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2012 Annual Conference & AGM

Mis-measurement of health and wealth

Friday 24 February, 2012

British Library Conference Centre
96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB

Presentations and video clips below.
Storify story and Facebook photo album now available.

9:00 am           Registration
9:20                Welcome

9:20 – 11:00             Methods in measuring health

                       Statistical approaches to measuring well-being since the 17th century
                       Roy Carr-Hill, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

                       Researching causes of schizophrenia’s causes: Methodological madness
                       Val Saunders, Independent researcher

11:00              Coffee break

11:30 – 1:00             Scientific Deception in Medicine: Is it science? Data, regulators and the official response

                     How to smell a rat: Examples of scientific and regulatory failure
                     Dr Aubrey Blumsohn, Sheffield

                     Hiding the bodies
                     David Healy, Professor of Psychiatry, Hergest Unit, Bangor, Wales

                       Q&A: Scientific Deception in Medicine

1:00 pm          Lunch

2:00 – 5:20               Deception in financial figures

2:00                Pinstripe mafia: How accountancy firms destroy societies
                       Prem Sikka, Professor of Accounting, Essex University

                      Q&A: Prem Sikka

                      Delusional economics and the economic consequences of Mr Osborne
                       Ann Pettifor, New Economics Foundation

                       Q&A: Ann Pettifor

3:30                 Coffee break

4:00                Economic sorcery and competition in health care

See Authors' reply to Cooper Z, In defence of our research on competition in England's NHS, The Lancet 2011;378(9809):2065–2066.
                       Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health Research and Policy, Queen Mary, University of London

                       Credit card maxed out? How UK debt statistics have been misrepresented
                        Howard Reed, Director, Landman Economics

5:20                Announcements & close

Video production by Unity9115.
Filmed by - G.Pheasant (www.geoffreypheasant.com)

Registration

Please fill out and return the booking form.

£25 members / £35 non-members / £40 non-members including introductory one-year membership.
Deduct £10 from each for students or low income (self-defined). A lunch is included in registration.

Queries to admin@radstats.org.uk.

Please post and circulate an A4 flyer to friends and colleagues!

Annual General Meeting and workshop

Saturday 25 February, 2012

St Pancras Church Hall - 1st floor
Lancing Street, London NW1 2BA
(opposite East exit from Euston station)

ALL WELCOME

10:00 for 10:15 AGM

11:15 Coffee break

11:30 Workshop on future Radstats activities

12:20 Walk arrangements

12:30 Close

More than just a conference & AGM! Join us for social events:

• - CHANGE OF VENUE - Thursday night social (from 7.30 pm) at Mabel's Tavern, 2 Mabledon Place WC1H 9AZ
  for food, drinks & a quiz night - bring a multiple choice question, or answer ours.
• Friday evening meal (6:30 pm) at Casa Mamma, 339 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8PX.
• Saturday walk (1:30 - 3:30) Further details will be available on the day, depending on weather & interests.

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Accommodation

Some suggestions of hostels, hotels & b&bs have been provided by the organisers.