What you will learn

• How Gateshead and Newcastle have been looking to tackle health inequalities and promote public health;
• How everyone can play their part in improving health and inequalities, wherever they are.

What to expect from this event

• Keynote address from Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health in Gateshead and Newcastle;
• Reflections from the BMA's Public Health Medicine Committee and patient representatives
• A chance to network with other interested medical and non-medical professionals.

Key features

• The lecture will be held in-person, at Newcastle University's Henry Daysh Building, and will be available for anyone to join online via Microsoft Teams.
• The event is open to not just public health specialists and BMA members, but anyone interested in making a difference to public health.
• The event was established by the BMA’s Public Heath Medicine Committee to remember past BMA Council Chair and campaigning public health consultant, Sir Sandy Macara, and the lecture seeks to provide a spotlight on an aspect of public health each year.

Key speakers

Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health in Gateshead and Newcastle and a Vice-President of the Association of Director's Public Health.