MB Seminar. A Sustainable System for Health and Wellbeing 13 May 2015

We are pleased to invite you to:

The Institute of Health and Wellbeing Maurice Bloch Annual Lecture Series 2014/15.

Title: Is it better to be precisely wrong or roughly right? Identifying causal effects in large datasets

Presenter: Dr Ruth Hussey

Date: Wednesday 13 May 2015

Time: 1pm lunch will be served 30mins beforehand

Venue: Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz seminar room

Chair: Dr Carol Tannahill

Abstract:

All health systems are facing challenges to improve health outcomes, improve quality of services and improve value. The session will describe how legislation and a prudent health care approach can play a role in meeting these challenges.

Biography

Provides independent professional advice to the First Minister and Cabinet, and to Welsh Government officials on health and healthcare matters. Dr Ruth Hussey OBE was appointed Chief Medical Officer/ Medical Director for NHS Wales in September 2012. Dr Hussey was born and brought up in the Conwy Valley, living there until she went to university. Dr Hussey has worked as Regional Director of Public Health and Senior Medical Director at NHS North West. She led the Department of Health in the North West region.

The CMO: leads public health policy and programmes, working across all Welsh Government policy departments and with a wide range of external partners, with the aim of improving health and reducing health inequalities leads the clinical contribution in Wales to improving the quality of healthcare and patient outcomes, leads the medical profession in Wales, having key roles in medical regulation, education and training, standards and performance, maintains appropriate UK and international links, working with other UK Chief Medical Officers, government departments and organisations.

You can follow the Chief Medical Officer on Twitter @CMOWales