audio by title 'paul martin at lgbtsym'

The North West Regional Assembly organised an LGBT Health Symposium in Manchester on 29th March, 2007 entitled “Promoting Health for the Region’s Wealth: Meeting the Health Needs of the LGBT Community”. The event was organised and funded by the North West Equality and Diversity Group - a body set up by the regional assembly to help promote the region’s goal to become a totally inclusive and equal community - and was part of a series of symposia taking place around the region to discuss inclusivity issues related to ALL ’strands’ or communities of need within our society. The audience of more than fifty health and social care managers and diversity leads included representatives from fifteen of the region’s Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), the public bodies responsible for every aspect of first line health care in Britain.

The recording starts with an introduction by the symposium chair, Evelyn Asante-Mensah who explains that Paul Martin is the Chief executive of the Manchester-based Lesbian and Gay Foundation (http://www.lgf.org.uk/) and has been involved in Lesbian and Gay community support for many years. In his presentation Paul presents several surprising statistics about LGBT people in the North West and uses these to make a strong case for much greater attention to inclusion throughout regional life, including healthcare policy of course.