Health

Public Health Nursing: The Foundation of the Future

Unite/CPHVA Annual Professional Conference
Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23rd October
Two day live broadcast from York Racecourse

Continuing professional development for School and Nursery Nurses is a key element of this year's programme - with practical, learning based content delivered by expert speakers. Sessions include: T...

Work Programme Results - webinar #WPwebinar

On the panel:  Dave Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive, Inclusion Kirsty McHugh, Chief Executive, Employment Related Services Association Tony Wilson, Director of Policy, Inclusion About the webinar:  Following the Department for Work and Pensions announcement Inclusion broadcasts a one hour webin...

International Conference on Homelessness, Health and Inclusion #hhi13

Broadcast from London.

The UK Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health’s first international conference on improving the health of the poorest fastest will be broadcast on 27 February and 28 February 2012.

Nursing Workforce: Quality care in a multidisciplinary team

Broadcast from Central London

The coming 12 months will see nursing face a series of questions about its practice, structure and regulation and working in multidisciplinary teams. A number of solutions are being developed anticipating major reports. This is a difficult and challenging environment for nursing and nursing workforce recruitment, requiring structural, ethical and quality changes. How do we make nursing an attractive and flexible profession to meet the workf...

End of Life Care Congress

Broadcast from London

The End of Life Care Congress and broadcast is the unique, up to the minute briefing event for senior policy makers where you can hear how others are taking steps towards commissioning the quality care people want, truly understanding people’s need at the end of life, and working together towards an integrated service.

Older People's Services: Agile solutions under financial pressure #opss13

Broadcast from London

A day of interactive management presentations and discussion with sector leaders and policy makers. The essential event to benchmark your preparations for 2013.

Public Health Forum 2012: Transitions and accountability #phf12

Broadcast from London

With public health moving back into the remit of local government next year, there is a need to overcome the obstacles and utilise the opportunities for real service improvement. The transition represents more than a move of workforce a...

Motivating Members in Challenging Times: Workplace Representatives' Annual Conference

Broadcast live from Brighton

This conference will give you the essential learning, tools and motivation to help you support your members through the challenges ahead. Learn how to work more effectively for your members and update your skills and knowledge to defend pay and conditions. Find out how to motivate your members to build a dynamic RCM branch and network with other representatives from across the UK.  

Inspiring and invigorating tomorrow’s midwives today! #rcmconf

Broadcast from Brighton

Now in its 22nd year, The RCM Student Midwives’ Conference is uniquely led by student midwives for student midwives. Each year, it brings together students from universities across the UK and beyond to discuss and explore the bigger picture of midwifery today and for the future. Here student midwives are inspired by their profession’s leaders to become future innovators d...

Royal College of Midwives #rcmconf

The Brighton Centre, Brighton, Sussex

This annual conference is the essential event for all midwives and everyone with an interest in maternity services today. Midwives and other maternity team members, managers, educators, commissioners and policy formers meet together in this unique forum for discussion, learning and inspiration sharing.

CPHVA 2012 - 2 DAY #cphva12

Currently, nursing in the community faces significant challenges across the UK, including: The importance of a good start for the infant in the family; The implementation of the Health Visitors’ Plan in England; The shift of public health finance to local government; Implementing the Modernising Community Workforce Programme in Scotland; The growth of the extended school day and t...

London GP Innovations Forum

Broadcast from London

“Everyone has two jobs: to do what they do and to improve what they do.” Delivering great general practice services has never been harder:

London Health: Leadership in the new local landscape #LHE2012

Broadcast from Central London

April 2013 marks a significant change in the governance, commissioning and local landscape of decision-making in London's health services. How will leadership and coordinated policy be delivered in the new landscape of Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Services, health providers and local authorities?   This benchmark event is for health managers and leaders involved i...

11th National Sure Start Conference #surestart12

Broadcast from London The vital role that Sure Start children's centres play in improving the outcomes for some of the most disadvantaged families in the UK is well documented. But whilst public support has never been stronger, so too are the pressures of new legislation in tough financial times. As ever, the...

Healthcare at home #qni2012

Broadcast from Central London Be involved in THE debate of the day: how community nursing should be provided in future. A unique opportunity for community healthcare commissioners, leaders and practitioners to find out about the latest developments in home-based healthcare. Technology, training, innovations, inventions, efficiency, keeping up quality car...

Tackling Troubled Families - Early Intervention Strategies for Success #trbfam

The Government has set out a number of policies to turn around the lives of 120,000 of the most troubled families. Extra funding has been made available for a network of people who will identify families in need of help. To accompany this, Social Impact Bonds and an outreach programme will now run alongside the Work Programme. So, how do you implement and resource these initiatives to tackle crime; antisocial behaviour...

Nursing Quality Preparing for change #nursquality

Join Sally Brearley and a host of other nursing experts who will map out the policy and practice for the challenges facing nursing and care this autumn. Dr Peter Carter will address the main conference live from Manchester on the challenges facing the NHS. With the second Francis report due on Mid Staffordshire, the work of the Nursing and Care Quality Forum underway, and th...

Domestic Violence Research and Policy Forum #dvf12

Westminster Studio, 10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB

Taking Action - The New Chapter updates the previous Call to End Violence to Women and Girls action plan published in March 2011. It contains 100 actions to tackle violence against women in the areas of prevention; provision of services and partnership working, as well as justice outcomes and reducing the risk to victims. During this conference feedback and experience will be on the consultation topics of: ...

Recruiting the Next Generation of Foster Carers - meeting the increased demand on the system #ngfost

Central London

The ever-increasing shortage of foster carers within the UK has been well publicised, but financial pressures mean local authorities and independent providers are still struggling to find the right methods to market and recruit new carers. The shortage of foster carers creates significant financial and social pressures on agencies, such as limited placement options for children; the need to place children a long way from home; re...

Social Work visioning event - Lancaster University

There are many changes currently facing the social work profession. Whilst undoubtedly the current economic climate and cuts to funding present significant challenges, the recommendations that have come from the Reform Board, The Munro Review of Child Protection and the establishment of The College of Social Work...

Behaviour change in public health - 2nd National Conference Broadcast #behaviourchange12

Westminster Studios, Central London

The Government’s Public Health White Paper made clear the need to encourage healthier lifestyles through behaviour change initiatives. Evidence clearly demonstrates that interventions of this nature can be delivered at relatively low cost with huge health gains. Ultimately, moving people away from a dependency model of health care to self-care will save money and as public health responsibility moves to local governme...

Reshaping the Nursing Workforce #nursingworkforce

Preparing professionals for new working patterns

Follow this event on Twitter: #nursingworkforce In its response to the Future Forum Report, the Government reiterated its commitment to ‘greater accountability and responsibility for employers to plan and develop their workforce, held to accou...

Social Work Reform: Towards Implementation

#socialworkreform

The Social Work Reform Board’s proposals on social worker education and workforce development will be implemented in 2012 and 2013. This broadcast forum brought together senior managers in adult and children's services departments; higher education institutions delivering social work education; and private and public sector organisations involved in the implementation, to discuss the next steps on the road to refor...

RCM Workplace Representatives

Promoting, Supporting & Influencing in the Workplace. 3rd Annual Conference. To be held at The Brighton Centre

This free-to-attend event was exclusive to all RCM-accredited Workplace Representatives. Stewards, Health and Safety Representatives and Union Learning Representatives are the lifeblood of the RCM. We cannot provide a service to members without you and we hope this conference will assist you in carrying out your duties. Following on from the success of the previous two years, this conference focused on the topical and current issues th...

London Health 2011

Transitions - into the new world. One Day Management Conference & Exhibition. To be held at the Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, N

London Health 2011 is the largest one-day event bringing together the capital’s healthcare community to share learning, showcase best practice, stimulate innovation and embrace the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents. This event places a spotlight on the huge reform process taking place in healthcare and sets out how the capital is responding.

Student Midwives

The RCM Student Midwives 21st Annual Conference and Exhibition. To be held at The Brighton Centre

The annual student midwives conference enables students to interact with each other and have the opportunity to meet leaders of the midwifery profession. This year's conference explored the changes in the profession and in the organisation of services. It reflected on the key developments that have put women at the centre of all care.

The Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference 2011

Valuing Midwives: Improving Outcomes. To be held at the Brighton Centre

This annual conference and exhibition is the essential event for all concerned with maternity services. It brings together midwives, maternity team staff, managers, educators, commissioners and policy formers for discussion, learning and shared solutions. In changing times, it is a unique forum to debate the challenges for the midwifery profession. This year's professional programme shared latest research, practice innov...

Nursing Quality and Accountability

Protecting the public and maintaining clinical standards. Annual Conference held at Westminster Studio, Central London.

  Nursing standards are critical to care and quality, to patient safety, operational effectiveness and the financial performance of every NHS organisation in the country.  With increasing scrutiny and high profile reports of poor care standards, it is essential that we share good practice, learn from failures and ask the question – what can we do differently? ...

Leaving Care Services

A Day in My Shoes: National Care Leavers' Week 2011. To be held at Westminster Studio, 10 Greycoat Place, London, SW1

During tough economic times, leaving care services are even more stretched to ensure transitions to adulthood are supported effectively.  With youth unemployment high, access to education restricted and housing budgets cut it is more important than ever to reduce the disparity between achievements of looked-after children and their peers. This National Care Leavers'...

Unite/CPHVA Annual Professional Conference - Critical Ages, Creative Solutions

Unite/CPHVA Annual Professional conference. Held at The Brighton Centre

The CPHVA Annual Professional Conference is the premier event for health visitors, school nurses, nursery nurses and other community nurses working in primary care.  

End of Life Care Congress

Joining up Services across Health and Social Care. 3rd National Conference. To be held at the Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, London WC1.

The NHS End of life care strategy is central to the NHS reforms currently taking place. This summer, the Palliative Care Funding Review is due to make its final report on a “fair and sustainable” system and will propose a funding system that is fair to all sectors, encourages the development of community-based services and supports the exercise of choice.

Adolescence to Adulthood with Autism

Making the transition from education to employment. 3rd National Conference. To be held at The King's Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1.

The coalition Government is committed to support young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions into work and away from benefit dependence. To make this a reality, it is vital that service providers, local authorities, the education system and the private sector all work together to learn what works and how to ensure successful out comes. This national event will highlight the...

Spinning Out in Health and Social Care

Mutual and Social Enterprise Series 2011. Held at Westminster Studio, London SW1

This conference looked to the practical issues which need to be addressed, not just by those forming mutuals or social enterprises, but those giving out the contracts. The programme set out the range of options and routes to change for staff, managers and commissioners.

Care Solutions

Minding the Gap - Providing for Self Payers. A Policy Review TV Analysis Programme held at 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster London SW1

Need help on access to video click here? Download latest version of Flash here A national policy TV programme and Westminster seminar setting out the dilemmas and choices for the Dilnot Commission and government on funding of future care costs for the elderly. This policy analysis event brought together the latest ...

Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies

Reshaping the Nursing Workforce

Empowering professionals in a changing climate. 5th Annual Conference. Held at the Kings Fund, London W1 with a satellite option at Leeds Met

Purchase all of the content from this event for £99 here This conference and Policy Review TV programme brought together nursing professionals and educationalists from across the UK with health managers to address solutions to the workforce, health care and financial challenges.

Tough Talk

Broadcaster and health expert Roy Lilley interviews a series of high profile figures involved in the NHS. Watch the first Tough Talk interview with Dr Peter Carter, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing and the second with Department of Health lead on GP Commissioning Dr James Kingsland.  

The future of recruiting foster carers

Changing the message and utilising all channels. Held at Westminster Studios, London SW1

There is serious concern for the future of fostering services as children’s services experience an unprecedented increase in the number of children entering the care system.  Managing the increased demand on the system will require an urgent look at the face of foster care and a strategic analysis of the marketing techniques currently use...

RCM Workplace Representatives

Annual Conference

Maternity Services in a Changing World

The Royal College of Midwives annual conference. To be held at Manchester Central

This is the premier event for those working in midwifery and with mothers and babies.

Student Midwives

The Royal College of Midwives Student Midwives’ Conference at Manchester Central

This conference led by student midwives for student midwives provided an opportunity to explore contemporary challenges affecting the provision of maternity services and the demands on midwives supporting diverse groups of women during childbirth.

London Health

Innovation, Quality, Productivity, and Inclusion. Held at the Business Design Centre, London

London Health 2010 is the largest one day event bringing together the capital’s healthcare community to share learning, showcase best practice, stimulate innovation and embrace the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents. Lead sponsor:

Nursing in the Big Society

Held at Westminster Studio

This national conference outlined how leading practitioners can shape the future of Nursing and how services will be modelled at local level.

Health Futures

CSR - First Cut of the Figures. Broadcast seminar and breakfast reception held at Policy Review Westminster Studio.

This Policy Review TV broadcast set out the implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review and the next steps through the financial and policy landscape to enable health organisations to survive and prosper. Discussions were led by the following distinguished panel of leading health po...

Healthy Family, Healthy Child

Unite/CPHVA annual professional conference. Held at Harrogate International Centre

This conference provided an opportunity for you and your colleagues to hear the very latest developments in best practice in primary care and public health.

End of Life Care

2nd National Conference: Joining up services across health and social care. Held at King's Fund Conference Centre London

This conference considered some of the current issues in palliative and end of life care at a local and national level but concentrated on the issues and challenges that come from living longer with symptoms and how this affects patients and their carers.

Adolescence to Adulthood with Autism

Making the transition in education, employment and independence. Held at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

Delegates heard from senior representatives from the health, social care, education, housing and employment sectors sharing good practice models in delivering and commissioning services to ensure successful transitions into adulthood.

Under Pressure: Smarter Spending for Older People’s Services

Big challenges for the big society. Held at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London

This conference considered stronger corporate approaches to financial planning and collaborative working, addressing methods to improve service costs, preventing waste and achieving better outcomes and examined innovative ideas for services models that deliver what older people need and value.

Autumn of Decision - Health and Social Care

Broadcast seminar and breakfast reception. Held at Policy Review Westminster Studio, 10 Greycoat Place, London SW1P 1SB from 8:00 - 11:00hrs

A morning reception and live broadcast discussion on the outlook for the Health sector including the 20th October announcements, legislation and reform. Discussions were led by the following distinguished panel of leading health policy makers and commentators:   Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair, Health Select Committee Mark Jennings, Director of Health Care Improvement, The King's F...

What the heck is going on in the NHS?

Resources wasted on NHS “regurgitation” - Lynn Young  Speaking at an event entitled ’What the heck is going on in the NHS?’, Lynn Young, Primary Healthcare Adviser for the RCN had a blunt message to politicians who have undertaken expensive re-organisations of the health service. Describing the process as “regurgitation”, she said that billions of pounds had “gone down the...

5th International Carers Conference

New frontiers in caring: 2010 and beyond. Held at Leeds Royal Armouries

This conference brought together the international community of researchers, practitioners and those with an interest in caring to debate critical issues and exchange expertise and experience.

Higher Education for the Health Workforce

5th annual conference. Held at Hallam Conference Centre, London

With the focus on high quality of care for all, this conference explored how institutions can combine their efforts by improving flexible health education, enhance healthcare staff engagement and encourage continual professional development and lifelong learning.

Annual Health Strategy Summit 2010

The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services. Held at Wotton House, Surrey

This high-profile health strategy summit, now in its second year, brought together senior managers and clinicians, policy makers and analysts from across the health services in the UK and internationally. Dr Denis Cortese Emeritus President / ...

Sexual Health

3rd Annual Brook Conference and Awards. BoyGirlManWoman: Putting gender at the heart of improving sexual health and reducing teenage pregnancy. Held at Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium, London

This conference discussed the important role that gender plays in supporting young people in understanding themselves and making informed choices about their relationships, sexual health and contraception.

Future of Nursing Workforce

Taking centre-stage in health leadership. 4th national conference. Held at The King’s Fund, London

This conference brought together nursing leaders from both education and practice and was an opportunity to network, share best practice and discuss concerns and thoughts about change.

Delivering Quality Care

Counsel and Care 5th National Conference. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This year's conference addressed the six key elements that people can expect from a national social care service: access to prevention services; a joined up service; appropriate information and advice; personalised care and support; and fair funding.

Improving Services for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

Bringing together senior policy makers, academics, clinicians and major stakeholder organisations, this conference considered the systemic improvements needed to manage and control rheumatoid arthritis.

Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway

The Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference. Held in central Manchester

This event brought together those working in midwifery and with mothers and babies to learn about, debate and discuss the key challenges and opportunities midwives face as a profession. RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference Student Midwives conference

RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference

This event took place concurrently with day two of the RCM Annual Conference at Manchester Central. This training day was open to all accredited RCM stewards, health and safety representatives and union learning representatives. Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway

Student Midwives

Royal College of Midwives 19th Annual Conference The New Generation: Stepping Stones to the Future Held in central Manchester

This event brought student midwives across the UK to meet together, hear from leading experts and discuss the latest developments and challenges facing midwifery education and practice. Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference

Positive Ageing

Discussed the challenges of delivering the government's Strategy on Ageing. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

This timely conference assembled a panel of leading policy makers, health and social care managers and practitioners and representatives from the voluntary sector to deliver multi-agency working.

London Health

Strategies and commissioning for better outcomes. Held at London Hilton Metropole

London Health 09 is a major two day conference and exhibition bringing together the capital's health community to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents.

London Health 09 Exhibition Seminars

  London Health 09 was a major two day conference and exhibition bringing together the capital's health community to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the unique challenges and exciting opportunities that London presents.  

Adults with autism

National conference held at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London

This conference focused on the National Audit Office Supporting People with Autism through Adulthood report which explores the longer-term health and economic impacts of failing to cater for adults on the autistic spectrum.

Pandemic: Does the Global Media spread Information or Panic?

An Editorial Intelligence event in association with and kindly hosted by BBC Global News. Held at The Council Chamber, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA.

Chair: Zeinab Badawi, Presenter - World News Today, BBC World News & BBC Four Panel: David Brennan, CEO, AstraZeneca Simon Jenkins, Commentator, The Guardian Catherine Mayer, London Bureau Chief, TIME Magazine Professor Peter Openshaw, Director of the Centre for Respiratory Infection (CRI), the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London Paola Totaro, London correspondent for...

Virtual conference for commissioning teams

World class commissioning assurance - launch of Year 2 16 September 2009, London

  Welcome to the virtual conference for world class commissioning assurance - launch of Year 2 Nearly 400 SHA and PCT CEOs, chairs, PEC chairs and key partners gathe...

End of Life Care

Keynote speakers: Edward Leigh MP (pictured) and Prof. Mike Richards CBE Chair, End of Life Care Strategy Advisory Board

This conference came in the wake of Lord Darzi's High Quality Care for All: Next Stage Review, which identified end of life care as one of the eight care pathways that the NHS will focus on. The Department of Health published its End of Life Care S...

RCN Congress

Held at Harrogate International Centre

The theme for this year's event is Counting on Care and its choice reflects how nursing is key to both public health and to service delivery. Patients count on the skills and compassion of nurses; the Government counts on their hard work and dedication; and communities count on their professional expertise and spirit of public service. We’ll be broadcasting all plenary sessions from Harrogate live and all the content will be archived on both...

Advocacy: Real Choice, Voice and Control 2009

National conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference brought together commissioners from health and social care, providers from the voluntary and community sector and stakeholders, to discuss how to work together to enable vulnerable people to access advocacy services.

New Challenges for Care Homes

Capacity, Competence, Commitment

The care home sector is going through a transformational change and is ill prepared for the pressures of increased regulation, limited finances, more complex workloads and the need for a larger skilled workforce. The Putting People First agenda calls for more personalised care where the person maintains independence, choice and dignity in all decisions throughout their care pathway. Coupled with the integration of health and social care reg...

Health Strategy Summit

Progress to Quality. Held at Latimer Place Hotel, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

A conference for policy makers, senior management and senior clinicians from across the health services in the UK and internationally. This participative and networking conference examined the progress of the NHS towards higher performance and explored how health care organisations might accelerate the path to good quality and efficient care. Using a synthesis of evidence, this conference examined progress in key areas and the strategic, cl...

Brook Annual Sexual Health Conference

Safeguarding young people’s rights to confidentiality:The law and best practice. Held at The Brit Oval Conference Centre, London

Working with young people to meet their sexual health needs requires relationships built on trust, confidentiality and understanding. Policies around mandatory reporting, the establishment of child protection protocols and the creation of multi-agency information and sharing databases has raised concerns around young people's trust in services. As a knock on effect there are also concerns about the potential delay in which young people may seek p...

Counsel and Care

4th Annual Conference held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

This conference looked at personal budgets, information and advice, joint working, care trusts, regulation and the development of the new personalised care market. It also considered the impact of the credit crunch on the economics of older people and carers, their capital assets, pensions and entitlements, public contributions and top-ups. How will hard-pressed authorities ration personalised budgets in under-funded areas? The event was fo...

Future of Nursing Summit

3rd annual conference - Shaping education for contemporary career pathways. Held at Inmarsat Conference Centre, London

In 2006, the Department of Health published Modernising Nursing Careers, a document proposing radical changes to the role of nurses in the delivery of healthcare and to the development of a future nursing workforce. The workforce must be fit for practice and able to face the challenges and needs of an ageing population and the continued drive towards care closer to the home. More recently the Nursing and Midwifery Council have been reviewin...

Next Steps on Integrated Care - online seminar

Sponsored content

This online seminar looked at the opportunities offered to those GP practices which were not chosen to participate in the Government's national pilot for Integrated Care Organisations. Specifically this live two-way event, hosted by integrated care specialists IHP, explained to GPs how integrated care could be delivered in phases, over time, where GP practices would assume greater responsibility and, potentially, reap greater rewards. The ...

London Health 08

Innovating for a World City

This two day conference, open exhibition and masterclass provided an opportunity for the capital’s health community to come together to consider the delivery of health and healthcare in London. This was the first in a series of annual events to encourage both the NHS and its partners to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the challenges and opportunities that London presents. ALL CONTENT APPEARS ...

London Health 08 - interactive practitioner seminars

Innovating for a world city

This two day conference, open exhibition and masterclass provided an opportunity for the capital’s health community to come together to consider the delivery of health and healthcare in London. This was the first in a series of annual events to encourage both the NHS and its partners to share learning, showcase best practice and stimulate ambition in embracing the challenges and opportunities that London presents.

Promoting Responsible Drinking

3rd Annual Conference to be held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

The culture of binge drinking amongst young people has in many places created a fear of crime and unsafe town centres. Research shows that pre-teens and teenagers in some areas frequently consume over 20 units a week, prompting them to become involved in violence, vandalism and sexual risk. This, combined with high levels of alcohol consumption amongst everyday social drinkers has seen the amount of people admitted to hospital with alcohol ...

Delivering Lifetime Homes and Neighbourhoods

2nd Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Through Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods the Government put in place a new strategy to give older people greater choice and independence in their housing needs and within their neighbourhoods. This conference looked at how to improve current housing stock and services and rise to the challenges for new housing. Delegates explored how to meet the targets to ‘future proof’ all new homes so that by 2011 all new social housin...

Towards a New Care and Support System

2nd Social Care Pre-Green Paper

The Department of Health pre-Green Paper consultation has promised to change the way social care services are funded. This conference offered delegates a final chance to benchmark consultation responses against colleagues whilst hearing the latest government policy. Discussion around emerging evidence was highlighted through best practice case-studies and delegates were offered an early opportunity to hear the results of the national IB eva...

Minding the Gap: Achieving Integrated Care

NAPC Annual Conference - Towards World-Class Commissioning

World class commissioning will have a direct impact on the health and well-being of the population, driving unprecedented improvements in patient outcomes and ensuring the NHS remains one of the most progressive and high-performing health systems in the world. Ultimately, world class commissioning will deliver better well-being for all, better care for all and better value for all. The NAPC ’07 Annual Conference attracted over 300 GPs...

Health Forum. The NHS: Healthier at 65?

Building a patient powered NHS

Following the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the NHS this Think:Public Forum looked ahead to the challenges in NHS commissioning, management and professional, and discussed how the NHS might look at 65. The forum considered the solutions to the challenges and debate and how to maintain a decade of reform. Personalisation and patient choice are now integral to policy; but patients want power to choose a provider and see indicators of pr...

Transformimg Social Care

Putting People First. Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

The work currently underway to ‘transform' social care through individual budgets marks the start of a whole system change for all those working with adults in need of care. An extra £520 million for councils over the next three years through the Social Care reform grant will lead to more personalised and preventative care services and more power and control to service users and their carers. New, closer relationship between...

Higher Education and Health Services

Held at the British Library, London

Universities make an essential contribution to the NHS by educating future healthcare professionals. The NHS and social care sector spend more than £5bn annually on staff training and development. Matching supply and demand between higher education and health services is one of the most important challenges for both sets of institutions in the coming decade. Planning to avoid future disruption or shortfalls of professionals educated w...

Strategies for End of Life Care

Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

A £50 million capital investment programme for hospices was annnounced in 2006 along with a commitment to review long-term funding for children's hospices. From 2008 the Government expects everyone with a long-term condition and/ or a long-term need for support routinely to receive information about their condition and have self care support services more widely availiable. This conference discussed what healthcare professionals c...

Personalising Health and Social Care

Held at Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, London

The Spring Conference of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) examined the biggest change coming in the financing and delivery of health and social care. GPs are set to be central to these reforms and the nature of practice business will change significantly. Resources will be available for more tailored services and the public will look to their GP both to provide some of the services they want and to guide them through the syst...

Improving Primary Care Services: innovation and patient access

A CBI Services Public Forum Event held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

Innovation and personalisation are driving the policy debate on primary care services. Realising patient choice, out-of-hours access, new delivery models such as walk-in centres and successfully implementing practice-based commissioning are the new challenges facing clinicians and managers in the NHS. Taking into consideration the recommendations of the Darzi Report and the CBI report - Just what the patient ordered - the government’s...

The Dignity Challenge for Care Homes

Living well and maintaining choice and control for older people. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre, London

The care homes industry is at the heart of care services for older people with 450,000 currently resident in care homes across the UK and with figures set to rise considerably especially amongst the very old (those over 80) in the next two decades. With 20% of care homes delivering below minimum standards of care, Local Authorities have been called on to use their £14 billion buying power to drive poor quality care homes out of busine...

Personalised Care and Support

3rd Annual Counsel and Care Conference held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London

In one of the biggest welfare reforms in a generation, Alan Johnson has announced that older people will be given money to pay for their own care. Choice and control is becoming a reality for older people as they, or a chosen relative, will have the right to spend cash – worth £8 billion a year – allocated to them as they choose. How can older people, their families and carers be supported to make the most of personal budg...

NHS Direct National Stakeholder Conference

Help shape the future of NHS Direct event held at Kings Fund, Cavendish Square, London

NHS Direct is the first national organisation to apply for Foundation Trust status. So far, the only Foundation Trusts are hospitals and mental health services. Becoming a Foundation Trust would allow NHS Direct to work more closely with its users. The organisation is actively looking for people to play a vital role in developing its services and to help shape the future of NHS Direct. NHS Direct would like the views of its stakeholders on...

Making Partnerships Work in Health and Local Government

A joint Integrated Care Network / NHS Networks event held at Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London

Partnerships between health and local authorities remain high profile in government policy to achieve improved commissioning and better service outcomes. This CSIP and NHS Networks event enables people involved in integrating health and social care at all levels to receive a common perspective on key policy issues from a range of high quality speakers. It also provides an excellent opportunity to engage in stimulating discussion, sharing idea...

Future of Nursing Summit: Workforce futures

2nd Annual Conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

Brings together statutory and professional bodies, directors of nursing, clinical managers, primary care, secondary and acute care nursing managers, healthcare professionals and policy experts to hear from government and major nursing bodies who will provide a snapshot of where nursing stands in 2008. After a difficult 18 months, is nursing at a turning point as service delivery increases the focus on care in the community and quality of ca...

IPSOS Mori Health Conference 2008

held at the Kings Fund

Of interest to anyone involved in the NHS and the delivery of Health Care. After a 93% funding increase, why do nearly 40% of people still think the NHS is in decline? What's going wrong and what can the NHS do about it? Ipsos MORI looks at what's going well, what's not, and why in today's NHS. Many trusts are under-investing in communications, so what are the benefits of doing more? Speakers: Anna Walker, Healthcare Commission: The im...

NHS Centre for Involvement

Over the last decade, patients and the public have been integral to health decision making in one form or another. With the introduction of key legislation such as the NHS Act 2006 and the Health and Social Care Act 2001, NHS organisations are now finding themselves placing patient, carers and users at the heart of service change. Further change is expected as the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill gathers momentum and n...

Promoting Responsible Drinking

This event heard from Vernon Coaker MP who is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction as well as leaders in the health and community safety fields. It was chaired by Srabani Sen Chief Executive of Alcohol Concern and other speakers included Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Ben Baumberg from the Institute of Alcohol Studies.

Knowledge-driven healthcare solutions

improving patient outcomes and service delivery

Chaired by independent health expert Roy Lilley this event heard from IT specialists, medics and a patient on their experiences on and with high tech computing projects within the NHS.

Global Safe Abortion

The Marie Stopes Global Safe Abortion Conference 2007, in association with Ipas and Abortion Rights, built consensus and momentum around international efforts to reduce the unacceptable toll on women’s health and lives caused by unsafe abortion, through increasing access to safe services, recognising women’s right to self determination and encouraging legal reform. The conference was a seminal event and a call to action to move ...

Re-designing Services in Primary Care

Leadership and Innovation in Health and Social Care

This two day, podcast and document only conference heard from distinguised speakers including Health Minister Ben Bradshaw MP, Mark Britnall, the NHS Director General for Commisioning and System Management and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Fiona Adshead. The selection of Podcasts also incudes a debate entitled 'Who can be trusted with the service re-design necessary to truly modernise the NHS?'.

Association of Healthcare Communicators

Their Annual Conference was held in Sheffield.

The Association of Healthcare Communicators (AHC) is the primary independent network for healthcare communications professionals working in, or mainly with, the NHS. Ben Page of IPSOS Mori addresses the conference with a presentation entitled 'How good is our reputation and what should we be doing to improve it?

The Future of Nursing

Re-empowering the Nursing Workforce

Both the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of HM Official Opposition and Lord Philip Hunt of King’s Heath, the newly appointed Minister of State for Quality, Department of Health addressed leaders and key practitioners within the nursing and health environs at the Future of Nursing Conference. Britain’s nursing organisations including the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Royal College of Nursing, and the Council of Deans alongside t...