European Forum for

Primary Care

Site-based learning programme

Study-visits toBelgium and the United Kingdom

People-centred Primary Care

Site-based Learning programme

Sunday 29 November
Arrival in Brussels
Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
11.40 / Transfer from ZaventemAirport to Ghentby rented bus “De Buck Travel”
Meeting point: Java Coffee Corner in the Arrivals Hall
Hotel / Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
Nederkouter 24-26
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel. (+32)9/2250707
19.00 / Welcome diner at Café Théâtre
Schouwburgstraat 5-7
9000 Gent

Mr. Diederik Aarendonk
Prof. Dr. Jan de Maeseneer
Preliminary List of the Site-based Learning Programme participants
From 29 Nov – 2 Dec (Belgium)
Guide:
  1. Mr. Diederik Aarendonk – Coordinator of the EFPC
WHO participants
  1. Mr. Dr. Yongyuth Pongsupap – Technical Officer WHO Geneva
  2. Mr. Dr. Patrick Martiny – Advisor of the SBLP of the WHO Geneva
  3. Mr. Anshu Banerjee – Representative WHO Albania
Other participants from Albania
  1. Mr. Rajond Hoxha – Secretary of the Parliamentary Commission – Ophthalmologist
  2. Mr. Ndue Paluka – Member of the Parliamentary Commission – Economist
  3. Mr. Mehmet Xheka –Member of the Parliamentary Commission– Cardiologist
  4. Mr. Ylli Dylgjeri – General Director of Support Services– Ministry of Health
  5. Mr. Arjan Bregu – Specialist of Epidemiology and Hygiene – Ministry of Health
  6. Mr. Romeo Zegali – Adviser of Minister of Health
  7. Mr. Arbi Thereska – Deputy Director of Regional Directorate of Health Insurance Institute Tirana
  8. Naun Sinani – Deputy Director, Health Insurance Institute
  9. Alfred Priftasnji – Dean Faculty of Medicine, University Albania
  10. Mr. Llukan Rrumbullaku – Deputy Dean Faculty of Medicine, University Albania
From 2 Dec – 5 Dec (U.K.)
Guide:
  1. Mr. Diederik Aarendonk – Coordinator of the EFPC
WHO participants
  1. Mr. Dr. Yongyuth Pongsupap – Technical Officer WHO Geneva
  2. Mr. Dr. Patrick Martiny – Advisor of the SBLP of the WHO Geneva
  3. Mr. Anshu Banerjee – Representative WHO Albania
Other participants from Albania
  1. Mr. Ylli Dylgjeri – General Director of Support Services– Ministry of Health
  2. Mr. Arjan Bregu – Specialist of Epidemiology and Hygiene – Ministry of Health
  3. Mr. Romeo Zegali – Adviser of Minister of Health
  4. Mr. Arbi Thereska – Deputy Director of Regional Directorate of Health Insurance Institute Tirana
  5. Naun Sinani – Deputy Director, Health Insurance Institute
  6. Alfred Priftasnji – Dean Faculty of Medicine, University Albania
  7. Mr. Llukan Rrumbullaku – Deputy Dean Faculty of Medicine, University Albania
All presentations will be in English language.
Theme
People-centred Primary Care
The Site-based learning programme will focus mainly on people-centred primary care. The current primary health care(PHC) movement includes four sets of PHC reforms for reducing inequalities and improving health for all, as documented in the World Health Report 2008: Primary Health Care: Now More Than Ever. Service delivery reforms are about re-organizing health services around people’s needs and expectations, so as to make the more socially relevant and more responsive to the changing world, while producing better outcomes.
The following questions are central to the activities within the site-based learning programme and answers on these questions will add to the existing knowledge on the issue of how to tackle health disparities in a population by appropriate Health Care.
-What are the basic skills and competences of a Primary Care health professional to function in a Community Oriented and People Centred Primary Health Care system
-How can health centres be community oriented and people centred and contribute to social inclusion? For example, how do they ensure that access to services is equal for both genders and for minority groups?
-Primary Care teams: how far have they been developed and how do they function in practice; how can benefits be described and assessed in particularly regarding social inclusion?
-What have been the developments in terms of new professions and distribution or delegation of responsibilities within Primary Care settings? What are minimum levels of collaboration to ensure involvement in tackling social exclusion problems at community level?
-What obstacles in terms of legislation and regulations for Health Centres to act on community level had to be overcome?
-How can national health systems contribute to PHC-development?
Answers on these questions will also help to shift the research from describing patterns of health disparities to evaluating the effectiveness of policies and interventions at:
•Practice level
•Local community level and
•Policy level
in order to address disparities.
Monday
30November / Contact person: / Mr. Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
Transport from hotel to GhentUniversity / 9.00
10.00 / Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Department of Family Medicine and PHC of GhentUniversity
De Pintelaan 185
B-9000 Gent
Tel: +32 9 240 36 12
Prof. Dr. Jan de Maeseneer
Welcome speech by the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Introduction in the Belgian Health Care System and future challenges for Primary Health Care
Research projects at the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care
11.30
13.30 / Lunch at UniversityHospital
Departure to health centre “Botermarkt”/ university health centre “Nieuw Gent”
14.00– 16.30 / Visits to two primary care centers in Ghent for observation of different activities: curative care, preventive care, health promotion and community involvement. The group will be divided into two smaller groups
Group 1:
Health Centre “Botermarkt”
Hundelgemsesteenweg 145
B - 9050 Gent-Ledeberg.
Telephone : 3292323233
Website :
E-mail :
Ms. Leen De Roo
Prof. Dr. Jan De Maeseneer
Group 2:
University Health Centre “Nieuw Gent”
Rerum Novarumplein 180b
B – 9000 Gent
Telephone: 3292212181
Website:
Email:
16.15 / Departure Group 2 to health centre “Botermarkt”
16.30 – 17.30
17.45 / Feedback session on the first day at Health Centre “Botermarkt”
Transfer to Stadhuis Gent (Gent’s City Hall)
18.00- 19.00 / Stadhuis Gent
Botermarkt 1
9000, Gent
Reception with a speech by Alderman of Environment and Social Affairs Tom Balthazar
Ms. Katia Vandendriessche
19.00 / Walk from Stadhuis to restaurant “Het Pand” through the historic centre
19.30 / Diner with the Chairman of the EFPC at restaurant “Het Pand”
Onderbergen 1
9000 Gent
Tel. (+32)9264833
Prof. Jan de Maeseneer
Mr. Diederik Aarendonk
Hotel / Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
Nederkouter 24-26
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel. (+32)92250707
Tuesday
1 December / Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
Transport hotel to “Botermark” / 8.30 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 12.00 / Breakfast at “Botermarkt” with introduction to the health centre
Alderman of Environment and Social Affairs Tom Balthazar will be present
Meeting at the “Platform Hulpverlening Gentbrugge – Ledeberg’ with the different community care-providers and welfare organisations
Visit to the community
12.30 – 13.30 / Lunch at Community Centre De Vaart
E. Hullebroeckplein 1
9050 Gentbrugge
13.45 / Departure to health centre “Botermarkt”/ university health centre “Nieuw Gent”
14.00 – 16.30 / Visits to two primary care centers in Ghent for observation of different activities: curative care, preventive care, health promotion and community involvement. Group 1 and 2 will switch visiting health centre.
Group 2:
Health Centre “Botermarkt”
Hundelgemsesteenweg 145
B - 9050 Gent-Ledeberg.
Telephone : 3292323233
Website :
E-mail :
Ms. Leen De Roo
Prof. Dr. Jan De Maeseneer
Group 1:
University Health Centre “Nieuw Gent”
Rerum Novarumplein 180b
B – 9000 Gent
Telephone: 3292212181
Website:
Email:
16.15 / Departure Group 1 to health centre “Botermarkt”
16.30 – 17.30 / Feedback session at health centre “Botermarkt”
19.00 / Diner at restaurant Het Pakhuis
Schuurkensstraat 4
9000 Gent

Mr. Diederik Aarendonk
Hotel / Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
Nederkouter 24-26
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel. (+32)9/2250707
Wednesday
2 December / Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
Train to London / Ghent – Brussel Midi / Departure:08.24
Arrival: 08.55
Train number: IC 507
Brussel Midi - London / Departure Eurostar: 09.29
Arrival Eurostar: 10.31
Train number: 9119
12.30 / Lunch in London
13.30 / Departure to meeting NHS Alliance (walking distance)
14.00 – 16.00 / NHS Alliance
The King’s Fund
11-13 Cavendish Square
London
Mr. Michael Sobanja
Introduction in the UK Primary Health Care system
16.00 – 17.00 / Feedback session at the NHS Alliance
18.00 / Diner in London : Location
Hotel / Hotel Ibis London Euston St. Pancras
3 Cardington Street
NW1 2LW London
United Kingdom
Tel. (+44)207/3887777
Thursday 3 December / Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
10.00 – 16.00 / The Caversham Group Practice
4 Peckwater Street
Kentish Town
London
NW5 2UP
Tel: 020 7530 6500
Website:
Dr. Azhar Malik
Participants divided into three groups for observation of different activities: curative care, preventive care, health promotion, community involvement.
Interviews with patients
12.30 – 13.30 / Lunch at Caversham Group Practice
16.00 – 17.00 / Feedback session at Caversham Group Practice
18.00 / Diner in London: location
Hotel / Hotel Ibis London Euston St. Pancras
3 Cardington Street
NW1 2LW London
United Kingdom
Tel. (+44)207/3887777
Friday 4 December / Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
08.30-14.45 / Health Centre “ Bromley by Bow” London.
St Leonards Street,LondonE3 3BT.
Tel: 020 8983 7082

Dr. Sam Everington
A Healthy Living Centre: a holistic approach to health and health care and the importance of education, the environment, arts, employment and housing
12.30-13.30 / Lunch at Bromley by Bow
14.45 / Departure to London’s St. Pancreas station by metro
Train to Brussels / London - Brussel / Departure from London St. Pancreas with Eurostar: 16.04
Arrival in Brussel Midi with Eurostar:18.59
Hotel / Ibis Brussels Centre Gare Midi
Rue d'Angleterre 2-20
1060 Brussels
Belgium
Tel. (+32)2/5414444
Saturday 5 December / Contact person: / Diederik Aarendonk
Mobile: +31 (0)629359635
10.00-12.00 / Conclusion Meeting
Federal Public Service: Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Eurostation II
Place Victor Horta, 40 box 10
1060 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32 (0)2 524.71.11 - Call Center: +32 (0)2 524.97.97
12.30 / Departure to home country

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