Equality and inequality in health

This low-cost conference will focus on measuring and commissioning for equitable health care services. The conference will offer an update on how policy on inequalities and equity is being brought together, and feature practical examples of how to use routine data to measure inequalities and commission services that are fair and accessible.

This conference will:

• provide an overview of what commissioners should be measuring
• explore how routine data can be used to identify inequalities in service use
• feature practical examples to help commissioners and those working in public health to use data in order to provide equitable services.

Session one: Setting the context

10.00am–11.30am

• Welcome and introduction
  Chair: Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund 
• Keynote Address
  David Buck, Deputy Director, Health Inequalities Unit, Department of Health
• The tension between equality and inequality issues
  Dr Bobbie Jacobson OBE, Director, London Health Observatory
• What needs measuring – findings from the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post-2010
  Dr Tammy Boyce, Research Fellow (Public Health), The King's Fund, Senior Research Fellow, Health Inequalities Review for England
• Questions and discussion

11.30am: Break and refreshments

Session two: How can routine data tell us about inequalities in service use?

12.00pm–1.15pm

• Chair
  Dr Bobbie Jacobson OBE, Director, London Health Observatory 
• Using data to support needs assessment
  Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund
• Using GP data and QOF
  Dr Christopher Millett, Consultant in Public Health, Imperial College London
• Using data for improvement – an international perspective from the US
  Ruth Thorlby, Fellow, Health Policy, The King's Fund
• Questions and discussion

1.15pm: Lunch

Session three: Workshops: Using routine data to measure inequalities and prioritise commissioning 

2.15pm–3.15pm

This session will feature practical examples of how to use routine data to measure inequalities and commission services that are fair and accessible.

1. Patient profiling and data analysis
   Carole Adebayo, Health Intelligence Manager, Liverpool Primary Care Trust
   Pauline Mitchell, Equality Data Manager, Liverpool Primary Care Trust 
2. NHS Lambeth Datanet: collecting patient level clinical, cultural and ethnicity data to investigate inequalities in care
   Sarah Corlett, Consultant in Public Health, NHS Lambeth
   Dr Richard Williams, GP, PEC Member, NHS Lambeth
3. Identifying the equality dimensions within inequalities: implications for targeting interventions
   Jan Smithies, Associate Delivery Manager, Health Inequalities National Support Team, Department of Health

Session four: Creating change

3.15pm–4.15pm

• Interactive session
  This session will give delegates the opportunity to discuss how to use data to make changes happen in practice.

Keynote speaker

• David Buck
  Deputy Director, Health Inequalities Unit, Department of Health

Speakers

• Carole Adebayo
  Health Intelligence Manager, Liverpool Primary Care Trust 
• Dr Tammy Boyce
  Research Fellow (Public Health), The King's Fund, Senior Research Fellow, Health Inequalities Review for England
• Sarah Corlett
  Consultant in Public Health, NHS Lambeth
• Dr Bobbie Jacobson OBE
  Director, London Health Observatory
• Dr Christopher Millett
  Consultant in Public Health, Imperial College London
• Pauline Mitchell
  Equality Data Manager, Liverpool Primary Care Trust
• Veena Raleigh
  Senior Fellow, Policy, The King's Fund
• Jan Smithies
  Associate Delivery Manager, Health Inequalities National Support Team, Department of Health
• Ruth Thorlby
  Fellow, Health Policy, The King's Fund
• Dr Richard Williams
  GP, PEC Member, NHS Lambeth

• directors of commissioning, primary care trusts
• directors of public health, primary care trusts
• heads of practice-based commissioning, primary care trusts
• equality leads, primary care trusts
• analytical staff in quality observatories
• practice-based commissioning development managers and leads
• GPs and practice managers
• those working in public health
• independent and voluntary sector providers
• policy makers