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New improvements to help fight sepsis - NHS Networks 14 September 2017

Conference chair: Julia Holding Head of Patient Experience NHS Improvement

Speaker news and updates from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in Cardiology Conference.

News and updates from today's conference.

News and updates from today’s Advancisng IV Theraphy Conference.

News and updates from today’s conference.

On September 11th 2017, NHS England announced that "Ambulance services begin new response times- Four of England’s ambulance services have begun the roll out of new response times announced earlier this year"

In a world leading move, quality of life for cancer patients will be tracked as part of ambitious plans by NHS England to radically improve care and support for people once treatment ends.

NICE - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - urges hospital staff to treat people with life-threatening sepsis within one hour, in its final quality standard.

The BBC reports today that: "Figures from 104 trusts seen by BBC Panorama show 78% of patients are being screened and 63% are getting antibiotics within one hour.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the NHS had "more to do" to stop "preventable" sepsis deaths occurring."

NHS England blog post from Jennie Walker the Assistant Head of Patient Choice in the Personalisation and Choice Group.

Theresa May has emphasised the need to raise mental health awareness through the new National Citizens Service and has said the new strategy will support teenagers and give them better access to help.

Healthcare Conferences UK are currently looking to recruit a Conference Marketing Assistant. 

An update from the Chair of the NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme. Blog post by: Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Chair, NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme

The government’s response to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into suicide prevention responds to the committee’s recommendations for improving delivery of the cross-government suicide prevention strategy was published on the 31 July 2017.

Results of a national survey of support to adult care homes in England: A specialist palliative care provider perspective.

New statistics have shown Gramplan has seen the biggest drop in suicides in Scotland.

Health Education England (HEE) has published Stepping Forward to 2020/21: Mental Health Workforce Plan for England

NHS Improvement have released a review is based on existing evidence and data, and providing an overview of the scale of inpatient falls and the benefits to the NHS if the rate of falls was reduced in hospitals.

The CQC are responsible for making sure that health and social care providers, and other regulators, maintain a safe environment for managing controlled drugs in England.

The state of care in mental health services 2014 to 2017 presents findings from our programme of comprehensive inspections of specialist mental health services.

News and updates from today's conference

News and updates from today’s Eliminating Heel Pressure Ulcers conference.

Speaker news an updates from today’s Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: Towards the Liberty Protection Safeguards conference.

Chaired by Paul Jebb Assistant Chief Nurse (Projects) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Conference chair: Susan Osborne CBE Chair The Safe Staffing Alliance

Speaker news and updates from today’s Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals: Moving Forward conference.

Speaker news and updated from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing: Improving Practice, Confidence & Competence conference.

NHS England has today (Thursday, 13 July) announced a new set of performance targets for the ambulance service which will apply to all 999 calls for the first time.

Plans to strengthen NHS and social care organisations against cyber attacks and protect patient data.

The quality of adult social care matters. It matters because people who use services should be able to expect person centred care that is safe, effective, caring and responsive. This care should be supported by good leadership and sustained by good use of resources.

News and speaker updates from today’s Transforming End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals Conference.

Speaker news and updated from today’s Digital Imaging 2017: Radiology Information Systems and PACS Conference.

News and updates from today’s conference. 

News and updates from today’s conference.

Conference chair: Mr Hugh Rogers Associate Medical Director & Consultant Urologist Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Conference chairs: Prof Cameron Swift (AM Chair) Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician King’s College London & Specialist Committee Member, Falls Prevention Quality Standard NICE, and Carrie Tyler Falls Practitioner Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Trust

Conference Chair: Jonathon Hope MBE Patient & Co-Chair, Realising the Value of Individuals - Increasing Participation in CKD UK Renal Registry

CQC has been asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Communities and Local Government to undertake a programme of local system reviews of health and social care in 12 local authority areas.

News and updates from today's conference

News and updates from today's conference

Following guidance on learning from deaths published by the National Quality Board in March, all providers are required to produce a policy outlining how you'll support improvement by learning from deaths that occur in your care.

Conference Chair: Dr Colin Dale Trustee British Institute of Learning Disabilities and Chief Executive Caring Solutions (UK)

News and updates from today’s National Data Security Standards for Health and Social Care: Information Governance Summit 2017.

News and presentations from today’s conference.

NHS England has announced new sites to redesign mental health services and cut out of area placements

News and updates from today's conference

Conference chair: Pam Creaven Director of Services Age UK

Royal College of Physicians (RCP) president Professor Jane Dacre and Jeannie Watkins, president of the Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA), comment on the Daily Mail 's 'Cut price doctor will see you now', which claims that physician associates are 'cut-price doctors'. 

Will the NHS never learn? Follow-up to PHSO report ‘Learning from Mistakes’ on the NHS in England 

Updates and speaker news from today’s Care of Dying Adults in the last days of life: Implementing the 2017 NICE National Quality Standard Conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Developing the Role of the Physician Associate conference.

Developing the role of the Nursing Associate, chaired by Dr Theresa Shaw Chief Executive Foundation of Nursing Studies

Hospital at Night Summit: Improving Out of Hours Care in Hospitals, chaired by Dr Juliane Kause Lead Consultant Out of Hours Care University Hospital Southampton Foundation NHS Trust

Speaker news and updates from today’s Dual Diagnosis: Implementing the NICE Guidance conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in Cancer Care conference.

Improving the Ambulance Response: Moving from a focus on 8 minutes to improving outcomes for patients through a clinically appropriate response.

Conference chair: Sean Brennan Consultant in Health Informatics Clinical Matrix Ltd

News and presentations from today’s conference.

The NMC are committed to delivering a programme of change over the next five years.

News and updates from today's conference.

Speaker news and presentations from today’s Demonstrating & Improving Prescribing Competence & Practice: Implementing the New National competency framework for all prescribers Conference.

As of 3pm yesterday, two hospitals remained on divert following the ransomware cyber attack, down from seven yesterday.

The RCN's report 'Safe and Effective Staffing: the Real Picture' released on 14 May 2017 states that "NHS patients will be at risk of falling care standards unless all four UK countries have legislation to guarantee safe staffing levels.". 

Latest guidance from NHS Digital for the NHS on protecting against cyber attack

News and updates from today's conference

News and updates from today's Caldicott Guardians: Fifth National Annual Conference

On Friday 12 May 2017 a number of NHS organisations reported they had been affected by a ransomware cyberattack, which had affected a number of different organisations.

News and speaker updates from today’s service user experience in mental health conference.

News and presentations from todays conference.

The BBC reported on Thrusday 11 May 2017 around two-thirds of children and young people with eating disorders are starting urgent treatment within one week, figures from last year show.

News and updates from today's conference.

A Joint HCUK & BADS conference, chaired by Mary Stocker Consultant Anaesthetist South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust President The British Association of Day Surgery

News and presentations from today's conference. 

Conference chairs: 

Prof Cameron Swift Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician King’s College London & Specialist Committee Member Falls Prevention Quality Standard NICE

SM Paul Burton Elderly Prevention Lead Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

Mental Health Awareness Week will take place this week from Monday 8th – Monday 14th May 2017.

News and updates from today's conference

Conference chair: Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust & Dr Peter Belfield Medical Director Invited Service Reviews RCP London

Every year in May, Dying Matters and it's coalition members host an Awareness Week, which gives them an unparalleled opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda. 

News and updates from today's Digital IAPT 2017 conference

We're celebrating International Day of the Midwife by offering a 20% discount on related events.....

First Joint Report of the Education and Health Committees of Session 2016–17

The UK’s first Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week will be running between 1-7 May 2017, coinciding with the International Maternal Mental Health Day on May 3rd.

A survey released today by UK parenting website Mumsnet has revealed a variety of problems with healthcare for women who have just had babies.

News and presentations from today’s conference.

News and speaker updates from today’s Anticoagulation Therapy Services National Summit.

Conference Chair: Jim Symington National Advisor, NCCMH (R.C.Psych) and Consultant to The ‘Mental Health Crisis Concordat’

The CCQ has released ‘Celebrating good care, championing outstanding care’ which  highlighs examples of excellent care and innovative ways of delivering services.

News and updates from today's conference.

News and speaker updates from today’s Effective Nurse Director National Summit.

The Mental Health Foundation is hosting Mental Health Awareness Week from 8th-14th May 2017, this year the theme will be Surviving or Thriving?

News and updates from today's conference

Conference chair: Geoff Delissen Senior Policy Officer (Complaints) Department of Health

Speaker news and updates from today’s Digital Imaging 2017: Radiology Information Systems and PACS Conference.

The British "stiff upper lip" should not be allowed to endanger mental health, the Duke of Cambridge has said.

Seven areas across England are set to trail-blaze digital services for mental health patients, which will include innovative apps to improve care and online access to ‘real-time’ patient records.

Children as young as four are suffering from mental health problems such as panic attacks, anxiety and depression, says a teachers' union.

NHS England announces the next steps in the drive to ensure children and young people don’t have to travel far from home for mental health care, funding between 150-180 new beds.

News and updates from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in Cardiology Conference.

National Guidance on Learning from Deaths
A Framework for NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts on Identifying, Reporting, Investigating and Learning from Deaths in Care

On Wednesday 29th March, the trustee boards of both Hospice UK and the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) agreed to work towards the merger of the two organisations. The process of due diligence and formal merger agreement is being taken forward from today.

News and updates from today's event chaired by Dr Clare Gerada, Medical Director, NHS Practitioner Health Programme.

Eating disorders are among the most common mental health problems, particularly for adolescent girls and young women.

Today's conference chair: Julie Windsor Patient Safety Clinical Lead Medical Specialties/Older People NHS Improvement

News and updates from today's conference

News and presentations from today’s conference.

News and presentations from today's conference.

The Government has published a progress report on its suicide prevention strategy but it must take tangible action to ensure effective implementation. So says the Health Committee in its final report on suicide prevention.

This House of Commons Library briefing paper analyses recent policy and debate on the integration of NHS-provided healthcare and local authority-provided social care. This has been a key policy priority for successive Governments, with the aim of improving patient care and saving money for the NHS and local authorities.

News and updates from today’s 10th Anniversary Conference.

The Law Commission have today published their Report on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

2017 Annual Phil Richardson Memorial Lecture
Restructuring Fragility: Results of a randomised controlled trial of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) for treatment-resistant depression.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Consultant Job Planning Conference.

Conference chair: Dr Cheryl Crocker Regional Lead Patient Safety Collaborative East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN)/ East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative

News and updates from today’s Electronic Prescribing in Mental Health Conference, Chaired by Dr Geraldine Strathdee National Mental Health Intelligence Network Clinical Lead Public Health England.

BBC report, 9th March: "Significantly high" death rates have been recorded at 19 of England's 133 NHS trusts, a BBC investigation has established.

Older people are losing out on Psychological Therapy – Professor Alistair Burns, February 2017

News and updates from the 2017 Clinical Audit Summit. Supported by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and National Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit Network (NQICAN).

News and updates from todays conference
 

Conference chair: Dr Martin Farrier Clinical Director for Quality & Consultant Paediatrician Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a report on the findings from its first round of acute and specialist hospital trust inspections.

NICE has published new guidance calling on healthcare professionals to ask adults in the final days of life about their religious or spiritual beliefs.

As the new care models programme begins its third year, people working across the programme, both nationally and locally have been exploring how they can ensure the success of the new care models are spread across health and care services.

News and updates from today’s Effective Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in End of Life Care Conference

Speaker news and updates from today’s Multi Agency Information Sharing & Information Governance Summit

Speaker news and updates from today’s Psychosis & Schizophrenia: Early interventions & successful pathways Conference

Conference chair: Dr Mary Stocker President The British Association of Day Surgery and Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead for Day Surgery Torbay.

News and updates from today's conference.

Professor Alistair Burns discusses Older people are losing out on Psychological Therapy

Speaker presentations and updates from today’s Learning from Serious Incidents: Implementing the CQC Recommendations conference.

Conference chair: Dr Martin Farrier Medical Director for Quality & Consultant Paediatrician Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

News and updates from today’s conference.

22 February 2017: The NMC’s Council has agreed to a request from the Department of Health to be the regulator for the new nursing associate role

Conference chair: Sean Brennan Independent Consultant in Healthcare Informatics Clinical Matrix 

News and updates from today’s Cancer Survivorship Summit. 

"Age UK needs to understand more about how well older people in the UK are doing. We need to know where and why people are not doing well to inform our work and gain an understanding of the policy and practical levers for improving older people’s lives. In the same vein, local Age UKs need information to target their support services."

New care models latest news 

News and updates at today's Investigation of Deaths & Serious Incidents in Mental Health Services conference, chaired by Sean Duggan Chief Executive Mental Health Network 

News and updates from today’s Nurse/Non-Medical Prescribing for Pain conference.

Updates from today's Ward Manager Summit: Developing your skills as an Effective Ward Manager.  Chaired by Paul Rafferty Matron South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Member Professionals Strategic Advisory Group for the NMC

News and updates from today’s conference.
 

News and updates from today’s conference.

World Cancer Day 4th Feb 2017 #WorldCancerDay #WeCanICan

"It’s exciting to see how every year there is greater support for World Cancer Day. We’re delighted to back this important initiative and would encourage everyone to get involved.”Kate Allen, Executive Director of Science & Public Affairs – World Cancer Research Fund International

News and presentations from today’s conference.

News and updates from today's Reducing Restrictive Practice & Interventions conference, chaired by Prof Peter Tyrer Chair Guideline Development Group Violence and aggression: short-term management in mental health health and community settings NICE & Professor of Community Psychiatry Centre for Mental Health Imperial College London

The IPC Partnership Programme supports local authorities and NHS organisations as they move through significant periods of transformation. This paper, published by the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University, aims to capture some our learning and experience from our work on integration with IPC Partners.

The third progress report of the suicide prevention strategy sets out what's being done to reduce deaths by suicide in England.

NICE have released an updated quality standard which covers prevention of falls and assessment after a fall in older people (aged 65 and over) who are living in the community or staying in hospital.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing Conference

News and updates from today's conference.

NHS GP Health Service, launched 30th January 2017

Today's national health and social care conference will focus on the difficult issue of self neglect and adult safeguarding. 

Speaker news and updates from today’s Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals Conference

Released January 2017:

Falls and fracture consensus statement Supporting commissioning for prevention

NHS England - NHS Ambulance Services, Released 26th January 2017

The NCEPOD launched their report "Mental Health in General Hospitals: Treat as One" on 26th January 2017.

The General Medical Council (GMC) has today (Wednesday 25 January) published revised, expanded and reorganised guidance on confidentiality for all doctors practising in the UK.

NHS Improvement are supporting NHS providers to reduce injurious inpatient falls and increase the reporting of patient falls.

News and presentations from today’s conference looking at improving services, safeguarding and meeting the national reporting requirements for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). 

News from today’s conference; ‘A Practical Guide to improving the Management of severe mental illness & substance misuse: Dual Diagnosis’ 

News and updates from today's conference.

News and updates from today's Diabetic Foot Problems conference chaired by Dr Matthew Young Consultant Diabetologist Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh & Editor Diabetic Foot Journal

The HSJ has reported that; “Almost every NHS acute hospital in England is failing to meet its own nurse staffing targets.”

As the first trainee nursing associates join the workforce, we answer the key questions about this new support role.

The RCN has published guidance on FGM for professionals working in sexual health care and travel health services including a care pathway for each.

PAPYRUS launches #BraveFace, a new social media campaign stressing the importance of talking openly about suicide and not being afraid to intervene and ask. Asking about suicide saves lives.

Relesed by NHS England on16th January 2017: Why Always Events® matter, by Neil Churchill, Director for Patient Experience, NHS England

A new joint report from the Royal College of GPs and the British Geriatrics Society has been published, showcasing how GPs and geriatricians are collaborating to design and lead innovative schemes to improve the provision of integrated care for older people with frailty.

Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies, today's conference will support you to deliver the new NICE recommendations in practice. 

News and updates from today’s National Eating Disorders Summit

The UK Caldicott Guardian Council (UKCGC) has produced A Manual for Caldicott Guardians 

The tool was developed in partnership with trusts to enable staff to access key sources of published patient experience measures all in one place.

You can get a sense of how your organisation is doing compared to others with similar characteristics. You can move the data around and generate simple graphs which show your progress.

There are six enhanced health in care home vanguards offering older people better, joined up health, care and rehabilitation services.

The Prime Minister has announced a; ‘comprehensive package of measures to transform mental health support in our schools, workplaces and communities.’

Claire Murdoch, National Director for Mental Health at NHS England explains why commissioners are vital to transforming mental health services, and how a new NHS England development programme is helping them to implement change.

Sir Mike Richards, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Care Quality Commission, 6th January 2017

Is it possible to reach even a day when no one kills themselves?
A mental health trust in Liverpool - which pledged in September 2015 to bring its suicide rate down to zero among its patients - thinks so....

‘Safe staffing improvement resources: adult inpatients in acute care’ is “based on the National Quality Board’s expectations  that to ensure safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care, trusts will employ the right staff with the right skills in the right place and at the right time…."

The Health Committee has today published an interim report to inform suicide prevention strategy.

HQIP published New guidance on four new best practice clinical audit guides. The aim of this publication is to support healthcare providers in developing their clinical audit programme, with tools for ongoing management and annual review.

News and updates from today's conference.

The Care Quality Commission has released their report and recommendations into learning from deaths while in the NHS.

Jeremy Hunt on the Care Quality Commission's report into the way NHS trusts review and investigate the deaths of patients in England.

News and updates from today’s Digital Imaging 2016: Radiology Information Systems and PACS Conference.

News and presentations from today's conference.

News and updates from today's conference

News and updates from today's Intelligent Electronic Document Management in Healthcare conference 

News and updates from today's Pressure Ulcers Summit

News and updates from today's Learning from Serious Incidents:Implementing the CQC Recommendations conference chaired by Malcolm Alexander Vice Chair Action against Medical Accidents

News and presentations from today’s Advancing IV Therapy conference.

News and presentations from the PROMs Summit 2016 today.

News and Updates from today's Improving Mental Health Crisis Care conference chaired by Jim Symington Mental Health Crisis Concordat Implementation Support Team

News and updates from today's Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Hospitals : Improving Safeguarding Practice & Outcomes conference chaired by Mervyn Eastman Co Founder Practitioner Alliance for Safeguarding Adults (PASAUK) & Co-Director Change Agents Network

News and updates from today's Falls Prevention and Management in Older People conference chaired by Prof Cameron Swift Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician King’s College London & Carrie Tyler Falls Practitioner Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Trust

News and updates from today's Complaints Handling, Investigating, Resolving and Learning Conference 

Speaker news and updates from today's National Data Security Standards for Health and Social Care Conference 

NICE has published new guidance for the management of coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse - often termed 'dual diagnosis'.

News and updates from today's Always Events® UK Summit chaired by Paul Jebb Experience of Care Professional Lead NHS England and Julia Holding Head of Patient Experience NHS Trust Development Authority

News and Updates from today's Deteriorating Patient conference chaired by Dr Chris Roseveare Consultant in Acute and General Medicine Lymington New Forest Hospital.

Joy Hibbins runs a charity Suicide Crisis, helping people who feel they can no longer cope and has released a video via the BBC on how she tries to help to prevent suicides.

Dr Wollaston, chair of the health select committee, states "Young people told us that they wanted services to be available within schools"

Ambulance services are struggling to reach seriously ill and injured patients quickly enough after rising demand has left the system at breaking point, a BBC investigation has found.

Health Secretary wants more doctors and nurses to occupy positions at the most senior levels of NHS.

From: Department of Health

Published:30 November 2016

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce new nursing degree apprenticeship, opening up a career in nursing to more people.

News and Updates from today's Patient Experience Insight conference chaired by Paul Jebb Patient Experience Professional Lead NHS England

News and updates at today's Improving Anticoagulation Therapy Services conference chaired by Diane Eaton Project Development Manager Anticoagulation Europe

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News and Updates from today's Breast Surgery as Day Surgery conference, chaired by Dr Anna Lipp Consultant Anaesthetist Norfolk and Norwich Hospital & Past President The British Association of Day Surgery & Jo Marsden Consultant Breast Surgeon King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Funds allocated to mental health care for children are not being used by front-line services, a think tank has claimed.

Jeremy Clarke CBE New Savoy Conference Chair writes an Open Letter to the Profession, its Leaders & the Government.

On behalf of psychological practitioners and their patients who depend on them to work together.

SaveLives have released a report on why we must invest in domestic abuse services in hospital. Stating "every hospital in England and Wales to have specialist domestic abuse support onsite. Health providers must be part of the long-term solution to tackle domestic abuse.”

News and updates from today's conference.

News and updates from Nurse Clinics 2016 today.

Over 200 suicide deaths per year now occur in patients under mental health crisis teams, three times as many as in-patients, according to a report by The University of Manchester’s National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH), commissioned by HQIP as part of the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes.

A STRATEGY FOR ENGLAND 2015-2020

ONE YEAR ON 2015 – 16

NHS England 2nd November 2016

News and updates from today's conference.

Whether you are currently a Clinical Director, or aspiring to be one, this CPD certified conference provided a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other Clinical Directors and develop your skills as an effective Clinical Director.

News and updates from today’s conference.

News and updates from today's Setting up and running an Effective Falls Service conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Nurse/Non-Medical Prescribing in Cardiology conference

News and updates from today’s conference held in partnership with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

News and updates from Hospital Mortality Annual Summit chaired by Dr Martin Farrier Medical Director for Quality & Consultant Paediatrician Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

News and presentations from today's conference.

News and presentations from today's conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Setting up and running Virtual Clinics Conference

News and updates from today's Safe Staffing Summit chaired by Nicky Hayes Consultant Nurse for Older People Staff Governor King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Lecturer King’s College London - Older People’s Nurse Fellowship

News and updates from today's Perioperative Medicine conference chaired by Dr David Alcorn Consultant Anaesthetist NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

News and updates from today’s conference.

The annual overview of health and social care in England 

New PROMs guide released by NHS England 

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.

News and updates from today’s Caldicott Guardians: National Annual Conference.

Dr Mike Fisher, Chief Clinical Information Officer; Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust speaks at today's Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Clinical Audit for Improvement conference.

News and presentations from today’s conference.

News and updates from today's Nurse Prescribing in Paediatrics and Child Health Conferene chaired by Marion Russell Medicines Management Advisor & Member The Association for Prescribers

News and updates from today's conference.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Consultant Job Planning Conference.

A letter has been sent to CCG clinical leaders and accountable officers advising of an additional £25m in funding for children and young people's mental health services which has been made available for CCGs in 2016/17 

Speaker updates and news from today’s Psychosis & Schizophrenia in Adults Conference

NHS England releases Quick Guide: Discharge to Assess and benefit for older, vulnerable people.

NHS England guide to how to use PROMs data.

News and speaker updates from today’s Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in Mental Health Conference

News and updates from today’s conference

Updates from today's Ward Manager Summit: Developing your skills as an Effective Ward Manager.  Chaired by Jonathan Willis Ward Manager Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust Leadership Fellow The Health Foundation

Speaker news and updates from today’s Advancing IV Therapy.

Quality Standard and background from NICE

Face-down physical restraint is still being used in mental health wards in England, despite the government and the NHS saying it should stop

News and updates from today's conference

News from today’s conference on reducing the impact of sexual abuse on mental health.

Patients should be more involved in decisions about their care, says NICE

News and updates from today’s Pressure Ulcers Summit.

Updates and Speaker Presentations from today’s Effective Nurse/ Non-Medical Prescribing in End of Life Care Conference

News and updates from the speakers at today's Towards Zero Suicide conference, Chaired by Ruth Sunderland Co-Chair The National Suicide Prevention Alliance & Chief Executive Samaritans

News and presentations from today's conference.

NHS Digital is set to start expanding the NHS cyber security service.

NHS England responds to Independent Review. Making IT Work: Harnessing the Power of Health Information Technology to Improve Care in England. Report of the National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology in England

Forty-one projects awarded funding for places of safety for people in mental health crisis.  Published 23rd August 2016

The NHS is kick starting a new programme that will each year help an extra 30,000 new or expectant mums who experience serious mental ill health, offering them the right care at the right time in a bid to reduce even further the rare tragedies that can occur when it is left untreated.

NHS London Clinical Networks releases guidance for excellence in anticoagulant care

Twenty six of the most digitally advanced trusts have been invited by NHS England to apply for a £100m+ funding pot to become centres of global digital excellence and drive forward better use of technology in health.

In a new report published today (2nd August), the health and social care organisation reveals that tens of thousands of people in the UK have a known 'dual diagnosis' where addiction overlaps with mental health conditions.

Following a review looking at whether personal health and care information is being used safely and is appropriately protected in the NHS, the CQC has released Safe Data, Safe Care.

NICE urges hospitals and local authorities to redouble their efforts to reduce delays in discharging patients from hospitals, following criticism from MPs. 

The Public Accounts Committee report challenges the Government to address the scale and cost of delays in discharging older patients from hospital, concluding: "Patients and the NHS have a right to expect better."

Natalie Silvey, National Medical Director’s Fellow at NHS England pays tribute to her friend and colleague Dr Kate Granger who passed away on Saturday 23 July. 

NHS Improvement have issued a Patient Safety Alert to highlight a range of resources on the early identification, response and management of deterioration in both adult and child patients.

Thousands of children and adults of all ages with conditions such as psychosis, depression and anxiety will be among the first to benefit from improved services as work starts on a major transformation programme for mental health care.

Improving access to evidence-based care for people with first episode psychosis is a national priority. A new Access and Waiting Time Standard has been set and additional funding has been made available to deliver better services. As part of this initiative, NHS England commissioned an audit to establish a baseline position regarding services’ ability to provide timely access to NICE recommended interventions across England.

The CQC report for 2015 highlights local and national initiatives to promote the safe use of controlled drugs and to reduce harm from their misuse.  Report updated 14th July 2016

NICE publishes new and updated Competency Framework to support healthcare professionals to prescribe effectively.

NICE Guidelines: Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management Published. This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of sepsis for all populations.

CQC has published the findings of its review of how acute NHS trusts report on investigations into serious incidents, and the extent to which they identify learning that can be used to improve practice when things go wrong.

Chaired by Professor Matt Griffiths Independent Consultant Nurse, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Visiting Professor of Prescribing & Medicines Management and Member The Association for Prescribers this important national conference provided an essential update for current and aspiring nurse/non-medical prescribers on prescribing for pain.

This one day CPD accredited conference focuses on developing your skills as a nurse appraiser, and improving the quality of nursing appraisal in your service in line with revalidation requirements.

Speaker news and updates from today’s Eating Disorders: Developing a Gold Standard Service Conference.

News and presentations from today's conference.
 

Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian for Health and Care (NDG), today publishes recommendations to strengthen the security of health and care information secure and to help the public make informed choices about how their data is used.

Paul Jebb, Patient Experience Professional Lead at NHS England discusses Improving Patient Experience and Experiences of Care at today's Patient Experience insight conference.

Amanda Attwood, Senior Project Manager at Picker Institute Europe discusses developing effective feedback mechanisms at today's Patient Experience insight conference.

News and updates from today's conference focusing on effective consent practice following the Supreme Court judgement in March 2015 in the case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board.

Speaker News and Updates from today’s Digital Imaging 2016: Radiology Information Systems and PACS Conference

News and presentations from today's conference.

News and presentations from today's conference.

Helen Young Chief Nurse & Interim Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust discusses improving adult safeguarding practice at today's Improving Safeguarding Practice in Hospitals conference.

DC Maria Gray Detective Constable, Safeguarding Adults Portfolio at the Metropolitan Police discusses working in partnership with the police on serious safeguarding concerns and criminal offences at today's Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Hospitals conference. 

Speaker news and updates from today’s Self Neglect and Adult Safeguarding conference.

News and updates from today's conference

We are pleased to increase our group booking discount to 30% off group bookings of two or more people across all events booked in July 2016.  

News and presentations from today’s conference looking at moving from a focus on an 8 minute ambulance response to improving outcomes for patients through a clinical appropriate response.

News and updates from today's conference held with The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and with guest speaker Prof George Viallant internationally renowned Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and former Programme Director of the longitudinal Harvard Study of Adult Development. 

Louise Maunick Associate Chief Pharmacist: Quality Governance and Training at Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN) discusses the development of the National Medication Safety Network at today’s Reducing Medication Errors National Summit.

Nicola Davey Trustee at the Clinical Human Factors Group discusses learning from patients and involving patients to reduce medication errors at today’s Reducing Medication Errors National Summit.

News and updates from today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis Care: Maintaining Momentum Conference

News and updates from today's conference

News and updated from today’s Improving Mental Health Services for Young Adults Conference

Dr David Fearnley, Medical Director at Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust looks at the Zero Suicide Policy introduced at the Trust in 2015 and the impact that deaths from suicide are having.  Released 20th June 2016

News, Presentations & Updates from Today's Conference

Dr Barbara Stuttle CBE Chair of The Association for Prescribers discusses national developments at today’s Nurse / Non Medical Prescribing conference.

Dr Richard Hatchett Independent Healthcare Education Consultant discusses Prescribing, Advanced Practice and Revalidation at today’s Nurse / Non Medical Prescribing conference.

News, Presentations and updates from today’s Developing Effective Cancer Survivorship conference.

NHS England has produced a practical toolkit for mental health trusts and commissioners, designed to help them improve the physical health of patients with serious mental illness. May 2016

News and presentations from today's conference held in partnership with The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Public Accounts Committee Hearing on Discharging Older People from Acute Hospitals took place on Monday 6 June 2016 

Tina Chambers Immediate Past Chair Tissue Viability Society and Tissue Viability Consultant, Educator and Advisor at today’s Eliminating Heel Pressure Ulcers conference.

News, presentations and updates from today's conference 

News and presentations from today's conference.

The health and social care system’s management of discharging older patients from hospital does not represent value for money, according to the National Audit Office. The spending watchdog estimates that the gross annual cost to the NHS of treating older patients in hospital who no longer need to receive acute clinical care is in the region of £820 million.

News, presentations and updates from today's conference

Breast Surgery as Day Surgery, A Joint HCUK & BADS conference - News from today's conference

News from today's Care of the Dying Adult conference

Susan Bowler Professional Advisor, Pressure Ulcers at NHS England will deliver an update from NHS England on Stop the Pressure at today’s conference. 

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Maker, Adult Safeguarding at the Department of Health gives a National Update on pressure ulcers and safeguarding at today’s conference.

Heidi Sandoz Chair of the Tissue Viability Society discusses risk assesment of Pressure Ulcers at today’s conference.

News, updates and presentations from today's conference. 

News and updates from today’s Effective Ward Manager Conference.

News and updates from today’s Reducing Inpatient Falls & Harm from Inpatient Falls conference.

Leading Change, Adding Value is a framework aligned to the Five Year Forward View that nursing, midwifery and care staff, whatever their role or place of work, can use to lead on delivering better outcomes, better experiences for patients and staff, in addition to making better use of resources.

News and updates from today's Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Improving Adult Safeguarding Practice, Decision Making & Outcomes conference.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 takes place from 16-22 May, with the theme of relationships.

Complaints Handling, Investigating, Resolving and Learning: News from today's conference

News and presentations from today's conference looking at Improving Services & Outcomes for People who Self Harm

On the 12th May 2016 NHS England set out its plans to deliver world class cancer services designed to increase prevention, speed up diagnosis, improve the experience of patients and help people living with and beyond cancer.

Healthcare Conferences UK is pleased to support the RCN's Happy Nurses' Day! campaign with a 25% discount off our nursing events.

Measuring, Understanding and Acting on Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMS): news from today’s conference.

Vulnerable patients and their families suffering harrowing ordeals due to poor hospital discharge. 

News and presentations from today's conference looking at improving Services, Safeguarding and Meeting the National Reporting Requirement for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

New framework to improve care for patients with diabetic foot disease published, May 2016

Every year in May, Dying Matters and their coalition members host an Awareness Week, which gives them an unparalleled opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda.

England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has found Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to be Outstanding after an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Elaine Hanzak, Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author, 'Eyes without Sparkle' and ‘Another Twinkle in the Eye' discusses her personal journey and improving maternal mental health. 

News and updates from today's Effective Discharge Planning and Practice conference in London.

Professor Louise Howard, Section of Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London updates delegates on meeting the NICE Guideline for Postnatal Mental Health.

News and updates from today's Second National Annual Caldicott Guardians Conference chaired by Christopher Fincken, Chair, UK Caldicott Guardian Council.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the findings of a short-notice, focussed inspection of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, conducted over four days in January 2016.

Developing the role of the Physician Associate at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to be presented at National Conference

The Royal College of Nursing has released updated guidance for Female Genital Mutilation

News and updates from today's conference in London chaired by Julie Windsor Patient Safety Lead, Older People & Falls NHS England and focusing on setting up and running effective falls services and falls clinics through national updates, practical case studies and extended in depth sessions.

The first World Maternal Mental Health Day - 4th May 2016

News and updates from today's conference in London focusing on smoking cessation in mental health including; ensuring your service effectively supports people with mental illness to stop smoking and does so within a smoke free environment, which is key to the government ambition for parity of esteem and reducing the lower life expectancy of people with mental health disorders.

Paul Downes Director of Governance and Quality Improvement Salford Royal Foundation Trust is confirmed to speak at the forthcoming national CPD certified conference ‘Outstanding CQC Inspections in Hospitals: Learning Lessons and Sharing Good Practice’

News and updates from today's conference.

Paul Scates Peer Specialist, Campaigner & Ambassador discussed control and restraint in the NHS at today’s Reducing the use of restrictive interventions conference.

Professor Peter Tyrer Chair Guideline Development Group, Violence and aggression at NICE discusses Violence and Aggression: Implementing the May 2015 NICE Guideline a year on at today’s Reducing the use of restrictive interventions conference.

This guideline covers systems and processes for using and managing controlled drugs safely in all NHS settings except care homes. It aims to improve working practices to comply with legislation and have robust governance arrangements. It also aims to reduce the safety risks associated with controlled drugs.

Chaired by Claire Henry, Chief Executive at the National Council for Palliative Care today’s important national conference focused on the important issue of Nurse/Non Medical Prescribing in End of Life Care.

Syena Skinner, Recovery College Manager and Amanda Bailey, Recovery College Deputy Manager at Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust confirmed to speak. 

Chaired by Jackie Nicholson, Chair, National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) and Nurse Consultant Vascular Access, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today’s one day conference focussed on advancing IV Therapy including implementing the NICE Guideline and Quality Standards for IV Therapy.

Linda Nazarko OBE Consultant Nurse Physical Healthcare West London Mental Health NHS Trust discussed Setting up and running effective OPAT Services including competence and skills at today’s IV Therapy conference.

The CQC will implement recommendations following the scandal at Southern Health by investigating how all acute, community and mental health trusts learn from the deaths of patients.

Chaired by Dr David Scott Assessment Advisor NCAS & GMC Associate & former Chairman BMA Medical Managers Committee & Consultant Paediatrician East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, today's Consultant Job Planning conference focuses on delivering successful job planning in practice, lessons, challenges, objectives and solutions and promoting supporting professional activities (SPAs).

News and updates from today’s event.

The newly appointed National Clinical Director for Mental Health Professor Tim Kendall looks at what he sees as his main challenges. 

An under-fire health trust, criticised after a teenager drowned in a bath, has been told to significantly improve protection of mental health patients.

Dr Mike Durkin, NHS England's Director of Patient Safety, writes about the work to establish the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch.  18th March 2016

NHS England announces new action to cut stillbirths released today 21st March 2016

News and updates from todays conference.

Ann Slee ePrescribing Lead NHS England discussed Delivering a Paperless NHS at today’s Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals: Moving Forward Conference.

Dr Malcolm Finlay, Consultant Cardiologist (Locum) and Hon. Lecturer (QMUL), Barts Health NHS Trust Discussed Monitoring Progress against the 2015 NICE Quality Standard on Atrial Fibrillation at today’s conference.

Following NHS England’s commitment to a paperless NHS, today's one day conference focused on a practical guide to delivering intelligent electronic document management in organisations.

Dr Deborah Robertson Consultant Editor, The Journal of Nurse Prescribing Senior Lecturer & Programme Lead University of Chester, and  Susan Aitkenhead Head of Nursing NHS England speak at today's Nursing Competence Conference.

Department of Health: Safeguarding, social workers and other revisions in Care and Support statutory guidance update. The new edition supersedes the version issued in October 2014 and takes into account the regulatory changes, feedback from stakeholders and care sector developments following the postponement of social care funding reforms to 2020.

We are delighted to announce Professor George Vaillant, internationally renowned Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who was for 32 years the Programme Director of the longitudinal Harvard Study of Adult Development. Professor Vaillant will give the keynote address at the ‘Mental Health, Ill Health and Personality Disorder’ national conference, which is aimed at all professionals interested in psychotherapeutic interventions for adults with particular underlying patterns of emotional regulation, expression of distress and interpersonal relating.

Through a series of national updates, practical case studies, masterclasses and poster presentations, this One day Healthcare Conferences UK Clinical Audit for Improvement 2016 conference brought together an exceptional gathering of leading practitioners, clinicians, policy makers and academics to set out the major developments, promote innovative areas of clinical audit, and debate the key challenges affecting clinical audit practice.

Donna Covey CBE, Director at AVA - Against Violence and Abuse gives an important update on early identification of domestic violence high risk victims and preventing repeat victimisation.

Professor Gene Feder Advisory Group Member Domestic Violence Quality Standard at NICE updates delegates on the NICE Quality Standard for Domestic Violence.

Diana Barran Chief Executive at SafeLives gives a keynote opening address on supporting victims of domestic violence.

HQIP’s new Using root cause analysis techniques in clinical audit guide has been co-written in partnership with the Clinical Audit Support Centre (CASC), who ran a series of workshops for HQIP at the beginning of 2015 and are currently running masterclasses with Healthcare Conferences UK.

Teresa Dowsing Physician Associate & President at The Faculty of Physician Associates speaks on developing the role of the Physician Associate.

Jeannie Watkins Physician Associate & Director for Regulation and Legislation at the Faculty of Physician Associates speaks on regulation challenges for Physician Associates.

News and updates from today’s Hip Fracture conference: Meeting the NICE Quality Standard and Learning from the NHFD Findings.
 

In support of National Thrombosis Week (NTW), running from 2nd – 6th May, Thrombosis UK invite you to join them in their mission. 

Vanessa Lodge Chair of the National FGM Steering Group at NHS England is confirmed to speak at the forthcoming ‘Improving Services Safeguarding & Meeting the National Reporting Requirement for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)’ conference being held in London on 10th May 2016.

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience at NHS England is confirmed to speak at the national ‘Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMS)’ CPD certified conference due to take place in London on 11th May 2016.

Seamus Watson, National Programme Manager - Mental Health at Public Health England gives a national overview of the health of people living with mental health problems.

Jacqueline Dyer Vice Chair of England’s Mental Health Task Force gives an update on improving physical health for people with mental health conditions.

"NHS commits to major transformation of mental health care with help for a million more people" 

Today’s conference on Radiology Information Systems and PACS examined how to work with digital imaging, radiology information systems and PACS to deliver the national ambition of a paperless and filmless NHS.

Dr Frances Connan Chair of the Quality Network for Eating Disorders gives an update on meeting quality standards for eating disorder services.

James Downs gives an update at today’s conference on the lived experience of having an eating disorder.

Anne O’Herlihy Child and Adolescent Mental Health Project Manager, NHS England at today’s conference.

Today’s Eliminating Avoidable Heel Pressure Ulcers conference, chaired by Tina Chambers Immediate Past Tissue Viability Society & Tissue Viability Consultant Educator and Advisor Tina Chambers Ltd, focused on a practical guide to eliminating heel pressure ulcers. 

News and updates from today's conference focusing on effective consent practice following the Supreme Court judgement in March 2015 in the case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board.

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust gives an update at today’s conference on achieving a culture of candour.

Dedicated FGM prevention week aims to raise awareness of ongoing need to protect girls and women from this harmful and illegal practice.

The Times today reports; Half of all NHS psychologists should be on the couch themselves, according to a study that found high rates of depression in the profession.

Dr Amar Shah Associate Medical Director for Quality Improvement East London NHS Foundation Trust & IHI Improvement Advisor speaks at today's Clinical Quality conference

Findings from the British Psychological Society and New Savoy staff wellbeing surveys in 2014 and 2015 have shown that psychological professionals are working under stress..... 

Dr Geraldine Strathdee National Clinical Director for Mental Health NHS England at today’s conference.

Kate Chartres Nurse Consultant Sunderland PLT and Senior Nurse Community Access Services at Sunderland Royal Hospital speaks on transforming urgent access to mental health services across 7 days & interfacing with the wider system.

News and updates from today's conference focusing on; getting the balance right between access targets and high quality evidence based therapy, and staff wellbeing - with the launch of a new charter. 

Professor Gillian Leng Member National Quality Board Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care NICE chairs and speaks at today's Clinical Quality conference on Measuring and Monitoring the Quality of your service.

Kate Lettin Revalidation Officer at the Nursing and Midwifery Council gives an update on Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation.

Christine McKenzie Facilitator, Clinical Leadership Programme at the Royal College of Nursing gives an update on decision making in revalidation: The confirmers role.

News and updates from our Self Neglect and Adult Safeguarding conference today.

Kath Evans Head of Patient Experience NHS England opens today conference with a focus on Innovative approaches to Patient Experience insight and demonstrating responsiveness to feedback at a local level

Neil Churchill Director for Patient Experience NHS England discusses patient experience at the heart of the NHS Forward View at today's Patient Experience insight conference

Christopher Fincken, Chair, The UK Council of Caldicott Guardians chaired today’s conference on Information Governance: Improving the Sharing, Management and Confidentiality of Patient Information. The conference provided a practical guide to moving forward with Caldicott2 and the new code of practice in line with the recommendations from the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel and the Information Governance Alliance in organisations.

Tommy Whitelaw speaks at Patient Experience Insight from the perspective of carer. Tommy cares for his mother who had dementia.  

News and presentations from today's conference chaired by Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive of Young Minds.

The Infection Protection Society and the Royal College of Nursing have launched a revised toolkit to support professionals involved in the commissioning or assurance of health and social care services.

Chaired by Pete Morgan Chair of the Board of Trustees PASAUK this conference provided a practical guide to safeguarding vulnerable adults through improving process, policy and practice in safeguarding concerns and alerts in line with the NHS England 2015 Guidance and the Care Act 2014. 

Chaired by Christopher Fincken, Chair, The UK Council of Caldicott Guardians this conference took a practical approach to managing difficult decisions in clinical practice through applying the principles of clinical ethics.

Ellen Armistead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the Care Quality Commission discusses what well-led means at ward level at today’s Ward Manager conference. 

Chaired by Claire Henry Chief Executive of The National Council for Palliative Care this conference provided delegates with support for their service to ensure the clinical guideline is implemented effectively in organisations to improve end of life care, outcomes and experience for dying people and their families.

Paul Jebb NHS England speaks on improving patient experience on your ward including ‘Always Events’.

Jo Odell Practice Development Facilitator, Patients First Programme at the Foundation of Nursing Studies gives an update on preparing for the revalidation process.

Paul Jebb, Patient Experience Professional Lead, NHS England discussed ‘Improving Patient Experience in Outpatient Services’ at today’s conference. 

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) measure health gain in patients, and have been collected nationally in England, since 2009. Patients are asked to complete questionnaires before and after their operations to assess the improvement in their health as they perceive it.

Todays news and updates from The Larrey Society conference looking at the future for Emergency Medical Services and the role of Paramedics.

Julie Hamilton Head of Nursing Revalidation and Regulation at Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust gives an update on the revalidation pilot sites.

Anne Trotter Assistant Director, Education and Standards at the Nursing and Midwifery Council gives an update on Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation.

Today’s conference focused on managing and reducing bank and agency staffing in nursing through delivering tailored and flexible workforce strategy.

Today’s national conference provided an essential update for current and aspiring nurse/non-medical prescribers on prescribing for wound care. 

The Prime Minister will announce almost a billion pounds of investment to enhance mental health services across the country.

Released 11th January 2016

The NHS is seen as a world class service in respect of the way we have transformed evidence-based talking therapies since 2007. We are about to see the launch of the Mental Health Task Force report, led by Paul Farmer CBE and Jacqui Dyer. This will set out an expanded scope and clear ambitions for what NHS psychological therapy services are expected to achieve by 2020. Paul and Jacqui will open the 2-day National Annual New Savoy Conference ‘Psychological Therapies 2016’  to set this out in detail with Karen Turner, National Director for Mental Health and Dr. Matthew Patrick, Chief Executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Pauline Milne MBE Head of Clinical Workforce Development and Planning at Health Education England is confirmed to speak at the National Safe Staffing Summit to be held on 12th April 2016 in London.    

Dr Nivi Singh Consultant Orthogeriatrician will be speaking at a national Hip Fracture conference taking place on 1st March 2016 in London. 

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Manager, Adult Safeguarding at the Department of Health is confirmed to speak at the national ‘Adult Safeguarding Enquiries and Safeguarding Adults Reviews’ conference to be held in London on 23rd February 2016.

Professor Gillian Leng Member National Quality Board Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care NICE chairs and speaks at today's Clinical Quality conference

NICE today released new guidelines to improve care for people at the end of life.

News and presentations from today’s Delivering Excellence in Recovery Oriented Services in Mental Health

Dr Richard Roope, Clinical Champion for Cancer, The Royal College of General Practitioners discussed Transforming support for people Living With and Beyond Cancer at today’s Developing Effective Cancer Survivorship Services Conference. 

News and updates from today’s conference.

News and presentations from today’s conference.

Chaired by Margaret Berry OBE Director of Nursing NHS England East, today's Nursing Metrics conference is opened with a National Update on on measuring quality in nursing and progree against the 6Cs.

Katie Scales Consultant Nurse Critical Care Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Member of NICE CG 174 Guideline Development Group & Advisory Committee member for NICE Quality Standard 66  speaks at today’s IV Therapy conference on the NICE guideline and quality standards for IV fluid therapy in adults in hospital.

Jackie Nicholson Chair of the National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) opens today’s IV Therapy conference with a national update on IV Therapy and the care of vascular access devices.

Julie Gray Lead Nurse – Quality and Standards and Suzanne Frank Trust Lead – Non-medical prescribing, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust discussed Why are not all qualified prescribers prescribing? And Supporting nurses prescribers post qualification to make use of prescribing in their everyday practice at today’s conference. 

Dr Andy Spencer, National Clinical Lead for Hospital Specialties, The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) at today’s Data Quality and Clinical Coding for Improvement conference.

Alison Unsworth, Senior Coder and Lead Coder for Division of Medicine, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Data Quality and Clinical Coding conference.

Lorraine Jones, Tissue Viability Lead Nurse, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust discussed Implementing Stop the Pressure on the wards at today’s conference. 

Professor Gerard Stansby, Chair, Guideline Development Group, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Guideline and Quality Standard, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence discussed Implementing the NICE Quality Standard for Pressure Ulcers and Implementing NICE Guidance for Pressure Ulcers at today’s conference. 

Ben Whur, Senior Strategic Engagement Lead, Nursing and Midwifery Council, gives National Update on Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation at today’s conference. 

Katie Joyce, Practice Development and Education Lead and Trixie McAree, Head of Midwifery, Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust discussed Getting Specialist Revalidation and Appraisal Right at today’s conference. 

Professor John Young  National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail & Elderly Care at NHS England at today’s Falls Prevention and Management in Older People conference. 

Julie Whitney, Senior Academic Physio, Kings College Hospital at today’s Falls Prevention and Management in Older People conference.

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Maker, Adult Safeguarding at the Department of Health gives a National Update on Improving Adult Safeguarding Practice at today’s conference.

Prof Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology, Imperial College London at today’s improving the quality of perinatal mental health services conference.

News and presentations from today's PROMs Summit in Birmingham.

Mark Williams Fathers Reaching Out discusses supporting men whose wives or partners are suffering from post natal depression

Helen Gordon, Chief Executive, Royal Pharmaceutical Society opened today’s reducing medication errors conference with a national up. 

Professor Liz Kay, Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Council Member, General Pharmaceutical Council discussed reducing medication errors in practice and improving reporting and learning systems at today’s conference. 

Professor Brian Littlechild, Lead for Research and CPD, Department of Nursing (Children’s, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health) and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire discussed implementing the May 2015 NICE Guideline for Violence and Aggression at today’s conference. 

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Dr Mark Skues Past President British Association of Day Surgery and Consultant Anaesthetist, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Innovation and Quality in Day Surgery conference.

Madhu Ahuja Consultant Anaesthetist & Lead in Day Surgery & Pre Assessment,  New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton at today’s Innovation and Quality in Day Surgery conference.

Jackie Smith, Chief Executive, Nursing and Midwifery Council at Nurse Clinics 2015 today.

Howard Catton, Head of Policy, The Royal College of Nursing at Nurse Clinics 2015.

Judith Graham Advanced Nurse Consultant at Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust at Nurse Clinics 2015.

Ali Richards, Director, GTR Coaching LTD, and Associate, Nurse First at today’s Nurse Clinics 2015 conference.

Linda Nazarko OBE, Consultant Nurse, Ealing Community Services & Service Lead IV therapy and Dementia at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, at Nurse Clinics 2015.

The New Savoy Conference and The British Psychological Society staff well being survey 

Dr Mike Greenberg, Divisional Director of Women’s & Children at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust updates delegates on delivering annualised job plans & job plan reviews.

Dr Ian Starke Medical Director for Revalidation at The Royal College of Physicians, London updates delegates on Job Planning, Appraisal and Revalidation.

Niall Fry, MCA and DoLS Lead, Department of Health opened today’s Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards conference with a presentation on Ensuring effective use and compliance in practice. 

Farah Islam-Barrett and Sue Burn Care Quality Commission gave an updated on Monitoring the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards at today"s DoLs conference. 

Suzanne Jacob Director of Programmes and Innovation at SafeLives gives a keynote opening address on supporting victims of domestic violence.

Davina James-Hanman Advisory Group Member of the Domestic Violence Quality Standard at NICE gives an important update on looking ahead to the new Domestic Violence NICE draft quality standard (due February 2016).

Donna Covey CBE, Director at AVA - Against Violence and Abuse gives an important update on early identification of domestic violence high risk victims and preventing repeat victimisation.

Sandra Crawford, Associate Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Safe Nursing Staffing in Mental Health conference.

Vanessa Ford, National Professional Advisor CQC, & Director of Nursing Standards and Governance & Nursing Development/Education Team at West London Mental Health NHS Trust at today’s Safe Nurse Staffing in Mental Health conference.

The programme for the 9th Annual New Savoy Conference Psychological Therapies 2016 has been announced.

Dr Andrew Gibson Deputy Medical Director at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on ‘working in partnership to deliver 7 day services: lessons from a 7 day early adopter site’ at today’s conference.

Delivering Standard 2: time to first consultant review, and implementing the standards for 7 day Consultant present care in practice by Dr Chris Roseveare Chair of the Academy’s Project Sub-Group on 7 Day Provision and Past President of the Society of Acute Medicine, The Academy for Medical Royal Colleges, & Consultant, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

National update by Deborah Williams 7 Days Programme Manager at NHS England at today’s conference.

Two leading specialists in emergency medical services highlighted this week the pivotal role ambulance providers will have in the nation’s 21st century healthcare services.

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust discusses what makes an excellent Clinical Director?

Jan Sobieraj Managing Director at the NHS Leadership Academy presents an extended session on developing and fine tuning your clinical leadership skills.

Gabriel Sayer Divisional Director for Surgery and Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon at Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust discusses difficult issues for Clinical Directors.

Mr Bibhas Roy Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to speak on the future of PROMS including ‘how can PROMS be used to make decisions about individual patients?’ at the 2015 National PROMS Summit which he has helped produce.  

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) could give major boost to UroLift® System adoption 
on the NHS across the UK with guidance finding the treatment is less costly than other treatments, is minimally invasive and preserves sexual function.

Tommy Whitelaw Carer & Project Officer at The Alliance Scotland discusses Always Events®: Learning from what matters to patients.

Pedro Delgado Executive Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement leads an extended interactive session on ‘Always Events® Methodology’.

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience and Paul Jebb Patient Experience Professional Lead at NHS England discuss measuring and understanding how people really feel about the care they receive and demonstrating responsiveness to feedback at today's conference.

Gregor Smith, Medical Director, NHS Lanarkshire and Senior Medical Officer Primary Care, Scottish Government gives a case study presentation on Always Events® in Primary Care at today’s conference. 

Deborah Arnott Chief Executive Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) & Specialist Advisory Committee Member, Smoking: Harm Reduction Quality Standard, NICE discusses implementing the July 2015 NICE Quality Standard to reduce harm from smoking.

Dave Jones Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Division, Health and Wellbeing Directorate at Public Health England discusses NICE guidance PH48 and the benefits of self-assessment.

Guy Cross Mental Health Act Approvals Manager, Policy Lead Positive and Safe at the Department of Health at today’s Reducing Seclusion conference. 

Prof Peter Tyrer Professor of Community Psychiatry, Centre for Mental Health at Imperial College London at today’s Reducing Seclusion conference. 

Paul Scates, Peer Specialist, Campaigner and Ambassador discusses the Service user perspectives on smoking cessation at today’s conference. 

Dr Jacqueline Cornish OBE NHS England's National Clinical Director for Children, Young People and Transition to Adulthood to speak at national conference on Improving Mental Health Services for Young Adults Supporting the Transition to Adulthood. 

YoungMinds Chief Executive Sarah Brennan to chair national conference on; ‘Improving Mental Health Services for Young Adults Supporting the Transition to Adulthood.’ 

Dr Arvind Madan, Partner & CEO, The Hurley Group discusses the role of virtual clinics in managing demand and reducing unnecessary appointments at today’s Virtual Clinics Conference. 

Dr Stephen Radley, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses where to start with understanding service virtualization using a case study on Virtual clinics from Urogynaecology to Pre Operative Assessment at today’s conference. 

Katerina Kolyva, Director of Continued Practice at the Nursing and Midwifery Council gave an update at today’s Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

Dr Carolyn Middleton Project Manager at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board spoke at today’s Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation conference.  

Linda Nazarko OBE Consultant Nurse, Ealing Community Services & Service Lead IV therapy and Dementia at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust spoke at today’s Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

Miles Rinaldi, Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion, South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust discusses what makes a good crisis plan? positive risk taking and collaborative crisis planning at today’s conference. 

Sarah Khan Deputy Head of Mental Health & Adult MH Programme Lead MH Clinical Policy & Strategy Team NHS England gives an update on progress against NHS England’s commitments for Improving Mental Health Crisis Care at today’s conference.

Dr Alys Cole-King, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and Royal College of Psychiatrists spokesperson on suicide and self-harm/Clinical Director, Connecting with People discusses Suicide Mitigation and early intervention and averting crisis at today’s conference. 

Fiona Venner, Director, Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service discusses Quality care and treatment in crisis and elements of 24/7 effective support at today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis Care conference. 

A cap on charges for agency staff will reduce NHS spend by £1 billion over 3 years, and agency staff will be no better off than NHS colleagues.

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Maker, Adult Safeguarding at the Department of Health gives a National Update on Adult Safeguarding Enquires and Safeguarding Adults Reviews including Implications of the Care Act 2014 at today’s conference.

Liz Bruce Co-Chair, Safeguarding Policy Network at The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) & Tri-Borough Executive Director of Adult Social Care City of Westminster gives An update on making the safeguarding enquiry person centred and personalised at today’s conference.

Neil Betteridge Enhanced Recovery, Patient and Public Adviser at NHS Improving Quality at today’s Improving and Enhancing Perioperative Care conference.

Dr David Alcorn Consultant Anaesthetist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde at today’s Improving and Enhancing Perioperative Care conference. 

Anne McDermott Transplant Nurse Consultant and Alison Pottle Nurse Consultant, Cardiology Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting an extended session on ‘Working autonomously and running services: identifying skills and competence needed for practice, and safely expanding skills and competence’ at the National Nursing Revalidation for Specialist Practice and Advanced Roles Conference on Wednesday 2 December 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Beverley Bryant, Director of Digital Technology, NHS England, will give a national update at the National Information Sharing in Mental Health conference on Friday 27 November 2015 at the Hallam Conference Centre in London.

Dr Helen Hogan Clinical Lecturer in UK Public Health/Course Director London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine delivers a presentation on mortality monitoring: where are we now? at today’s conference.

Peter Walsh, CEO, Action against Medical Accidents gives an update on the Patient Voice as an Early Warning System.

Chris Dew Head of Clinical indicator Development at The Health and Social Care Information Centre delivers a presentation on Estimating the risk of mortality in hospital patients at today’s conference.

The National Director at Hospice UK explains how hospices are ready to play their role in delivering the very best end of life care

Matthew Fay, Member, Guideline Development Group on Atrial Fibriallation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence & General Practitioner Principal, Westcliffe Medical Centre, West Yorkshire discussed monitoring adherence against the updated NICE guidance on Atrial Fibrillation a year on at today’s Anticoagulation conference. 

Professor Pauline Ong, Member, National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE), Emerita Professor of Health Services Research, Keele University discusses Monitoring and Improving Quality through Clinical Audit at today’s conference. 

Cathy Hassell, Deputy Director Quality Programmes, NHS England discusses national clinical audit for quality and patient outcomes improvement  at today’s Clinical Audit for Improvement conference. 

Kat Young, Chair National Quality Improvement & Clinical Audit Network (NQICAN) & Senior Quality Improvement Lead, Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses developing an effective local quality improvement programme and supporting staff to deliver quality care  at today’s Clinical Audit for Improvement conference. 

Jeremy Hunt's speech to the 2015 Conservative party conference.

Dame Fiona Caldicott National Data Guardian speaks at today's Caldicott Guardian National Annual Conference.

Phil Walker Senior Information Governance Expert gives an update from the Information Governance Alliance at today’s conference

Dawn Monaghan Group Manager of Public Services Team at The Information Commissioners Office spoke at today’s conference on managing information governance breaches/untoward incidents and the role of the Information Commissioner.

Ann Slee, ePrescribing Lead, NHS England will discuss Delivering a Paperless NHS at today’s Electronic Prescribing conference. 

Brian Power, Lead Informatics Pharmacist, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will share Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s extensive experience in Electronic Prescribing at today’s conference. 

The Electronic Prescribing pre conference supplier showcase included 10 minute presentations from the key electronic prescribing systems suppliers Civica ParisPrescribing, JAC and Nugensis. 

Christopher Fincken, Chair of The UK Council of Caldicott Guardians delivers an extended session on developing your skills as an effective Caldicott Guardian at today’s conference.

End-of-life care in the UK has been ranked as the best in the world with a study praising the quality and availability of services.

Professor Suzy Braye Professor of Social Work & Social Care University of Sussex spoke at today's Self Neglect & Adult Safeguarding conference sharing her experience from recent research (with David Orr and Michael Preston-Shoot) into effective practice in self-neglect (commissionined by the Department of Health and published by SCIE).

Katerina Kolyva Director of Continued Practice Nursing at the Midwifery Council gives an update on appraisal and revalidation at today’s Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference in London.

Lynne Pacanowski Director of Midwifery and Head of Gynaecology Nursing at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; a NMC Revalidation Pilot Site at today’s Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

Dr Chris Roseveare Chair of the The Academy for Medical Royal Colleges' Project Sub-Group on 7 Day Provision and Past President of the Society for Acute Medicine to speak on implementing the standards for 7 day Consultant present care at the national ‘Delivering a 7 Day Health Service’ conference to be held in London in November. 

Tina Chambers Independent Clinical Nurse Specialist and Vice Chair of the Tissue Viability Society at today’s Eliminating Heel Pressure Ulcers conference.

David Bosanquet Surgeon University Hospital of Wales at today’s Eliminating Heel Pressure Ulcers conference.

Pauline Mountain MBE Founder Hearts Of Positive Energy at today’s Improving End of Life Care conference

Katie Lindsey Programme Manager National End of Life Care Intelligence Network at todays Improving End of Life Care conference.

Don Redding  Director of Policy National Voices at today’s Improving End of Life Care conference.

If your foundation trust is subject to the new agency spending rules, from 19 October you must use the approved framework agreements to secure all nursing agency staff.

Delegates at today's End of Life Care conference shared examples of innovative practice 

Eric Baskind Senior Lecturer in Law and International Expert on Physical Interventions Liverpool John Moores University at today’s Prone/Face Down Restraint conference.

Dr Karen Stenner Lecturer University of Surrey discusses Nurse prescribing for pain at today’s conference. 

Dr Arokia Antonysamy Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxleas NHS Foundation discusses the practical experiences of forward thinking in restraint as a consultant

Paul Scates Peer Specialist at Dorset Mental Health Forum spoke at today’s Prone/Face Down Restraint conference.

Developing, demonstrating and maintaining competence in non medical prescribing for pain

A report published today has revealed that, similar to last year, the top three reasons for hospital complaints investigated by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in the last financial year (2014-15) were poor communication, errors in diagnosis and poor treatment.

Hayley Marle Inspection Manager Care Quality Commission discusses learning from CQC inspections to improve outpatient services at today’s conference.

Paul Jebb NHS England discusses improving patient experience in outpatients at today’s conference. 

Police in England and Wales have been issued with new guidance on domestic abuse which advises officers on how to prosecute without relying on a victim.

Professor Jonathan Benger National Clinical Director for Urgent Care, NHS England is confirmed to give a keynote address at The EMS Conference 2016 held on behalf of The Larrey Society.

Howard Catton, Head of Policy and International Affairs, RCN discusses the current issues facing Ward Managers at today’s conference. 

Katerina Kolyva, Director of Continued Practice, The Nursing and Midwifery Council gives an updated for Ward Managers on nursing appraisal and revalidation at today conference. 

Kath Evans, Head of Patient Experience, NHS England discusses improving patient experience on your ward including ‘Always Events®’ at today’s Ward Manager Conference. 

Dr Jonathan Mitchell, Consultant Psychiatrist at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust & Member Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults: treatment and management Guideline Development Group National Institute of Health and Care  Excellence (NICE) gives an update on reducing the physical health side effective of medication in mental health.

Dr Phil Steadman Lead for Mental Health BMA Board of Science & Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust gives an update on meeting unmet health needs in people with mental health and intellectual disability.

The NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) Seven Day Services team have been leading a service improvement programme across England designed to support the transformational change required to deliver access to high quality health and social care every day of the week.

House of Commons briefing paper released 7th September 2015: Accessing and sharing health records and patient confidentiality

NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cancer, Sean Duffy, reflects on the publication of the report of the Independent Cancer Taskforce, and looks ahead to how its recommendations will be taken forward. 

A set of new national safety standards have been published to support NHS hospitals to provide safer surgical care.

National framework for action urges local leadership to be at forefront of improvement in end of life care. 

Patients will be able to access and interact with their GP record online within 12 months, Jeremy Hunt announced today.

Sue O’Hanlon Lead Nurse at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Patient suitability and referral criteria for OPAT’ at the Advancing IV Therapy conference on Thursday 3 December 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

The NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor have today published new rules to support NHS providers to get the best quality agency staff whilst reducing their overall costs.

Jackie Nicholson, Nurse Consultant Vascular Access at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘IV Therapy and the care of vascular access devices: a national and international perspective’ at the Advancing IV Therapy conference on Thursday 3 December 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Katie Scales Consultant Nurse Critical Care at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will be presenting ‘NICE guideline and quality standards for IV fluid therapy in adults in hospital’ at the Advancing IV Therapy conference on Thursday 3 December 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Dr Johan Waktare Consultant Cardiologist, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Clinical Lead for EPR will be presenting ‘All you need to know about Electronic Document Management at the Electronic Document Management in Healthcare conference on Wednesday 9 December 2015 at ICO Conference Centre, London.

Mark England Director of IM&T at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Realising the Clinical Benefits and engaging Clinical Staff in Electronic Document Management’ at the Electronic Document Management in Healthcare conference on Wednesday 9 December 2015 at ICO Conference Centre, London.

Miles Rinaldi, Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion, South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust will be doing a presentation on ‘What makes a good crisis plan?’ at the Improving Mental Health Crisis Care Conference on Thursday 15 October 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

Hayley Flavell, Anticoagulant and Thrombosis, Consultant Nurse, The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting on ‘Educating frontline staff in the management of patients on the new oral anticoagulants’ at the Improving Anticoagulation Therapy Services Conference on Wednesday 7 October 2015 at Colmore Gate Conference Centre, Birmingham

Sean Collins Adult Safeguarding Lead at North Bristol NHS Trust will be presenting ‘Safeguarding Alerts: Escalating safeguarding concerns and complaints’ at the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults conference on Tuesday 1 December 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

David Evans Medical Director at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Changing job plans and the consultant contract to deliver a 7 day service’ at the Consultant Job Planning conference on Tuesday 17 November 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

Dr David Scott Consultant Paediatrician at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will be presenting ‘Renegotiating the job plan including rigid contracts, and difficult doctors’ at the Consultant Job Planning conference on Tuesday 17 November 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

Dr Nick Jenkins Consultant & Former Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine at Wexham Park Hospital will be presenting ‘Preparing for CQC inspection of your directorate’ at the Effective Clinical Director conference on Tuesday 3 November 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Anita Lewin, Team Leader, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting a case study based session on ‘Working together with the Police’ at the Improving Mental Health Crisis Care Conference on Thursday 15 October 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London. 

Dr Danny Boxer Consultant Radiologist to speak on delivering 7 day diagnostics at the national ‘Delivering a 7 Day Health Service’ conference to be held in London in November. 

Professor Martin Elliott Director of Tracheal & Lead, Thoracic Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Tips and Advice for Aspiring Clinical Directors’ at the Effective Clinical Director conference on Tuesday 3 November 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Gabriel Sayer Divisional Director for Surgery Consultant, General and Vascular Surgeon at Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will be presenting ‘Difficult issues for Clinical Directors’ at the Effective Clinical Director conference on Tuesday 3 November 2015 at the ICO Conference Centre, London.

Miles Rinaldi, Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion at South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust to speak on supporting recovery during mental health crisis at the national ‘Delivering Excellence in Recovery Oriented Services in Mental Health’ conference to be held in London in December. 

Dr Sridevi Kalidindi, Consultant Psychiatrist in Recovery and Rehabilitation at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to speak on moving the focus to recovery-oriented services at the national ‘Delivering Excellence in Recovery Oriented Services in Mental Health’ conference to be held in London in December.   

Dr Telal Mudawi, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS and Clinical Adviser in Cardiology Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman, Manchester Office, UK will present at National Conference on Complaints Handling, Investigating, Resolving and Learning

Dr Gregor Smith Medical Director NHS Lanarkshire will be presenting ‘Criteria for selecting Always Events®’ at the Always Events®: A positive approach to Improving Patient Care conference on Thursday 22 October 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London

Jon Rouse, Director General, Social Care, Department of Health, writes about the importance of talking therapies and the continued progress of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme).

News from the Department of Health 

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director and Pauline Law Deputy Director of Nursing at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Implementing a positive approach to patient experience in practice’ at the Always Events®: A positive approach to Improving Patient Care conference on Thursday 22 October 2015 in London

Chedia Hoolickin Quality Improvement Lead Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Always Events® at ward level’ at the Always Events®: A positive approach to Improving Patient Care conference on Thursday 22 October 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London

News from BBC Health 

Dr Deborah Wildgoose Deputy Director of Nursing Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting an extended session ‘EXTENDED SESSION: Improving Staffing and Skillmix in Mental Health Inpatient Units in practice’ at the National Safe Staffing for Nursing in Mental Health Inpatient Units on Monday 16 November 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre in London. 

Safe staffing for nursing in inpatient mental health settings work at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust to be presented at National Conference.

Safe staffing for nursing in inpatient mental health settings work at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to be presented at National Conference.

Dr Phil Steadman Consultant Psychiatrist Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting Meeting unmet health needs in people with mental health conditions at National Conference

Dr Sheila Hardy Senior Research Fellow Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting delivering effective physical health checks in practice.

Iain Harbison Project Lead Violence Reduction Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting Demonstrating alternative and emerging models for reducing restraint: changing culture and practice. 

Gary Firkins De-escalation, Management and Intervention Lead South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting Perspectives on the National Objective to end Prone/face down Restraint in the NHS a year on & Implementing the 2015 NICE Guidance.

Wendy Preston Nurse Consultant George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust will be presenting ‘the role of e-cigarettes’ at the Smoking Cessation in Mental Health conference on Tuesday 20 October 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

Dr Jonathan Campion Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting the importance of smoking cessation in improving the physical heath of people with mental disorder. 

Data Quality and Clinical Coding for Improvement: Ensuring Clinical Ownership of Clinical and Costing Data to be presented by Andrew Tapp Consultant Obstetrician at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Syene Skinner Recovery College Manager Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust will be presenting ‘Supporting people to improve physical health and the impact on personal recovery journeys’ at Improving Physical Health for People with Mental Health Conditions conference on Monday 14 September 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre, London.

Fiona Nolan Deputy Director of Nursing and Research Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust ​will be presenting ‘Factors affecting safe staffing for nursing in inpatient mental health settings: Understanding acuity and dependency’ at the National Safe Staffing for Nursing in Mental Health Inpatient Units on Monday 16 November 2015 at Hallam Conference Centre in London. 

News from the Department of Health 16 July 2015

Professor Cameron Swift, Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician, King’s College London discusses Implementing the new Falls Quality Standard Falls - assessment and secondary prevention in older people at today’s conference. 

Dr Shelagh O’Riordan, Consultant Geriatrician, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust will discusses implementing the Falls Quality Standard in Practice at today’s conference. 

Elaine Spencer Serious Incident Investigator Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at today’s serious clinical incident conference.

Ann Bird Former Health Editor and Executive Features Editor, Daily Express & Founder, AB Business Training at today’s Serious Clinical Incident conference.

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Managing When a Serious Clinical Incident Occurs conference.

Donna Forsyth Head of Patient Safety Investigation NHS England at today’s Managing when a Serious Clinical Incident Occurs conference.

Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at Care Quality Commission discusses the new inspection process for Adult Social Care at today"s conference. 

Dr Linda Patterson, CQC Inspection Team Chair & PAST Clinical Vice President, Royal College of Physicians discusses leading an inspection team and the onsite process at today’s conference.  

Niall Fry, MCA and DoLS Lead, Department of Health discusses ensuring compliance with the Mental Capacity Act including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards at today"s conference.

Sean O’Sullivan Head of Health and Social Policy The Royal College of Midwives at today’s Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings conference.

Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Head of Maternity, NHS England & Specialist Committee Member, Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings, NICE at todays Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings

Jackie Nicholson Chair of the National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) opens today’s IV Therapy conference with a national update on IV Therapy and the care of vascular access devices.

Tom Mcloughlin-Yip Patient Representative & Guideline Development Group Member, IV Therapy in Adults in Hospitals Guideline at NICE gives a national update on the New Quality Standard for Intravenous Fluid Therapy 

Suzanne Banks Professional Advisor, Pressure Ulcers at NHS England will deliver an update from NHS England on Stop the Pressure at today’s conference. 

Professor Gerard Stansby Chair Guideline Development Group, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Guideline and Quality Standard National Institute for Health and Care Excellence discusses Implementing the NICE Quality Standard for Pressure Ulcers at today’s conference. 

Jackie Smith Chief Executive for Nursing and Midwifery Council and Dame Eileen Sills DBE Chief Nurse from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust open one day conference on Nursing Appraisal & Revalidation: Implementing the New NMC Code of Practice. 

Denise Llewellyn Nurse Director and Dr Carolyn Middleton Project Manager from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board discuss demonstrating compliance with the revised NMC code of conduct a pilot site update at today’s conference. 

Judi Ingram Group Clinical Director and Chief Nurse Aspen Healthcare at today’s Improving Patient Safety in Independent Healthcare conference.

Dr Jack Barker Chief Clinical Information Officer Kings Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust discusses planning for an eHospital

Vivienne Heckford National Director of Clinical Services Ramsay Health Care at today’s Improving Patient Safety in Independent Healthcare conference.

Dr Peter Short Directorate Clinical Lead Health and Social Care Information Centre at today’s Electronic Document Management conference.

Matt James Chief Executive Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) at today’s Improving Patient Safety in Independent Healthcare conference.

Dr Louise Johns Honorary Senior Lecturer & PICuP Coordinator at King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience at today’s Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Illness conference.

Sarah Khan Mental Health Senior Programme Lead NHS England at today’s Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Illness conference.

Alison Brabban National Advisor for Severe Mental Illness (IAPT) NHS England & Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Illness conference.

Dr Janine Wright, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Safer Medication Work Stream Clinical Lead at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust discusses Zero Tolerance to Medication Errors: setting the benchmark at zero at today’s conference. 

Paul Jebb Experience of Care Professional Lead NHS England at today’s Complaints conference.

Dr Kieran Mullan Independent Advisor to the Review of NHS Complaints and Past Project Director Patients Association at today’s Complaints conference.

David Gerrett Senior Pharmacist, Medication Safety Team NHS England gives National Update on Reducing Medication Errors at today’s conference. 

The CQC has released a report raising concerns that concerns that public services, such as local authorities, NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups, are failing to work together to make sure that people in their local areas have access to crisis care around the clock.

The ‘Creating Caring Cultures’ resources are based around a model in the form of a rainbow because like rainbows, it is difficult to see/find the beginning or the end of culture change. The model has been developed using FoNS experiences over a number of years of working with health and social care teams and our theoretical understandings of practice development as an approach to enabling change and transformation in people and their practice.

Donna Forsyth, Head of Patient Safety Investigation, NHS England discusses the core principles of effective Root Cause Analysis in Health & Social Care at today’s conference. 

Taffy Gatawa Head of Patient Safety and Quality Royal Surrey County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses Training and supporting frontline staff to deliver effective Root Cause Analysis at today’s conference. 

From NHS England

Health and social care leaders will today (17 June) unveil detailed plans to make technology work harder and faster for patients and increase transparency across more services. News from NHS England

Janice Waters National Advisor- Safeguarding Care Quality Commission at today’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Health Services conference

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Manager - Adult Safeguarding Department of Health at today's Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Health Services conference.

Don Brereton Chair Patient Experience Sub-group National Quality Board & NQB Lay Member at today"s Patient Experience conference.

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience NHS England & Sub Group Member Patient Experience National Quality Board at today's Patient Experience conference.

Dr James Francombe Consultant Colorectal Surgeon South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust gives tips and advice for aspiring Clinical Directors.

Maxine McCoy, Assistant Director of Services, Breast Cancer Care discussed working together to deliver the NHS England programme recommendations for people with breast cancer at today’s conference. 

Professor Steve Powis, Medical Director, Royal Free Hampstead NHS discuss what makes an excellent Clinical Director? Qualities, skills, roles and responsibilities at today’s conference. 

Government-led reviews, reports, memorandums of understanding – concordats even – are all for nothing if they can’t actively lead change and challenge others to do the same, say the Department of Health as they state that, the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat is working. 

News from Janes Cummings office, NHS England

The Independent Ambulance Association (IAA) annual conference held on the 19th May 2015 focused on on ‘Ambulance Services of Tomorrow’ and the developing role of the Independent Ambulance Service. 

Howard Catton Director of Policy at The Royal College of Nursing discusses setting the standard for specialist practice and advanced roles.

Katerina Kolyva Director of Continued Practice at The Nursing and Midwifery Council at today’s Nursing Revalidation Specialist Practice & Advanced Roles conference.

Dr Tony Gill Mental Health Practitioner Leeds University discusses implementing the NICE Quality Standard for Psychosis and Schizophrenia including a walk through the 10 quality statements.

Fiona Venner Director Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Centre discusses improving care in crisis for people with psychosis or schizophrenia

Jan Hutchinson Director of Programmes and Performance Centre for Mental Health discusses evidence based supported employment - implementation in mental health services

Ruth May Regional Chief Nurse (Midlands & East) NHS England at today’s Safe Staffing conference.

Howard Catton Head of Policy The Royal College of Nursing at today’s Safe Staffing conference.

Teresa Kearney Association for Prescribers Committee Member The Association for Prescribers gives update on nurse/non-medical prescribing at today’s conference. 

Katerina Kolyva, Director of Continued Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council discusses Non-Medical Prescribing, Advanced Practice and Revalidation at today’s conference. 

News from todays Non Medical Prescribing Conference

Chris Dew Head of Clinical indicator Development at The Health and Social Care Information Centre discusses the risk of mortality in hospital patients

Dr Sharon Mayor Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Improvement at Cardiff University discusses mortality monitoring: where are we now?

Will Carr Clinical Specialist Falls Prevention Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Falls Prevention and Management in Older People conference.

Julie Windsor Patient Safety Lead, Older People & Falls NHS England at today’s Falls Prevention conference.

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust discusses early identification of care problems to reduce mortality.

Tony Bonser Chair People in Partnership The National Council for Palliative Care Member at today’s Improving End of Life Care conference.

Simon Chapman Director for Public and Parliamentary Engagement The National Council of Palliative Care at today’s End of Life Care conference.

Dr Geraldine Strathdee, National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England discusses improving the physical health for people with mental health conditions at today’s conference. 

Naomi James, Regional Development and Research Manager, NSUN network for mental health discussed involving and engaging service users in improving physical health at today’s conference. 

Jill Demilew, Consultant Midwife, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London & Guideline Development Group Member, Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance NICE discusses what does excellence in Perinatal Mental Health look like and meeting the new NICE Guideline at today’s conference. 

Peter Thompson, Senior Programme Manager, Quality Network for Perinatal Mental Health, The Royal College of Psychiatrists discusses setting the standards for Perinatal Mental Health Services at today’s conference. 

Eileen Sills DBE Chief Nurse and Director of Patient Experience Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is an NMC Revalidation Pilot Site discusses The Revised Code: How do we make it “live” and Demonstrating compliance with the revised code of practice at today’s conference.

Kath Evans Head of Patient Experience at NHS England discusses promoting professionalism on social media, including do’s, don’ts, governance and policy.

Howard Catton Director of Policy at The Royal College of Nursing discusses Supporting nurses and the nursing profession to deliver the standards set out in the revised code.

News from NHS England on the future of the NHS

Elaine Hanzak Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author ‘Eyes without Sparkle – a journey through postnatal illness’ discusses why perinatal mental health is important at today's improving the quality of perinatal mental health conference.

Update from todays IAA Conference

In September 2014 NICE recommended self-monitoring tests for people on long-term anticoagulation therapy. Diane Eaton, Project Manager, Anticoagulation Europe will discuss the The Quality and safety indicators for Anticoagulation Therapy at today’s conference. 

Howard Catton Head of Policy The Royal College of Nursing at today’s Nursing Staffing and Skillmix in A&E Departments conference.

Joann Morse Deputy Chief Nurse University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Nursing Staffing and Skillmix in A&E Departments conference.

Sue Osborne CBE Chair Safe Staffing Alliance at today’s Nurse Staffing and Skillmix in A&E departments conference.

David Cameron today announed plans for "a 7-day NHS, safe in our hands - for every generation to come".  

Paolo Zanoni PACS Manager University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Radiology Information Systems and PACS conference.

Dr Nicola Guy Head of the Review of the MHA Code of Practice Department of Health gives an update on what’s new under the revised code of practice for the Mental Health Act.

Naomi James Regional Development and Research Manager at NSUN Network for Mental Health spoke about what the new code means for service users a t today's Mental Health Act code of practice conference.

Julian Meyrick, Vice President, Security Services Europe, IBM gives an extended session on undertaking an information security risk assessment at today’s Cyber Security in Healthcare conference. 

Christopher Fincken, Chair, The UK Council of Caldicott Guardians and Member, National Information Governance Committee Care Quality Commission discusses a Caldicott Guardian’s Perspective from a Mental Health Trust at today’s conference. 

Nicholas Oughtibridge, Acting Director of Data Standards, Health and Social Care Information Centre give an Update and Implementing the New Code of Practice on Confidential Information at today’s conference. 

Debbie Robson, Senior Post Doc Researcher in Tobacco Addiction at the National Addiction Centre at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust dicusses the importance of smoking cessation in improving the physical heath of people with mental disorder and the evidence at today"s conference. 

Secretary of State for Health Announced

Wendy Preston, Nurse Consultant, George Eliot Hospital Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Senior Lecturer, Coventry University discusses the role of e-cigarettes at today’s conference. 

NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with a look at how messages are getting across:

Howard Catton Director of Policy at The Royal College of Nursing discusses setting the standard for specialist practice and advanced roles.

Nicholas Oughtibridge Acting Director of Data Standards Health and Social Care Information Centre gives an update from the Health and Social Care Information Centre on the new Code of Practice on Confidential Information and developing the role of Caldicott Guardians at today’s conference. 

Christopher Fincken, Chair of The UK Council of Caldicott Guardians and Member of the National Information Governance Committee Care Quality Commission delivers an extended session on developing your skills as an effective Caldicott Guardian at today’s conference. 

Dawn Monaghan, Group Manager, Public Services Team, The Information Commissioners Office discusses When things go wrong: managing information governance breaches/untoward incidents and the role of the Information Commissioner at todays conference. 

Simon Robinson, Barrister, Five Paper discussed Caldicott decision making and what happens if there is disagreement between Caldicott Guardians at today’s conference. 

Dr Steven Reid Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist CNWL NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis care conference.

Miles Rinaldi Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust at today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis care conference.

Glen Monks Associate Director for Mental Health & Dr Fiona Butler Chair at West London CCG at today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis Care conference.

Clair Carson Acute Service Line Manager Pennine Care NHS Trust at today’s Improving Mental Health Crisis Care conference.

Tracey Watson Head of Commercial and Partners at NHS England with Jana Dale Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Lead – Patient Online, NHS England, and Trevor Fossey a Patient Online Working Together Group member at today’s Electronic Patient Records conference.

Dr Martin Baggaley Medical Director & Lead for Clinical Governance South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Patient Accessible Electronic Patient Records.

Dr Amir Hannan General Practitioner Long Term Conditions, Information Management & Technology, and Patient Engagement & Empowerment Lead, Tameside & Glossop CCG with Ingrid Brindle Chair Thornley House Patient Participation Group at today’s Electronic Patient Records conference.

The RCN revealed that 18.3% of more than 14,000 nursing staff surveyed were unable to complete essential training in the last year, 44.4% said they were unable to complete training because there were too few staff to cover their work. Half of the 48% of nursing staff that had undertaken training said they had no cover when they were absent from normal duties – potentially putting patients at risk. This also meant one in 10 had to use annual leave and complete compulsory training in their own time.

Ann Slee EPrescribing Lead NHS England gives update on delivering a paperless NHS at today’s conference. 

Dr Jonathan Sheldon, Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discussed Electronic Prescribing: learning from a decade of experience at today’s conference. 

Eric Baskind Senior Lecturer in Law and International Expert on Physical Interventions Liverpool John Moores University at today’s Prone/Face Down Restraint conference.

Dr Jeremy Cashman Consultant Anaesthetist St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust at today’s Consultant Job Planning conference.

Dr Arvind Madan, GP Partner & CEO, The Hurley Group discussed the role of virtual clinics in managing demand and reducing unnecessary appointments at today’s conference.

Dr Arun Alfred, Consultant Haematologist, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust discussed Understanding service virtualisation and where to start at today’s conference. 

Lech Rymaszewski, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Glasgow Royal Infirmary discussed developing protocols, guidelines, competence and consensus to support the running of the virtual clinic at today’s conference. 

Alison Ridley and Fran Pearson SCIE accredited reviewers at today’s Adult Safeguarding Investigations & Safeguarding Adults Reviews conference.

Presentations by Claire Crawely Senior Policy Manager, Adult Safeguarding Department of Health, and Dr Adi Cooper Joint Chair ADASS Safeguarding Network.

The Mental Health Taskforce brings together health and care leaders and experts in the field, including people using services, to lead a programme of work to create a mental health Five Year Forward View for the NHS in England.

New NMC Code has come into force for every nurse and midwife.

Updates and presentations from today’s Nurse Appraisal and Revalidation conference
 

Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity Act Policy Manager Care Quality Commission an updated on ensuring effective use and compliance in practice monitoring the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards from the CQC at today’s conference.

Nick Rudling, Safeguarding Adults Lead at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust discussed Hospital Managing Authority: DoLS identification, application and compliance at today’s conference. 

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience NHS England at today’s Always Events® conference.

Pedro Delgado Executive Director Institute for Healthcare Improvement at today’s Always Events® conference.

John Bellerby Quality Improvement Lead at Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Always Events®

Dr Gregor Smith Senior Medical Officer Primary Care Scottish Government at today’s Always Events® conference.

Sarah Khan Deputy Head of Mental Health NHS England at today’s Measuring and Monitoring Quality in Mental conference.

News from the House of Commons

Katerina Kolyva Director of Continued Practice at The Nursing and Midwifery Council gives Ward Manager Update on Nursing appraisal & revalidation at today's conference. 

Paul Jebb NHS England speaks on improving patient experience on your ward including ‘Always Events’

Kate Sanders Practice Development Facilitator Foundation of Nursing Studies discussed What well-led mean at ward level at today's conference. 

Howard Catton Head of Policy and International Affairs Royal College of Nursing discussed Current issues for Ward Managers at today’s conference. 

Hazel Watson Head of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS England Meeting the new national guidance on seclusion at today’s conference 

Dr Rachel Warner and Dr Rhodri Hannan Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust discussed Eliminating seclusion in practice and ensuring any instance of seclusion is reported and investigated at today’s conference. 

Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent Director of Midwifery & Divisional Director of Nursing at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & Specialist Committee Member, Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings, NICE at today’s Safe Midwife Staffing in Maternity Settings conference.

Dame Fiona Caldicott National Data Guardian and Chairman of the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel at today’s Information Governance conference.

Kat Young Chair National Quality Improvement & Clinical Audit Network (NQICAN) Senior QI Lead Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust & Member National Advisory Group for Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE) gives an update from the National Quality Improvement & Clinical Audit Network on day 2 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement conference. 

Jane Moore Implementation Consultant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence gives a NICE update on quality standards and clinical audit on day 2 of the Clinical Audit and Improvement conference.  

Professor Danny Keenan Medical Director Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership discusses Clinical audit for local improvement on day one of Clinical Audit and Improvement 2015. 

Nancy Dixon Healthcare Quality Quest Ltd discusses what is really involved in quality improvement on day one of today’s Clinical Audit and Improvement 2015 conference. 

Yvonne Murray Head of Clinical Audit Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses using clinical audit findings to ensure improvements in patient care on day one of today’s Clinical Audit for Improvement 2015 conference.  

Dr Linda Patterson OBE FRCP Consultant Physician General and geriatric medicine & Chair of Inspection Team The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust discusses clinical Audit and learning from the CQC inspection on day one of today’s Clinical Audit for Improvement 2015 conference. 

Independent prescribing is defined as: ‘Prescribing by an appropriate practitioner (which currently includes doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists and physiotherapists), responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for decisions about the clinical management required, including prescribing medicines’…There are many potential benefits for patients, commissioners and providers…Independent prescribing can also enable new ways of working to improve quality towards delivering safe, effective services focussed on the patient experience. It facilitates partnership working across professional and organisational boundaries within commissioning/provider landscapes and with patients to redesign care pathways that are cost-effective and sustainable

National Voice and NCPC Release Every Moment Counts: new vision for coordinated care for people near the end of life calls for brave conversations. 

Claire Crawley Department of Health gives Keynote Opening Address on Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults under the Care Act 2014 Including the revised regulations and guidance at todays conference. 

Andrea Sutcliffe Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care The Care Quality Commission discusses the inspection of Social Care at todays Safeguarding under the Care Act 2014 conference

News from NICE 25 Feb 2015

News from NHS England 26 Feb 2015

News from NICE 20 Feb 2015

Kath Evans @KathEvans2, Head of Patient Experience, NHS England Discusses Why twitter is an important tool for those working in the NHS at todays conference. 

Useful links from today's Social Media in the NHS conference.

A panel session on How Twitter has helped me in my role provided an understanding of why twitter is a key tool within the NHS.

Ron Simms @RonS_Capsticks Partner Capsticks discusses Social Media from a legal and HR perspective at today's conference. 

James Andrew @WePharmacists delivered an interactive masterclass on Twitter for Clinicians & Managers in the NHS at todays conference.

News from the CQC 13 Feb 2015

Navin Suppiah Mental Health and Safeguarding Trainer & Solicitor at Scott-Moncrieff’s at today’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Mental Health conference.

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Manager - Adult Safeguarding Department of Health at today’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in Mental Health conference.

Article from the Psychological Therapies in the NHS Conference

BMJ 2015; 350 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h896 (Published 18 February 2015) 

by Penny Gray

News by NHS England 19 Feb 2015

News and presentations from the Recruitment & Professional Development Open Day for IAPT Accredited Training

NHS England Guidance on new mental health standards published today. The guidance for CCGs, explains the case for change in four areas and sets out the expectations of local commissioners for delivery during the year ahead working with providers and other partners.

Bibhas Roy Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Trafford Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust discusses developing virtual orthopaedic clinics at todays conference.

Hilary Merrett Independent Consultant, Quality & Safety & Editor Clinical Risk discusses learning from complaints in outpatient services at todays conference. 

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a new quality standard to help adults with psychosis and schizophrenia have a positive experience of mental health services and ensure they receive the support they need.

News and presentations from Psychological Therapies in the NHS 2015

Mick Martin Managing Director of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman discusses lessons from complaints to the ombudsman and investigations at today conference. 

Paul Durham CQC discusses complaints management and learning from the CQC inspections of hospitals at today's conference. 

Chris Bostock Head of Complaints Policy The Department of Health at today’s NHS Complaints conference

The Care Quality Commission has released its annual report into the use of the Mental Health Act

Neil Betteridge, Director, Neil Betteridge Associates, Patient and Public Advisor  NHS Improving Quality Co-Chair, Chronic Pain Policy Coalition & Representative, CRG Specialised Pain Services, NHS England speaks on patient experience insight and learning from patients & carers at todays conference

John Bellerby, Quality Improvement Lead, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Implementing a positive approach to patient experience: Measuring and monitoring compliance with “Always Events®” Events that should always happen for every patient At today’s conference

Suzanne Banks Professional Advisor NHS England Gives an update from NHS England on Stop the Pressure at today's conference. 

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience Dan Wellings Head of Insight NHS England discuss measuring and understanding how people really feel about the care they receive and demonstrating responsiveness to feedback at today's conference. 

Elaine Spencer Serious Incident Investigator Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust at today’s Patient Safety Incident Reporting, Investigation and Learning

Mark England Executive Director of Reengineering and Informatics Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Electronic Document Management conference

The National Quality Board has published Improving Experiences of Care: our shared understanding and ambition

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has today published a revised Code which places public expectations at the heart of good nursing and midwifery practice. 

Dr Mariles Ostermann, Consultant in Critical Care and Nephrology, Guys & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust & Guideline Development Group Member, IV Therapy in Adults in Hospitals Guideline at NICE discussed the New NICE Quality Standard for IV Therapy at todays conference

Linda Nazarko OBE, Nurse Consultant at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust speaks on setting up and running OPAT services in practice

CQC Report on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2013/14 Released 27 January 2015 looks at implementation of the safeguards since they were introduced in 2009

Nicola Davey Trustee Clinical Human Factors Group at today’s Reducing Medication Errors conference.

Dr Ahmed Ameer Medication Safety Officer at NHS England at today’s Reducing Medication Errors conference.

Jon Billings Director of Strategy Nursing and Midwifery Council Discusses The NMC’s regulatory functions and their impact on safe care at todays conference.

Paul Fish Deputy Chief Nurse & Ann Casey Senior Nurse University College London Hospital & Member Specialist Committee on Safe nurse staffing of adult wards in acute hospitals NICE Discuss Implementing the new NICE guidance on safe staffing levels at todays conference. 

Professor Elizabeth Robb Chief Executive The Florence Nightingale Foundation & Member The Safe Staffing Alliance speaks on Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care at todays conference. 

Val Moore Guidelines Implementation Programme Director Health and Social Care National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Discusses The NICE Guidance on safe staffing levels at today’s conference. 

Howard Catton Royal College of Nursing Speaks on Nursing Staffing Levels and Skill Mix: Getting it Right for Patients at today's conference

Gillian Cavell Consultant Pharmacist, Medication Safety Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation NHS Trust at today’s Reducing Medication Errors conference.

News from the Department of Health

Dr Susan Salt Medical Director Trinity Hospice at Delivering Individual Care Plans for Care of the Dying Person

Tony Bonser Chair, People in Partnership The National Council for Palliative Care and Dying Matters at today’s Delivering Individual Care Plans for Care of the Dying Person

Dr John Hughes Member, The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (LACDP) and Medical Director Sue Ryder Care at today's Delivering Individual Care Plans for Care of the Dying Person conference.

Dee Sissons Director of Nursing Marie Curie Cancer Care at Delivering Individual Care Plans for Care of the Dying Person

Chris Fokke Chief Clinical Information Officer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses Clinical Data Capture at the point of care in practice at today's conference

Sue Eve-Jones Director, Professional Association of Clinical Coders (PACC-UK) & Head of Clinical Coding and Data Quality Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust discusses Data Capture and Clinical Coding at today's conference

Nick Baillie Health and Social Care Quality Programme Director National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Discusses Setting the standard for quality at today's conference 

Rona McCandlish National Professional Advisor Care Quality Commission Inspecting for Quality and how you can demonstrate Quality at todays conference. 

Kath Evans Head of Patient Experience NHS England Discusses Learning from what people tell us we get right!: Always Events® at todays conference

Jon Hannah Head of Improvement Science NHS Improving Quality Discusses Importance of Patient Experience and Radical Transparency as part of Quality Measures at todays conference. 

Paul Jebb Experience of Care Professional Lead, Patient Experience Team at NHS England on improving the experience of care at today's CQC Inspections in Independent Healthcare conference.

Stephen Collier Chair NHS Partners Network at today’s Preparing for & learning from the new CQC Inspections in Independent Healthcare conference

Part of 'Making mental health services more effective and accessible'.

News from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Dr Ian Starke Medical Director for Revalidation Royal College of Physicians London at today’s Effective Clinical Director conference.

Ian Hulatt Mental Health Advisor The Royal College of Nursing at today’s nursing appraisal and revalidation in mental health conference

Dr Katerina Kolyva  Director of Continued Practice Nursing and Midwifery Council discusses The role of the Nurse Director in developing appraisal systems and delivering revalidation

Dr Naomi Chapman  Executive Nurse Network manager The Royal College of Nursing gives a National update for Nurse Directors

Jonathan Mason  Clinical Adviser (Medicines) NHS England discusses Delivering 7 Day Services in Hospital Pharmacy at todays conference.

Dr Catherine Duggan, Director of Professional Development & Support, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Developing a 7 day service in hospital pharmacy and the practicalities at todays conference

Prof Eileen Sills, Chief Nurse and Director of Patient Experience at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust speaks today on developing your skills as a current or aspiring nurse director

News from the Department of Health 

"You treat a wound quickly before it gets infected and the damage becomes permanent. Let’s treat the mind in the same way and help prevent a lifetime of needless suffering". Norman Lamb MP 10 December 2014. News from the Department of Health 

Fiona Thow Patient Safety Collaborative Delivery Lead NHS Improving Quality gives a National update on Patient Safety Collaboratives  Progress to date and future plans at todays Improving Patient Safety Conference. 

Paula Mansell Safety Programme Care Quality Commission gives a National update on Patient Safety Inspections

Peter Thompson Senior Programme Manager at the Royal College of Psychiatrists at today’s Improving the Quality of Perinatal Mental Health Services conference.

Michelle Johnstone Head of Safeguarding Lincs Community Health Services at today’s Undertaking Adult Safeguarding Investigations and Safeguarding Adults Reviews. 

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust discusses investing in quality, disinvesting in harm  at today’s Improving Patient Safety Conference: 

Phil McCarvill Head of Policy and Public Affairs Marie Curie Cancer Care Speaks on Learning from the National Care of the Dying 2014 Audit at todays Improving End of Life Care Conference 

Stephen Richards Care Quality Commission discusses The new inspection process  for end of life care at todays conference

Dr Chris Farnham Medical Director Heart of Kent Hospice Chair The Education Committee The Association of Palliative Medicine & Member Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People discusses Developing individual care plans and goals for every end of life care patient at today conference. 

Dave Anderson Associate Medical Director Mersey Care NHS Trust & Member NICE Delirium Guideline Development Group at today’s Delirium conference.

Dr Tony Newman Sanders CCIO Croydon Health Services and PACS National Clinical Lead Health & Social Care Information Centre at today’s Radiology Information Systems & PACS conference.

Professor Sheila the Baroness Hollins Chair BMA Board of Science at today’s Improving the Physical Health for People with Mental Health Conditions conference.

Dr Sheila Hardy Education Fellow UCL Partners & Honorary Senior Lecturer UCL at today’s Improving the Physical Health for People with Mental Health Conditions conference.

Dr Geraldine Strathdee National Clinical Director for Mental Health NHS England at today’s conference

News from todays Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation conference

Update from todays Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation Conference

News from todays Nursing Appraisal and Revalidation Conference

News from todays Nursing Revalidation Conference

Fiona Culley Independent Consultant speaking at todays conference on Improving non-medical prescribing 

Linda Nazarko OBE Consultant Nurse Older People London North West Healthcare NHS Trust speaking at todays Prescribing event and will discuss the importance of correct diagnosis using a case study: cellulitis? diagnosis and treatment of red legs: this session provides a practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of red legs.

Chris Cox Director of Legal Services Royal College of Nursing on legal considerations for non medical prescribers at todays conference

Juliet Bouverie Director for Services and Influencing Macmillan Cancer Support at today’s Developing Effective Cancer Survivorship Services.

Natalie Doyle Nurse Consultant, Living With & Beyond Cancer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and Survivorship Pathway Group Chair, The London Cancer Alliance at today’s Cancer Survivorship conference.

Professor Nick Black Professor of Health Services Research,  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  & Chair, National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries (NAGCAE)  NHS England Discuses PROMs in England Progress and Challenges

Rafael Goriwoda Economist Patients and Information Analytical & Jake Gommon Economic Adviser NHS England Pricing Team NHS England present on the National Policy on Outcomes and Best Practice Tariff.

Professor David Beard Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences Co-Director of RCS Surgical Trials Unit  (SITU) University of Oxford Director of Orthopaedic Surgical and Interventional Trials (OSIRIS) Fellow of Kellogg College & Member of Wolfson College & Kristina Harris Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Oxford discusses Can PROMs be used to make decisions about individual patients.

Chris Fokke Chief Clinical Information Officer with Dominic Simon Orthopaedic Consultant Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  discuses Towards the paperless hospital: ePROMs and integration with the electronic patient record.

Nicky Westwood, Patient Relations & Experience Manager, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust presenting at todays Out of Hours Conference on helping patients to rest and sleep in hospital.

Susan Osborne CBE Chair Safe Staffing Alliance (SSA) Independent Nursing & Management Consultant presenting today at the out of hours conference.

Ann Slee ePrescribing Lead Strategic Systems & Technology Patients & Information NHS England Discusses Delivering a Paperless NHS by 2017

Chris Fokke Chief Clinical Information Officer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Delivers an extended session on Electronic Prescribing: Learning from a rapid rollout

Carole Smee, Locality Delivery Facilitator, NHS Improving Quality gives an update today at the Out of Hours conference 

Dr Nnenna Osuji Deputy Medical Director at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust at today’s Consultant Job Planning conference.

Professor Edward Baker Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the Care Quality Commission Discusses the CQC Effectiveness Domain and How services can demonstrate effectiveness. 

Mandy Smith Quality Improvement and Development Facilitator at Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) discusses Improving the use of Clinical Audit to demonstrate effectiveness. 

Dr Martin Farrier Clinical Director for Quality & Consultant Paediatrician at Wrigtington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Trust Discusses Developing Internal Inspection for Quality.

Professor Gillian Leng Deputy Chief Executive Director of Health & Social Care National Institute for Health and Care Excellence discusses Bringing clarity to Clinical Effectiveness Standards 

Dr Ian Jackson President International Association Ambulatory Surgery at today’s Improving Quality in Day Surgery conference.

Dr Anna Lipp President The British Association of Day Surgery at today’s Improving Quality in Day Surgery conference.

Edward Lewis Lay Member British Association of Day Surgery at today’s Quality in Day Surgery conference.

Theresa Shaw Chief Executive Foundation of Nursing Studies gives a national update on nursing revalidation at Nurse Clinics 2014.

Dr Carole Farrell Nurse & AHP Research Fellow The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at today’s Nurse Clinics conference.

Prof Gillian Leng Deputy Chief Executive Director of Health and Social Care National Institute for Health and Care Excellence speaking at todays Nursing Staffing Levels and Skillmix in Mental Health conference.

Fiona C Mackenzie, Professional Advisor Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning and Acute Care Quality, Scottish Government & Helen Fox Senior Nurse, Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Lanarkshire Scotland speaking at todays Nursing Staffing Levels and Skillmix in Mental Health conference.

Nicky Hayes Consultant Nurse Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at todays Nursing Staffing Levels and Skillmix in Mental Health conference.

Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust & Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust at todays Nursing Staffing Levels and Skillmix in Mental Health conference.

Claire Crawley Senior Policy Manager Adult Safeguarding at the Department of Health national update.

Andrea Sutcliffe Chief Inspector of Social Care The Care Quality Commission at today’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults conference

News from the Royal College of Nursing

News from the Department of Health

Prof Martin Severs Caldicott Guardian and Lead Clinician Health and Social Care Information Centre Chair The Standardisation Committee for Care Information Professor of Healthcare for Older People & Consultant Geriatrician
University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust speaking at todays Information Goverance conference.

Seamus Watson, National Programme Manager, Public Health England speaking at todays Smoking Cessation conference.

Catherine Gamble, Nurse Consultant, South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust speaking at todays smoking cessation conference.

Professor Paul French Associate Director Greater Manchester WestHon Professor Department of Psychological Sciences University of Liverpool talking today on preventing psychosis and targeting people at risk

Alison Brabban Consultant Clinical Psychologist Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Durham University, National Advisor for Severe Mental Illness (IAPT), NHS England talks today.

News from the Department of Health

Dr Helen Wilson, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust talking today at the Falls conference in London.

Dr Rosaire Gray Consultant in Care of Older People Whittington Health speaking at todays Falls conference on Undertaking an individual multifactorial assessment for falls

Prof Cameron Swift. Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician, King’s College London speaking todays at the falls conference

 Raymond Jankowski talking todays from the the Falls and Fractures Alliance on national developments

Daniel Beach Board Member STARS US and Member STARS Medical Advisory Committee speaks on behalf of Trudie Lobban MBE Founder and CEO of STARS - Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures at today’s Syncope conference.

Dr Boon Lim Cardiologist & Clinical Lead for Syncope Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at today’s Syncope conference.

Lyn McIntyre MBE Deputy Nurse Director Patient Experience NHS England gives an update from NHS England and discusses the stop the pressure campaign and path details and pressure ulcers and the 6C’s. 

Professor Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor & Consultant Nurse in Tissue Viability, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust & Chair, Wound Care Alliance UK discusses implementing stop the pressure in community settings.

Tina Chambers Co-Chair Consensus Working Group, Achieving Consensus in Pressure Ulcer Reporting The Tissue Viability Society Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Project Manager No Needless Skin Breakdown Workstream Patient Safety Federation discusses  Pressure ulcer grading and reporting: Implementing the agreed consensus in pressure ulcer reporting including unstageable pressure ulcers. 

News from the Department of Health

News from Parlimentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Jeremy Clarke CBE New Savoy Partnership Chair outlines the programme for the next annual Psychological Therapies in the NHS national conference. 

The Care Act regulations and guidance for local authorities have been strengthened as a result of consultation

Alison Cobb, MIND and Paul Scates ask Is Control & Restraint used as a last resort in the NHS?

News from NHS England

Dr Julie Hankin, Consultant Psychiatrist & National Professional Advisor on Mental Health, Care Quality Commission gives an update on monitoring and oversight of restrictive practices at todays London conference

Jim Thomas, Skills For Care advises how to develop a Positive & Proactive Workforce at todays London conference

Ian Townend Strategic Intelligence Lead NHS England speaks on Learning from Mid Staffordshire & the Keogh Mortality Review: Improving data quality and the role of data as an early warning system to identifying outliers and patient safety concerns

Sue Eve-Jones Director The Professional Association of Clinical Coders Head of Clinical Coding and Data Quality Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust give an Update on Clinical Coding

Giovanna Polato Care Quality Commission speakes on Using data to identify and follow up outliers

Dr Geraldine Strathdee National Clinical Director for Mental Health NHS England speaking today talking today on improving mental health crisis care

The Care Quality Commission has published its fifth annual report on the state of health and care services in England

Jim Symington, Concordat Mind talking today at the Mental Health Cris Care Conference

Julia Danks, Clinical Specialist Meriden Family Programme from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust speaking today on supporting families and carers through crisis 

Changing culture and attitudes: what “its my ward!” means in practice at todays Ward Manager conference in London 

Paul Rafferty, Ward Manager, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust speaks today on monitoring and demonstrating progress against the 6Cs from a Ward Managers perspective

Denise Chaffer, NHS England discusses developing the role of the Ward Manager at todays conference in London 

Mike Clift speaking at todays Ward Manager conference on Care and Compassion on the ward

News from NHS Improving Quality

David Patterson presenting today at the Anticoagulation conference on developing consensus on quality indicators

Andy’s presentation focused on the responsibilities of, and challenges to, Supervisory Bodies in maintaining best professional practice in the light of the implications of the Supreme Court Judgement. 

Paula Scully, Adult Care Solicitor, Derbyshire County Council speaks today and sets out the impact of the Cheshire West judgment on Managing Authorities and Local Authorities and dealt with the implications of the Re X judgment.

Lucy Bonnerjea Policy Lead for Mental Capacity Act Department of Health speaking today at the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Conference 

Rachel Griffiths talks today at the Deprivation of Liberty conference on the  Mental Capacity Act: a view from the CQC

The TaMHS teams presentation outlined the development of the TaMHS model within Leeds and our work in providing and promoting these three areas of support.

Schools based counselling for psychological distress: what works, what needs improving? by Mick Cooper

The most effective way to tackle stigma is through social contact – that is bringing together people with and without experience of mental health problems. 

News from NHS England

News from the Department of Health

News form NHS England

Neil Churchill Director of Patient Experience and Dan Wellings Head of Insight NHS England discuss Measuring & understanding how people really feel about the care they receive & demonstrating responsiveness to feedback

Carol Moore Improvement Manager Picker Institute Europe discusses undertaking a patient experience review: Ensuring patient experience feedback leads to improvement and engaging frontline staff in developing responsive services. 

Guy Young Deputy Director of Patient Experience Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust giave a case studies presentation on Developing an electronic real time patient experience feedback system that supports real  time action (and incorporates FFT)

Alicia Lucas Patient Experience Matron University Hospitals of South Manchester Using real time patient video stories to improve the patient experience of care:

• The real time patient experience video project

Michele Legg is a GP working as a senior partner in her practice and has been the Isle of Wight’s CCG clinical lead for dementia and frail elderly for over four years. 

Chloe Hood Programme Manager National Audit of Dementia, Royal College of Psychiatrists for Quality Improvement discusses learning from the National Audit of Dementia

Barbara’s presentation centres on four quality outcomes for family and friends who care for people with dementia, illustrated by examples from the speaker’s own experience or that of carers known to her.  

Rhuari Pike National Improvement Lead NHS Improving Quality at today’s Delivering a 7 day Health Service conference.

Mark Hackett Chief Executive University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust at today’s Delivering a 7 day Health Service conference.

A keynote opening address from Prof Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia, NHS England on Delivering Quality Outcomes for People with Dementia at todays Dementia conference.

Dr Danny Boxer Consultant Radiologist West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust at today’s Delivering a 7 Day Health Service conference.

Prof Derek Bell Professor of Acute Medicine Imperial College London at today’s Delivering a 7 Day Health Service conference.

Dr Chris Dyer Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Lead Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust presents at todays Dementia Conference on the dementia strategy group set up in 2008 to address the challenges set out in the National Dementia Strategy.

Gill Phillips, Creator of Whose Shoes spoke today at the Dementia Conference in London and said “I created Whose Shoes?® because I wanted to provide a safe space for genuine discussions: to explore tensions between policy and practice, and between competing policies, such as balancing safeguarding against personal choice.”

Neil Betteridge Enhanced Recovery Patient and Public Adviser NHS Improving Quality at today’s Enhanced Recovery conference.

Theresa Maunganidze Orthopaedic Surgical Care Practitioner and MSK Enhanced Recovery Lead West Hertfordshire NHS Trust at today’s Enhanced Recovery conference.

News from todays Enhanced Recovery Conference

Angie Balfour Enhanced Recovery Nurse Specialist NHS Lothian at today’s Enhanced Recovery conference.

Anne McDermott, Nurse Consultant in Transplant, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Harefield Hospital at todays Nurse Competence conference.

Dr Phil Koczan Digital Champion at NHS England gives a national update on delivering a paperless NHS by 2018 at today’s Electronic Document Management conference.

Dr Mike Fisher Chief Clinical Information Officer & Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust at today’s Electronic Document Management conference.

Prof Martin Severs Caldicott Guardian and Clinical Professional Lead Health and Social Care Information Centre at today’s Electronic Document Management conference.

Dr Patricia Cantley Consultant Physician NHS Lothian at today’s Social Media in the NHS conference.

Useful links from today's Social Media in the NHS conference.

Rachael Heenan Partner Capsticks on Social Media and HR at today’s Social Media in the NHS conference.

Rachael Heenan Partner Capsticks on Social Media and HR at today’s Social Media in the NHS conference.

Dr Ronny Cheung Consultant Paediatrician Evelina London Children's Hospital, and clinical advisor to the Child & Maternal Health Intelligence Network at Public Health England at today’s conference on Maximising the potential of Clinical Networks for Children.

Dr Melanie Clements Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Director Maternity, Newborn, Children and Young People Strategic Clinical Network NHS England/East of England at today’s Clinical Networks for Children conference.

Sarah Browne, Associate Director of Clinical Governance & Quality, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust discusses safe staffing in mental health and community health inpatient settings: 

• Reviewing nurse staffing in mental health and community inpatient settings: our experience
• Use of evidence based tools
• Ward to board assurance: key issues

Jon Billings, Director of Strategy, The Nursing and Midwifery Council discusses developing the future nursing workforce:

• Developing the future nursing workforce
• Looking ahead

Professor Elizabeth Robb, Chief Executive, The Florence Nightingale Foundation & Member The Safe Staffing Alliance, discusses Nursing Staffing Levels and Skill Mix: Implementing Action Area 5:Ensuring we have the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place

Claire Crawley, Senior Policy Manager - Adult Safeguarding, Department of Health, discusses The Care Act 2014: Implications for adult safeguarding in the NHS:

• What the Care Act 2014 means to adult safeguarding in health services
• Ensuring an empowering approach
• Safeguarding adults: what needs to be in place
• The role of health service practitioners and managers

Pete Morgan, Independent Chair Worcestershire Safeguarding Adults Board &  Chair of the Board of Trustees
PASA, discusses Safeguarding Adults Boards: Implications of the Care Act 2014:

• The statutory role of the Safeguarding Adults Board
• The role of the Board and implications for health services
• The role of healthcare representatives on the safeguarding adults board
• The powers of the Boards: what can and can’t a Safeguarding Adults Board do under the new Act

Elaine Cass, Practice Development Manager, Social Care Institute for Excellence, discusses proportionality in safeguarding: ensuring the least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented:

- Personalised, least intrusive, response
- Minimising risk – maximising choice and control
- Sharing information
- Mental capacity issues
- An overview of SCIE safeguarding work

Sally who is now the Safeguarding Lead for the Care Quality Commission discussed the CQC role in safeguarding and the new inspection process.

Ray Walker, Executive Director of Nursing & Secure Services, Mersey Care NHS Trust, discusses Staffing and skillmix: getting it right in practice:

• Monitoring and assessing staffing and skill mix in your organisation
• Listening to frontline staff and ensuring there is a system in place for staffing issues to be highlighted
• Looking forward to the NICE Safe Staffing Guidance in mental health and community

Rachel Newson, Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, discusses delivering effective care:

• Delivering effective services
• How to reduce variation and ensure consistently high quality across all wards and community teams
• Advice for inspection preparation and our experience

Dr Kathleen Janet Fallon, Chief Executive, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust was the first Community, Health trust to be inspected by the CQC under the new process, discusses developing a well led organisation:

• Developing the leadership skills of frontline staff
• Developing the role of the board
• Advice for board members preparing for inspection preparation and our experience as a Community Trust

Liz Davenport, Deputy Chief Executive & Vanessa Ford, Interim Director of Nursing and Practice, Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was the first Mental Health trust to be inspected by the CQC under the new process, discusses post inspection: responding to the findings:

• The quality summit and developing improvement plans
• Changing culture and practice
• Sharing and replicating good practice
• Our experience and developments

PRESS RELEASE 19.9.14 Safe, integrated mental and physical healthcare recognised as crucial to achieve parity of esteem and outcomes in mental and physical health in the recent CMO report on mental health.

Anna Bradley Chair Healthwatch England spoke at today’s NHS Complaints conference on Putting patients back in the picture: implementation a year on

Dr Kieran Mullan, Independent Advisor to the review of NHS Complaints and Past Project Director Patients Association at today’s NHS Complaints conference.

Ensuring the process of complaints is integral to the psychological well being of the patient/carer by Carolyn Cleveland Independent Speaker at today’s NHS Complaints conference.

Sarah Bickerstaffe Strategy Lead at The Care Quality Commission on the role of complaints in CQC’s regulatory model and learning from inspections for complaints management.

Neil Soni, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics, London Chelsea and Westminster Hospital & Guideline Development Group Member, IV Therapy in Adults in Hospitals Guideline NICE, discusses ensuring appropriate use of IV therapy in line with the recent NICE Guideline:

• Appropriate use of IV therapy in line with NICE Guidance  
• The five R’s of IV fluid therapy
• The role of risk assessments in IV therapy
• Tips and advice for safe and effective IV Therapy in practice
• Communicating effectively with patients
• Our approach and how we are monitoring adherence to the NICE Guideline

Lisa McMillan, Clinical Skills Education Lead, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, discusses collaboration to standardise an IV workbook providing evidence of knowledge and skills in IV drug administration:

● Transparency of skills across healthcare organisations
● IV drug administration Knowledge and skills workbook

Dr Ann Driver of NHS Improving Quality suggests tips to deliver 7 day services.

News from the CQC

Pauline Harrington, Member, Topic Expert Group, Surgical Site Infection Quality Standard, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence & Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Manager/Infection Control Nurse, Public Health England, discusses the SSI Quality Standard and Monitoring and surveillance:

• The evidence on what works and what is avoidable
• Implementing statement 7 effectively: “People having surgery are cared for by healthcare providers that monitor surgical site infection rates (including post-discharge
infections) and provide feedback to relevant staff and stakeholders for continuous improvement through adjustment of clinical practice.”
• Surveillance: National Update from Public Health England

Martin Kiernan, Nurse Consultant for Prevention and Control of Infection, Southport and Ormskirk Trust, discusses Implementing the Quality Standard in practice:

• How do we meet the national standard in practice
• Practical approaches to monitoring adherence to the standard
• Our experience and developments

The report looks at the epidemiology of public mental health, the quality of evidence, possible future innovations in science and technology, and the economic case for good mental health.

News from todays End of Life Care conference

News from today's end of life care conference

Update from todays Improving End of Life Care Conference

Katerina Kolyva, Nursing and Midwifery Council, opened todays conference with an update from the Nursing and Midwifery Council on revalidation

Howard Catton, Head of Policy Royal College of Nursing, discusses supporting nurses and the nursing profession to deliver effective Nursing Revalidation at todays conference

Liz Lees, Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow (NIHR) & Consultant Nurse, Heart of England Foundation Trust, discusses preparing for revalidation

Katie Montgomery, Clinical Quality Improvement Manager, South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group, discusses monitoring nursing performance and development through appraisal:

Patricia Reid, Chief Nurse, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, discusses managing performance concerns and nurses in difficulty:

• An overview of best practice guidance and principles of good practice
• Handling concerns about the performance of nurses
• Ensuring the culture and environment support effective nursing: nurse staffing and skill mix
• Looking ahead to revalidation for nurses: ensuring appraisal systems are developmental and supportive

Dr Mark Temple Consultant Nephrologist and Physician Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust & Acute Care Fellow  Royal College of Physicians spoke at today’s Effective Clinical Director conference on Implementing the standards for 7 day working provision in your clinical directorate.

Dr Umesh Prabhu Medical Director Wrightinton, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust shares his experience as a clinical leader at today’s Effective Clinical Director conference.

Dr Steve Evans Adviser National Clinical Assessment Service & Former Medical Director at today’s Effective Clinical Director conference.

News from BBC News/Health - 28th August 2014

News from the National Council for Palliative Care

News from NHS England - 6th August 2014

Findings of HCUK survey of delegates

News from the General Medical Council

News from NHS England - 22 July 2014

David Anderson, Associate Medical Director, Mersey Care NHS Trust & Member, Delirium Guideline Development Group, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), discusses Delirium: The New NICE Quality Standard:

• The six statements explained
• Key priorities for implementation
• What are the underlying causes of delirium: latest evidence
• Ensuring people with delirium are reassessed for underlying causes
• Ensuring those with delirium are assessed for possible dementia
• Moving forward

Marie Palmer, discusses delirium assessment and assessment of people at risk:

• Principles of assessment for those at risk of delirium and those presenting with symptoms
• How do you distinguish between delirium and dementia
• What types of screening and assessment tools do we really need?

Dr Duncan Forsyth, Consultant Geriatrician, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust & Member Delirium Guideline, Development Group, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), discusses developing and implementing a multicomponent intervention package to prevent delirium:

• Developing and delivering a multicomponent intervention package
• Ensuring preventable interventions are tailored to the individual based on the results of an assessment for clinical factors contributing to delirium
• Our experience

Today NICE have announced their guidance on safer staffing for nursing care on wards

Elaine Hanzak, Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author, Eyes without Sparkle, A Journey through Postnatal Illness discusses her personal journey and improving maternal mental health. 

Dr Farida Bano, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust discusses identifying women who are experiencing distress: what works?

Mr Gerry Byrne, Consultant Nurse Psychotherapist with Judith Richardson, CPN, Oxon Infant Perinatal Services (IPPS), Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, discusses what does excellence in Perinatal Mental Health look like?
The key elements: Interactive session. 

Fiona Culley, Independent Consultant, discusses improving non medical prescribing practice:

• Improving non medical prescribing practice
• Supporting non medical prescribers: infrastructure needed to support the safe and effective development and implementation of Non Medical Prescribing
• Developing advanced roles around non medical prescribing
• Coordinating, planning and designing services around non medical prescribing
• Developing post qualification practice

Dr Deborah Robertson, Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader, Non Medical Prescribing, University of Chester, discusses developing and maintaining competence to prescribe: 

• Ensuring you have the history-taking, clinical assessment and diagnosis skills to prescribe appropriately and effectively
• Keeping your prescribing knowledge up-to-date: accessing education, training and resources
• Demonstrating competence to prescribe
• Coaching and mentoring for current and aspiring non-medical prescribers

Prof Joanne Lymn, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, discusses prescribing for older people with co-morbidities:

• How do you ensure safety in prescribing for co-morbid conditions
• Physiological changes and drug interactions in older people
• Reducing polypharmacy
• Common conditions

John Carvel Member National Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel gives an update on Caldicott2 at today’s Information Governance conference in Birmingham. 

Karen Thomson Head of Information Governance NHS England gives an national update on the five Information Governance work streams at today"s conference in Birmingham.

Dr Richard Fitton GP & Former Caldicott Guardian Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group spoke at today’s Information Governance conference in Birmingham on putting patients in control of their information.

Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State, provides a pre recorded video presentation on the vision for Mental Health Crisis Services:

• Setting clear standards about what crisis mental health services should be like in every part of the country 

News from todays London conference on CQC Hospital Inspection

Prof Peter Aitken, Lead, No Health without Mental Health, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chair, Faculty of Liaison Psychiatrists, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, Director of Research and Development, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, discusses delivering the mental health crisis concordat: 

• Ensuring no one will ever be turned away
• What is an effective mental health crisis service?
• Delivering the Mental Health Crisis Care

Fiona Venner, Director, Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service, discusses defining success in crisis care: Lessons from a user led crisis service:

• Defining success in high risk services 
• Working with service users to accept and embrace risk in a non medical respite centre for those in crisis 
• Our experiences and developments in monitoring and improving outcomes in a user led service

Eric Baskind, Senior Lecturer in Law and International Expert on Physical Interventions, Liverpool John Moores University, discusses the use and misuse of physical restraint – some very recent developments and concerns:

• Improving restraint practice at a local level
• Implementing the NICE quality statement on control and restraint
• What the future holds in terms of national guidance on restraint

Simon Bennett Deputy Director-Quality Framework NHS England at todays Improving Hospital Care at Night. 

Susan Osborne CBE Chair Safe Staffing Alliance (SSA) Independent Nursing & Management Consultant at today's Improving Hospital Care at Night. 

Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health, to give morning keynote address.

Dr Colin Mitchell, Consultant Geriatrician, Imperial College NHS healthcare trust discusses falls as an indication of underlying health issues: 

• Frailty presenting as falls - a different challenge?
• Polypharmacy - going beyond risk
• Improving the understanding of disease processes leading to falls and blackouts
• Recommendations for Good Practice within falls services to manage underlying 

Dr Neil Deuchar, Co-Chair, The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health & Director Commissioning Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, discusses developing values based commissioning in mental health. The launch of the joint commissioning panel for mental health guide to values based commissioning: 

• Developing Values Based Commissioning in Mental Health: the Joint Commissioning
Panel for Mental Health approach
• The Launch of the JCP-MH Guide to Values Based Commissioning
• Developing VBC in Mental Health: practical tips for moving forward

Paula J Mansell, Themed Inspection Manager, Care Quality Commission discusses patient safety inspection: 

• Patient safety as a core domain of the Chief Inspector role
• The inspection regime and developing a bi-annual statement on the state of patient safety in the NHS
• How can we track patient safety and how will we publish the relative likelihood of a harm free patient experience across every hospital in the country?

Prof Cameron Swift, Emeritus Professor and Consultant Physician, King’s College London & Member, Falls 2013 Guideline Development Group, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, discusses the updated 2013 NICE clinical practice guideline on falls:

• The updated Clinical Practice Guideline on Falls
• What has changed?
• Implementation challenges and quick wins
• Will there be a National Quality Standard for Falls?

News from todays patient safety conference in London

Denis speaks at Manchester conference 

Bibhas Roy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & SHA PROMs Lead, NHS North West & PROMs2.0 & Dr Emma Stanmore, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Manchester, discuss gamification technology (exergames) in falls prevention:

• Can falls be prevented by implementing gamification technology in balance and motor control therapy programmes? 
• Are computer games suitable for the elderly?
• Motivation and compliance with exercise programmes
• Remote monitoring and feedback to enhance physiotherapy programmes with exergames

Dr Masood Nazir Clinical Informatics Officer NHS England spoke at today’s Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals conference. 

Brian Power Lead Informatics Pharmacist Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust spoke at today’s Conference on Electronic Prescribing in Hospitals. 

Caroline Anderson Principal Pharmacist Electronic Prescribing Kings College Hospital spoke at today’s Depression and Anxiety conference on Electronic Prescribing In Hospitals. 

News from the Department of Health

Dorothy Gould, Independent Survivor Researcher, The National Survivor User Network With the Mental Health Foundation, discusses planning good integrated care: creating a shared narrative:

• What makes good integrated care?
• How do you create a shared narrative?
• Case studies and examples in practice

Dr Geraldine Strathdee OBE, National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England, for the NHS England Commitment to meaningful involvement for positive change:

• The importance a joint survivor and clinical narrative
• Survivor research to develop best practice
• An update from NHS England

News and presentations from the Service User Involvement to Improve Mental Health Services Conference, 25th June 2014, London 

Tania Shah and Ben Pope, NSUN Involvement Action Group, Leicester, discuss ensuring the direct voice is included in strategy:

• Bringing humanity back in to the clinical focus: ‘How my heart changed Colour!’
• Demonstrating meaningful involvement in strategy
• The role of Leadership in Mental Health

Naomi James, Regional Development and Research Manager, The National Survivor User Network & Neil Thomas, Health Guide, Peoples Network, Hackney, discuss, Re-visioning Recovery: through who’s eyes? Participatory Video in Mental Health:

• Demonstrating the value of inclusive survivor research
• Participatory Video – an inclusive visual research method
• Coding the data – software supported analysis
• Developing the shared service user and clinician narrative

News from the Department of Health released 19th June 2014

James Morris MP Chairman of All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health at today’s Psychological Therapies for Depression and Anxiety conference.

Dr Tirril Harris Senior Research Fellow Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London with Lucy Smith Public Health Manager - Mental Wellbeing London Borough of Southwark at today’s Depression and Anxiety conference.

Dr Felix Davies, Managing Director from Turning Point presents a new IAPT model for depression and anxiety at todays Psychological Therapies conference in London

Alison Wells Independent Consultant at today’s Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

Emma Westcott Assistant Director Strategy Nursing and Midwifery Council at today’s Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

Carmel Lloyd Head of Education The Royal College of Midwives at today’s Midwife Appraisal and Revalidation conference.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have today released guidance on the named responsible clinician

News from, Department of Health, Simon Hughes MP and Norman Lamb MP

News from The Department of Health