With the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy coming towards its conclusion in 2010, this seminar will examine where we are in relation to the goal of halving the under-18 conception rate, and increasing the proportion of teenage parents in education, training or employment to 60% by the conclusion of the strategy. Provision of SRE will also be discussed as the Children, Schools and Families Bill introduced in the Queen’s Speech will ensure that all young people receive at least one year of SRE.
As well as this discussions will also focus on what more needs to be done and what direction future policy should take. This seminar is timed to coincide with the publication of the latest data for 2008 expected towards the end of February 2010.
Planned sessions will look at:
The meeting will bring key policy makers from Government and Parliament together with those working in the NHS, education system, charities and interest groups, social marketing, academics and commentators, businesses involved in the provision of health care in the UK and other interested parties. It is organised on the basis of strict impartiality by the Westminster Health Forum.
Speakers
We are delighted that Gill Frances, Chair, Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG); and Alison Hadley, Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, Department for Children, Schools and Families will be delivering keynote addresses at this seminar.
Further senior speakers have been approached and we are awaiting confirmation of diaries.
We expect attendees and speakers to be a senior and informed group numbering around 140, including Members of both Houses of Parliament, senior government officials involved in this area of public policy, charities, interest groups, academia and other related industries, together with representatives of the trade and national press.
Output and About Us
A key output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out within a week of the event to Ministers and officials at DH and other departments affected by the issues, Parliamentarians with a special interest in these areas, and other agencies. It will also be made available more widely. It will include transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day, along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speakers’ biographies, an attendee list, an agenda and sponsor information. It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, similar to those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to attend on the day.
All delegates will receive free PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.
The Westminster Health Forum is strictly impartial and cross-party, and draws on the considerable support it receives from within Parliament and government, and amongst the wider stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior Ministers, regulators and other officials, opposition speakers and senior opinion formers in industry and interest groups. Events regularly receive prominent coverage in the national and trade press.
| Date | 16 March 2010 |
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| Activity type | Other |
| Location | Central London |
| Telephone | 01276 489144 |
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| delegate.relations@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk |