NCHRF Public Lecture 2024: Managing Multimorbidity - a Challenge to Current Healthcare Systems

Northern Community Health and Research Foundation Communities Health Research Foundation, 2024 Visiting Professor Public Lecture

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE

MANAGING MULTIMORBIDITY: A CHALLENGE TO CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

PROFESSOR RAFAEL PERERA SALAZAR

Director of the Medical Statistics group at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

“Multimorbidity, the experience of living with two or more long-term health conditions, is a problem caused by dramatic improvements in medical treatments and overall living conditions, which have increased life expectancy in most countries over the last 50 years. However, our healthcare systems were not designed to deal with this problem, generally specialising and focusing on single conditions. Across the world, rates of multimorbidity are rising, with one in four adults in the UK now affected. This public lecture will explore how we got here, the challenges, and some suggestions for improvements”.

When:      Thursday 29 August 2024 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Where:     Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, Room G-030

                4 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Join us for an in-person, exciting public lecture by the 2024 Northern Community Health and Research Foundation (NCHRF) Visiting Professor.

Professor Rafael Perera-Salazar is the Director of the Medical Statistics group at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. He has spearheaded the development of a highly esteemed methodological/statistical team in the UK, with a special focus on multimorbidity and the monitoring of long-term chronic conditions. Do not miss this rare opportunity to hear from one of the leading authorities in the field of multimorbidity and control of long-term conditions as he shares his insights and findings on the impacts on healthcare systems.

Light refreshments offered at the end of the event over a networking opportunity.