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Tuberous sclerosis 12 June, Newcastle The Tuberous Sclerosis Association is holding a study day aimed at medical professionals to disseminate upto-date information, and look at diagnosis and genetic testing, clinical features and psychological problems, management and clinical guidelines.

Details: Janet Medcalf, 01527-871 898.

Rural youngsters 12 June, London An event to mark the official launch of the National Children's Bureau forum for rural children and young people, which aims to raise awareness of the issues affecting such people in rural areas among politicians, policy makers and service providers.

Details: NCB, 020-7843 6000.

Intermediate care 13 June, London The collaborative care team, part of North West London Hospitals trust, is organising a course for clinicians on how to set up and run intermediate care services.

Details: Sheila Patel, 020-8453 2233.

Healthy targets 13 June, London 'Improving the quality of NHS health targets' is a symposium organised by the Royal Society of Medicine's Quality in Health Care Forum examining how targets should be developed, ways to reduce conflict with other services and how to establish compliance with set targets.

Details: Laura Milne, 020-7290 3942.

Nurse prescribing 13-14 June, London Emap Healthcare is holding a two-day conference on 'Advanced clinical care through nurse prescribing' focusing on the progress made so far, and the implications of the future expansion of nurse prescribing.

Details: Liz Peim, 020-7874 0294.

Managing expectations 13-15 June, Harrogate Speakers at the Association of Healthcare Communicators conference on 'PRagmatics - the art of managing expectations' will include Department of Health communications director Helen McCallum and Ben Page from MORI.

Details: Sharon Forster, 01423-564 488.

Health and councils 14 June, Birmingham The NHS Confederation and the Local Government Association are holding a series of events on 'Connecting. . . health and local government' to help nonexecutive directors in the health service and local councillors get to grips with the issues which make for a better partnership agenda.

Details: Robin Saklatvala, 020-7959 7260.

Mental disorders 14 June, Llandrindod Wells 'Effective community services for mentally disordered offenders' is a conference on interagency arrangements to reintegrate mentally disordered offenders in Wales, organised by the Institute for Applied Health and Social Policy, King's College London.

Details: Liz Kurtz, 020-7848 3740.

Maternity care 15 June, London The National Childbirth Trust is hosting a conference on 'National service framework for maternity care: integrating health and social needs'.

Details: conference co-ordinator,020-8832 7311.