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Healthy Ageing in Shropshire Event

A limited number of places are available at Shropshire’s Healthy Ageing event, due to be held on Friday 28th November 2014, 9am–2.30pm at Shrewsbury Education and Conference Centre, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

The aims of the seminar and afternoon workshops are to look at some of the key determinants of healthy ageing, to establish what are the most effective preventive early interventions, and to discuss what should be included in transformation programmes across health and social care in Shropshire.

The event is of particular relevance to: senior stakeholders responsible for adult services and others such as, adult social care colleagues, elected members, consultants for older people, Health & Wellbeing Board members, NHS England area team, PHE, CCG colleagues, GPs, local authority older people's leads, community engagement leads, healthcare providers, commissioners, and the voluntary and community sector.

Speakers include:

• Professor Rod Thomson (Director of Public Health, Shropshire Council)
• Professor Janet Lord (University of Birmingham)
• Bob Laventure (Consultant, British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity)
• Dr Irfan Ghani (Consultant in Public Health, Shropshire Council).
• Sandy Lockwood (Falls Project Lead, Public Health)
• Dr Kevin Lewis (Director of Preventive Health Programmes, Public Health)

For further information or to register for a place, please contact Alex Rawle on  HealthyageingShropshire@theopen-road.com   or 0207 260 2718.

Healthy Ageing in Shropshire

Friday 28th November 2014

9am – 2.30pm

Shrewsbury Conference Centre, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XQ

Seminar Room 5

A buffet lunch will be provided

This event has been organised by Shropshire Public Health and Sanofi Pasteur MSD. 

Health and Wellbeing Board - Next Meeting:

The next public Health and Wellbeing Board meeting will be held on Friday 21st November, 9.30am.

The agenda and relevant papers will become available on the Health and Wellbeing webpage prior to the meeting. Please see the attached link below to access previous meetings agendas:

Health and Wellbeing Board