Well-being economies are those that prioritise equity, sustainability and well-being for current and future generations. This episode of the talk show will bring together European experts to discuss the role of primary health care in the well-being economy – health is both a driver and beneficiary of well-being economies.

In the next episode of “Let’s Talk PHC” WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care and the researchers on health care performance intelligence from the University of Amsterdam will come together for a live discussion on: actionable primary health care performance measurement and management (data purposes and uses); use of PHC indicators ad part of improvement cycles in policy and practice; capacity strengthening at the national and subnational levels in data collection, analysis, communication and dissemination of results, digitalization of PHC data and clinical engagement and ownership.

This panel discussion opens our ten-part lunchtime seminar series, “Primary Health Care (PHC): The heart of every health system” that will run once a month throughout the 2022/23 academic year. 

The seminar series provides an overview of the key functions and features of PHC; its potential in achieving universal health coverage and its role in global health. Seminars are led by speakers working in a range of settings.

In this opening zoom-based session our panel of cross-country experts will consider what is stopping PHC from being the heart of every health system??? 

Drawing on their own research and experiences ...

Theme: Patient and public engagement in health services research Speaker: Dr Maria Santana, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Calgary, Canada, and Advisor to GPCC. Host: Professor Joakim Öhlén, Centre Director GPCC.

Date and time: Thursday 29 September at 15.00-16.00 CET.

Place: Digitally via zoom or IRL at Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg. Attendance is cost free.

Dr Santana will provide an introduction to public and patient engagement in health research and examples on how this engagement has impacted health health care systems. In Canada, Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research was established to emphasize the importance for public and ...