Clinical guidelines in Italy and the UK

Monday, 17 December 2007
Italian Cultural Institute
39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX

List of Participants


Programme

8.30-9.00     Registration and refreshments


                9.00             Welcome and introductory remarks by Prof. Salvator Roberto Amendolia (Scientific Attache’, Italian Embassy)

              9.15             Keynote address    by Prof. Paolo Vineis (Imperial College London and Consiglio Superiore di Sanità, Italy)

Presentations

             9:45    Guideline production and dissemination

                                  Dott Aldo Ancona (Director ASSR, Italy)

                                  Dott Cristina Morciano (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy)

                                  Dr Mercia Page (NICE, UK)

10:45    Coffee break

        11:00    Auditing, evaluation

                                  Dott Roberto Grilli (Agenzia Regionale per i Servizi Sanitari, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy),

                                  Dr Gillian Leng (NICE, UK)

        12:00    Equity issues

                                  Prof Giuseppe Costa (University of Torino, Italy)

        12.30    General discussion

13:00    Lunch
Round Table

        14:00    A comparison between the two systems, problems and potential improvements

                              Prof. Paolo Vineis (chair)
                              Prof. Martyn Partridge (Imperial College, London)
                              Dott Amedeo Bianco (President, College of Physicians, Italy)
                              Dott Marco Patierno (General Practitioner, Italy)
                              Dr Mark Davis (General Practitioner, Leeds)
                              Prof. James Raftery (University of Southampton, UK),
                              Prof. Silvio Garattini (Istituto Mario Negri, Italy)
                              Dr Craig Rhodes (Map of Medicine, UK)

        16.15    General discussion with planned interventions from:

                              Prof. Alessandro Liberati (Agenzia Regionale per i Servizi Sanitari, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy)

                              Dott Guido Marinoni (Consiglio Superiore di Sanità, Italy)

        16.45    Closing remarks
 
                              Prof. Paolo Vineis


The workshop has been promoted by

Italian Embassy in London

and

Consiglio Superiore di Sanità (Sezione I) of Italy

and sponsored by

Compagnia di San Paolo