Health Policy Summit 2010

date : 2/10/2010

The Health Policy Summit is a conference aimed at setting and discussing the critical agenda for the year in health policy. The Summit gathered around 200 health policy leaders from various fields, including healthcare providers, citizens/patients, government, academia, industry, and the media. The Summit took place in February 2010.

Participants from the new DPJ-led administration included Mr. Yukio Edano, Minister of State for Government Revitalization; Mr. Akira Nagatsuma, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Mr. Kan Suzuki, Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Mr. Motohisa Furukawa, Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office; and Mr. Keisuke Tsumura, Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office.

(Titles reflect positions held at time of event)

Excerpts from Media Coverage

•“Waste reduction policy prioritized” (February 11, 2010 NHK News）

•“Nagatsuma eager to unify indexes for measuring patient satisfaction” (February 11, 2010 Kyodo News)

•“Nagatsuma mentions unifying standards for measuring patient satisfaction” (February 12, 2010 Sankei Shimbun)

Exhibition date：2010-02-10