Labour Health Policy London Saturday 2nd December 2006
Developing Labour Health Policy Birmingham Saturday 11th November 2006
Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals London 11th October 2006
Developing Labour Health Policy in Wales Cardiff Saturday 7th October 2006
Inequality symposium Manchester Monday 25th September 2006
Involving Patients in Commissioning, Sheffield, Saturday 27th May 2006 and London, Wednesday 21st June 2006
Advice and advocacy services for patients in a reformed NHS - How can disadvantaged people take advantage of more choice? London Monday 6th March 2006
Reform of the NHS: Choice, Markets, Competition in the NHS - What does this mean for health inequality? Meetings in 2006
The Black Report - Health inequalities 25 Years On Friday 9th September 2005 Manchester
Independence, Well-being and Choice - the way forward for Social Services Friday 22nd July Birmingham
Is health a Consumer Good? 18th February 2005 Sheffield
Public Involvement after CPPIH 3rd December 2004 London
Obesity Liverpool 11th September and Cambridge 6th November 2004
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
Involving Patients and the Public in the NHS Friday 29th November 2002 London
Putting Public Health into Primary Care Friday 5 July 2002 Cardiff
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
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
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