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Our Latest Catalogue of EventsPlease view our latest catalogue of events available for you to download and print to share with colleagues.
2 May 2012 More...
Falls Prevention Quotes and Presentation
From Falls Prevention Conference today:
"There is a lack of long term follow up classes for falls in the community....an integrated exercise continuum needs to be commissioned across health & local authority/voluntary sector."
Jackie Riglin Clinical Associate for Falls Royal College of Physicians
Day Surgery: Nearly ALL surgery should be day or very short stay
Quotes from todays conference:
"Nearly ALL surgery should be day or very short stay" Dr Mary Stocker, Consultant Anaesthetist, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Council Member, British Association of Day Surgery
for more quotes and slides click here
24 April 2012 More...7 Day Health and Social Care Service - News
Sir Richard Thompson, President, The Royal College of Physicians states that "There is a huge amount of evidence that mortality is higher at weekends in hospitals, and even higher on public holidays". For details of the evidence see presentation here
19 April 2012 More...Prof Ian Cumming OBE, National NHS Managing Director for Quality speaks on Managing Quality through the transition
Prof Ian Cumming OBE, National NHS Managing Director for Quality speaks on Quality During Transition
Slides available here
21 March 2012 More...Updated catalogue of conferences & masterclasses
Our updated catalogue of conferences and masterclasses is now available.
Click on the link for a full list of all events from now until June 2012.
20 February 2012 More...Ward Rounds are the "pit stops" of Clinical Care
"Ward Rounds are the Pit Stops of Clinical Care"
Dr Gordon Caldwell speaking at Healthcare Conferences UK's effective Ward Rounds Conference
Ward Rounds are the “pit stops” of clinical care, and require as much study and optimisation as a Formula One team would put into their pit stop routines. I hope you will go away from the conference today enthusiastic to start to optimise your rounds. Your patients deserve it!
Presentation available for download
19 January 2012 More...
PACS, Radiology and Electronic Patient Records
Dr Charles Gutteridge, National Clinical Director for Informatics, Department of Health speaks on the transition from national to local systems
19 January 2012 More...Nurse Clinics 2012 - Call for Abstracts announced
We have opened Nurse Clinics 2012 to abstract submissions.
21 December 2011 More...
Patients more likely to die at weekends
Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say.
Research company Dr Foster came to this conclusion after finding a "worrying" 10% spike in deaths compared with weekdays across 147 hospital trusts.
BBC News 28th November 2011
Solution - see our 7 Day Health and Social Care Conference
28 November 2011 More...National Audit of Psychological Therapies Results
National Audit of Psychological Therapies Results
Dr John Cape Clinical Advisor, The National Audit of Psychological Therapies presents the results at todays conference
25 November 2011 More...Joint Pledge on Work and Mental Well-being announced today at Psychological Therapies Conference
Joint Pledge on Work and Mental Well-Being announced today
25 November 2011 More...Minister for Welfare Reform Lord David Freud speaks at Psychological Therapies conference today
Minister for Welfare Reform Lord David Freud speaking at Psychological Therapies conference today
25 November 2011 More...Minister for Care Services Paul Burstow speaking this morning at Psychological Therapies Conference, London
Minister for Care Services, Paul Burstow MP speaking this morning at Psychological Therapies Conference, London
Highlights and quotes from this mornings opening address here
24 November 2011 More...Consensus Statement on evidence for Psychological Therapies sponsored by UKCP, BCP and BACP
Consensus Statement on evidence for Psychological Therapies
New - released at todays conference on Psychological Therapies
24 November 2011 More...MP Paul Burstow Minister for Care Services to speak at Psychological Therapies Conference on Thursday
Minister for Care Services MP Paul Burstow to speak at Psychological Therapies Conference on Thursday
The Minister will open the conference this year addressing the issue of
50 Years On: did we "underestimate their powers of resistance"?
How can talking therapists support the Coalition’s radical ambition to make our health and social care system work better for the people who need it?
21 November 2011 More...
Nurse Clinics 2011
Nurse Clinics 2011
The Annual Nurse Clinics conference held last week in Manchester showed once again the difference nurses are making running clinics to improve patient care. Dr Wilma Scholte op Reimer focused on her experiences of developing a patient cardiology clinic in Amsterdam within a university setting that brings together patient care, education and research. The presentation can be viewed here.
We are now planning Nurse Clinics 2012 which will take place in London on 20th November 2011- Save the date
20 November 2011 More...
New NICE Quality Standard for Service User Experience in Mental Health
Dr Diana Rose, Chair, Guideline Development Group, Service User Experience Quality Standard, NICE and Prof Tim Kendall, Director of the Collaborating Centre for Mental Health speak at Healthcare Conferences UK Conference - Service User Experience in Mental Health, 15th November 2011 in London on the new Quality Standard for Service User Experience in Mental Health which is now due to be released in December 2012
"Service users should have centre stage in mental health...monitoring what happens, ensuring their views are immediately accessible to trust boards and ensuring no decision is made without involvement... we need a big change" said Prof Tim Kendall, Director, The Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
Diane Rose commented that "the new quality standard will lay down what service users should expect from services"
15 November 2011 More...






