Wednesday 1 July & Thursday 2 July

Many leading national organisations will participate in this very special event by staging a stimulating selection of fringe sessions.

Organisations and the subjects to be covered are listed here with contact numbers. Tickets will not be available for these sessions but delegates are encouraged to contact organisations for further details.

Wednesday 1 July - 1.30 - 2.45 p.m.

• British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine - "Musculoskeletal illness - a costly burden" (contact: Dr Peter Skew, Honorary Secretary - Tel: 01923 820110)

• Broadmoor Special Hospital Service Authority - "Secure services - challenges, changes and future" (contact: Alan Franey - Tel: 01707 328289)

• Council for Science and Technology Institutes - "Diagnostics and effective healthcare" (contact: Professor John Clifton, Chairman - Tel: 0171 581 8333)

• Family Planning Association - "Commissioning sexual health services" (contact: Sarah Wootton, Director of Communications - Tel: 0171 837 5432)

• General Medical Council - "The new GMC professionalism and partnership" (contact: Stephanie Day, Media Officer - Tel: 0171 915 3508)

• Institute of Health Services Management - "Continuing professional development" (contact: Beckie Dodman, Events Team Leader - Tel: 0171 460 7654)

• Institute of Health Services Management - "IM&T and telemedicine" (contact: Beckie Dodman, Events Team Leader - Tel: 0171 460 7654)

• Institute of Health Services Management - "PFI watch" (contact: Beckie Dodman, Events Team Leader - Tel: 0171 460 7631)

• Institute of Health Services Management - "Primary care" (contact: Beckie Dodman, Events Team Leader - Tel: 0171 460 7654)

• Institute of Health Services Management - "Professional code of conduct" (contact: Beckie Dodman, Events Team Leader - Tel: 0171 460 7654)

• Leeds Health Authority - "Primary care - organisation development" (contact: Michael Ramsden, Director of Corporate Affairs - Tel: 0113 295 2000)

• Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance - "Our Top Ten: What people with long term illness need from the health service" (contact: Judy Wilson, Director - Tel: 0171 813 3637)

• MENCAP - "The NHS - health for all?" Reporting on health services for people with learning disabilities - (contact: Rosyln Band, Policy Officer - Tel: 0171 454 0454)

• National Schizophrenia Fellowship - "Equitable partnerships with service users and carers in mental healthcare" (contact: Fred Carney, Director of National Training - Tel: 0181 547 3937)

• Newhealth/Judge Institute of Management Studies - "International health systems reform trends, issues and challenges for leaders" (contact: Pam Garside, Senior Associate New Health - Tel: 0171 486 1186)

• Papworth Hospital NHS Trust - "Volunteering within the NHS" (contact: Dr Audrey Stenner - Tel: 01480 830541)

• Pennell Initiative for Women's Health - "THE PENNELL REPORT: Positive steps for later life" the myths and realities about older women, 45 - 105 plus. Policies and practical steps for action within the NHS (contact: Angela Schofield, IHSM - Tel: 0161 275 2910)

• The Public Health Laboratory Service - "PHLS and hospital acquired infection" (contact: Dr Christine McCartney, Assistant Director - Tel: 0181 358 3222)

• The Carers Alliance - "The National Health Service and carers" (contact: Harry Marsh, Chairman - Tel: 0171 490 8818)

Thursday 2 July 1.30 - 2.45 p.m.

• Association of Quality in Healthcare - "Performance management - IMS pilots" (contact: Virginia Sherwood - Tel: 01962 877700)

• Association of Quality in Healthcare - "Performance indicators for boards" (contact: Virginia Sherwood - Tel: 01962 877700)

• Anchor Trust - "Links between health and housing" (contact: Pauline Coombes, Publicity & Events Organiser - Tel: 01865 584000)

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - "The Alliance for Health Professionals - discussion and debate on new human resource practices in primary care groups" (contact: Sarah Durham - Tel: 0171 306 6621)

• Hays DX - "A new circulating system for the NHS" - (contact: Mr Robert McIndoe, Marketing Development Manager, Health Sector - Tel: 01753 630630 ext. 2538)

• Health Education Authority - "From fumes to feng shui - what should we do to promote health at work?" (contact: Lara Yude, Exhibitions and Events Manager - Tel: 0171 413 1941)

• Health Services Management Unit & Conrane Consultancy - "The future healthcare workforce" (contact: Margaret Conroy, Partner - Tel: 0181 241 7450)

• Health Services Management Unit & Dearden Management - "Making clinical governance a reality" (contact: Kamla Patel, HMSU - Tel: 0161 275 2914 - Veronica Hobbs - Tel: 01934 863444)

• Inner London NHS Trusts Consortium - "Black and ethnic leadership programme" (contact: Carol Smith, Service Development Manager - Tel: 0181 586 5146)

• Institute of Health Services Management - Independent sector reference group meeting (contact: Rebecca Dodman - Tel: 0171 460 7631)

• King's Fund Development Centre - "Whole systems: a practical approach to partnership" (contact: Pat Gordon, Director of Primary Healthcare - Tel: 0171 307 2675)

• Le Brasseur J Tickle - "50 years of the law and the NHS: rising claims and changes in employment conditions" (contact: Martin Lynch, Marketing Manager - Tel: 0171 836 0099)

• MESOL - "The full MESOL - partnerships in action" (contact: Karen Anderson, Project Administrator - Tel: 0114 230 6369) management and organisational development through open learning. Delivering the new agenda.

• National Casemix Office - "Casemix into the new millennium" (contact: Carole Line, Events & Publications Support Services Manager - Tel: 01962 844588)

• NHS Executive, Equal Opportunities Unit - "Women in the NHS - past and future achievements" (contact: Shushila Patel - Tel: 0181 252 2830)

• NHS Supplies - "Supply stream - NHS procurement" (contact: Lynsey Wilkinson, PR Officer - Tel: 0118 980 8600/959 5805) A new electronic ordering system for NHS Trusts and hospitals, launched jointly with IBM

• Royal College of Nursing/British Association of Medical Managers - "Clinical governance - Tackling professional subcultures" (contact: Sally Taber - Tel: 0171 647 3730)

• The NHS Confederation - Clinical Governance

• The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting - "The UKCC and employers" (contact: Anne Faichney - Tel: 0171 333 6556)