Durham Chief Executive to address York Health Symposium
Posted on 7 July 1998
He will be the keynote speaker at the half-day symposium. Other speakers will include Professor Alan Maynard on 'Clinical Governance - From Paper to Practice' and Professor Ray Rowden, former Director at the Royal Marsden Hospital on: 'The White Paper - A View from the Outside'.
The symposium will be chaired by Professor Richard Parish, Head of the Department of Health Studies at the University of York.
The afternoon will close with a discussion and debate in which all members of the audience will have the opportunity to question the speakers on current and future issues in health care.
The Symposium is open to anyone who works in the NHS and is free of charge. Those interested in attending should contact the Conference Secretariat, IFAB Communications, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, tel 01904 432940, fax 01904 433029, email: biocomms@york.ac.uk.
The Symposium will be held in Central hall on the University campus. It opens for registration at 12 noon and closes at 4pm.
Notes to editors:
- Professor Ken Jarrold CBE is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the Universities of York and Salford. He was formerly Director of Human Resources at the NHS Executive. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development.
- Professor Alan Maynard is the former Director of the University of York's Centre for Health Economics. He has worked as a consultant for the European Union, the World Bank, and the Department of International Development in many countries. He is also Chairman of the York NHS Trust.
- Professor Ray Rowden was Director of the IHSM, and now manages his own business specialising in the care of mentally ill people in South London. He is a visiting Professor at the University of York.
- For further information please contact Caroline Greep on 01423 507771.