2005 Events
Upcoming Events

IRELAND'S HEALTHCARE REFORMS
- FOR PEOPLE OR FOR PROFIT?
Conference

Organised by the Health Services Action Group

Download and Print booking form here

Saturday 26th November Liberty Hall
Time: 09.30 - 17.00

Main speakers are:
Ms Madeleine Speirs (President, INO)
Fintan O'Toole (Journalist),
Dr John Barton (Chairman, HSAG),

Mr Peadar McMahon (Monaghan Community Alliance) Dr Christine O'Malley (Vice-President, IMO)

Keynote lecture by Prof Allyson Pollock (Author of 'NHS Plc') talking on: "Is Ireland going the American way? - The International experience of Privatising Healthcare"

Registration: €20 waged, €10 low-waged, €50 funded.

To register in advance contact:
Dr Peadar O'Grady
Email: healthconf2611@yahoo.com
or Phone : 087 9879489

Timetable:

09.30 Registration

 10.00 The Hanly report -- Democracy in the Health Service?
Speakers: Mr Peadar McMahon (Chair, Monaghan Community Alliance), Mr Dick Roche (South-East Radiotherapy Campaign). Chair: Dr John Barton (Chair, Health Services Action Group)

11.00 Break

11.15 Neoliberalism -- The politics of the marketplace in healthcare Speakers: Dr John Barton (Health Services Action Group), Dr Peadar O'Grady (Laois Offaly Families for Autism). Chair: Ms Mary Smith

12.15 Keynote address: Prof. Allyson Pollock (Professor of Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, Author of 'NHS plc'): Is Ireland going the American way? The international experience of privatising healthcare

1.15 Lunch

2.15 Poverty and inequality -- Who pays for health?
Speakers: Ms Jo Tully (Irish Nurses Organisation), Ms Clare Farrell (researcher). Chair: Ms Marie O'Connor (sociologist and author)

 3.15 Break

 3.30 The crisis in A&E -- Solutions and stresses
Speakers: Mr Fintan O'Toole (journalist and author), Ms Madeleine Speirs (President, Irish Nurses Organisation), Dr Christine O'Malley (Vice-President, Irish Medical Organisation). Chair: Dr Peadar O'Grady

4.45 Closing remarks, thanks and announcements: Mr Peadar McMahon (Monaghan Community Alliance).

5.00 Close

 Each session will involve an introduction of 10-15 minutes each by two (or three) speakers and then 30 minutes of audience participation. Speakers may sum up briefly at the end.

 Organised by the Health Services Action Group (HSAG)

Download and Print booking form here

Launch of NBA
Wicklow/Wexford area
Provisional date:
Thursday 4th August
For further details contact:
Laura O'Shea
Ph: 086 0715938

More Information

Past Events
Normal Labour and Birth: 2nd Research Conference
The Grange Hotel Conference Centre,
Grange Over Sands,
English Lake District
Wed 9th -Fri 11th June 2004

© National Birth Alliance An Chomhghuallaiocht Naisiunta Breithe