As part of the Fabian Society and sanofi-aventis policy series assessing the impacts of devolution on health services within Scotland and Wales, we held a high-level wrap-up seminar in Westminster on 22 February 2011. With Welsh and Scottish elections soon approaching, the seminar will seek to identify shared regional lessons from devolution; as well how political change and public spending cuts may impact upon future health strategies and outcomes. 

Speakers included:

• Professor Gareth Williams (Board Member, Public Health Wales & Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)
• Dr Jennifer Dixon (Director, Nuffield Trust)
• Howard Stoate (Chair of Clinical Cabinet of Bexley Care Trust and former chair of the all party group on primary care and public health 1997-2010)
• Jane Wilde (Chief Executive, Institute of Public Health in Ireland)
• Chair: Rachael Jolley (Freelance Journalist, former head of policy at the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians of the UK)

Event report will be posted shortly.

The Fabian Health & Devolution series in partnership with sanofi-aventis also held the following discussions:

Scotland

6pm – 7.30pm, Wednesday 8th September 2010, Edinburgh

With Jackie Baillie MSP, Labour Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and Murdo Fraser MSP, Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, John Mclaren, CPPR and Sunder Katwala, Fabian Society. 

Wales

12.30pm - 13.45pm, Wednesday 14th July 2010, Cardiff

With Dr. Brian Gibbons AM with responses from Professor Gwyn Bevan (London School of Economics and co-author of Funding and Performance of Healthcare Systems in the Four Countries of the UK Before and After Devolution) Carolyn Lester (Lead for Health Inequalities, Public Health Wales) and chaired by Denis Campbell (Health Columnist, the Guardian/Observer).

Event Reports from this series will be posted shortly.

This event is kindly supported by sanofi-aventis