The NHS Confederation chaired The Health Hotel in 2004 and will continue to do so in 2005. The Health Hotel coordinated activities of 27 health-related organisations at the 2004 party conferences and plans activities again for 2005.

The overall purpose of the Health Hotel is to maximize the impact of key health issues at the party conferences.

The organisations involved in 2004 were:

ABHI
BDA
BMA
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
British Heart Foundation
Cancer Research UK
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
Healthcare Commission
Diabetes UK
GMC
Kings Fund
LMCA
Macmillan Cancer Relief
MS Society
MUTUO
National Asthma Campaign
National Patient Safety Agency
New Health Network
NICE
Parkinson’s Disease Society
RCN
Rethink
Stroke Association
The Health Foundation (overall supporter)
The NHS Confederation
UNISON
ABPI (reception supporter)

Visit the Health Hotel website http://www.healthhotel.org.uk/