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Managing Long Term Health Conditions: From consultations to action plans – who needs to be involved in the development of policies and practices? A one-day conference on Wednesday 31st March 2010, Edinburgh
Jane-Claire Judson	Chair: Susan Douglas-Scott Chief Executive Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland Keynote speaker: Jane-Claire Judson Director Diabetes UK, Scotland
Scotland‘s population is getting older and living longer, with more and more people trying to manage health conditions for which there is no cure. Our ability to get the self management of long term health conditions right is critical both to our health and to the ability of the NHS to cope with the constantly increasing burdens placed upon it. To achieve this, the Government’s vision for developing a ‘mutual NHS’ must become a reality and the conceptual shift from viewing patients as ‘service users’ to ‘active partners’ must become reflected in policy and practice. Through a series of roundtable discussions, this conference will seek to explore public engagement and ownership of policy development in the management of long term conditions. Delegates will be encouraged to: · Reflect on how patients and providers are meeting the challenges of supporting long term conditions · Assess how successful Community Health Partnerships and their LTC coordinators have been at engaging with their patient groups · Debate how public consultations should be structured · Examine the roles of voluntary organizations, patients’ rights groups, Parliament and members of the public within this process · Review recent consultations and attempts at public engagement, such as Better Diabetes Care, and evaluate which approaches have been effective and which have not · Explore the legal and technical challenges involved in supporting self care of long term conditions · Consider the potential costs in human and financial terms of getting this wrong and the significant benefits of getting the policy right For further information and booking details Contact Lesley on lmcclelland@mackayhannah.com or 0131 202 9816, or click here to visit the conference web page
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