The New Statesman & Pfizer Policy Forum programme invited Mark Speed, Director of IFF Research to join together witha dozen leading figures from the 3rd Sector, politics, the health services, industry and academia to discuss:
What is the need for the 3rd Sector in supporting health promotion and healthcare across the UK, with a particular emphasis on reducing health inequalities?
How is the 3rd Sector evolving in response to our rapidly changing health services?
What is the role of public policy in supporting the 3rd sector and how should it evolve going forward?
Over 130 delegates attended, representing a broad range of charities, community groups and patient organisations, to hear inspiring stories of how these projects have provided much-needed support to the UK’s most deprived communities.
Delegates at the symposium were also given the opportunity to listen and contribute to the New Statesman and Pfizer Policy Forum round table debate on the role of the voluntary sector in healthcare, an edited transcript of which is in this report, following a personal view from Cliff Prior, chief executive of UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs.
Click here to download (or launch) the debate published by The New Statesman and Pfizer.
The UK has a vibrant and highly valued voluntary and community sector that has a long and distinguished history in health and social care. The Third Sector provides a wide range of support to patients, carers and health service professionals. Support that ranges from the provision of information and delivery of services, to raising awareness, promotion of service standards and influencing public policy.
The healthcare sector is undergoing significant change both in the UK and across the world, and the impacts resulting from these changes are far-reaching. Opening up dialogue and generating discussion amongst a wide-range of stakeholders is crucial to managing this process and building sustainable and successful reform for the future.
The New Statesman & Pfizer Policy Forum programme aims to encourage such a dialogue, bringing together leading opinion formers from across industry, government, regulators, think tanks, academics, professional, patient and consumer groups and the media to discuss the big issues facing the healthcare sector today.
Useful links:
New Statesman website:
http://www.newstatesman.com/pdf/healthcare-thirdsector.htm
Forum Website
http://www.policyforum.co.uk
View the Newstatesman Healthcare PDF:
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