Tackling Health Inequalities in BME Communities Conference

2009-10-15, Hilton Metropole London

Do you find engaging with BME communities challenging?

How can we ensure world class healthcare for BME groups?

Are you able to sustain engagement with local communities?

 

Keynote speakers to include:

Gideon Ben – Tovim (Chair for the Day)

Chair of the National Race for Health Board and Chair

of Liverpool PCT

 

Councillor Patrick Vernon CEO

CEO Afiya Trust and Former Chair of Health in

Hackney Scrutiny Committee

 

The conference will include interactive

sessions giving:

  • Practical examples and ideas on provision of services that are flexible, and responsive to cultural, physical and social differences.
  • Learning from the "Healthy Communities" approach to reaching a diverse range of sevrice users.
  • Hearing about different approaches to improving health from a range of perspectives; Third Sector, community, primary care and local authorities.
  • Succesful outcomes from partnership working - the levers and barriers.   

Who is this Conference For?

  • Public Health, Community and Inequality Leads
  • Commissioners of Health and Local Authority Services
  • Voluntary and Third Sector organisations
  • Frontline outreach and community workers

 

This is not a passive conference - get involved!

Booking

Places at this event are limited

so please book well in advance.

If we receive your application

and the conference is full we will

notify you and put your name on

a waiting list.

Cost per delegate

£299+VAT

For more information or to book your place on this conference visit

www.improvementfoundation.org/bme or contact Abi Smith on 0161 236 1566 or

abi.smith@improve.nhs.uk

Please note this event has finished.