Event: Mental Health: Better, Faster and Earlier Help

March 4, 2015 (8:30 am - 4:45 pm) Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

"Mental Health: Better, Faster and Earlier Help will explore how public services can better meet the needs of people experiencing mental health problems, help support recovery and improve outcomes."

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Event: Health Commissioning 2015: Efficient and Effective

12 March 2015, Mermaid Centre, London

"Health Commissioning 2015: Efficient and Effective will be an essential opportunity for commissioning and procurement professionals from across the health landscape to come together and discuss how they can achieve these mandatory savings targets. Regardless of the results of May’s general election, it extremely unlikely that austerity will come to an abrupt end. Our event will provide commissioners with the tools to plan for the future and get better value for better care outcomes."

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Event: Shaping pharmacy for the future

10 December 2014, 9:00 - 14:00, Church House Conference Centre, Westminster, London, SW1P 3NZ

"Pharmacists are the third largest NHS health profession, see more patients each day than any other part of the NHS, and unlike GPs and nurses, their numbers are on the increase. As the NHS and social care system tackles the increasing pressure caused by constrained funding, an ageing population with multiple long term conditions and concerns to sustain and improve care quality, there is a major opportunity to develop further the role of pharmacists, including finding ways of enabling them to assume a greater role in direct patient care."

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Event: Health Policy Summit 2015

26 - 27 February 2015, London

"Our Health Policy Summit aims to provide a forum for health care experts to assess evidence and experience from home and abroad. We will discuss and explore solutions to the challenges facing the NHS ahead of the General Election in May." 

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Event: Cooperation, collaboration and competition in the NHS

Wednesday 22 October 2014, London

"As well as addressing the issues of specification, co-ordination and integration of services, commissioners need to consider the implications of the competition rules. Integration raises a number of issues including the risk of conflict of interest where primary care services are part of the mix."

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Event: Improving patient care

Tuesday 25 November 2014, The Mermaid, London

"Improving Patient Care is Govtoday’s 2nd annual national conference examining culture, compassion and patient safety in the NHS. How can healthcare in England become the best in Europe?

With top level speakers, including key policy makers and those at the forefront of patient care, this event will question the current direction of the NHS and look at the different paths that could be taken after May 2015."

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Event: International Digital Health and Care Congress: Improving health through the use of technology

10-12 September 2014, The King's Fund, London W1G 0AN

"What is the future for health and social care? Find out at this three-day event that brings together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and innovators to explore how the innovative use of technology is supporting improvements in the care of people with long-term conditions and other health and social care needs."

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Event: Digital Healthcare 2014

Wednesday 3 September 2014, The Mermaid, London

"At the Digital Healthcare conference we will explore how moving the NHS into a digital era can impact on the provision of cost-effective services. Expert speakers and panellists will discuss the possible benefits, whilst considering the risks to highly sensitive information. Case studies will share best practice initiatives, allowing delegates to assess how digital services may enhance both their professional roles and patient experience."

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Event: Tackling Long-Term Conditions: Coordinating Care, Delivering Improvements

October 29 2014, America Square Conference Centre, London

"A whole system approach is required to tackle the scale and prevalence of long-term conditions. It will require service transformation, integration of care and innovative systems to meet the pressing challenge. At Tackling Long-Term Conditions: Coordinating Care, Transforming Services our expert speakers will explore how to drive improvements in care, coordinate services to achieve quality outcomes and help make life better for people with long term conditions."

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Event: The Leader as Coach: Building Stronger Teams

Wednesday 24 September 2014, London

"Using coaching techniques in the workplace can support effective team management by increasing the motivation and confidence of individuals. This workshop, aimed at senior managers, explores the use of a coaching management style and how to manage feedback in the workplace."

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Event: Transforming Primary Care: The Hub of Care

16th July, Chadwick Court, London

The Primary Care Commission is "bringing together leading GP groups and commissioners to debate the provider development needed to underpin primary care transformation. Speakers from leading GP federations and NHS England will discuss how providers can work together to respond to commissioners who are increasingly focusing NHS resources on value and outcomes. The workshop will include sessions on developing business capability and legal considerations in developing new provider models." 

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Event: Facilitation skills, level one

Wednesday 8 October 2014, London

"Facilitation skills have a positive impact on meetings, negotiations and relationships, which are essential for better commissioning and performance management. Confident, capable facilitators are an asset to any organisation.

PCC offers two levels of facilitation training, level one and level two.

This introductory workshop introduces the concept of facilitation, explores the differences between facilitation, training and chairing, and allows delegates to practise some of the key techniques at the facilitator's disposal."

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Event: Future of Health

November 21st 2014, London

"Future of Health aims to create a new way of working across health, social care and the third sector. It takes an holistic, person-centred approach, to help deliver parity for mental and physical health and reduce inequalities."

Early bird discount ends at Monday 30th June.

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Event: Better outcomes, better value: Integrating physical and mental health into clinical practice and commissioning

Tuesday 24 June 2014, London

This free event presents the current evidence for integrated services, including examples of best practice and the potential cost saving advantages of this model of care.

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Event: Cooperation, collaboration and competition in the NHS

Wednesday 9 July 2014, London

"This workshop looks at the rules governing competition and choice and where they impact on the ability to commission more integrated services. Specifically it considers what the 2013 procurement, choice and competition regulations mean for commissioners."

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Event: NHS Commissioning Integrated Care

19th June, 2pm - More London Riverside, Tooley St, London SE1 2DB.

The Strategic Projects Team is running a free event with Warwick Business School on commissioning integrated care. There is no charge for attendance to NHS organisations, but registration is on a first come first served basis (initially one place per organisation)

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Event: Commissioning Show 2014

25th-26th June 2014 - Excel, London, UK

"Over 300 speakers will deliver, legislation and policy updates, live debates, case studies and keynote sessions that will give delegates everything from organisational development and governance advice, new approaches to commissioning patients with multiple long-term conditions and everything in-between."

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for public sector and senior care provider professionals.

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