From Janet Kipling, Exeter 383654, October 24, 2007

Devon County Council's Health Overview/Scrutiny meeting will be broadcast live on the internet next week.

The meeting will be held on Monday 29 October at 10.30am.

Amongst the topics for discussion will be the Devon Primary Care Trust Strategic Review Update, NHS dentistry and patient transport.

The live webcast will be made on the Council's award winning website, http://www.devon.gov.uk/. People can watch the webcast live or view the recordings later whenever they want to.

They can also use the website to send in their views on the issues discussed, decisions taken and the webcasting service itself.

Those who are not connected to the internet at home, can access recordings of meetings from libraries. People are advised to check availability with their local library first.

ENDS

NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS:

Devon is one of a number of councils nationwide which have full webcasting contracts with public-i. Over 50 local authorities have also webcast a variety of meetings and events during the past two years.

For further information about Devon County Council's webcasting project call Peter Doyle, Head of Communications, 01392 383264.

Watching and listening:

To listen or watch you need a connection to the Internet, a PC or Mac with a Sound Card (all computers bought in the last two or three years should come fitted with one), and speakers which are turned on!

You will also need a program on your PC for RealOne Player (the new name for RealPlayer). The basic RealOne Player program is available for FREE from RealNetworks.

Don't be put off by the long instructions - you only need to follow them once to have them set up on your computer forever. As an example, download a suitable program using the links below.

Download RealOne Player
(Windows 98, Millenium Edition, 2000, NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later, XP or Mac OS X.)

Download RealPlayer 8 or G2
(Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.1, Mac OS 7.x/8.x, Linux, + others).