Agenda of Rural Health Conference 2017

Arrival and registration – Tea and coffee available

11:00 am

Keynote talk

Cllr Izzi Seccombe – Leader of Warwickshire County Council and Chair of the LGA Community Well-Being Board – Welcome and Setting the Scene

11:30 am

Keynote talk

Professor Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Birmingham – Health and health policy in rural areas: a view through the urban lens

11:50 am

Plenary Session: Preventive Measures and Health Outcomes: How to Stimulate Positive Behaviours

1) Alison Marshall – Professor of Health Technology and Innovation, and Director at the Cumbrian Centre for Health Technologies – Leading Change in a Rural Context: Perspectives from Cumbria

2) Professor Rod Thomson – Director of Public Health at Shropshire Council – Rural Health and Equalities: Identification and Action

3) Dave Worsell – Managing Director, Granicus (Europe) – Citizen engagement strategies that support change in the public sector

Workshop Sessions 
(Please pick two from the four listed below)

‘Changing more lives through collaboration’ 

Choice A  – Professor Chris Bridle – Institute of Health University of Lincoln – Coordination and collaboration strategies across higher education focused on delivering health outcomes

Choice B  – Nikki Silver – CEO of LIVES – The role of the third sector in addressing rural health inequalities

‘Changing behaviour one message at a time’

Choice C  – Matt Bukowski – Director of Social Care Strategies Ltd – The role of “GrandCare” in helping vulnerable people to live independently in rural areas

Choice D  – Beth Bowmer – Bedford Borough Council – Informing, Engaging and Encouraging Citizens into Action

* Please make your preference known on the booking form. Delegates will be allocated to workshops taking these choices into account.

A range of speaking participants