Upcoming Events
2012
February 2012
- 07/02/2012Clinical Audit and Improvement 2012
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
We are delighted to annouce Clinical Audit and Improvement 2012, the 12th Annual Conference, a two day event supported by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.
The conference this year will focus on Clinical Audit Improvement at a Local Level and a focus on making Clinical Audit work for the Board. Alongside the main conference will be practical masterclasses on the most pertinent issues impacting on Clinical Audit Leads and Managers at a local level.
NEW: HQIP are supporting a 30% reduced rate for Clinical Audit Managers and Faciltators
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/clinical-audit- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 08/02/2012Masterclass: Social Care Clinical Audit
- Location: London . Times: 14.00-15.30
A Healthcare Conferences UK Masterclass supported by HQIP
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/social_clare_clinical_audit
Key Learning Objectives
• developing a quality framework for social care
• realising the benefits and overcoming the challenges of audit: approaches in social care
• how to initiate an audit in social care
• the new NICE standards and guidelines for social care
• the integration agenda, future scope and next steps
The Masterclass will be facilitated by Robin Burgess Chief Executive Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Eve Riley Development Officer Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 09/02/2012Electronic Document Management
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
The delivery of clinical care is no longer from a single place with a single record location but from multiple sites (including the patient’s own home) and the electronic record needs to be available in these multiple sites. This one day national conference chaired by Sean Brennan Independent Consultant in Healthcare Informatics will provide important guidance on how to successfully implement Electronic Document Management and realise the quality and productivity benefits.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/electronic-document-management- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 09/02/2012End of Life Commissioning
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
Supported by The National Council for Palliative Care and chaired by Professor Mayur Lakhani CBE GP, Chair Dying Matters Coalition and The National Council for Palliative Care and Immediate Past Chairman of The Royal College of General Practitioners this one day conference will provide an important update on commissioning for high quality end of life care in the new commissioning landscape.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/end-of-life-care-commissioning.- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 28/02/2012Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
Chaired by Mervyn Eastman President PASAUK this one day conference is an important update on safeguarding vulnerable adults in health services, implementing the policy on adult safeguarding in hospitals and applying the principles of empowerment, protection, prevention, proportionality, partnership and accountability which are used to benchmark existing adult safeguarding arrangements and measure future improvements.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-adults-government-policy-safeguarding- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
March 2012
- 08/03/2012Measuring and Monitoring Patient Exeperience
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
The draft NICE quality standard: Patient Experience in Adult NHS Services has been published and is in consultation. It focuses on generic patient experiences and is relevant for all people using adult NHS services.
Chaired by Sophie Staniszewska Chair Guideline Development Group The NICE Quality Standard for Patient Experience in Adult Services, this conference provides an important update on patient experience with a focus on the new NICE quality standard including how it was developed and how progress will be monitored.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/patient-experience- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 14/03/2012Meaningful Participation and Involvement for ALL Patients and Service Users
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
This one day conference will examine how to involve all patients and service users in their own care and how to engage with people who are often excluded.
The conference will discuss the notion of meaningful participation which will include how to engage with people who are often excluded. The morning continues with a presentation on widening the net of patient and public involvement with a focus on national and local systems currently in place to capture all patient voices and feedback, offering a, offering a practical guide to develop your knowledge on meaningful participation, patient and public involvement.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/meaningful_participation_involvement- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 14/03/2012The 9th Palliative Care Congress
- Location: Newcastle, Gateshead, UK
The 9th Palliative Care Congress is a multi-professional conference open to all those working in the field of Palliative Care. Plenary speakers include Professor Harvey Chochinov speaking on The role of dignity in end-of-life care, Dr Sara Booth - Breathlessness, Professor Jane Seymour – How do we protect the needs of the frail older person and Professor Irene Higginson – Palliative care research: its landscape and laments. Visit the website for the full conference programme. www.pccongress.org.uk.
- For further information please contact Heather Enticott info@compleatconference.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01489 565475.
- 21/03/2012Competence in Advanced Nursing Roles and Practice
- Location: 76 Portland Place, London
This one day conference provides an important update on developing, measuring and maintaining competence in advanced nursing roles and practice with a focus on quality, improvement, innovation and career development and progression.
Delegates will have the opportunity to hear how to achieve and maintain personal competence for career development through using the “skills passport”, a tool used to record competences to aid career progression and movement between specialties and career paths.
A great opportunity to learn through keynote presentations from the Royal College of Nursing and Nursing and Midwifery Council with an overview of career and competence frameworks relevant to nursing practice and plans for transforming nursing education and revalidation.- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 21/03/2012Masterclass: The Amended Mental Health Act
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
Held by Healthcare Conferences UK and InPractice this in-depth, interactive one-day masterclass will take delegates through the main changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 made by the Mental Health Act 2007. Case studies based on the main interactions that a mental health professional will have with a service user (from diagnosis to discharge and treatment in the community) will be worked through.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/mental_health_act- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
- 27/03/2012Care Show Bournemouth
- Location: Bournemouth International Centre (BIC)
The Care Shows are trade events for anyone who owns, runs or manages a business that provides care for older people.
People that should attend include proprietors, directors and managers from care homes, nursing homes, homecare agencies, sheltered accomodation and private hospitals.
Products and services on display in the exhibition include medical products, moving and handling equipment, telecare, furniture, IT systems, financial and legal services, training & recruitment, construction services and many more.
The Care Shows are free to attend for all registered visitors - visit our website for more information.
- For further information please contact Chris Edwards chris.edwards@ubm.com by e-mail or phone 020 7921 8602.
April 2012
- 27/04/2012Falls Prevention and Management in Older People
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
This national conference will reflect on evidence that suggests there is room for improvement in the prevention and management of falls within NHS and Social Care. Delegates will hear case study presentations from organisations taking a proactive and preventative approach to falls services and which are demonstrating improvements in outcomes and a reduction in falls both in hospitals and in the community.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/falls-prevention-in-older-people- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
May 2012
- 14/05/2012Nurse Led Clinics
- Location: London . Times: 10.00-17.00
Learning from nurses working at advanced practice and experienced in setting up and running nurse clinics. Whether you’re starting up a new clinic or currently running one, this practical one day conference developed following the success of our annual nurse clinics conference and exhibition provides the opportunity to hear from the experts, meet other healthcare professionals facing similar challenges and gain valuable knowledge to set up a clinic and expand your skills and experience.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/nurse_clinics_london- For further information please contact Kerry Tarrant kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk by e-mail or phone 01932 429933.
July 2012
- 01/07/2012Symposium Mammographicum 2012
- Location: Harrogate International Conference Centre
Symposium Mammographicum is a UK registered charity founded in 1979. Its principal aims are to stimulate and support research and disseminate knowledge about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease.This is the 16th Symposium in the series and will be held at the Harrogate International Conference Centre.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Amanda Ramirez has agreed to deliver 'The Sir John Stebbings Lecture on the very topical subject of staff well-being and job satisfaction. Professor Peter Johnson, Chief Clinician at Cancer Research UK, will present on chemotherapy and gene selection. Other highlights include a session dedicated to cancer in pregnancy and preserving fertility, an update on new technologies and digital imaging, and a session on risk and behaviour including nudge. Professor Sarah Pinder (Kings College London) will discuss the problems encountered with over-diagnosis and overtreatment and Professor Sunil Lakhani (University of Queensland) will talk about stem cells and metastases and on pathology from axilla. Cutting edge advances will be discussed in the new technologies session and the hot topics session will ensure we cover any new developments taking place.
For further information please visit www.conferencesympmamm.org.uk.
- For further information please contact Charlotte Hegarty sympmamm@conferencecollective.co.uk by e-mail or phone 020 8977 7997.