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Matrons National Network

The network is aimed at Matrons within acute settings, to share practice, ideas and innovation and set standards within patient experience and patient environment.

The aim of the network is to:

Inaugural Contemporary Issues in Acute Care Conference
Wednesday 25 November 2009, 9:30am – 4:30pm, Anglia Ruskin University, Victoria House, Fulbourn, Cambridge.

This conference celebrates the development and advances in the management of those people
in need of acute care, creates an opportunity to share knowledge, debate the advancement of
this specialty and to improve the quality of care for these patients.

Patient Safety Conference 2010
Thursday 4 February, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster

The Patient Safety Conference 2010 will provide valuable cross-government and cross-industry insight. We look forward to hearing from NHS foundation trusts on what they are doing to improve their patient safety practices and the highest level speakers on the latest central policy initiatives.

This conference will seek to raise awareness of a broad cross-section of issues concerning patient safety including frontline risk management, advancement in technology, medical error and drug safety. This prominent event will provide an opportunity for delegates to connect with our eminent speakers and key drivers of the government agenda – and gain a real understanding of how the the way in which Patient Safety strategies are designed and delivered.

A delegate ticket includes: access to plenary, panel discussions; question and answer sessions; extended lunch and coffee breaks. The conference promises a unique mix of high-quality seminars as well as an energised plenary. Over 2 hours of networking are scheduled into the programme and contributes eight hours towards a CPD certification

For more information visit www.govnet.co.uk/patient or download the flyer here.

Leadership

Benchmarking and best practice

Network contact: Jan Edwards, jan.edwards@dbh.nhs.uk, tel. 01909 502 350