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Fringes

Labour Party Conference


Dates:

Fri 19th - Tue 23rd September

Location:

GMEX/Midland Hotel, Manchester

Please find below a full list of all fringe meetings for the Labour party conference.

Date Start Finish Venue Details Interest
22.09.08 11:45 13:00 Elder Bar, Radisson Hotel
Fringe: Quality & outcomes - getting it right for people with long term conditions?
Collaborators: Breast Cancer Care, Eye Health Alliance, Macmillan Cancer Support
Speaker: Chair; Leanne Grose, Ann Keen MP, Professor Nick Bosanquet (Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College), Carol Jones (Local cancer survivor)
22.09.08 11:45 13:00 Colony Room, Midland Hotel
Fringe: The Blame Game: is the balance right between culpability & accountability in healthcare?
Collaborators: Medical Protection Society, Nursing & Midwifery Council
Speaker: Chair; David Brindle (Public Services Editor, The Guardian). Speakers; Dr Stephanie Bown (Director of Policy & Communications, Medical Protection Society), Jill Crawford (President, Nursing & Midwifery Council), Roswyn Hakesley-Brown (Trustee, Patients Association)
22.09.08 11:45 13:00 Stanley/Livingstone Room, Radisson Hotel
Fringe: Stubbing it out - why going smokefree is only one piece of the jigsaw
Collaborators: British Dental Association, Cancer Research UK
Speaker: Chair: Peter Kellner (President, YouGov) Speakers; Minister invited, Richard Davidson (Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Cancer Research UK), Lester Ellman (Chair of General Dental Practice Committee, British Dental Association), Deborah Arnott (ASH)
22.09.08 16:45 18:00 Fairclough Suite, Midland Hotel
Fringe: Whose death is it anyway? Giving choice back to patients
Collaborators: Help the Hospices, Marie Curie Cancer Care
Speaker: Terry McDonnell (Chief Executive, St. Ann’s Hospice, Cheadle), Ivan Lewis MP, Marie Curie Nurse, Carer
22.09.08 16:45 18:00 Stanley Room, Midland Hotel
Fringe: ‘How can Labour win the battle of ideas on health?’
Collaborators: Asthma UK, NHS Confederation, Royal College of Nursing
Speaker: Chair; John Carvel (The Guardian), Ann Keen MP, Neal Lawson (Compass), Neil Churchill (Chief Executive, Asthma UK), Steve Barnett (Acting Chief Executive, NHS Confederation), Dr Peter Carter (Chief Executive & General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing)
22.09.08 17:15 18:30 Beecham/Harty Room
Fringe: Winning votes through Mental Health
Collaborators: LTCA, Rethink, Sainbury's Centre for Mental Health
Speaker: Ivan Lewis MP, People who have used mental health services telling you how it really is.
23.09.08 11:45 13:00 Charter 3, MICC
Fringe: Making outcomes public: Who benefits?
Collaborators: Health Foundation, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Surgeons
Speaker: Chair; John Carvel (The Guardian), Ben Bradshaw MP, Lesley Bentley (Chair, Royal College of Surgeons Patient Liaison Group), Professor Cathy Warwick CBE (General Secretary-Designate, Royal College of Midwives), Mr Bill Thomas (Vice President, Royal College of Surgeons)
23.09.08 11:45 13:00 Charter 2, MICC
Fringe: Hitting the Targets - who is accountable in a devolved NHS?
Collaborators: British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK, Stroke Association
Speaker: Chair; Michael White (The Guardian), Dr Mike Knapton (Director of Prevention & Care, British Heart Foundation), Douglas Smallwood (Chief Executive, Diabetes UK), Joe Korner (Director of Comunications, The Stroke Association)
23.09.08 11:45 13:00 Unite Marquee
Fringe: 1 in 3: How should we respond to the dementia challenge?
Collaborators: Alzheimer's Society, Help the Aged, Parkinson's Disease Society
Speaker: Chair: Kate Jopling (Head of Public Affairs, Help the Aged), Ivan Lewis MP, Neil Hunt (Chief Executive, Alzheimer's Society)
23.09.08 16:45 18:00 Fairclough Suite, Midland Hotel
Fringe: Personalised Healthcare; Help or hindrance?
Collaborators: ABHI, Breakthrough, fpa, Unison
Speaker: Chair; Angela Coulter (Picker Institute). Speakers; Karen Jennings (Unison), Julie Bentley (fpa).
23.09.08 16:45 18:00 Alto Room, Radisson Hotel
Fringe: The Changing NHS: What happens next?
Collaborators: GMC, Healthcare Commission, New Health Network
Speaker: Chair; Michael White (The Guardian), Finlay Scott (Chief Executive, General Medical Council), Anna Walker (Chief Executive, Healthcare Commission), Dr Tom Coffey (GP & Chair of the New Health Network)
22.09.08 18:30 19:45 Elder Room, Radisson Hotel
Fringe: Health Question Time
Collaborators: Kings Fund, Health Hotel
Speaker: Chair; Niall Dickon (Chief Executive, Kings Fund)
22.09.08 20:30 22:00 Alexandra Suite A, Midland Hotel
Fringe: Health Hotel Reception
Collaborators: Health Hotel members
Speaker: Alan Johnson MP
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