Allyson Pollock; Professor of Public Health Research and Policy at Queen Mary University, London.The NHS has long been regarded one of the best healthcare systems in the world; with universal access and care largely free at the point of use. However has this NHS already been dismantled? Ongoing privatization of the NHS is handing taxpayers money to multinational companies, pushing the service towards a US healthcare model. Allyson will discuss this privatization of the NHS and how we can stop it

Or...how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system will kill you...dead! Steven is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH). His interests include the application of complexity theory to health and social research, with a particular focus on methodology and translational research aimed at improving health outcomes for vulnerable communities in society.

Dr Manickasamy works at Cambridge Access Surgery, one of the few GP practices in Cambridge that provide dedicated health services for people who are homeless. At the talk she will discuss the challenges faced in caring for the homeless and her personal insights and experiences in this area of medicine.

Dame Barbara Stocking was CEO Oxfam GB from May 2001 - February 2013. During this time Barbara led major humanitarian responses including the Horn of Africa, West Africa food crises, the Haiti earthquake, Pakistan floods/tsunami. Barbara led Oxfam’s work on Make Poverty History, recently their work on climate change and the current Grow campaign on food justice in a resource constrained world. With a wide experience in healthcare systems also she will speak to us about Humanitarianism and health

The greatest burden of surgically treatable diseases falls in developing countries yet these people have the lowest numbers of surgeons per head of population and receive just 3.5% of total worldwide operations. Mr Andy Leather; surgeon, lecturer and researcher in fragile states, capacity building partnerships in developing countries and global health education (King's College Hospital) will speak on the emerging concept of surgical care as a population-based, affordable, globally relevant issue

Do you think we live in a fair society? Are we all given the same opportunities and access to health? With the national pride that is the NHS, you might think so. But the reality couldn't be more different. In terms of health equity, England ranks as one of the worst performers amongst developed European nations. Sir Michael Marmot, chair of the review, speaks about health inequalities in England, progress two years on from his report, and the new challenges presented by the economic downturn.

Confused by the NHS reforms? In a recent BMJ article, a leading London professor wrote that for the first time in 20 years he was at a loss to explain the NHS to his health policy class. Come and hear Professor Roland CBE explain what it all means.

Dr Estee Torok, Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology at Addenbrooke's will be giving a lunchtime seminar on how to deal with infectious diseases/tropical medicine presenting in the emergency room. The talk will take the form of interactive case presentations on how to recognise and manage conditions that we may not see everyday in the hospital - complete with glorious photos!