events

CHS - Measuring performance in sheltered housing

CHS will be running a further three Measuring performance in sheltered housing seminar. The date is:-

27th April - London

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CHS are launching a new range of seminars - Financial Inclusion for Older People

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CHS and Pavilion will be running a joint conference on 20th April in London, titled Safeguarding and older people – the role of housing and support.

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Introductory special offer until 31st March – send one delegate and another delegate goes free (based on a standard fee of £255)

Healthcare Events: Upcoming Conferences

National Memory Services Congress
Date: Tuesday 16th March 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London The first wave of UK memory services have been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for their achievements in meeting best practice standards. Through a series of presentations, this one day conference, chaired by Professor Martin Orrell Professor of Ageing and Mental Health London Centre for Dementia Care UCL and Associate Medical Director North East London Foundation Trust, has been developed to provide delegates with firsthand knowledge of Memory Services.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=416

QIPP in Mental Health
Date: Thursday 25th March 2010
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London
Chaired by Ian McPherson Director National Mental Health Development Unit this one day conference provides a practical guide to delivering Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention in Mental Health. Jim Easton National Director for Improvement and Efficiency NHS Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) opens the day with a focus on developments from the NHS Productivity Unit and the individuals role in supporting quality, innovation, productivity and prevention.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=421

Drugs 2010
Date: Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April 2010
Venue: SECC, Glasgow
This year we are very pleased to extend an invitation to you from Glasgow, to join us for our fifteenth national conference. The theme for the conference focuses on the need for all practitioners and services to work together, influenced by evidence, values, experience and the voice of people with drug and alcohol problems. We will also consider the importance of the clinical voice in positively influencing drug policy. Over the course of the two days there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, debate and knowledge-sharing with your peers, user advocates and leading professionals.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=404

Good Practice in Consent
Date: Wednesday 12th May 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London
This one day conference has been developed to provide a practical guide to implementing Consent guidance along with important updates from the Department of Health on their planned review of their guidance for Consent.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=442

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in HospitalsDate: Thursday 13th May 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London
Chaired by Professor Susan Benbow Professor of Mental Health and Ageing Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Staffordshire University, this one day conference is a practical guide to safeguarding vulnerable adults in hospitals with a focus on No Secrets and health services and safeguarding.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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Complaints

Date: Wednesday 19th May 2010 Venue: Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester
The conference opens with a presentation from Chairman, Chris Bostock Head of Public and Patient Experience Department of Health, who addresses good Complaints handling and how we are moving forward with the new system. Since the reform of the Complaints systems, the role of the Ombudsman's office has become increasingly important. You will hear lessons from Complaints to the Ombudsman, ensuring a proportionate response and the new single system for independent review.
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=448

New Horizons Date: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Venue: 76 Portland Place. London
Conference chair Ian McPherson Director National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU), comments 'We should all welcome today's publication of the New Horizons strategy with its shared vision for mental health, together with the publications on employment and mental health. New Horizons is an immensely important step forward that recognises the need to address the mental well-being of the whole population, as well as ensure the continued improvement of service delivery and support for recovery for those with mental health problems'
Contact: For more information please call Hanisha on 020 8541 1399, email hanisha@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
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Agenda for Later Life 2010

Public policy on ageing for the next decade

Agenda for Later Life 2010 is the essential conference for anyone with an interest in public policy for older people. Just before the upcoming General Election the conference will highlight the policy challenges for the decade ahead and ask how experiences of later life should change by the end of the next parliament.

Book before 12 February to receive the early booking rate of just £299 + VAT, £229 + VAT for the public sector, and just £129 + VAT for voluntary organisations.

Speakers include:
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper MP
Rt Hon. Theresa May MP
Prof. Steve Webb MP

For more information please visit our website or email agendaforlaterlife@ace.org.uk

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Tackling the Social Exclusion of Older People

Focussing on the recommendations from Building a Society for All Ages, this event addresses the key challenges faced in improving social inclusion for older people.

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Effective recording in care homes

A national training event aiming to improve recording in care homes.

We strongly believe that good recording leads to better care practice which leads to
better recording which leads to even better care practice and so on.

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