World Vaccination Week

In this episode of the ABPN Podcast, Nicola Fielding, Senior Lecturer at University of Plymouth, speaks with Amy Alton, an Outreach Specialist Immunisation Nurse, to explore childhood vaccinations in the UK. Together, they discuss the importance of the national immunisation schedule, address common concerns, and share practical insights to support healthcare professionals and families in making informed decisions about vaccines.

The Coroner Role & Preparing for Coroner's Inquest: Learning from Deaths
FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2026
Virtual Online
This virtual conference focus on the role of the Coroner and preparing and attending Coroner’s Inquests. The conference will also update delegates on the implications of the 2024 Death Certification Reforms and roles, responsibilities and information flows under the new system. From preparing for an inquest, to ensuring change occurs as a result of the prevention of future death reports and local learning the conference will provide an important update on the coroner role and inquest process.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/coroner-role  or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Nurse Prescribing in Paediatrics & Child Health
WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health. Elevate your practice, expand your knowledge, and enhance your impact on the well-being of our youngest patients.
Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence and skills. The conference will examine current issues and challenges for nurse prescribers in paediatrics and child health. The conference will include an extended session focusing on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence using the National Framework for Prescribing, developing confidence in prescribing practice and maintaining safety.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-paeds    or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Violence Against Women and Girls Conference
Delivering the National Strategy
WEDNESDAY 14th OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
The Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy marks a clear shift: violence against women and girls is being treated as a national emergency requiring urgent, whole-system action. For those working with children and young people, this signals an immediate responsibility to strengthen prevention, safeguarding, and early intervention. The Violence Against Women and Girls Conference 2026 brings together those working with women and girls to examine what this strategy means in practice and how early action can help stop harm before it escalates.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/violence-against-women-and-girls or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk



IV Therapy Summit 2026
Improving Practice and Patient Safety
FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
The National IV Therapy Summit 2026 will focus on improving practice and patient safety in vascular access and intravenous infusion therapy across hospital, community, OPAT and Hospital at Home services. There will be a focus on implementing the 2026 National Standards for Vascular Access and Intravenous Infusion Therapy.  The National Infusion and Vascular Access Society (NIVAS) is introducing new UK standards in 2026, featuring over 150 evidence-based standards covering device selection, insertion, care, and complication management and expected to be published in July 2026. These standards provide an important opportunity for NHS organisations to review practice, improve consistency, strengthen governance and ensure staff are competent and confident in the safe delivery of IV therapy. The Summit will support delegates to understand the new standards, assess current practice, identify gaps, and develop practical approaches to implementation.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/iv-therapy-summit-extravasation or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Saving Young Lives
Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People
THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
Saving Young Lives: Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People will focus on the urgent national priority of reducing preventable deaths by suicide and improving mental health support for children, young people and families. The conference comes at a critical time. In May 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care launched a call for evidence to inform a new cross-government Mental Health Strategy for England, setting a clear direction towards prevention, earlier intervention, faster access and whole-system support. DHSC has highlighted the need to shift mental health care from crisis response to earlier, more proportionate help, with particular focus on children and young people, school and college-based support, community services, neurodivergent children and young people, and groups experiencing inequalities in access and outcomes.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/preventing-suicide-in-young-people-children or click on the title above or email emily@hc-uk.org.uk
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Sepsis in Children and Young Adults
Suspected sepsis in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and early management
THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
The NICE guideline for Suspected sepsis in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and early management was released in November 2025. This timely conference focuses on early recognition and management of Sepsis in Children and Young Adults and will support you to improve practice and outcomes.
The conference will also cover the implementation of Marthas Rule in paediatrics.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/sepsis-in-children-and-young-adults  or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk


Mental Health Act 2025
Preparing for Implementation in Practice
FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2026
VIRTUAL, Online
The Mental Health Act 2025 received Royal Assent in December 2025 and is now law. It amends the Mental Health Act 1983 and introduces the most significant reforms to mental health legislation in England and Wales for decades. The changes are designed to strengthen patient choice, autonomy and dignity; tighten the criteria for detention; improve safeguards around treatment; increase access to advocacy; and create a clearer legal framework for care, treatment planning and involvement of families, carers and nominated persons.
Implementation will be phased. Some provisions came into force in 2026, including changes affecting restricted patients and further provisions from April 2026 extending Human Rights Act duties to certain private care providers delivering NHS-funded mental health care. However, many of the major reforms will require secondary legislation, revised Codes of Practice, workforce preparation and service redesign before they are fully implemented.
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/reforming-the-mental-health-act  or click on the title above or email emily@hc-uk.org.uk