Seminars and conferences form a key part of HSMC's overall activity, and play a crucial role in the dissemination of research findings, the sharing of good practice within the health service sector, and the generation of new ideas for further research and consultancy projects. Our seminars and conferences are based on our research programmes and are one of the main settings in which we debate the results of research with practitioner and academic colleagues.
- Date
- 11 June 2012
- Description
- This seminar will draw on key research from the HSMC Policy Paper 'Time to Care which explored solutions to poor nursing care.
- Date
- 15 June 2012
- Description
- This taster session - Understanding the commissioning process in today's NHS - is aimed at those new to commissioning with an overview of the commissioning cycle and key elements in it.
- Date
- 28 June 2012
- Description
- HSMC's Professor Russell Mannion gives his Inaugural Lecture in June exploring the practical challenges in measuring, assessing and delivering good quality health care.
- Date
- 01 October 2012
- Description
- HSMC and Nuffield Trust are issuing a call for abstracts focused on 'the limits of market-based reforms'. Those abstracts selected will be invited to take part in a jointly run event in Birmingham on 1 October on 'the limits of market-based reforms' in health and social care.
- Date
- 11 October 2012
- Description
- One-day seminar aimed at anyone with an interest in personal health budgets. It will be of particular interest to those working to implement this new way of working, clinical commissioners, continuing care leads, strategic commissioners and to service providers from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Highlighted previous HSMC events
Setting priorities and rationing in health and social care: using evidence to inform practice: 30 September 2011
HSMC, in conjunction with colleagues at the Nuffield Trust delivered a one-day seminar which brought together clinicians, managers, policy makers and academics to explore the types of priority setting undertaken across England, and how commissioners respond to resource scarcity. More information about this event including presentations, programme of the day and speakers' biographies...