Dr Una Lynch is Research Manager at the Changing Ageing Partnership Queen's University Belfast. A nurse, midwife and health visitor, Una has worked in public health practice, education, policy and research in Ireland (North and South); Scotland, Bolivia; Central America, Ghana and with the WHO. In 2007 she completed a Doctorate in Governance and her thesis is entitled Public Health: why are the Cubans so successful?


We in the North West are seeking to develop our own models of sustainable health care. This is an opportunity to hear of the Cuban model and others, to share ideas and to share skills in order to shape health care provision towards working in sustainable ways that will make a difference to the North West and to communities.