Discounts-Conferences, Courses, Summits & Masterclasses
For the following conferences and masterclasses, ABPN members can claim a 20% discount is available by quoting ref: hcuk20abpn when booking
Saving Young Lives Preventing Suicide in Young People & Children Eighth Annual Conference
TUESDAY 30th APRIL 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This Eighth National Conference focuses on Saving Young Lives – Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People. By attending this one day conference you will hear from expert speakers on how your services can reduce preventable suicides and save young lives. Through national updates, case studies from multi-agency settings and lived experience insight, this conference aims to set the scene for progress already being made and what needs to change to improve resilience, wellbeing, mental health support and effectively prevent suicide in children and young people.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/preventing-suicide-in-young-people-children or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #savingyounglives
Ward Accreditation for Quality
THURSDAY 2nd MAY 2024
The Studio, Birmingham, OR Virtual, Online
This conference focuses on developing and accelerating locally driven ward & unit accreditation programmes for quality. These approaches can be used as a tool to encouraging ownership of continuous quality improvement at ward, unit or service level, reduce variation and increase staff pride and team working within their practise. Through practical case studies of organisations that have successfully introduced locally driven ward and unit accreditation systems the conference will provide practical guide to implementing systems, and improving staff engagement in driving forwards improvement for the benefit of patients, service users and communities.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/ward-accreditation-for-quality-conference or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #wardaccreditation
Introducing ACEs and Trauma Informed Practice Across Services
THURSDAY 9th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This masterclass will enable participants from multiple sectors and agencies to recognise that the issues they see in people’s lives, whether health, education, social or criminal justice related, are often rooted in the same Adverse Childhood Experiences -forms of maltreatment, and the associated household and community stressors e.g. parental mental health, substance abuse, and violence in the family and community. Living with ACEs and the associated toxic traumatic stress responses can have life-long impacts on mental and physical health and parenting affecting the next generation.
By attending you will review the way trauma informed practice has been introduced across services, providing up to date information about the of the nature of adversity ACEs and trauma; and the rapidly growing field of PACEs – Positive and Compensatory experiences, which buffer traumatic responses, and their translation into therapeutic interventions.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/introducing-aces-and-trauma-informed-practice-across-services or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Developing your skills as an Effective Ward Manager
TUESDAY 14th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will bring together current and aspiring Ward Managers to understand current issues and the national context, and to develop your skills as an effective Ward Manager. The conference will open with reflections on the characteristics and qualities required for the role, 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.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/effective-ward-manager or click on the link above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #WardManager
Hospital at Night Summit: Optimising Out of Hours Healthcare Delivery
THURSDAY 16th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This Hospital at Night Summit focuses on out of hours care in hospitals delivering high quality safe care at night and supporting the wellbeing of those working at night. Through national updates, networking opportunities and case studies this conference provides a practical guide to delivering a high-quality hospital at night service and transforming out of hours services and roles to improve patient safety. The 2024 conference will focus on developing an effective Hospital at Night service and focus on the practicalities of supporting staff at night, improving wellbeing, and fighting fatigue.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/hospital-at-night-summit or click on the title above or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #HospitalAtNight
Neglect: The Hidden Abuse
THURSDAY 16th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Understanding and recognising the impactful nature of neglect on a child’s life. Learning how to spot the signs and symptoms of neglect including affluent neglect and how this can be managed within your setting. As well as practical exercises of how to gain support for the child. This course is designed for all people working closely with children in a wide range of settings. It will help you to identify, often the hidden abuse which comes with neglect and understanding the importance of spotting and recording all signs. We will also cover the relatively unknown factor of affluent neglect and its equally impactful nature on a child’s life. The course will look closely at disguised compliance and appreciate why it is so harmful for a child. We will look at a wide range of realistic scenarios which will equip staff with the skills and how best to respond in such situations, as well as how to access support for both the child and staff if required.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/child-neglect-the-hidden-abuse or click on the title above or email kam@hc-uk.org.uk
Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
Virtual, Online
We are pleased to announce National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, trauma informed safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding. There is a focus through the day on the need to address the gap in services supporting adolescents with transitional safeguarding as they transition into adulthood services. Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, address risks faced by vulnerable adolescents and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice in supporting adolescents and young adults.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/safeguarding-adolescents-and-young-adults or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #SafeguardingYoungAdults
A Practical Guide to Developing your skills as an Effective Nurse, Midwifery and AHP Director
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Following National Update sessions the conference will include extended masterclasses focusing on developing your leadership skills and competence as a current or aspiring nurse director, leading quality improvement and improving patient experience. Throughout the day sessions will look at preparing for a role as a Nurse, Midwifery or AHP Director, and learning from experienced nurse directors on how to manage the complexities of the role whilst remaining visible to staff and patients, and maintaining work life balance. The conference will conclude with an extended masterclass with small interactive breakout groups focusing on difficult issues for nurse directors, safe staffing, 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/virtual-online-courses/effective-nurse-director or click on the title above or email emily@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NurseDirector
Designated Prescribing Practitioner
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the 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. The conference will also discuss how becoming a DPP can enhance your role, and the benefits of non medical assessors in expanding non medical prescribing in organisations.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/designated-prescribing-practitioner or click on the link above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #DPP2024
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in End of Life Care
FRIDAY 24th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for 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 non medical prescriber in end of life care.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-in-end-of-life-care or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPEndofLife
Stop the Pressure: Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management
FRIDAY 7th JUNE 2024
15Hatfields, London, OR Virtual, Online
This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement. The conference will open with National Developments from the National Wound Care Strategy Programme including the new Clinical Pathway for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers and the Pressure Ulcer Best Practice Bundle. The conference will reflect on the implications of the Woundcare Workforce Framework and the New Model Health System Guidance for Pressure Ulcer Data Collection which was released for secondary care in January 2024, and will be followed by community care guidance. The conference will continue with a focus on training and educating frontline staff, and an extended masterclass on Pressure Ulcer Assessment, Reporting & Management. There will be an extended focus on the investigation of Pressure Ulcers under the new PSIRF (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework).
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/pressure-ulcer-prevention or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #stopthepressure
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Care of the Older Person
WEDNESDAY 12th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update on nurse prescribing for older adults. 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 discuss the role of the Updated Prescribing Competency Framework in supporting nurse prescribing in older adults. The conference will include case studies on managing pain in the older person, improving medicines optimisation, prescribing in falls prevention, frail older people, and delirium, and developing the role of the NMP in acute care, primary care, community care and care homes. The conference will include an extended focus on ensuring patient safety and the Nurse Prescribers role with regard to medication management, polypharmacy and de-prescribing.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-older-person or click on the link above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #NMPolder
Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Preparing for the new mandatory reporting duty
THURSDAY 13th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Reporting of child sexual abuse is set to become mandatory following the recommendations in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Professionals in positions of trust and in regulated activity with children will have a legal duty to report CSA if they are told about it by the child or perpetrator, if they witness it happening or if they observe ‘recognised indicators’.
The Inquiry reported the scale of the inadequate and negative responses that children and young people have faced upon making disclosures. This conference has been designed to support professionals to identify and respond to child sexual abuse, as early as possible and in an appropriate manner. Our expert speakers will guide you through topics such as; the new mandatory reporting duty, early identification, supporting and responding to disclosures and online facilitated sexual abuse.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/child-sexual-abuse or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #CSAMandatoryreporting
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care
THURSDAY 13th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will demonstrate how the effective use of nurse prescribing in cancer care can improve patient care, experience and outcomes.
The conference will focus on developing competence and confidence in non medical prescribing in cancer care, including using the using the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers. Case study sessions will demonstrate how prescribing practice can be improve care for people with cancer and will focus on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence, prescribing for pain management, chemotherapy prescribing, Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them, prescribing for co-morbidity and the importance of holistic assessment, prescribing for symptom control, and prescribing in end life care including controlled drugs.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-practical-guide-to-effective-nurse-prescribing-in-cancer-care or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on X @HCUK_Clare #NMPCancer
Investigation and Learning from Deaths
FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Conference focuses on improving the investigation and learning from deaths in NHS Trusts. By collecting the data and taking action in response to failings in care, trusts will be able to give an open and honest account of the circumstances leading to a death. There will be an extended focus on engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a death, and on learning from deaths including an update from a coroner. https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/investigation-learning-deaths-hospital-mortality or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on X @HCUK_Clare #LearningFromDeaths
Developing the Role of the Nursing Associate
FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2024
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 original initiator sites, e-posters, 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 develop and support the role in your service. With the first Nursing Associates now having gone through revalidation the conference will also focus on preparing for revalidation.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/developing-the-role-of-the-nursing-associate or click on the link above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on X @HCUK_Clare #NursingAssociate
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing for Pain
WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of nurse prescribing and one of the most common areas. This makes 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 update delegates on the NICE Guideline on Chronic Pain and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-for-pain or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #PainPrescribing
Deteriorating Patient Summit: Recognising and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient & ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2
FRIDAY 21st JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on recognising & responding to the deteriorating patient and ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2. The conference will include National Developments including the recent recommendations on NEWS2 and Covid-19, and implementing the recommendations from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch Report Investigation into recognising and responding to critically unwell patients. The conference will include practical case study based sessions on identifying patients at risk of deterioration, improving practice in patient observations, the role of human factors in responding to the deteriorating patient, improving escalation and understanding success factors in escalation, sepsis & Covid-19, involving patients and families in recognising deterioration, using clinical judgement, and improving the communication and use of NEWS2 in the community, including care homes, and at the interface of care. The Recording of NEWS2 score, escalation time and response time for unplanned critical care admissions is now an NHS CQUIN goal.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/deteriorating-patient-summit or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #DeterioratingPatient
A Practical Guide to Human Factors in Healthcare
THURSDAY 4th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Aimed at Clinicians and Managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process, and safety.
The conference delves into integrating human factors into healthcare systems and processes, clinical decision making, healthcare system design, quality of patient experience, medication safety, and workload, fatigue, and stress management. Throughout the day there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-practical-guide-to-human-factors-in-healthcare or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on X @HCUK_Clare #HumanFactors
Martha's Rule: A Practical Guide to Implementation to improve Patient Safety
FRIDAY 5th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference brings together leading experts at the forefront of Martha’s Rule implementation and offers a comprehensive and practical guide for clinical staff to seamlessly integrate Martha’s Rule into their daily practice. The conference delves into the caregiver’s perspective, principles and implications of Martha’s Rule, legal and patient safety considerations, effective communication strategies, and the use of technology in the adoption of Martha’s Rule. Throughout the day, there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/marthas-rule-patient-safety or click on the link above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #MarthasRule
Non Medical Prescribing in Paediatrics & Child Health
THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health.
Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence. The conference will look at current issues and challenges for non medical 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. Practical interactive sessions will focus on non medical prescribing for pain, and case studies in the Paediatric Emergency Department, Critical Care and in the Community. The conference will close with a session focusing on demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and evaluating your prescribing practice.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/NMP-Paeds or click on the title above or email sana@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPPaeds
Masterclasses (all virtual, online)
WED, 8 MAY 2024 Finance for Ward Managers: The Ward Manager’s Finance Survival Guide
WED, 8 MAY 2024 Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law
WED, 12 JUN 2024 Root Cause Analysis: 1 Day Masterclass
FRI, 14 JUN 2024 Resolving Private Healthcare Complaints Compassionately and Effectively
MON, 8 JUL 2024 Nursing Leadership
Masterclass: Safeguarding Children NHS Level 4
TUESDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
The course will explore child protection conferences, preparing child protection plans and the role of core groups to ensure the best outcomes for children at risk of harm. You will have the opportunity to take part in a simulated Case Conference based on a detailed case study.
The aim of the course is that you will have a clear understanding of the assessment and decision-making processes and a sound grasp of the principles and processes for effective collaboration. You will also gain skills in preparing for the Case Conference including how to write a formal report, identifying what is and what isn’t evidence-based information and how to challenge decisions.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/masterclass-safeguarding-children-nhs-level-4 or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
TUESDAY 30th APRIL 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This Eighth National Conference focuses on Saving Young Lives – Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People. By attending this one day conference you will hear from expert speakers on how your services can reduce preventable suicides and save young lives. Through national updates, case studies from multi-agency settings and lived experience insight, this conference aims to set the scene for progress already being made and what needs to change to improve resilience, wellbeing, mental health support and effectively prevent suicide in children and young people.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/preventing-suicide-in-young-people-children or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #savingyounglives
Ward Accreditation for Quality
THURSDAY 2nd MAY 2024
The Studio, Birmingham, OR Virtual, Online
This conference focuses on developing and accelerating locally driven ward & unit accreditation programmes for quality. These approaches can be used as a tool to encouraging ownership of continuous quality improvement at ward, unit or service level, reduce variation and increase staff pride and team working within their practise. Through practical case studies of organisations that have successfully introduced locally driven ward and unit accreditation systems the conference will provide practical guide to implementing systems, and improving staff engagement in driving forwards improvement for the benefit of patients, service users and communities.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/ward-accreditation-for-quality-conference or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #wardaccreditation
Introducing ACEs and Trauma Informed Practice Across Services
THURSDAY 9th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This masterclass will enable participants from multiple sectors and agencies to recognise that the issues they see in people’s lives, whether health, education, social or criminal justice related, are often rooted in the same Adverse Childhood Experiences -forms of maltreatment, and the associated household and community stressors e.g. parental mental health, substance abuse, and violence in the family and community. Living with ACEs and the associated toxic traumatic stress responses can have life-long impacts on mental and physical health and parenting affecting the next generation.
By attending you will review the way trauma informed practice has been introduced across services, providing up to date information about the of the nature of adversity ACEs and trauma; and the rapidly growing field of PACEs – Positive and Compensatory experiences, which buffer traumatic responses, and their translation into therapeutic interventions.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/introducing-aces-and-trauma-informed-practice-across-services or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
Developing your skills as an Effective Ward Manager
TUESDAY 14th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference will bring together current and aspiring Ward Managers to understand current issues and the national context, and to develop your skills as an effective Ward Manager. The conference will open with reflections on the characteristics and qualities required for the role, 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.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/effective-ward-manager or click on the link above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #WardManager
Hospital at Night Summit: Optimising Out of Hours Healthcare Delivery
THURSDAY 16th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This Hospital at Night Summit focuses on out of hours care in hospitals delivering high quality safe care at night and supporting the wellbeing of those working at night. Through national updates, networking opportunities and case studies this conference provides a practical guide to delivering a high-quality hospital at night service and transforming out of hours services and roles to improve patient safety. The 2024 conference will focus on developing an effective Hospital at Night service and focus on the practicalities of supporting staff at night, improving wellbeing, and fighting fatigue.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/hospital-at-night-summit or click on the title above or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #HospitalAtNight
Neglect: The Hidden Abuse
THURSDAY 16th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Understanding and recognising the impactful nature of neglect on a child’s life. Learning how to spot the signs and symptoms of neglect including affluent neglect and how this can be managed within your setting. As well as practical exercises of how to gain support for the child. This course is designed for all people working closely with children in a wide range of settings. It will help you to identify, often the hidden abuse which comes with neglect and understanding the importance of spotting and recording all signs. We will also cover the relatively unknown factor of affluent neglect and its equally impactful nature on a child’s life. The course will look closely at disguised compliance and appreciate why it is so harmful for a child. We will look at a wide range of realistic scenarios which will equip staff with the skills and how best to respond in such situations, as well as how to access support for both the child and staff if required.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/child-neglect-the-hidden-abuse or click on the title above or email kam@hc-uk.org.uk
Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
Virtual, Online
We are pleased to announce National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, trauma informed safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding. There is a focus through the day on the need to address the gap in services supporting adolescents with transitional safeguarding as they transition into adulthood services. Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, address risks faced by vulnerable adolescents and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice in supporting adolescents and young adults.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/safeguarding-adolescents-and-young-adults or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #SafeguardingYoungAdults
A Practical Guide to Developing your skills as an Effective Nurse, Midwifery and AHP Director
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Following National Update sessions the conference will include extended masterclasses focusing on developing your leadership skills and competence as a current or aspiring nurse director, leading quality improvement and improving patient experience. Throughout the day sessions will look at preparing for a role as a Nurse, Midwifery or AHP Director, and learning from experienced nurse directors on how to manage the complexities of the role whilst remaining visible to staff and patients, and maintaining work life balance. The conference will conclude with an extended masterclass with small interactive breakout groups focusing on difficult issues for nurse directors, safe staffing, 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/virtual-online-courses/effective-nurse-director or click on the title above or email emily@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow the conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NurseDirector
Designated Prescribing Practitioner
FRIDAY 17th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the 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. The conference will also discuss how becoming a DPP can enhance your role, and the benefits of non medical assessors in expanding non medical prescribing in organisations.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/designated-prescribing-practitioner or click on the link above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #DPP2024
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in End of Life Care
FRIDAY 24th MAY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for 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 non medical prescriber in end of life care.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-in-end-of-life-care or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #NMPEndofLife
Stop the Pressure: Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management
FRIDAY 7th JUNE 2024
15Hatfields, London, OR Virtual, Online
This conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement. The conference will open with National Developments from the National Wound Care Strategy Programme including the new Clinical Pathway for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers and the Pressure Ulcer Best Practice Bundle. The conference will reflect on the implications of the Woundcare Workforce Framework and the New Model Health System Guidance for Pressure Ulcer Data Collection which was released for secondary care in January 2024, and will be followed by community care guidance. The conference will continue with a focus on training and educating frontline staff, and an extended masterclass on Pressure Ulcer Assessment, Reporting & Management. There will be an extended focus on the investigation of Pressure Ulcers under the new PSIRF (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework).
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/pressure-ulcer-prevention or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk
Follow on X @HCUK_Clare #stopthepressure
A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Care of the Older Person
WEDNESDAY 12th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update on nurse prescribing for older adults. 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 discuss the role of the Updated Prescribing Competency Framework in supporting nurse prescribing in older adults. The conference will include case studies on managing pain in the older person, improving medicines optimisation, prescribing in falls prevention, frail older people, and delirium, and developing the role of the NMP in acute care, primary care, community care and care homes. The conference will include an extended focus on ensuring patient safety and the Nurse Prescribers role with regard to medication management, polypharmacy and de-prescribing.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-older-person or click on the link above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Preparing for the new mandatory reporting duty
THURSDAY 13th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Reporting of child sexual abuse is set to become mandatory following the recommendations in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Professionals in positions of trust and in regulated activity with children will have a legal duty to report CSA if they are told about it by the child or perpetrator, if they witness it happening or if they observe ‘recognised indicators’.
The Inquiry reported the scale of the inadequate and negative responses that children and young people have faced upon making disclosures. This conference has been designed to support professionals to identify and respond to child sexual abuse, as early as possible and in an appropriate manner. Our expert speakers will guide you through topics such as; the new mandatory reporting duty, early identification, supporting and responding to disclosures and online facilitated sexual abuse.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/child-sexual-abuse or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care
THURSDAY 13th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will demonstrate how the effective use of nurse prescribing in cancer care can improve patient care, experience and outcomes.
The conference will focus on developing competence and confidence in non medical prescribing in cancer care, including using the using the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers. Case study sessions will demonstrate how prescribing practice can be improve care for people with cancer and will focus on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence, prescribing for pain management, chemotherapy prescribing, Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them, prescribing for co-morbidity and the importance of holistic assessment, prescribing for symptom control, and prescribing in end life care including controlled drugs.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-practical-guide-to-effective-nurse-prescribing-in-cancer-care or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Investigation and Learning from Deaths
FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This National Conference focuses on improving the investigation and learning from deaths in NHS Trusts. By collecting the data and taking action in response to failings in care, trusts will be able to give an open and honest account of the circumstances leading to a death. There will be an extended focus on engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a death, and on learning from deaths including an update from a coroner. https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/investigation-learning-deaths-hospital-mortality or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
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Developing the Role of the Nursing Associate
FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2024
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 original initiator sites, e-posters, 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 develop and support the role in your service. With the first Nursing Associates now having gone through revalidation the conference will also focus on preparing for revalidation.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/developing-the-role-of-the-nursing-associate or click on the link above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
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A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing for Pain
WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of nurse prescribing and one of the most common areas. This makes 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 update delegates on the NICE Guideline on Chronic Pain and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-for-pain or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Deteriorating Patient Summit: Recognising and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient & ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2
FRIDAY 21st JUNE 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference focuses on recognising & responding to the deteriorating patient and ensuring best practice in the use of NEWS2. The conference will include National Developments including the recent recommendations on NEWS2 and Covid-19, and implementing the recommendations from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch Report Investigation into recognising and responding to critically unwell patients. The conference will include practical case study based sessions on identifying patients at risk of deterioration, improving practice in patient observations, the role of human factors in responding to the deteriorating patient, improving escalation and understanding success factors in escalation, sepsis & Covid-19, involving patients and families in recognising deterioration, using clinical judgement, and improving the communication and use of NEWS2 in the community, including care homes, and at the interface of care. The Recording of NEWS2 score, escalation time and response time for unplanned critical care admissions is now an NHS CQUIN goal.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/deteriorating-patient-summit or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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A Practical Guide to Human Factors in Healthcare
THURSDAY 4th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
Aimed at Clinicians and Managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process, and safety.
The conference delves into integrating human factors into healthcare systems and processes, clinical decision making, healthcare system design, quality of patient experience, medication safety, and workload, fatigue, and stress management. Throughout the day there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-practical-guide-to-human-factors-in-healthcare or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk
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Martha's Rule: A Practical Guide to Implementation to improve Patient Safety
FRIDAY 5th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This conference brings together leading experts at the forefront of Martha’s Rule implementation and offers a comprehensive and practical guide for clinical staff to seamlessly integrate Martha’s Rule into their daily practice. The conference delves into the caregiver’s perspective, principles and implications of Martha’s Rule, legal and patient safety considerations, effective communication strategies, and the use of technology in the adoption of Martha’s Rule. Throughout the day, there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
For further information and to book your place visit https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/marthas-rule-patient-safety or click on the link above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk
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Non Medical Prescribing in Paediatrics & Child Health
THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
This important national conference provides an essential update for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health.
Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence. The conference will look at current issues and challenges for non medical 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. Practical interactive sessions will focus on non medical prescribing for pain, and case studies in the Paediatric Emergency Department, Critical Care and in the Community. The conference will close with a session focusing on demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and evaluating your prescribing practice.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/NMP-Paeds or click on the title above or email sana@hc-uk.org.uk
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Masterclasses (all virtual, online)
WED, 8 MAY 2024 Finance for Ward Managers: The Ward Manager’s Finance Survival Guide
WED, 8 MAY 2024 Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law
WED, 12 JUN 2024 Root Cause Analysis: 1 Day Masterclass
FRI, 14 JUN 2024 Resolving Private Healthcare Complaints Compassionately and Effectively
MON, 8 JUL 2024 Nursing Leadership
Masterclass: Safeguarding Children NHS Level 4
TUESDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2024
VIRTUAL, Online
The course will explore child protection conferences, preparing child protection plans and the role of core groups to ensure the best outcomes for children at risk of harm. You will have the opportunity to take part in a simulated Case Conference based on a detailed case study.
The aim of the course is that you will have a clear understanding of the assessment and decision-making processes and a sound grasp of the principles and processes for effective collaboration. You will also gain skills in preparing for the Case Conference including how to write a formal report, identifying what is and what isn’t evidence-based information and how to challenge decisions.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/masterclass-safeguarding-children-nhs-level-4 or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk