www.informationprescription.infoInformation Prescriptions Conference
A Patient Information Forum and Healthcare Events Conference
held on Wednesday 21 November 2007 at The Royal Society, London
Keynote speakers included:
- Neil Betteridge, National Patient and Public Champion and Chief Executive
- John Cain, Information for Choice Project and Policy Manager, Department of Health
- Joanne Rule, Chief Exective Officer, Cancerbackup
Topics included
• Update from the Department of Health • Developments from the information prescription pilot sites and the information prescriptions project • Embedding information into the process of care • The practicalities of setting up an information prescription scheme • Information therapy: responding to user demand and the impact on clinical staff • Changing the culture: working in partnership to deliver information prescriptions across a health community • Diverse methods of communicating information • Dispensing tailored information prescriptions for complex conditions • Books on prescription • Consensus on moving forward.
Programme for the day
Presentations
- Message from Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health Services (to follow)
- National Developments - DH
- The practicalities of setting up an information prescription scheme - University Hospital of Birmingham
- Changing the culture: working in partnership to deliver information prescriptions across a health community - Hammersmith & Fulham PCT
- Diverse methods of communicating information - NHS Direct & Evelina Children's Hospital
- Dispensing tailored
information prescriptions for a complex condition - Northumbria Healthcare
NHS Foundation Trust
DH workshop
- Flyer
- Programme
- Delegate pack [zip archive file]
- Supporting slides
- Detailed feedback and comments from participants (to follow)
- Summarised feedback to main conference
Exhibition
There were a number of stands in the exhibition. Cancer Research UK, Cancerbackup and Macmillan Cancer Support asked delegates to write their thoughts on a comments wall. The question asked was "How will information prescriptions change what you do?" Here is the collated feedback..
Delegate list
Here is a full delegate list highlighting those attending the parallel DH workshops.