Discounts-Conferences, Courses & Summits
The following great discounts are available for conferences and masterclasses.
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: hcuk20abpn when booking
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: hcuk20abpn when booking
Nurse Prescribing Leadership Summit 2021
FRIDAY 26 FEB 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
The 2021 Nurse Prescribing Leadership Summit, which is now in its Fifth year, will take virtually and will bring together Nurse Prescribers to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in practice. This CPD certified conference provides a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other nurse prescribers and develop your skills as an effective Nurse Prescriber. The programme will focus on developing your skills, competence and confidence in Nurse Prescribing. Through national updates, practical case studies and a choice of interactive workshops the conference aims to support you to improve both prescribing practice and patient care, and provide networking opportunities with nurses who are prescribing in your clinical specialty.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-leadership-summit-2021 or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NursePrescribingSummit
Developing the Role of the Nursing Associate
TUESDAY 9 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will update delegates on developing the role of the Nursing Associate – understanding the elements of the role, and how the role is being delivered in practice. Through national updates, case studies from the Nursing Associate test sites, and perspectives from Nursing Associates the conference will look at the developing role, regulation of the role, accountability, support and practice development, competence and how you can prepare for the introduction of the role in your service.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/developing-the-role-of-the-nursing-associate or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NursingAssociate
Measuring, Understanding and Acting on Patient Experience Insight From Insight to Improvement
TUESDAY 16 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will focus on measuring, understanding and acting on patient experience insight, and demonstrating responsiveness to that insight to ensure Patient Feedback is translated into quality improvement and assurance. Through national updates and case study presentations the conference will support you to measure, monitor and improve patient experience in your service, and ensure that insight leads to quality improvement. Sessions will include learning from patients, improving patient experience during and beyond Covid-19, a national update, practical sessions focusing on delivering a patient experience based culture, measuring patient experience, using the NHS Improvement National Patient Experience Improvement Framework, demonstrating insight and responsiveness in real time, monitoring and improving staff experience, the role of human factors in improving quality, using patient experience to drive improvement, changing the way we think about patient experience, and learning from excellence in patient experience practice.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/patient-experience-insight or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter #PatientExp
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Mental Health
TUESDAY 23 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will look at national developments in Nurse prescribing in mental health, improving and maintaining prescribing competence and the use of the national prescribing competency framework in mental health. Extended sessions will focus on developing your skills as an effective nurse prescriber and case studies will demonstrate established practice in nurse prescribing on acute inpatient wards, for dual diagnosis, mental health crisis services, depression, dementia and delirium, and physical health monitoring. The conference will also look at developing nurse prescribing including auditing your prescribing practice,and supporting the expansion of nurse prescribing practice in Mental Health.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-in-mental-health or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPMental
Liberty Protection Safeguards Implementation of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019
TUESDAY 23 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
The LPS establishes a process for authorising arrangements enabling care or treatment which give rise to a deprivation of liberty within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), where the person lacks capacity to consent to the arrangements. It also provides for safeguards to be delivered to people subject to the scheme. This conference will update delegates on both the implications of the new Act and the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards in your service, and current issues with managing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards during and beyond Covid-19.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/liberty-protection-safeguards-mca or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter #LPS2021
A Practical Guide to Demonstrating and Improving Nurse Prescribing Competence & Practice
WEDNESDAY 24 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice and use of the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers, and will also update delegates on the Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through national updates, practical case studies and extended expert sessions, this conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice – embedding the competency framework, and ten competency dimensions for all prescribers.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-competence-practice or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #PrescribingCompetence
Deteriorating Patient SummitTuesday 20th April 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
Chaired by Professor Derek Bell OBE, Professor of Acute Medicine, Imperial College London and Immediate Past President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, this conference focuses on recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient and ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2. There will be a focus on recognising and responding to deteriorating patients with Covid-19.
This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve the recognition and management of deteriorating patients
• Learn from outstanding practice in improving care for deteriorating patients
• Implement the recommendations from the HSIB Investigation into responding to critically unwell patients
• Reflect on national developments and learning including latest evidence on effective implementation of NEWS2 in patients with Covid-19
• Understand the practicalities of involving patients and their families in the recognition of deterioration
• Develop your skills in identifying deteriorating patients including those with Covid-19
• Understand what success factors facilitate escalation of care and how can these be applied more reliably
• Ensure effective implementation of NEWS2
• Understand how to work with clinical teams to create a language and spread this across the whole health system
• Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in the management of sepsis, and communicating the risks to patients who have recovered from Covid-19
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
For more information visit: https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/deteriorating-patient-summit or email kerry@
Effective Nurse Prescribing in End of Life CareTUESDAY 20 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers on prescribing at the end of life. It is widely recognized that pain and symptom control at the end of life is not always optimal, the development of non medical prescribing has a key role in improving pain and symptom control for patients at the end of life. The conference, which includes national updates, extended in depth sessions and case studies will focus on developing your skills and competence as a nurse prescriber in end of life care.
The conference will also update nurse prescribers in the issues around prescribing controlled drugs. The Care Quality Commission stated in July 2020 that “prescribing by non-medical prescribers increased in 2019, with the most significant increase from pharmacist prescribing, which increased by 80% over the previous year. Nurse prescribing also increased by 32%.”
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-nurse-prescribing-in-end-of-life-care or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPEndofLife
Ensuring Good Practice and Demonstrating Compliance with GDPR in Health and Social Care
TUESDAY 27 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Conference focuses on Information Governance in Health and Social Care, ensuring demonstrable compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and moving beyond baseline compliance to delivering accountability with a real evidenced understanding of the risks to individuals in the way data is processed and how those risks should be mitigated. This will begin with an opening address focusing on Information Sharing, GDPR and COVID-19, the current situation and also moving forward beyond the pandemic. Through national updates, expert led extended interactive sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to improve practice your service. The conference will also look at secondary use of data, ensuring frontline staff understand GPDR Principles, multi agency information sharing, and compliance monitoring.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/gdpr-in-health-and-social-care or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter #GDPRNHS
Leading and Improving Outpatient Services During & Beyond Covid-19THURSDAY 29 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This national conference aims to bring together leaders of outpatient services to focus on leading and improving outpatient services through the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference opens with national updates and good practice case studies of how we can transform outpatients for patients during Covid-19, meeting the demand following the lockdown period, and ensuring outpatients are covid safe for those who are attending both in person and virtually. The conference continues with an extended in depth masterclass which will contact interactive group work focusing on Improving capacity, access, patient flow and waiting times in outpatient services. The conference will also assess the impact of the pandemic on the future of outpatients and moving towards a ‘New Normal’.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/leading-improving-outpatient-services-covid-19 or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #Outpatients
Developing your skills as an Effective Ward ManagerFRIDAY 30 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference aims to bring together current and aspiring Ward Managers to understand current issues and the national context, and to develop your skills as a current or aspiring Ward Manager. The conference will open with reflections on the haracteristics and qualities of an effective Ward Manager, and understanding your role within quality and specifically meeting the CQC Quality Ratings at Ward level. The conference will include a look at the challenges and issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for Ward Managers.
This conference is suitable for current and aspiring Ward Managers/Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses and Senior Nurses.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-ward-manager or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #wardmanager
The Caldicott Guardian & The PoliceWEDNESDAY 5 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on Information sharing between the police and health services for prevention, early intervention and care purposes. The conference look at principles of information sharing and understanding when to disclose and when not to, the conference will include case studies from proactive information sharing for example in domestic violence cases for early intervention, and also reactive information sharing when an incident has occurred.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/caldicott-guardian-police or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #CaldicottPolice
NHS Complaints Summit 2021THURSDAY 13 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Virtual Summit focuses on delivering a person-centred approach to complaints handling, investigation, resolution and learning. Through national updates, practical case studies and in depth expert sessions the conference aims to improve the effectiveness of complaints handling within your service, and ensure that complaints lead to change and improvements in patient care. The conference will reflect on managing complaints regarding Covid-19 – understanding the standards of care by which the NHS should be judged in a pandemic and in particular responding to complaints regarding nosocomial transmission of Covid-19 and delayed treatment due to the pandemic. The conference will also update delegates on the Complaint Standards Framework for the NHS which is in consultation and due to be published by the PHSO in early 2021, and will lead to a single developmental pathway for all complaints staff that rightly acknowledges complaint handling as a professional skill.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nhs-complaints-summit-2021 or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NHSComplaints
A Practical Guide to Developing your skills as an Effective Nurse DirectorFRIDAY 14 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This Virtual Conference will bring together current and aspiring Nurse Directors together to understand current issues and the national context, including leading through Covid-19, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in practice.
Following National Update sessions the conference will include extended masterclasses focusing on developing your leadership skills and competence as an aspiring nurse director, leading quality improvement and managing patient concerns and improving patient experience. Throughout the day sessions will look at preparing for a role as a Nurse Director, and learning from experienced nurse directors on how to manage the complexities of the role whilst remaining visible to staff and patients. The conference will conclude with an extended masterclass with small interactive breakout groups focusing on difficult issues for aspriring nurse directors such as sustaining work life balance, managing nurses in difficult or experiencing performance concerns, leading and motivating through difficult times such as CQC inspection, negative press or trust mergers, and changing the culture of the organization.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-nurse-director or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NurseDirector2021
Effective Nurse Prescribing In CardiologyFRIDAY 14 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides essential updates for current and aspiring nurse prescribers in cardiology and cardiovascular care. Through national updates and practical case studies you will hear from expert speakers on how to develop and maintain prescribing competence and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will include extended sessions focusing on developing your skills in nurse prescribing practice as well as case study sessions from specialist speakers in the areas of nurse/non medical prescribing in the management of arrhythmias, nurse prescribing for heart failure and end of life care, prescribing within a rapid access chest pain clinic, prescribing in cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease. The conference will also reflect on the impact of Covid-19 and consider the impact on prescribing and medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-in-cardiology or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPCardiology
Developing Your Role as a Designated Prescribing PractitionerWEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will provide delegates with an update on implementing the new RPS Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through National updates, expert sessions and practical case studies this conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, and support the development of effective non medical prescribing across your service.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/designated-prescribing-practitioner or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #DPP2021
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing for PainTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of nurse prescribing and one of the most common areas. This make it essential that nurse prescribers maintain the competence and skills to prescribe for pain in an effective way, working with patients to improve pain outcomes both in the inpatient setting and the community. Through national updates and extended interactive practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will also reflect on pain prescribing during the Covid-19 pandemic, update delegates on the NICE Guideline on Chronic Pain, and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-for-pain or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #PainPrescribing
Improving Wellbeing & Mental Health in Nursing & Supporting Nurses in DifficultyTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
Nursing in the NHS is under pressure, a third of nurses in the NHS have considered leaving their role in the past year. When difficulties or concerns arise it is essential that nurses are supported in a positive way. This conference focuses on improving mental health and wellbeing in nursing, and supporting nurses experiencing difficulty or concerns at work. Through national updates, lived experience and case studies the conference will provide you with practical advice to enable you to better support nurses through the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference will highlight developments in supporting nurses through physical and mental health concerns, complaints, performance concerns, stress and fitness to practice. The conference will support you to improve processes and practice with regard to supporting nurses and the practicalities of managing concerns in a supportive way. Through national developments, learning from lived experience of nurses who have experienced concerns and mental health issues, and case studies from experienced Directors of Nursing at NHS Trusts on how to effectively support and manage nurses through complaints or concerns about nursing practice. There will also be an update on your role and responsibility with regard to the revised NMC fitness to practise procedures which put more emphasis on local resolution. The conference will also focus on improving mental health and wellbeing for nurses from BAME backgrounds.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurses-in-difficulty or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NursesInDifficulty
Monitoring & Reducing Medication Errors in Hospitals: High Risk Medicines & Patient GroupsTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on reducing medication errors and resulting harm in hospitals in line with the WHO Medication without Harm Programme goal to reduce the level of severe, avoidable harm related to medications by 50% over the next five years. The conference focuses on prioritising high risk medications and high risk patient groups to enable your interventions to have the highest impact on patient care and reduction in patient harm. The conference aims to bring together clinicians, managers , medication safety officers and leads to understand current national developments, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in improving and monitoring medication safety, and reducing medication errors and harm in hospitals.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/reducing-medication-errors or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #MedicationErrors
FRIDAY 26 FEB 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
The 2021 Nurse Prescribing Leadership Summit, which is now in its Fifth year, will take virtually and will bring together Nurse Prescribers to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in practice. This CPD certified conference provides a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other nurse prescribers and develop your skills as an effective Nurse Prescriber. The programme will focus on developing your skills, competence and confidence in Nurse Prescribing. Through national updates, practical case studies and a choice of interactive workshops the conference aims to support you to improve both prescribing practice and patient care, and provide networking opportunities with nurses who are prescribing in your clinical specialty.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-leadership-summit-2021 or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NursePrescribingSummit
Developing the Role of the Nursing Associate
TUESDAY 9 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will update delegates on developing the role of the Nursing Associate – understanding the elements of the role, and how the role is being delivered in practice. Through national updates, case studies from the Nursing Associate test sites, and perspectives from Nursing Associates the conference will look at the developing role, regulation of the role, accountability, support and practice development, competence and how you can prepare for the introduction of the role in your service.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/developing-the-role-of-the-nursing-associate or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NursingAssociate
Measuring, Understanding and Acting on Patient Experience Insight From Insight to Improvement
TUESDAY 16 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will focus on measuring, understanding and acting on patient experience insight, and demonstrating responsiveness to that insight to ensure Patient Feedback is translated into quality improvement and assurance. Through national updates and case study presentations the conference will support you to measure, monitor and improve patient experience in your service, and ensure that insight leads to quality improvement. Sessions will include learning from patients, improving patient experience during and beyond Covid-19, a national update, practical sessions focusing on delivering a patient experience based culture, measuring patient experience, using the NHS Improvement National Patient Experience Improvement Framework, demonstrating insight and responsiveness in real time, monitoring and improving staff experience, the role of human factors in improving quality, using patient experience to drive improvement, changing the way we think about patient experience, and learning from excellence in patient experience practice.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/patient-experience-insight or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter #PatientExp
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Mental Health
TUESDAY 23 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will look at national developments in Nurse prescribing in mental health, improving and maintaining prescribing competence and the use of the national prescribing competency framework in mental health. Extended sessions will focus on developing your skills as an effective nurse prescriber and case studies will demonstrate established practice in nurse prescribing on acute inpatient wards, for dual diagnosis, mental health crisis services, depression, dementia and delirium, and physical health monitoring. The conference will also look at developing nurse prescribing including auditing your prescribing practice,and supporting the expansion of nurse prescribing practice in Mental Health.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-in-mental-health or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPMental
Liberty Protection Safeguards Implementation of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019
TUESDAY 23 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
The LPS establishes a process for authorising arrangements enabling care or treatment which give rise to a deprivation of liberty within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), where the person lacks capacity to consent to the arrangements. It also provides for safeguards to be delivered to people subject to the scheme. This conference will update delegates on both the implications of the new Act and the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards in your service, and current issues with managing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards during and beyond Covid-19.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/liberty-protection-safeguards-mca or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter #LPS2021
A Practical Guide to Demonstrating and Improving Nurse Prescribing Competence & Practice
WEDNESDAY 24 MAR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice and use of the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers, and will also update delegates on the Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through national updates, practical case studies and extended expert sessions, this conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice – embedding the competency framework, and ten competency dimensions for all prescribers.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-competence-practice or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #PrescribingCompetence
Deteriorating Patient SummitTuesday 20th April 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
Chaired by Professor Derek Bell OBE, Professor of Acute Medicine, Imperial College London and Immediate Past President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, this conference focuses on recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient and ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2. There will be a focus on recognising and responding to deteriorating patients with Covid-19.
This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve the recognition and management of deteriorating patients
• Learn from outstanding practice in improving care for deteriorating patients
• Implement the recommendations from the HSIB Investigation into responding to critically unwell patients
• Reflect on national developments and learning including latest evidence on effective implementation of NEWS2 in patients with Covid-19
• Understand the practicalities of involving patients and their families in the recognition of deterioration
• Develop your skills in identifying deteriorating patients including those with Covid-19
• Understand what success factors facilitate escalation of care and how can these be applied more reliably
• Ensure effective implementation of NEWS2
• Understand how to work with clinical teams to create a language and spread this across the whole health system
• Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in the management of sepsis, and communicating the risks to patients who have recovered from Covid-19
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
For more information visit: https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/deteriorating-patient-summit or email kerry@
Effective Nurse Prescribing in End of Life CareTUESDAY 20 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers on prescribing at the end of life. It is widely recognized that pain and symptom control at the end of life is not always optimal, the development of non medical prescribing has a key role in improving pain and symptom control for patients at the end of life. The conference, which includes national updates, extended in depth sessions and case studies will focus on developing your skills and competence as a nurse prescriber in end of life care.
The conference will also update nurse prescribers in the issues around prescribing controlled drugs. The Care Quality Commission stated in July 2020 that “prescribing by non-medical prescribers increased in 2019, with the most significant increase from pharmacist prescribing, which increased by 80% over the previous year. Nurse prescribing also increased by 32%.”
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-nurse-prescribing-in-end-of-life-care or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPEndofLife
Ensuring Good Practice and Demonstrating Compliance with GDPR in Health and Social Care
TUESDAY 27 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Conference focuses on Information Governance in Health and Social Care, ensuring demonstrable compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and moving beyond baseline compliance to delivering accountability with a real evidenced understanding of the risks to individuals in the way data is processed and how those risks should be mitigated. This will begin with an opening address focusing on Information Sharing, GDPR and COVID-19, the current situation and also moving forward beyond the pandemic. Through national updates, expert led extended interactive sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to improve practice your service. The conference will also look at secondary use of data, ensuring frontline staff understand GPDR Principles, multi agency information sharing, and compliance monitoring.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/gdpr-in-health-and-social-care or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter #GDPRNHS
Leading and Improving Outpatient Services During & Beyond Covid-19THURSDAY 29 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This national conference aims to bring together leaders of outpatient services to focus on leading and improving outpatient services through the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference opens with national updates and good practice case studies of how we can transform outpatients for patients during Covid-19, meeting the demand following the lockdown period, and ensuring outpatients are covid safe for those who are attending both in person and virtually. The conference continues with an extended in depth masterclass which will contact interactive group work focusing on Improving capacity, access, patient flow and waiting times in outpatient services. The conference will also assess the impact of the pandemic on the future of outpatients and moving towards a ‘New Normal’.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/leading-improving-outpatient-services-covid-19 or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #Outpatients
Developing your skills as an Effective Ward ManagerFRIDAY 30 APR 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference aims to bring together current and aspiring Ward Managers to understand current issues and the national context, and to develop your skills as a current or aspiring Ward Manager. The conference will open with reflections on the haracteristics and qualities of an effective Ward Manager, and understanding your role within quality and specifically meeting the CQC Quality Ratings at Ward level. The conference will include a look at the challenges and issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for Ward Managers.
This conference is suitable for current and aspiring Ward Managers/Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses and Senior Nurses.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-ward-manager or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #wardmanager
The Caldicott Guardian & The PoliceWEDNESDAY 5 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on Information sharing between the police and health services for prevention, early intervention and care purposes. The conference look at principles of information sharing and understanding when to disclose and when not to, the conference will include case studies from proactive information sharing for example in domestic violence cases for early intervention, and also reactive information sharing when an incident has occurred.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/caldicott-guardian-police or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #CaldicottPolice
NHS Complaints Summit 2021THURSDAY 13 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Virtual Summit focuses on delivering a person-centred approach to complaints handling, investigation, resolution and learning. Through national updates, practical case studies and in depth expert sessions the conference aims to improve the effectiveness of complaints handling within your service, and ensure that complaints lead to change and improvements in patient care. The conference will reflect on managing complaints regarding Covid-19 – understanding the standards of care by which the NHS should be judged in a pandemic and in particular responding to complaints regarding nosocomial transmission of Covid-19 and delayed treatment due to the pandemic. The conference will also update delegates on the Complaint Standards Framework for the NHS which is in consultation and due to be published by the PHSO in early 2021, and will lead to a single developmental pathway for all complaints staff that rightly acknowledges complaint handling as a professional skill.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nhs-complaints-summit-2021 or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NHSComplaints
A Practical Guide to Developing your skills as an Effective Nurse DirectorFRIDAY 14 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This Virtual Conference will bring together current and aspiring Nurse Directors together to understand current issues and the national context, including leading through Covid-19, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in practice.
Following National Update sessions the conference will include extended masterclasses focusing on developing your leadership skills and competence as an aspiring nurse director, leading quality improvement and managing patient concerns and improving patient experience. Throughout the day sessions will look at preparing for a role as a Nurse Director, and learning from experienced nurse directors on how to manage the complexities of the role whilst remaining visible to staff and patients. The conference will conclude with an extended masterclass with small interactive breakout groups focusing on difficult issues for aspriring nurse directors such as sustaining work life balance, managing nurses in difficult or experiencing performance concerns, leading and motivating through difficult times such as CQC inspection, negative press or trust mergers, and changing the culture of the organization.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/effective-nurse-director or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NurseDirector2021
Effective Nurse Prescribing In CardiologyFRIDAY 14 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides essential updates for current and aspiring nurse prescribers in cardiology and cardiovascular care. Through national updates and practical case studies you will hear from expert speakers on how to develop and maintain prescribing competence and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will include extended sessions focusing on developing your skills in nurse prescribing practice as well as case study sessions from specialist speakers in the areas of nurse/non medical prescribing in the management of arrhythmias, nurse prescribing for heart failure and end of life care, prescribing within a rapid access chest pain clinic, prescribing in cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease. The conference will also reflect on the impact of Covid-19 and consider the impact on prescribing and medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-in-cardiology or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPCardiology
Developing Your Role as a Designated Prescribing PractitionerWEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will provide delegates with an update on implementing the new RPS Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through National updates, expert sessions and practical case studies this conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, and support the development of effective non medical prescribing across your service.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/designated-prescribing-practitioner or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
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A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing for PainTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for current and aspiring nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of nurse prescribing and one of the most common areas. This make it essential that nurse prescribers maintain the competence and skills to prescribe for pain in an effective way, working with patients to improve pain outcomes both in the inpatient setting and the community. Through national updates and extended interactive practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will also reflect on pain prescribing during the Covid-19 pandemic, update delegates on the NICE Guideline on Chronic Pain, and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurse-prescribing-for-pain or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
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Improving Wellbeing & Mental Health in Nursing & Supporting Nurses in DifficultyTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
Nursing in the NHS is under pressure, a third of nurses in the NHS have considered leaving their role in the past year. When difficulties or concerns arise it is essential that nurses are supported in a positive way. This conference focuses on improving mental health and wellbeing in nursing, and supporting nurses experiencing difficulty or concerns at work. Through national updates, lived experience and case studies the conference will provide you with practical advice to enable you to better support nurses through the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference will highlight developments in supporting nurses through physical and mental health concerns, complaints, performance concerns, stress and fitness to practice. The conference will support you to improve processes and practice with regard to supporting nurses and the practicalities of managing concerns in a supportive way. Through national developments, learning from lived experience of nurses who have experienced concerns and mental health issues, and case studies from experienced Directors of Nursing at NHS Trusts on how to effectively support and manage nurses through complaints or concerns about nursing practice. There will also be an update on your role and responsibility with regard to the revised NMC fitness to practise procedures which put more emphasis on local resolution. The conference will also focus on improving mental health and wellbeing for nurses from BAME backgrounds.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/nurses-in-difficulty or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
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Monitoring & Reducing Medication Errors in Hospitals: High Risk Medicines & Patient GroupsTUESDAY 25 MAY 2021
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on reducing medication errors and resulting harm in hospitals in line with the WHO Medication without Harm Programme goal to reduce the level of severe, avoidable harm related to medications by 50% over the next five years. The conference focuses on prioritising high risk medications and high risk patient groups to enable your interventions to have the highest impact on patient care and reduction in patient harm. The conference aims to bring together clinicians, managers , medication safety officers and leads to understand current national developments, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in improving and monitoring medication safety, and reducing medication errors and harm in hospitals.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/reducing-medication-errors or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
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