POSITIVE ACTION GROUP (PAG) - Public Meeting
"Political Party Platform"
Panel and audience discussion
Manx Legion Club Market Hill, Douglas
7:30 pm Monday 24th September 2018
The event is free and open to all
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PAG Event: Wellness: A Health Model for the isle of Man
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"Wellness: A New Health Model For The Isle of Man"Presentations and panel discussion
Manx Museum TheatreDouglas7:30 pm MONDAY 25th June 2018For its eighth and final public meeting of the political year Positive Action Group (PAG) returns to the theme of healthcare. The meeting will be at the Manx Museum Theatre, Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Monday 25th June starting at 7:30 pm. PAG has invited four speakers each to give a short 7 minute presentation about various aspects of healthcare in the IoM. They are:
Nigel Taylor, General Counsel, Jurby Wellness:
Outlining the legal support for: 1) Patient Autonomy, 2) Fully Informed Consent.
Helping to increase the feedback from the patient and to ensure their concerns and voice is always acknowledged.
Gordon Wilson, Managing Director, Callin Wild Consulting:
1) Healthcare Affordability, 2) Manx Agriculture / 'Food Is Medicine' Opportunities.
Outlining the financial unsustainability of the current health model and looking at Island 'food economics' opportunities.
Courtenay Heading, Founder, Jurby Wellness:
1) Our Brilliant Body, 2) Disease, as a: Toxin, or a Lack.
Highlighting how our body serves us, if we feed it well and avoid the toxins to which we are increasingly subject.
Hon David Ashford, MHK, Minister for Health and Social Care:
An Update on Our Future Health Vision.
With nearly six months in post, Minister Ashford is recognised as being open to change, and will outline what he aims to achieve in this Parliament and beyond.
Following the presentations the audience will be invited to contribute to a panel discussion.
As usual the event is free and is open to all
PAG Event: "GDPR: D-Day is here"
"GDPR: D-Day is here"A presentation by Iain McDonald, IoM Information Commissioner
The videos: privacy generations Google duplex AI assistant |
| File | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|
 Presentation: Powerpoint version | 8826 Kb | 895 |
 Presentation: PDF format | 3362 Kb | 1346 |
League Tables and Benchmarking Pupil Attainment
A parent's view of league tables and benchmarking pupil attainment. The issue of League Tables and related benchmarking of pupil performance between jurisdictions has recently come to the fore with the publication by Daphne Caine MHK of her annual Children’s Champion Report together with questions being asked of the Department of Education, Sport & Culture (DESC) in a recent (16th March 2018) sitting of the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee. The DESC has long been opposed to league tables and in December 2017 published a document highlighting their arguments against such. The Department’s Service Delivery Plan (2016-2021) highlights that part of its vision is for “a world class education system for all…”. The author submits that part of any world class education system would be an enviable benchmarked record of attainment whilst acknowledging and ensuring that other outcomes such as key skills and the development of personal qualities have a prominent and important role in the curriculum. Such skills and qualities are not however, in the author’s opinion, mutually exclusive to high academic attainment. As a parent of two children now in Key Stage 3, I analysed a variety of responses made by the Department in relation to requests (submitted by myself and other individuals) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2015. Such requests sought attainment data for the end (Year 6) of Key Stage 2 (KS2 which overall encompasses Years 3-6) for each of the Island’s thirty-two primary schools over a period of years. My initial focus has been on the most recent academic year (2016-17) where full attainment results were only published by the Department subsequent to the applicant seeking a review by the Information Commissioner whereupon the Department was directed to release the information sought by the applicant.... [for more please click on document link]
PAG Event: 2018 Manx Budget explained
Positive Action Group eventThe 2018 Manx budget explainedA presentation by Hon Alf Cannan MHK, Minister for the Treasury |
Pag Event: Meeting the Health Challenge
Public Meeting 'Meeting the Health Challenge'a presentation byHon David Ashford MHKMinister for the Dept Health & Social Care
Monday 26th March 2018 at 7:30pmManx Legion Club, Market Hill, Douglas
PAG Event: Cruising Cash Cows?
PAG public meeting Cruising Cash Cows? Perceptions and Misperceptionsa presentation by Dr Ross KleinProfessor, Memorial University of NewfoundlandMonday 27th November 2017 at 7:30 p.m.Manx Legion Club, DouglasThe event is free and open to all
We are now used to seeing small cruise ships moored in Douglas Bay.
The Government is considering a proposal to build a £60 million deep water terminal to receive the latest generation of cruise liners. These vessels hold up to 5000 passengers. On the face of it this would seem to be good for our economy. But there are always two sides to a story. What might the full impact be on the Isle of Man? That's what Positive Action Group (PAG) will debate at its November public meeting. |
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