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May
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
International ME Awareness Month is a worldwide collaboration of ME charities and organisations aiming to raise awareness of the neurological illness myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
May is National Walking Month and Living Streets, the national charity that works to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, will be encouraging people to walk with their successful annual initiatives - Walk to Work Week and Walk to School Week. Through these events, they hope to show children and adults how easy, enjoyable and rewarding walking is and how it can lead to real changes in people's habits and lifestyles. To get involved and create your own personal walking log during May, visit www.livingstreets.org.uk
Adult Learners' Week is a national celebration of the benefits of lifelong learning and is the perfect opportunity to highlight the many types of learning available to adults from all walks of life. Annual awards offered which include ‘Learning for Health’ which close on the 13th December and during May the campaign encourages organizations of offer learning events Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Awareness-raising events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Walk to School Week is a national awareness week run by the charity Living Streets. The Week aims to celebrate the benefits of walking to school, and get children across the UK on their feet. Walk to School Week takes place as part of National Walking Month, which runs throughout May.
A campaign to improve oral health. Visit the website for more details.
This Congress aims to provide you with the inspiration, tools and guidance necessary to develop a health service that is safer, more efficient and an excellent care provider. With some of the best initiatives from across the UK and abroad.
While Board level systems for governance, assurance and risk management are essential for demonstrating high quality and safe care, the critical point for delivery is the front line. Local managers and lead clinicians are now tasked with knowledge, skills and competency challenges ranging from staff motivation to data analysis. Core to these is the ability ot understand risk in any care or practice setting, to implement and maintain the activities necessary to manage risk, and to communicate this appropriately throughout the organisation. The workshop will take into account the national requirements and initiatives for safe practice from the NHSLA, NRSLA, CQC and QIPP, as well as the principles of sound risk management and assurance practice. It will provide clinical managers with the knowledge and confidence to lead the approach to patient safety locally. It is designed to be of value to participants from both acute and community health settings, as well as to those from commissioning organisations who will link with service leads to understand good practice in local risk assessment and management. It will be interactive and involve a range of case studies and scenarios on practical risk assessment and quality impact assessment.
National Family Week is the UK's biggest annual celebration of family life aiming to highlight the importance of quality time together and promote the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle. During The Week there will be thousands of events, huge giveaways, great competitions and loads of special offers for families! Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
June
Raising awareness events throughout the UK. See website for more details.
An annual event which celebrates the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the UK. The Week plays a huge part in raising the profile of the millions of volunteers who regularly contribute to society, while inspiring others to get involved too.
http://www.volunteering.org.uk/aboutus/events/2152-volunteers-week-2012
World Awareness Day - patients campaign in the UK and around the world. Please visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/breastfeeding/Pages/breastfeeding.aspx
The Big Lunch is encouraging community spirit across the UK - A nationwide event to prevent social isolation and encourage relationship building in the community is taking place across the UK. The Big Lunch - run by the Eden Project - invites everybody to have lunch with their neighbours. You can find out more about The Big Lunch on the website.
AAAW is a national event which gives anyone with an interest in heart rhythm disorders the opportunity to raise awareness and promote better understanding of arrhythmic conditions. For free, Department of Health endorsed information, contact joanna@heartrhythmcharity.org.uk or visit www.aaaw.org.uk
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details or email enquiries@tamponalert.org.uk
Public knowledge and understanding of the role cervical screening plays in cervical cancer prevention is lower and cervical screening uptake is declining. The week aims to help raise awareness of the role cervical screening plays in cervical cancer prevention through range of events, campaigns, media coverage and material distribution.
Diabetes Week aims to dispell some of the myths around diabetes and raise awareness of healthy lifestyles. To get involved in Diabetes Week please visit www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetesweek or ring 0207 424 1000.
HS Awareness Week will provide an opportunity for everyone in the UK to promote understanding and awareness of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. This will also be a wonderful time to organise your very own HS fundraising event.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more information.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
2% of people over 40 have Glaucoma, that is an estimated 600,000 people in the UK. As Glaucoma has no early symptoms, many people do not even realise they are slowly losing their vision. Once sight is lost, it is gone forever, but having regular eye checks will help diagnose and treat Glaucoma before irreversible damage is done.
National campaign with locally organised events, this year focussing on men's mental well-being.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Organised by 10 national charities: Carers UK, Counsel Care, Crossroads Caring for Carers, Help the Hospices, Macmillan Cancer Support, MS Society, Parkinson's Disease Society, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Vitalise and WRVS. Events and activities every day of the week; over 7,000 in total. Visit the website for more details.
11/06/2013 - 11/06/2013
Patient Experience Feedback: Developing real time systems as recommended by the Francis Inquiry
ICO Conference Centre,
22 Berners Street,
London,
W1T 3DD
Contact Person: Kerry Tarrant
Tel: 01932 429933
Fax: 01932 880402
Email:kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
Organised by the Sexuality & Sexual Health Section of the RSM and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), this meeting will discuss the latest updates in detecting pregnancies, management of abortion and the challenges facing abortion doctors.
Early bird rates for this meeting are available until Wednesday 15 May 2013, so book early to make a saving.
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, London
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Organised as part of Wolverhampton's 2013 National Breastfeeding Week celebrations. The free event is planned for Thursday 13th June 2013 from 10am until 3pm at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU and will feature live music, singing, information stands, presentations and activities for all ages. The event is ideal for pregnant women, new mothers, families with children and health professionals, involving many different organisations, sectors and groups. Everyone is welcome! The event is free and no booking is required but for more information please contact: Diana West on 01902 307999 x 8389
Better evidence for better public health – what does Public Health in Local Government mean? The Public, New Street, West Bromwich, B70 7PG.
Sandwell Health’s Other Economic Summit (SHOES) will convene again to think global and act local to improve health. Our theme this year is better evidence for better public health. Amidst the biggest changes to the NHS since its creation will be what is the best evidence to take forward better Public Health in local government in England? And how can the ideas of evidence based practice impact on other areas of local policy such as education, crime, housing and environmental improvement? And how can these ideas impact on other nations’ health? The SHOES conference is in its 14th year and since its inception the focus has been the economics of health and disease, health and human rights, skills and jobs, environmental justice and health inequalities. SHOES has been the place for challenging debate, discussion and action. This years conference: ‘Better evidence for better public health’ on 13th and 14th June promises to be exciting and thought provoking as public health finds its feet in local government. A new way of working, a new environment and new challenges with ever reducing finances in the face of increased hardship, poverty and health challenges. The conference is free to delegates from the West Midlands region. For those attending from outside of the region there will be a £25 charge for each day which includes a delegate pack and lunch. We encourage delegates to sign up to a unique conference experience of using local money by volunteering two hours of their time to work in community projects of their choice through the Time Bank. Registration / queries: For further information contact Sheila Lloyd / Rachel Allchurch / Helen Hanson on 0845 352 7697 or email SHOES_SMBC@sandwell.gov.uk
Wolverhampton's 2013 National Breastfeeding Week celebratory event is planned for Thursday 13th June 2013, from 10am until 3pm at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The free event will feature live music, information stands, free presentations and activities plus school and community groups. The event is aimed at pregnant women, new mothers and their families, plus health professionals, and involves many different organisations and sectors. All welcome! No booking required. Refreshments available for purchase.
Thursday 13th June 2013 10.00 – 16.30; Wolfson Research Exchange, Warwick University, CV4 7AL. The aim of this day is to provide information professionals with an opportunity to hear and exchange best practice. The day will consider not only practical strategies, but also how our own behaviours can have an effect on how we engage learners in the digital age.
Keynote sessions from:
• Prof David Nicholas of CIBER Research on the ways in which people learn and look for information in today’s digital world
• Jane Secker & Emma Coonan - authors of 'Rethinking information literacy: a practical framework for learning', and creators of ANCIL (A New Curriculum for Information Literacy)
Other sessions will include a number of case studies from different learning backgrounds and include an interactive, fun session on Evaluating Teaching.
Prices (including lunch & refreshments): ARLG/CDG members £78 (£65 + VAT) Non-members £90 (£75 + VAT). For more details and for a Registration Form, go to website.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Bike Week is an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life. Demonstrating the social, health and environmental benefits of cycling, the week aims to get people to give cycling a go all over the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Falls Awareness Week runs every year to promote the services and interventions that can help reduce the risk of a fall, and encourage older people to get active in later life. Events are held around the UK. Visit the website for more information and details of the theme: falls and bone health.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events throughout the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Awareness events around the world. Visit the website for more details.
Thursday, 20th June 9.30 – 1.00 pm at The Welcome Centre, 47 Parkside Street, Coventry (just off junction 5 of the ring road). A healthy lunch will be provided. A FREE celebration event and awards ceremony marking the success of Cook and Eat Well in Coventry
The event will provide you with the opportunity to find out more about the achievements of the programme and meet the organisations who have been instrumental in the success of the project. Visit our interactive Marketplace and speak to our Cooking Clubs, Projects and Schools to find out more about what has been delivered in Coventry and what is planned for the future. This is a FREE event for those delivering Cook and Eat Well in Coventry as colleagues working with local people to improve their health and wellbeing and those responsible for commissioning and delivering services to communities. To register a place, please ask for booking form cookandeatwell@groundwork.org.uk by Thursday, 21st March 2013. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. For queries or if you wish to cancel your place, please contact cookandeatwell@groundwork.org.uk
Raising Funds to support children in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK. Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation is a UK charity championing the cause of sick children by raising funds to improve their quality of life in hospitals and hospices. The Foundation funds an innovative range of projects to ensure children in hospitals and hospices have access to the very best comforts, facilities and equipment giving them a better, brighter future. These include arts, music and play therapy programs, sensory equipment and facilities, respite care, state of the art equipment and pull down beds and refreshments rooms for parents. Wrong Trousers Day is a national annual fundraising event which invites people to donate £1 to swap their normal trousers for wonderful, wacky or just plain wrong trousers for a day and raise funds for Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The Week focuses on raising awareness of myeloma in the political, medical and media communities as well as raising awareness through fundraising.
The campaign raises awareness of how to be safe in, on or near water. Our aim is to prevent drowning through education, and to help people enjoy water safely.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The first ever Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week in the UK, a week dedicated solely to raising awareness of RA, a disease that 690,000 people across the UK live with. The focus this year is that young people get RA too.
http://www.nras.org.uk/news_events/rheumatoid_arthritis_awareness_week_2430_june_2013.aspx
Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s flagship community education campaign. It aims to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children every year and the steps we can take to help prevent them. Child Safety Week is for anyone working with families or children. So whether you work in a nursery, children’s centre, GP surgery, school, your own home, in the community, in road or fire safety or anywhere else working with children or families, you can get involved with Child Safety Week. The emphasis of the Week is on empowering families to take positive action rather than telling them what to do, or lecturing them about what they are doing wrong. Sign up to receive regular updates on Child Safety Week and CAPT news at www.childsafetyweek.org.uk
Raising awareness and fundraising events across the UK. The annual week helps the CF Trust to raise funds to continue its work in funding more cystic fibrosis research, improving standards of care and supporting all people living with CF.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Hallam Conference Centre,
44 Hallam Street,
London
W1W 6JJ
Contact Person: Kerry Tarrant
Tel: 01932 429933
Fax: 01932 880402
Email:kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.fesca-scleroderma.eu/news/world-scleroderma-day-june-29
July
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Health Information Week is a campaign throughout the West Midlands to improve access to health information. In the West Midlands region staff from local authorities, public libraries, NHS, voluntary sector, independent information and advice centres have all been working together to make their health resources more available to the public. In most areas your local libraries and information centres will have extra health information available, leaflets for you to take away or sessions to show you how to use the computer to find good quality health information. Look out for posters in your area or visit your local library to find out more. There is more information available on the EQUIP area on NHS local - http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/workforce/equip-information/health-information-week ;including a diary of the large number of events and displays going on in your local area - http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/story/events-health-information-week-4th-10th-july . Contact sarah.greening@westmidlands.nhs.uk for more information.
http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/workforce/equip-information/health-information-week
The aim of National Motivation Day is to motivate and inspire individuals to reach their potential. It's right in the middle of the year, where we're all in need of a little motivation.
It's not about making lists of things to do for the year, but reminding yourself with what motivates you during each and every day.
ICO Conference Centre,
22 Berners Street,
London,
W1T 3DD
Contact Person: Kerry Tarrant
Tel: 01932 429933
Fax: 01932 880402
Email:kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
Manchester Conference Centre,
Sackville Street,
Manchester,
M1 3BB
Contact Person: Kerry Tarrant
Tel: 01932 429933
Fax: 01932 880402
Email:kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk
The importance of Compassion has been fundamentally underlined by the Francis Inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The participants will take away a number of tools and techniques which they can assess and implement within their own organisations. These include: observations of care, dignity codes, productive ward models and resources, leadership skills, neurolinguistic programmes and others which will be reviewed and discussed as part of the afternoon sessions.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/care-and-compassion-masterclass
A one day master class to provide both an introduction to newcomers and a wide ranging update for more experienced Caldicott Guardians, Caldicott Officers, & Information Governance Leads to understand the requirements of Caldicott and to become confident in recognising and in making both basic and complex Caldicott Guardian decisions.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/caldicott-guardian-training-nhs
We would like to invite you to attend this meeting, jointly organised by the RSM's Nephrology Section and the Renal Association, the meeting will offer a clinical update into the management, testing and diagnosis of rare diseases. This meeting will also explore genetic aspects of rare diseases and will finish with a panel discussion on rare disease care and study and will be followed by a question and answer session. With rates from just £20 and spaces limited, book your place today to avoid missing out.
Netherton Park Fun Day 10am until 5pm. We have a vast array of activities to suit all ages including health information and community stands. The event is aimed to bring the community together and to raise money and awareness for local community and charity groups and at the same time promote our beautiful park.
In Victoria Park, Smethwick. Sandwell and Birmingham Mela has become one of the largest Melas in the UK celebrating South Asian culture and local talent. It will be a weekend extravaganza that will be a mix of music, stalls, sport, food, community showcases and a funfair.
Raising awareness of organ donation, and encouraging more people to join the NHS Organ Donor Register. Visit the website for more details.
This conference focuses on improving outcomes for people approaching the end of life. The recently released Department of Health Fourth Annual Report on End of Life Care focuses on the successes that have been seen to date in delivering the end of life care strategy but also the challenges that still remain in improving outcomes in particular ensuring people spend the last days of life in their place of choosing.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/end-of-life-care-commissioning
This timely seminar will provide an opportunity to assess the future of NHS Procurement, and will follow the publication of the NHS Procurement Strategy by the Department of Health, due shortly.
Delegates will consider procurement at local, regional and national levels, the role of Clinical Commissioning Groups, collaboration and competition in procurement and the importance of innovative practice.
Further topics for discussion include the potential for procurement in the NHS to drive up quality and value, as well as findings from the call for evidence, potential cost savings for the NHS and implementation issues surrounding the Strategy.
http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=586
Each summer the City of Wolverhampton Show brings the flavour of the country into the city when the West Park is transformed into a family fun filled weekend. Admission is free, open from 10.30 to 5pm both days. Wolverhampton PCT is part of the One City Marquee and have stands to promote all kinds of health issues. This year they are currently trying to have a mobile dental unit there to give free dental checks.
Most hospitals in the UK have an Acute Medical Unit (AMU), providing high quality, multi-professional care for patients admitted to hospital as emergencies. Those of us who work in the speciality can see the benefits which the AMU and its hardworking staff can provide to patients on a daily basis. However beyond our walls, there is often a poor understanding of the concept of acute medicine. The Society wants to raise awareness of our specialty, so that, in the future the term ‘acute medicine’ will be as familiar to patients and NHS staff as any other aspect of hospital care. In addition to raising awareness of the speciality we believe this will be a great opportunity for AMUs to raise charity funds for the unit, which can be used for equipment, training and other educational activities. We would like as many units as possible to get involved, in order to try to spread the ‘acute medicine message’ to all parts of the UK.
http://www.acutemedicine.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164&Itemid=86
To raise awareness of Samaritans 24-hour service across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
For people with hepatitis C to give advice and knowledge about living with this illness and to spread the word on World Hepatitis Day 2011.
http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/WorldHepatitisDay.aspx
August
An annual event, endorsed by WHO and UNICEF that is celebrated in more than 170 countries worldwide. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
September
Raising awareness of migraine and offering advise to the one in eight people affected. Visit the website for more details of activities.
Blue September is a nationwide awareness and fundraising initiative about all the cancers that affect men – not just prostate and testicular cancer, but also bowel, lung, liver and other cancers. The campaign aims to raise funds for more work by the Men’s Health Forum charity to raise men's awareness of cancer and help them to reduce the risk of developing and dying from cancer by making better lifestyle choices and seeking help sooner rather than later.
An international collaboration of organisations ALL supporting people affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, the UK's most common inherited neurological condition, affecting 1 in 2500 of the population. But who has heard of it?
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Events to raise awareness worldwide - see website for more information.
Safeguarding vulnerable people is complex, frequently under review and we must ensure that it will work effectively. The final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry recommends that all healthcare should be patient centred and we will be working with all our partners to ensure that this is achieved for all vulnerable people. Organisations need to promote a culture where staff feel able to raise concerns and whistleblow without fear and that there is an understanding of the need for staff support to achieve effective outcomes for vulnerable people. It is important to remember that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-adults
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Eye care charities, organisations and health professionals from across the UK are joining together to promote the importance of eye health and the need for regular sight tests for all.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Email faye@menieres.org.uk to request an awareness pack and find out how you can get involved.
In the wake of the Francis Inquiry into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust the Department of Health
has introduced a contractual duty of candour that requires NHS and Foundation trust staff to be open and honest with patients and their families about patient safety incidents. This new duty emphasises the need for patient safety incidents to be investigated using a robust methodology; for investigation reports to be evidentially sound, accessible and focused on producing actionable and reasonable recommendations.
This training day will equip delegates with a proven methodology and a highly-regarded report structure that will help with the investigation of incidents and the production of reports.
Jeans for Genes is the national children's charity that holds Jeans for Genes Day. Wear your jeans, make a donation and help children with genetic disorders. Visit the website for more details.
Every year on 21 September Alzheimer associations across the globe unite to recognise World Alzheimer's Day. Raising awareness events across the world. Visit the website for more details.
An International promotion of good health and wellbeing using Reflexology
A one day master class to provide both an introduction to newcomers and a wide ranging update for more experienced Caldicott Guardians, Caldicott Officers, & Information Governance Leads to understand the requirements of Caldicott and to become confident in recognising and in making both basic and complex Caldicott Guardian decisions.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/caldicott-guardian-training-information-governance
The appropriate, legal use of control and restraint is necessary in many clinical settings. However, inappropriate use, and the lack of detailed documentation of decisions, can make healthcare professionals vulnerable to accusations of mistreatment.
This training day will look at control and restraint in the context of the Human Rights Act, the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legal and ethical principles.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/control-restraint-masterclass-training-nhs
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
World Contraception Day (WCD) is a worldwide campaign with a vision for a world where every pregnancy is wanted. Its mission is to improve awareness of contraception to enable young people to make informed decisions on sexual and reproductive health. Under the motto ‘Live Your Life. Know your rights. Learn about contraception’, WCD 2011 focuses on the need to encourage young people to exercise their right to search for accurate, unbiased information about contraception to prevent an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Across the country, and in several other parts of the world, thousands of people hold or attend coffee mornings to raise money for people affected by cancer.
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Fundraising/WorldsBiggestCoffeeMorning/WorldsBiggestCoffeeMorning.aspx
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
World Heart Day was created to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world's leading cause of death. Visit the website for more details.
The Annual Andropause Awareness Week, is dedicated to raising awareness of the serious, yet treatable hormonal imbalance Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (also termed Andropause or the Male Menopause) that is linked with Heart Disease, Diabetes & Osteoporosis. It blights the lives of an estimated 20% of over 50's men and an undefined amount of younger males, yet less than 1% of sufferers have been diagnosed and are on treatment.
October
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
October is International Walk to School Month and over 40 countries will be encouraging children to ditch the school run! We’re here to help anyone who wants to start walking to school – whether that’s all the way, parking up and walking the last 10 minutes, or just jumping off the bus two stops early. It all counts!
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Promoting recognition of the term "prenatal-onset GBS disease" and the strategies that can help prevent GBS infections during pregnancy. Visit website for more details. www.groupbstrepinternational.org
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The conference opens with the evidence and national policy developments to support the move to 7 day health services.
The conference will then continue with sessions focusing on the practicalities of changing to 7 day health services including delivering national clinical quality standards 7 days a week and the challenging issue of implementing the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges standards on 7 day consultant present care . The conference continues with case studies from organisations that are already delivering whole systems 7 day health and social care services, and practical sessions on provider and service models, ensuring support services are in place, employment law and contracts, commissioning 7 day services and delivering 7 day social care services.
Chaired by Chris Bostock, Head of Complaints Policy at the Department of Health, this conference reflects on these recommendations, and the learning from them into practice at a local level in your organisation or directorate. The opening session will provide an update on the national review into complaints handling procedures in NHS Trusts.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/handling-resolving-learning-from-complaints
This conference focuses on reducing falls and injuries in the over 65’s which is a key health improvement indicator in the public health outcomes framework for 2013-16, and on implementing the revised NICE Clinical Guideline for falls which is currently out on consultation and due to be published later this year.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/falls-prevention-in-older-people-training
Arthritis is the biggest cause of pain and disability in the UK, with 10 million people of all ages affected. Arthritis can affect anyone at any time and at any age. During National Arthritis Week Arthritis Research UK aims to bust common myths around arthritis to raise awareness of its prevalence and impact on the daily life of those living with musculoskeletal conditions. Various fundraising and awareness events are taking place during the week. For more information visit the website.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
A one day master class to provide both an introduction to newcomers and a wide ranging update for more experienced Caldicott Guardians, Caldicott Officers, & Information Governance Leads to understand the requirements of Caldicott and to become confident in recognising and in making both basic and complex Caldicott Guardian decisions.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/caldicott-guardian-nhs-training-caldicott2
Promote awareness and understanding of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss among health and social care workers and the community at large. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
World Sight Day is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. It is an initiative of Vision 2020, the global campaign whose vision is to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) of which the World Blind Union is a member. Visit the website for more details.
Many conflicts exist between the common law duty of confidentiality, the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, codes of conduct, government policy and so on. This interactive training day will provide delegates with the necessary building blocks to act legally, ethically and accountably when dealing with patient information.Learning will be case study driven. The course will also draw on the recommendations for information sharing delivered by the Caldicott2 Information Sharing Review. It is essential that all team members feel comfortable and confident when sharing information. Practical guidance will be given on how to develop department specific protocols to achieve this goal.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/info_sharing_masterclass
A unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Each year World Arthritis Day focuses on a different aspect of living with a rheumatic disease. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more information.
The Dyspraxia Foundation is calling on families to be alert to the early signs of the condition in their awareness week campaign.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Bruxism Awareness Week aspires to involve dental practices already offering treatment for Bruxism and to encourage more to follow suit. We are encouraging Dental Clinics around the UK to hold open days during this week to allow sufferers to discuss their own problems with professionals. To help promote Bruxim Awareness Week a "Practice Information & Promotion" pack is available on request to all UK dental practices. Bruxism (Tooth Clenching and or Grinding) is a condition that affects around 50% of the population, Bruxism is often stress related and it has been reported recently that there has been a 20% increase in patients suffering with bruxism. It is the main cause of tooth wear and breakage, disorders of the jaw (pain and limited movement) headaches and migraines. Both children and adults are affected, but is most common in 25-44 year olds.
Whatever your fear is, now's your chance to face it. For one week in October, Changing Faces is asking everybody in the UK to face their fears and raise money at the same time.
Stammering associations, individuals and groups around the world organise events to mark the day and to raise awareness of stuttering. Visit the website for more details.
The appropriate, legal use of control and restraint is necessary in many clinical settings. However, inappropriate use, and the lack of detailed documentation of decisions, can make healthcare professionals vulnerable to accusations of mistreatment. This training day will look at control and restraint in the context of the Human Rights Act, the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legal and ethical principles.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/control-restraint-masterclass-oct
Raising awareness events across the UK. Breast Cancer Campaign uses all wear it pink donations to fund innovative, world-class research throughout the UK and Ireland to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
This master class will encourage nurses who are responsible for the assessment of older people to ‘think outside the box’ beyond the normal formalities of form filling to question what is the most appropriate assessment at a particular point in time. The aim is to broaden a general knowledge base of different assessments available and to enhance the quality/transferability of completed assessments. We all have limited time to assess – this master class will help you to get the most from your assessment and conserve valuable nursing time. Most of all the concept of the ‘one size fits all’ assessment will be challenged in order to introduce new ways of assessing.
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/nurse-assessment-skills-training
World Psoriasis Day is an annual day specially dedicated to people with psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis. Conceived by patients for patients, World Psoriasis Day is a truly global event that sets out to give an international voice to the 125 million people with psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis. Visit the website for more information.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
November
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.roycastle.org/news-and-campaigning/Campaigns/November-is-Lung-Cancer-Awareness-Month
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Movember is the month formerly known as November, where men and women across the globe join together to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues.
http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/help/community/movember.asp
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details. Any health professionals that plan to organise an awareness display/stand during PCAM, please Email support@pancreaticcancer.org.uk to let us know what you are doing and to order copies of our free publications.
http://pancreaticcanceraction.org/support-us/awareness/month/
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The importance of proper documentation and communication of DNACPR orders cannot be emphasised enough. There is still confusion as to when they should be applied, who should be consulted and the documentation required.
This training day will look at the role of DNACPRs within all healthcare settings.
World Radiography Day marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays in 1895, November 8th. Locally organised events to promote radiography may take place in the weeks either side of this date.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/events/mouth-cancer-awareness-week
Raising awareness of food allergy and intolerance and the plight of sufferers. Visit our website: http://www.allergyuk.org/ or call 01322 619898 to see how you can support us during the week.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The Annual PROMs Summit is jointly developed by Healthcare Conferences UK and NHS North West PROMs Programme. Led by Mr Bibhas Roy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Trafford NHS Trust & PROMs 2.0 Lead, NHS North West the Summit aims to bring together national developments in Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Patient Reported Experience Measures.
A mix of plenary sessions and masterclasses will focus on:
- National Developments
- Leading PROMs developments
- A beginners guide to PROMs
- Commissioning and PROMs
- Acting on PROMs results
- Chronic Disease PROMs: Masterclass
PREMs: Masterclass
- Surgical and Musculoskeletal Masterclass
- Risk Assessment within PROMs Masterclass
- Looking forward
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/proms-2013-conference
The aim of the week is to encourage people to take more responsibility for their own health by learning about the support and information that already exists to help them to self care. In the meantime, if you have any ideas for supporting the week or have questions please email longtermconditions@dh.gsi.gov.uk
An international awareness week to focus attention on the importance of Road Safety. Every day 8 children and young people are injured or killed on British roads. To request a free community Road Safety Week poster visit www.roadsafetyweek.org.
One of the nation’s defining features is that people love to talk about drinking – but are we having the right kind of conversation? Alcohol Concern has a set the theme 'it’s time to talk about drinking' for Alcohol Awareness Week. This gives great flexibility to have all kinds of conversations about the health risks, social problems, stigmas and taboos associated with talking about the dangers of alcohol. It also allows local groups to focus on different areas.
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/campaign/alcohol-awareness-week
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is the UK branch of the global campaign to ensure men take more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
December
Get sponsored to grow a beard in December - in doing so you will have raised both funds and awareness of the UK's 2nd biggest cancer killer.
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) CLIC Sargent is highlighting the impact of cancer and treatment on children, young people and their families, and the benefits of helping them spend more time at home. Visit the website for more details.
http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/childhood-cancer-awareness-month
Raising awareness events throughout the UK. Visit the website for more details. For West Midlands there is a local website: www.beatingangerbirmingham.co.uk
Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.
Raising awareness events across the UK. The fundamental value of human protection and justice celebrated on Human Rights Day is at the core of our work with refugees. So we are calling on our friends to champion Human Rights Day with us by hosting a RefuTEA on Friday 10th December. We are asking you to mobilise your local community, family and friends to raise awareness that people seeking asylum in the UK have the right to be treated with respect and humanity; and you will be raising vital funds for our work with asylum seekers and refugees. RefuTEA hosts during Refugee Week had lots of fun whilst raising thousands of pounds from their RefuTEA Parties. Please join them and stand up for the human rights of refugees on Human Rights Day. You can get more information on hosting a RefuTEA on our website. Order a RefuTEA host pack or drop us a line or call us on 020 7346 1203 if you have any questions. http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/supportourwork/fundraise_for_us/refutea_parties.htm?dm_i=I6P,A4CW,31JKEL,RI9G,1
January
Every year January 4th marks World Braille Day which commemorates the birth of Louis Braille.