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Inquiry announces details
of final series of Inquiry Seminars
The Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry has today announced the schedule
for the last three of its Phase Two seminars. They will be held in March
2000.
Phase Two of the Inquiry is looking towards the future, examining broader
issues affecting the National Health Service (NHS). It is addressing that
element of the Inquiry’s terms of reference: "make recommendations
which could help to secure high quality care across the NHS".
The seminar topics (listed below) are informed partly by lessons emerging
from Phase One. They also take account of the latest research and thinking
concerning the factors which determine the level of performance of organisations,
both within the public sector and beyond. Details for the last three seminars
have been confirmed as follows:
* People – education, training, development and governance.
(Tuesday 7 March 2000 – Institution of Civil Engineers, I Great
George Street, London).
* Systems – safety and risk management, quality and information.
(Thursday 16 March 2000 – Institution of Civil Engineers, I
Great George Street, London).
* Service – empowering the public in the healthcare process.
(Tuesday 28 March 2000 – 2-10 Temple Way, Bristol).
On completion of Phase 2 at the end of March 2000, the Chairman and Inquiry
Panel will consider all the evidence and information which has been put
before them. The Inquiry’s report is scheduled for publication in
the autumn.
ENDS
Notes: All seminars are open to the press and public but space
is limited at the venues and places must be booked in advance either by
writing to the Inquiry offices at 2-10 Temple Way, Bristol, BS2 OBY, or
by e-mail: inquiry@doh.gov.uk
(quoting "Phase Two").
For further information: please contact Becky Jarvis, Media Relations
Manager, BRI Inquiry, tel. 0117 938 8716 or Bleep 0181 345 6789 quoting:
INQ 102
January 26, 2000
BRI 00 - 03
Second Inquiry seminar focuses on
performance
The second seminar in Phase Two of the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry
will look at factors determining the performance of an organisation. Participants
from a range of public and private sector organisations, academic and
voluntary bodies have been invited to discuss what circumstances can influence
whether a service is of an acceptable standard or not.
The seminar starts at 10am on Wednesday, January 26, at the National
Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London.
It is the second in a series of seven seminars, examining a broad range
of themes, which make up Phase Two of the Inquiry. The seminars will take
place over the next three months in both London and Bristol.
The emphasis of next week’s seminar will focus on healthcare and
public sector organisations and will be divided into four sessions:
- What determines the performance of organisations?
- What is known and understood about the performance of healthcare organisations?
- What is known and understood about the performance of other public
sector organisations?
- What are the significant determinants of performance in the NHS, and
how do they interact?
The Inquiry Chairman and Panel members will be discussing the issues
with 25 participants invited to make a contribution to the seminar (a
list of the participants for the seminar is attached). A report of the
day’s proceedings will be available in due course.
ENDS
Notes All seminars are open to the press and public but space
is limited at the venues and places must be booked in advance either by
writing to the Inquiry offices at 2-10 Temple Way, Bristol, BS2 OBY, or
by e-mail: inquiry@doh.gov.uk
(quoting "Phase Two").
For further information please contact Richard Green, Head of
Communications, Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry, tel 0117 938 8709. The
Inquiry website address is www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/
Notes for editors: as there is limited space at the venues for
the seminars, it is advisable for any representatives of the news media
who would like to attend to contact the Inquiry press office in advance.
January 20, 2000
BRI 00-02
Seminar focuses on hospital services for children
The First Seminar
in Phase Two of the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry will look at hospital
services for children.
The seminar starts at 10am on Wednesday, January 12, at the Inquiry offices
in Temple Way, Bristol.
It is the first in a series of seven seminars, examining a broad range
of themes, that make up Phase Two of the Inquiry. The seminars will take
place over the next three months in both London and Bristol.
The first seminar will involve two sessions. The first session, "Acute
healthcare services for children", will examine:
- the changing priority accorded to acute healthcare services for children;
- the debate about how children’s healthcare services are organised;
- how to improve access to children’s hospital services;
- the development of paediatrics as a clinical specialty;
- the changing nature of children’s medical, surgical, intensive
care and nursing services;
- communicating with children and parents and seeking and achieving
consent to treatment.
The Inquiry Chairman and Panel members will be discussing the issues
with 23 participants invited to make a contribution to the seminar.
Other groups have already submitted papers giving their views on the
seminar topics and these papers will be available on the Inquiry’s
website today.
The themes for the second session of the day, "Wider issues
affecting the quality of children’s healthcare services", are:
- the rights and needs of children and families in relation to children’s
healthcare services;
- the changing nature and scale of inequalities in children’s access
to healthcare services and in provision of children’s services
compared to those for adults;
- how to achieve better co-ordination across the range of children’s
health services;
- how to improve co-ordination of children’s healthcare services
with others such as education and social services;
- who speaks for children and for children’s healthcare services
at a policy level?
Detailed discussion points will be available on the Inquiry website following
the seminar and a report of the day’s proceedings will also be made
available a few days later.
The Inquiry team has announced the titles, dates and venues for the first
four seminars which will take place in January and February. Details on
the final three seminars, to be held in March, will be available in due
course.
All seminars are open to the press and public but space is limited at
the venues and places must be booked in advance either by writing to the
Inquiry offices at 2-10 Temple Way, Bristol, BS2 OBY, or by e-mail: inquiry@doh.gov.uk
(quoting "Phase Two").
ENDS
For further information please contact Richard Green, Head of
Communications, Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry, tel 0117 938 8709.
Notes for editors: as there is limited space at the venues for
the seminars, it is advisable for any representatives of the news media
who would like to attend to contact the Inquiry press office in advance.
The Inquiry website address is www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/
January 7, 2000
BRI 00-01
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