This half-day event organised by PHA Health and Social Care R&D aims to bring together policy makers, commissioners, academics and research leaders within health and social care to share their views and examine how the processes of research and knowledge transfer could be more effectively integrated into the overall systems of health and social care. 

Cuba has managed to create a first class health and social wellbeing system that is, in some respects, better than many developed countries, despite being considered a third world country.

A nurse, midwife and health visitor from Northern Ireland, Dr Una Lynch, has been studying the Cuban health system and the reasons behind its conspicuously good outcomes for over six years. She argues that Cuba teaches the importance of health policy based on systematic needs assessment and strong political commitment to public health.