Unplanned Care Congress: February 2020, London
Reducing trips to Accident and Emergency is the focus of the Unplanned Care Congress: Improving Flow & Reducing Statistics, which aims to help healthcare professionals reduce the 23.8 million A&E attendances which were seen in 2017-18. Following on from three highly successful and well followed urgent care conferences, Convenzis is organising this must-attend event which takes place in London in February 2020. Across the NHS, staff work around the clock to deliver the best possible care to more patients than ever before, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult as demand continues to rise. Some current urgent and emergency care stats bring home how important this issue is: • In 2017-18 there were 23.8 million attendances in Accident and Emergency. This is an increase of 2 per cent compared with 2016-17 and 22 per cent since 2008-09 • England had the second-highest reported A&E attendance rate amongst the home nations with 27,639 attendances per 100,000 population • 4-hour waits in A&E rose to a new high with 18.5% of people attending major departments experiencing long delays compared with 16.5% in 2017. Attendances rose by 0.6% in 2018 • The waiting list for consultant-led treatment rose to a new high in 2018, and the 18-week treatment target was not met NHS England is currently driving some key initiatives throughout the UK to help reduce these statistics and new rapid care measures – which will provide people experiencing a mental health crisis with treatment under an hour – are among a raft of proposed clinical improvements that aim to deliver rapid assessment and treatment for patients. The SDEC (same-day emergency care) care model aims to benefit both patients and the healthcare system by reducing waiting times and unnecessary hospital admissions. Book your place at the Unplanned Care Congress Join the debate on urgent care Join us on the 26th of February 2020 at London Prospero House to join the debate on how the NHS can reduce the raising statistics surrounding emergency and unplanned care, and we will lay host to 10 sector-leading speakers that will be on hand to talk you through the latest policy and care models being implemented across the UK. Our 4th Urgent Care Congress will promote the power of networking, with 200 like-minded public-sector professionals in attendance our they will allow you to meet and engage with peers within your area of expertise from across the UK. Our events promote the power of networking, with 200 like-minded public-sector professionals in attendance our they will allow you to meet and engage with peers within your area of expertise from across the UK. Benefits of attending: • Listen, learn and engage with industry-leading speakers • Input directly to the discussions and panel debate sessions • Gain 8 CPD Points • Engage directly with over 200 of your peers from across the UK • Network with ten thought-leading commercial sector solution providers • All food and refreshments provided Speakers at the Unplanned Care Congress include: Aidan Rawlinson, Programme Manager for NHS Benchmarking Network Aidan is a project manager and information analyst with over 15 years’ experience of designing and running benchmarking projects. Aidan has a masters degree in Biochemistry and spent 12 years as part of CIPFA’s benchmarking team. Currently, Aidan is managing a number of projects for the Network which include Radiology, Pharmacy and CCG Functions, and a variety of projects for NHS Wales. Aidan has exceptional VBA skills and is always innovating and producing new reporting systems and analytical tools for Network members. Dr Mark Harman, Strategic and Brand Director at eConsult, Clinical Fellow and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Mark qualified from Kings College School of Medicine in 2014 and has since worked in a wide range of specialities across primary and secondary care and is currently on the GP VTS. Prior to studying medicine, Mark held some senior strategic and brand executive positions in some of the world’s leading blue-chip companies, such as Nike, Speedo, The Arcadia Group and Marks and Spencer plc. Krista Burslam, Clinical Lead for Urgent Care at eConsult Krista has over 17 years experience in emergency nursing, latterly as Matron of Emergency Department, Kings College Hospital, London, a major trauma centre. She has worked across different acute trusts in the UK and has spent time practising abroad in Australia, the Far East and Africa. *Reference Source: NHS England Research sources: House of Commons library, NHS Improvement, NHS England, NHS digital
What is Outstanding Care?
Care Roadshows London is hosting a seminar which hopes to answer what it takes to deliver outstanding care. The free regional care events are coming to Epsom Downs Racecourse on Tuesday 19th November and are open to all care professionals, managers and care business owners. Designed specifically for the care sector, the one day event includes informative seminars and workshops as well as offering the opportunity to source new suppliers and services. Speaking at the event will be CQC Inspection Managers, Kima Sutherland-Dee and Natalie Reed, who will be exploring the topic ‘What is Outstanding?’ Using the case history of Dot, an 83-year-old mother and widow, they’ll be looking at expectations of care and how the care sector can exceed them.Also speaking at the event is Nadra Ahmed OBE, Chair of National Care Association who will be talking about the challenges and opportunities for care providers. Jackie Pool, Director of Memory Care at Sunrise Senior Living, is delivering a seminar on how rehabilitation programmes can improve every day quality of life for those with dementia. Headline sponsor, Quality Compliance Systems will be available to answer your questions on compliance and QCS Residential Care & Inspection Specialist, Ed Watkins will be talking about the Provider Information Return in his seminar. Care Roadshows London will also host interactive workshops from Creative Minds, who will be introducing you to seasonal crafts you can share in your care environments. Plus there’ll be a wide variety of great care brands with services and products to help your care business achieve its maximum potential. Find top brands and service providers like Blueleaf, apetito, Boots, everyLIFE Technologies, Florence and many more. Event tickets are free, including all seminars and workshops. Find out more about the event at: https://www.careroadshows.co.uk/london/Book online at: https://bit.ly/2OwuLxm
Mental Health and Dementia Facilities Forum 2019
Taking place on 14-15 November at Whittlebury Park, Northampton, the Mental Health & Dementia Facilities Forum is the ideal platform to hear from experts, explore suppliers, network with your fellow healthcare professionals. It has been specifically developed to help you to fund, deliver and manage the estates and facilities in this vital and diverse sector. The provision of mental health and dementia facilities is set to undergo one of the biggest transformations in recent history with the Government’s pledge to invest £3.9bn to accelerate the NHS estate. This injection of funds will result in around 2 million more people who suffer from anxiety, depression or other problems receiving much-needed help. Building the right facilities is essential to help in the treatment and wellbeing of the many challenges that dementia, mental health, and other related medical conditions provide. “Why design matters – getting it right both inside and out” is the theme for this year’s seminars and we will hear from the following speakers as they share best practice: • Matthew Balaam, Partner, Oxford Architects – Broadmoor Hospital’s redevelopment • Dr Anke Jakob, Research Fellow, Design School, Kingston University – Research findings on positive impact of multi-sensory environments • Phil Ross, Director, DIMHN – Better product decisions for those designing and building mental health facilities • Katharine Lazenby, Mental Health Trainer, Peabody Housing Association – Healing environments: a service user perspective on the factors that truly support recovery • Jeremy Parker, Director, Fira Landscapes – The value of the external environment towards good mental health • Andrew Kingston, Recovery Service Manager, Camden & Islington NHS FT – Landscapes for dementia The format is one-and-a-half days packed with seminars, tailored one to one business meetings, networking and an extensive social programme. A format that has proven to create communities that share knowledge, extend networks and do business better. Feedback Quotes from past delegates: Would certainly recommend attending this amazing event – thoroughly enjoyable and excellent networking opportunities. Will be attending next year. Northwest Boroughs Healthcare NHS FT A well organised and informative event. The venue was ideal, the meetings were very high quality and excellent speakers’ sessions. I cam back with many good products and an excellent network Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar Excellent networking opportunities and a great forum to learn about the latest innovation and leading-edge products available in the ever-changing health sector. Our industry is all about people and mhdf is all about people. Summers Inman See mhdf-forum.co.uk for more information.
NACC Training & Development Forum 2019
NACC Training & Development Forum 2019: supporting care caterers in continued challenging times The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum returns to the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, on 9-11 October 2019. As care caterers continue to be challenged by political and economic instability, the unique training event is more relevant and essential than ever. With a clear objective to inform, update, support and inspire care catering professionals, the dynamic interactive event offers new perspectives, ideas and solutions on the latest innovations, challenges and guidelines to boost a business’ catering provision. Delegates will enjoy and benefit from a diverse programme featuring a mix of relevant and uplifting speakers, training workshops, live culinary demonstrations, one-to-one supplier meetings and supplier exhibition. Connecting with like-minded colleagues to share ideas and best practice and discuss the pressing issues is a valuable and popular part of the forum. Across the two-day schedule, there will be plenty of opportunities for delegates to interact during frequent networking and entertainment opportunities. The expert keynote speakers set to inform and inspire include Mike Padgham, Owner of Saint Cecilia’s Services Ltd and Chair of the Independent Care Group, Vic Rayner, Executive Director of the National Care Forum and Caroline Bovey, Chair of the British Dietetic Association. The hot topics up for discussion include meeting increasing nutritional needs and managing dietary requirements on decreasing budgets, future proofing care against a backdrop of changing communities and expectations, social care updates, and the impact the ongoing uncertainty in UK politics could have on the care sector. Training workshops: With a choice of four practical, interactive workshops, delegates will gain essential guidance and insight to enhance their catering provision. Live Cookery Demonstrations: A series of culinary demonstrations will inspire delegates with new recipes and techniques tailored for the needs of those in care settings, including: NACC Awards 2019: A highlight of the NACC Training & Development Forum, The NACC Awards 2019 winners will be announced and celebrated at a glittering gala dinner on the evening of Thursday 10 October. The coveted awards that recognise dedication, innovation, excellence and outstanding contributions in care catering include: Care Establishment of the Year; Meals on Wheels Award; Catering Team of the Year; Catering Manager of the Year; Our Care Catering Hero; Region of the Year; Pam Rhodes Outstanding Achievement Award; and National Chairman’s Award. Neel Radia, national chair of the NACC, said: “The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum has never been so relevant or essential. As the UK’s older population continues to grow, putting greater demand on the care sector, care caterers continue to be challenged by economic and political instability. Our forum offers vital support to care catering professionals. It gives them the opportunity to come together in the spirit of learning new skills, ideas and perspectives to take back to their workplace, and to engage with like-minded colleagues to share experiences and best practice. “Our exciting and packed forum programme has been carefully designed to help navigate the varied challenges of catering for the elderly, vulnerable and young in care environments. From dementia and end of life care through to ongoing legislative changes, such as allergen awareness and the new International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI), delegates will benefit from knowledge, guidance, support and camaraderie that will help them prepare for and embrace these changes.” For further information and to book a delegate place at the NACC Training & Development Forum 2019 visit www.mcculloughmoore.co.uk/nacc
Infection Prevention Society Care Home Special Interest Group
Care Homes have an important role in the epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to the frequent admissions to hospital. It is important to remember that some of the bacteria we are preventing the spread of have a mortality rate attached to them and not necessarily just harmless colonising. This is going to be increasingly important because we are going to see more antibiotic resistant bacteria and need to act to prevent infections and onward transmission. The Infection Prevention Society (IPS) is an independent charity with a 2,000 strong membership network of healthcare professionals with an interest in IPC. The IPS Care Home SIG was formed in February 2019 and aims to raise the profile of IPC in care homes and promote best practice whilst providing members with networking opportunities and a forum for sharing their expertise. Each year the Society holds their conference and this year, it is taking place in Liverpool at the ACC from the 22 – 24 September. Leading experts in their field will present on the latest current and emerging threats and state- of- the-art research to help improve your team, your practice and your patients’/ clients’ outcomes. There will be a comprehensive series of presentations, meet-the-expert sessions and specialist streams. Infection Prevention 2019 is the premier educational event for all those working and interested in infection prevention and control. This year the Society will celebrate 60 years of Infection Control Nursing and hope that you can attend and take part in an exciting, educational and practice- enhancing conference. Visit: www.ips.uk.net/conference
Care home’s mini-festival inspired by Glastonbury
A GLASTONBURY inspired mini-festival took place at a Tyneside care home as part of Care Home Open Day. The annual mega-festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, which took place last week, gave residents and staff at a care home over 300-miles away the idea of holding their own event. Music and arts activities were available to residents and visitors at Waverley Lodge Care Home, in Lemington, near Newcastle, on Care Home Open Day, which sees homes across the country welcoming the public through their doors. Singer Christina Rosemont performed classics from the 1950s to 1970s in the home’s garden – with residents enjoying the sunshine while listening to some of their favourite songs. Resident Betty Reay said: “The music was really great and it was lovely to sit in the sunshine.” Similar to Glastonbury’s arts installations, residents also took part in arts and crafts activities, weaving baskets and painting stones found on the beach at Whitley Bay. Resident Dorothy Newton said: “I’ve never painted rocks before. It was good fun.” Michelle Park, activities coordinator at Waverley Lodge Care Home, said: “With the weather forecast looking great for Care Home Open Day, we thought why not run our own mini-festival inspired by Glastonbury. “It was such a brilliant day and it was great to welcome family members and other visitors. “Christina put on a fantastic performance in the garden and the residents really enjoyed creating their own designs when doing the basket weaving and painting rocks. “Our own version of a music and arts festival was a lot of fun, with the activities also proving very therapeutic and calming for the residents. “A massive thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a special day.” Waverley Lodge Care Home is part of the Hill Care Group. For further information visit www.hillcare.net.
Get to know your neighbours with a Big Lunch
Live-in care provider celebrate their community by treating residents to a Big Lunch with their neighbours. The Big Lunch is the biggest annual get together for neighbours and aims to bring communities together whilst enjoying food. This year on 1-2 June, Promedica24 supported the campaign, organised by The Eden Project, by providing clients with gift vouchers to hold their own Big Lunch. Edgar Moss, a Promedica24 resident from Fordingbridge, Dorset, thanked the team for his voucher and said the offer was one he could not refuse. He added: “You will see from the photos that I had five good friends, my care worker and daughter, Rozalind at my Big Lunch. You can see me cutting the decorated cake and the single candle is for the first time we have had such a party. Maybe next year we will have two candles? Once again, many thanks for our very enjoyable party!” Promedica24 treated clients across the country to Big Lunch vouchers and also held a Big Lunch at their head office in Watford, for staff and invited clients to enjoy a sociable feast. Earlier this year, The Big Lunch commissioned research that showed more than half of people in the UK (36 million people) feel distant from their neighbours, and 75 percent felt there were barriers to getting closer to them. Kerry Stevens, care manager at Promedica24, said: “Last year, 4.5 million friendships were formed because of the Big Lunch and with loneliness and isolation on the increase in the UK, we want to be able to be a part of reducing this whenever we can. “We strive to ensure those we support are able to maintain their independence and links to the community.” Promedica24 is Europe’s largest provider of live-in care. The support on offer helps to preserve people’s independence for as long as possible and each care package is tailored to meet an individual’s needs with staff trained to provide more specialist support when required. For more information, call 0800 086 8686 or visit www.Promedica24.co.uk.
The 25th Moving & Handling People conference: all new programme for 2019
Moving and Handling People 2019 returns for its 25th year on 7th and 8th August with an optional. New Products Showcase on the evening of the 6th. Moving & Handling Peopleis a CPD-accredited event focussing on positive solutions for practitioners and clients organised by the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF). This year’s conference includes a new line-up of speakers and fresh up-to-the-minute talks along with plenaries, seminars and hands-on workshops. For those interested in paediatrics, new opportunities to attend a workshop more relevant to their field have been added; half the workshops will have a separate adult’s and children’s strand to enable further specialisation. DLF also celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019 and is inviting delegates to reflect back on the past 50 years by looking at the developments of equipment and techniques within the world of moving and handling. What lessons have we learnt from past techniques and how this has informed our practice for the future? Practical equipment-based workshops include: Seminars include: The keynote speaker, Michael Mandelstam, is a long-time supporter of DLF’s work. In his talk, Where we started, where we are, what we have learnt, he will review developments over the years, highlighting concerns for the future of moving and handling people. A new seminar, presented by Andrea Williams, will focus upon a completed 16-month pilot study aimed at reducing risks to family carers. The study was commissioned by Telford & Wrekin Council and Clinical Commissioning Group and led to the permanent funding for a Moving and Handling Advisor for family carers. Andrea’s talk will aim to highlight the importance of support to this essential group of informal care workers and will provide an update detailing the current level of service. June Heayes and Danella Taylor, Practice Managers working for Dorset County Council, will present Promoting Safe Practice: A Moving and Handling Competency Framework where theywill share why they needed a framework, how they developed it and how it has benefitted both staff and service users. The popular interactive Open Forum will launch with a case study prepared by the panel of speakers. This will be followed by an open session in which cases tabled by the audience will be shared and debated by everyone. New evening sessions for networking and knowledge development will be run to welcome delegates into the conference. There will be a poster zone for new areas of research and techniques along with a separate space for new or bespoke equipment solutions in the field of moving and handling. This year’s conference will be held at De Vere Beaumont Estate, Burfield Road, Old Windsor, Windsor, SL4 2JJ. A two-day ticket costs £375 + VAT. Groups of three or more pay only £295 + VAT per person. For more information and to book a place visit: https://training.dlf.org.uk/moving-and-handling-people-south-2019/
Future Healthcare returns to London in 2019
Future Healthcare is the UK’s only exhibition and conference showcasing healthcare products and services to a global audience. Taking place at Olympia London from 18-19 March 2019, Future Healthcare gathers more than 4,000 buyers from 65 countries for two days of education, networking and cross border purchasing. The event is organised in association with UKIHMA – a strategic partner of Healthcare UK, a UK government trade promotion organisation jointly funded by the Department for International Trade, the Department of Health and NHS England. Event Director, Dawn Barclay-Ross said: “Gathering thousands of buyers from around the world, Future Healthcare 2019 is a fantastic springboard for suppliers to find new business on the international stage.” Future Healthcare 2019 is a unique opportunity for healthcare products and service providers to showcase their solutions on a global scale. The 2018 event gathered senior buyers from the likes of Cleveland Clinic, Ministry of Health Oman, Moorfields Private Hospital, Horsens Hospital Denmark, Nelson Mandela Clinical Service for Africa, and NHS trusts from across the UK. Exhibition of 350 brands From healthcare providers and training establishments to equipment and product suppliers and technology experts, visitors can expect to see the very latest products and services from over 350 brands in the exhibition, including an extensive number of Country Pavilions. Also featuring; Thrive Wearables Zone – a showcase of the latest advancements in wearable technology and Health Tech Theatre, hosting a series of 10-minute presentations from pioneers of exciting innovations. Future Healthcare 2019’s recent Call for Innovations, provided an overwhelming number of applications for a limited number of companies to exhibit within the Innovation Pavilion and pitch to a line-up of VIP judges that drive innovation in the UK. From innovations looking at ways to solve big challenges in delivering care, to the elderly using robotics, to AI powered technology providing life-enhancing products and services. World-class conference Over 60 expert speakers will take to the stage over two days to address the central theme of ‘embracing innovation in healthcare delivery’. Sessions will address the impact of Brexit on the current healthcare landscape; helping SMEs access and work with the NHS; how to scale up innovation, and start to trade with overseas markets. Looking at the experiences of big spenders such as China and Japan, and tackle the global view of future healthcare delivery. The 2019 line up of speakers include: Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary; Stephen Dorell, Chair of the NHS Federation; Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England; Sam Shah, Director for Digital Development, NHS England; Dr. Amanda Begley, National Director of NHS Innovation Accelerator; Dr David Parry, CEO, SEHTA and Professor Roland Schlesinger, Chief Medical Officer, Lancor Scientific. They will be discussing big issues such as: The Big Debate: a ‘re-imagined’ healthcare system. What does it look like? For further information on exhibiting, sponsoring or visiting Future Healthcare 2019, click here. The exhibition is free of charge for pre-registered visitors. Conference delegates get early bird rate if booked before November 30 2018.
