SSRG Newsletter - November 2002: SSRG Events

SSRG Annual Workshop 2003: Quality, Inequality and Diversity in Social Care and Health

Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th April
Stamford Hall, University of Leicester

Speakers confirmed so far (listed alphabetically)

• Julie Barnes, Independent Researcher
  Practice Learning
• Mike Beazley, SSI Methodology and Information Unit, Department of Health
  Using quantitative and qualitative information for performance assessment and improvement
• Ratna Dutt, Director of REU
  Topic to be confirmed
• Sir Andrew Foster, Controller Audit Commission
  Topic to be confirmed
• Louise Hulton, Brighton and Hove City Council
  Making the most of the 2001 Census information
• Bill Jordon, University of Exeter
  Debate on the Impact of the 'Performance Agenda'
• Bill Kilgallon Chief Executive, SCIE
  Topic to be confirmed
• Carol Lupton, Department of Health
  Research Governance
• Nick Miller, Norfolk Social Services
  Local PIs and target setting
• Mohammed Mossadaq, Hampshire County Council Social Services
  Equalities assessment tool kit
• Mike Pinnock, Performance Manager, North Lincolnshire LA
  Involving people with learning disability in service improvement
• Steve Pitt, SSI
  Debate on the Impact of the 'Performance Agenda'
• Hazel Qureshi, SPRU University of York
  User Satisfaction Surveys
• Peter Steele, Department of Health
  Star ratings, CPA and freedoms
• The Toronto Group
  User participation in research
  

Further information will be posted on the website when available.

SSRG Scotland: Modernising Government and E-Care

Tuesday 17 December 2002
Business Centre, Council Chambers, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ

This day seminar considered the impact of a major Government policy initiatvie - Modernising Goverment - on public services in general, and on social work and health services in particular, including:

• the aims of the Modernising Government initiative
• its significance for operational practices within and between public services
• experiences in local initiatives in Scotland and England
  the role of informationtechnology
• ethical issues relating to data exchange
• an overview assessment of past progress and possible future developments

Speakers included:

• Stephen Gallagher, Joint Future Unit, Scottish Executive
• Alan Fleming, Stirling Council
• Dave Simpson, Forth Valley Health Board
• Robert Forman, North Lanarkshire Council
• Stewart McDonald, NHS Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust
• Brian Hamilton, Stockton Borough Council/Department of Health 'Information for Social Care' Project
• Peter Ashe, Joint Future Unit, Scottish Executive

Fees: SSRG members £50; others £70