The new NHS: dilemmas and issues for journalists

Reporting on Our Health Services

A well-attended NUJ masterclass held in the NUJ's Headland House on 11 April 2013. 34 people were there, including speakers

Speakers (in agenda order)

DR JOHN LISTER, senior lecturer in health journalism, Coventry University; director, London Health Emergency (Chair)

• Outline of the opening presentation
  
• Transcript of speech
  

SHAUN LINTERN, Health Service Journal reporter; former Express & Star reporter, Stafford

• Transcript of speech
  

BRANWEN JEFFRYS, BBC health correspondent

• Transcript of speech
  

DR PAUL BRADSHAW, senior lecturer in online journalism, Birmingham City University; organiser, Help Me Investigate

• Transcript of speech
  

• Floor discussion and response
  

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Edited podcast videos of two of the workshop sessions:

• Reporting on Quality in Healthcare (Professor Sue Lister)
  
• Reporting Statistics for Health Journalists – Dr David Schley (Royal Statistical Society).

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ONLINE RESOURCES for training and development of skills and knowledge for Health Journalists

Training sessions London and Coventry
June 11-12 and 14-15 2012
(video links to follow)

• Reporting on the Business & Economics of Health Care
• Medical Research and Science
• Health Care Quality and Performance
• Health Policy: reporting government health reforms
• Understanding hospital and other financial reports
• Reporting on Global Health
• How to evaluate conflicts of interest
• Statistical awareness for health journalists

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Further links and sources on HeaRT training topics

• Data mining for health journalists
• How to map health conditions
• How to search for medical information
• How to report opinion polls
• How to understand statistics

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