Education and training

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Effective Ward Manager 
Thursday 19 November 2009, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

Whether you are currently a Ward Manager or are aspiring to the role, this conference provides an important update for Ward Managers, ward sisters, charge nurses and senior nurses following the RCN recent report: 'Breaking down barriers, driving up standards: the role of the Ward Sister and Charge Nurse.' 


RISK and Patient Safety 2009
Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November 2009, Church House, London

The tenth annual Risk and Patient Safety conference offers an important opportunity to learn from the many successful patient safety initiatives being implemented across the UK and internationally. With a focus on quality indicators, metrics and quality accounts for patient safety, you will have the opportunity to hear from leading healthcare professionals on their experiences of implementing and engaging people in quality accounts and indicators. A series of workshops and masterclasses provide the opportunity for more interactive learning for both beginners and managers.

This conference has been developed to inspire greater involvement across healthcare and related organisations in patient safety and provide delegates with practical approaches, tools and methods that they can easily adapt and implement in their own organisations, as well as enabling and sharing ideas with other delegates and speakers.

Further details of the conference will be released shortly….


Managing Ward Finances and Budgets
Tuesday 1 December 2009, 20 Cavendish Square, London

The conference will begin with an introduction on clinical budget ownership: implementing High Quality Care for All which includes putting ward finances and budgets in the hands of nurses, and ensuring ward nurses can make decisions without deferring upwards.


Fourth National Conference. A Practical Guide to Reducing Surgical Site Infections: Towards Zero
Tuesday 8 December 2009, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

Chaired by Professor David Leaper Chairman Guideline Development Group Surgical Site Infection The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence the fourth national conference provides an important update on surgical site infection: towards zero and implementing the NICE Surgical Site Infection guidance which was released in October 2008.

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Essence of Care
Wednesday 9 December 2009, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

This conference provides a national update following the success of our pervious Essence of Care events and following the two recently launched consultations: Essence of Care: a consultation on the reviewed original benchmarks, and a consultation on a new benchmark on pain.


Ninth Annual Conference: A Practical Guide to Process Mapping, Analysis and Redesign
Wednesday 24 February 2010, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

This ninth national conference focuses on innovative changes and processes for improvement, in line with the quality commitments made in High Quality Care for All. Jenny Bramhall Associate NHS Institute for

Innovation and Improvement opens the day with a keynote presentation speaking about Redesigning the patient journey, Process Mapping and Redesign: the methodology and Process Mapping and Redesign for QIPP: Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention.

Last year Ara Darzi’s High Quality Care for All set the vision for an NHS that holds quality, patient choice and information at its core. One year on, the emphasis on quality continues to lead the change process, with innovative techniques including Process Mapping and Analysis, Lean Thinking and, more recently, the introduction of Quality Accounts across the NHS.