South West Public Health Tutorial Programmes
New Policy Review: Commissioning/Darzi/Health Inequalities, Wednesday 22 April 2009,
Committee Room, Main Pavilion, Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton
TA1 1JT
Directions

 Objectives:

Preparatory Reading

 High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report

Agenda

9.30 Tea & Coffee
10.00 Introduction to the day
 
10.10 Commissioning & Health Inequalities Policy & Practice Workshop
 Maggie Rae
 
11.30 Tea & Coffee
11.45 Commissioning & Health Inequalities Policy & Practice Workshop continued
 
Maggie Rae
 
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Critical Analysis of Policy: the Darzi Review Note: Preparatory reading
 David Evans
14.30 Specialised Commissioning Policy & Practice
 
Keith Reid
 
15.00 Making Policy
 Bruce Bolam
 
15.30 Summary & Close
 

  Speakers

Dr Bruce Bolam SpT Public Health, Government Office for the South West/Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
David Evans Reader in Applied Health Policy Research, University of West England
Maggie Rae Joint Director of Public Health, Wiltshire
Dr Keith Reid Consultant in Public Health Medicine, South West Specialised Commissioning Group

Competencies

The tutorial contributes towards understanding the issues around the following competencies:

Old curriculum
6.1 Understand the importance and impact of public policy and legislation on health at local, national and global levels.
5.8 Demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of health issues and developments in clinical practice and awareness of broader policy developments that may impact on the health of the health of the public.
 
New curriculum
3.1  Display awareness of current national public health policies
3.2  Recognise the need for policy work to address problems
3.3  Identify the key issues which must be addressed when developing policy options