Are you interested in the future of procurement in the NHS?

Interested in hearing about a New Strategy for NHS Procurement?

The Department of Health has been working closely with the NHS to draw up a new strategy for NHS procurement which will be published by 31st March 2012

A New Strategy for NHS Procurement will help launch this initiative and engage with all parts of the NHS, both to brief delegates on the day and to promote discussion about how it can be implemented – the implications and in particular how the savings can be achieved

Now in its fourth year this event has established itself as one of the leading NHS Procurement events

Register to attend

Speakers confirmed to date:

John Warrington, Deputy Director, Procurement, Investment and Commercial Division, Department of Health
“The new NHS procurement strategy”

Catherine Beardshaw, Chief Executive, Fazakerley Hospital
“Leadership and accountability in the NHS”

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, President, Health Care Supply Association and Chairman, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
“Stepping up to the plate: engagement with industry to secure innovation and value”

Chris Tulloch, Orthopaedic Consultant, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
“Tackling the cost of clinical technology”

Aaron Cummins,Chair, Foundation Trust Network Finance Directors Forum, and Director of Finance, The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
“Procurement in lean times”

Our Conference Chair , Former Chief Executive, North West Centre of Excellence and Director, Marc1

Colin Cram

View the programme online

A New Strategy for NHS Procurement: Maximising benefits and opportunities will address the key issues, with a summary of the strategy, the role of leadership in ensuring delivery, addressing clinical technology and how different approaches can deliver substantial savings without risk to patients

Fee: FREE (includes refreshments)

Facilitator: Nic MacManus, Head of Practice Development

Programme includes:

• Celebrating the achievements of the LINk
• Preparing for Local HealthWatch
• Modernisation of health and social care services.

To book your place email link@hull-cvs.co.uk or call 01482 324474

Improve your quality of life, YOU can take control and make a difference to your life. 

It is run over six weekly sessions by City Health Care Partnership, trained volunteer tutors, who also have long term health conditions. Each weekly session lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The EPP Programme aims to help you take more control of your health by learning new skills to manage your condition on a daily basis.

The course looks at the following topics:

• Dealing with pain and extreme tiredness
• Coping with feelings of depression
• Relaxation techniques and exercise
• Healthy eating
• Communicating with family, friends and health professionals
• Positive planning for the future

For more information or to book your place on a course please contact, Eileen Macfarlane, EPP Coordinator, City Health Care Partnership CIC, 2 Earls Court, Priory Park East, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY.  Telephone: 01482 344297, alternatively email: epp@chcphull.nhs.uk

If you are interested in attending this event please email leah.coneyworth@hey.nhs.uk or telephone 01482 674924 to confirm your attendance.

Improve your quality of life, YOU can take control and make a difference to your life. 

It is run over six weekly sessions by City Health Care Partnership, trained volunteer tutors, who also have long term health conditions. Each weekly session lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The EPP Programme aims to help you take more control of your health by learning new skills to manage your condition on a daily basis.

The course looks at the following topics:

• Dealing with pain and extreme tiredness
• Coping with feelings of depression
• Relaxation techniques and exercise
• Healthy eating
• Communicating with family, friends and health professionals
• Positive planning for the future

For more information or to book your place on a course please contact, Eileen Macfarlane, EPP Coordinator, City Health Care Partnership CIC, 2 Earls Court, Priory Park East, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY.  Telephone: 01482 344297, alternatively email: epp@chcphull.nhs.uk

Places are limited (first come first served basis), though the good news is that we do still have some places left!

You will however need to bring your own lunch or purchase it in the canteen so that we can make this event available to you at no cost to you.

This study day will take you on a patient journey through MND with input from the various professionals who would be involved in the care of a patient with MND and so will be valuable to any professional working within Social Care, Hospital Settings, OT’s, Physio’s, District Nurses, Care Home staff, Domiciliary Care workers and those within voluntary organisations.

If you require any more infomation please contact either Colin Pearson 07831 865329 or Vanessa Baker 01482 674208 (MND Specialist Nurse – HRI).

Bookings should be made through the MND Conference Team – conference@mndassociation.org

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones. This disease is terminal and the majority of those who have this disease deteriorate rapidly as degeneration of the motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.

Motor Neurone Disease is not infectious or contagious.

• It can affect any adult at any age but most people diagnosed with the disease are over the age of 40, with the highest incidence occurring between the ages of 50 and 70
• Men are affected approximately twice as often as women.
• The incidence or number of people who will develop MND each year is about two people in every 100,000
• The prevalence or number of people living with MND at any one time is approximately seven in every 100,000

More information regarding Motor Neurone Disease can be found here – http://www.mndassociation.org/life_with_mnd/what_is_mnd/index.html

Local support can be gained through the MNDA’s Hull & East Yorkshire Support Group and more details can be found at http://www.mndassociation.org/life_with_mnd/local_support/yorkshire_and_the_humber/hull_east_1.html

Improve your quality of life, YOU can take control and make a difference to your life. 

It is run over six weekly sessions by City Health Care Partnership, trained volunteer tutors, who also have long term health conditions. Each weekly session lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The EPP Programme aims to help you take more control of your health by learning new skills to manage your condition on a daily basis.

The course looks at the following topics:

• Dealing with pain and extreme tiredness
• Coping with feelings of depression
• Relaxation techniques and exercise
• Healthy eating
• Communicating with family, friends and health professionals
• Positive planning for the future

For more information or to book your place on a course please contact, Eileen Macfarlane, EPP Coordinator, City Health Care Partnership CIC, 2 Earls Court, Priory Park East, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY.  Telephone: 01482 344297, alternatively email: epp@chcphull.nhs.uk

Depression can be misunderstood, yet it affects people of all ages, and is a common mental health problem.

Being older doesn’t mean that you’ll become depressed. Episodes of depression can be triggered off by stressful events, especially those which involve loss, and older people are quite likely to suffer important loss.

Early recognition of depression and knowing what practical steps to take can mean that people get help when they need it and minimize the effect on their everyday living, thus improving the quality of life of the older person with depression.

The aims of the training are:

To promote an awareness of mental health problems in later life

To understand:

• The signs and symptoms of depression
• The prevalence of depression
• The stigma attached to depression in later life
• What treatment options are available including self help
• How to support someone who has a mental health problem
• What support Age UK can offer

Who will benefit from this training?

Staff and volunteers from:

• Health and Social care settings, including domiciliary and residential care
• Voluntary organisations and charities
• Sheltered housing schemes
• Faith Communities

Closing date for applications: 13th January 2012

Please note that there will be a charge of £50 for non or part attendance (at least  two weeks notice of cancellation needs to be provided)

To book a place, or for more information contact Sharon Watts Public Health Lead, sharonwatts@nhs.net, Tel: 01482   672026

Professor Steve Field, chair of the forum, said:

‘We have heard an enormous amount of support for the shift to patient-centred care but also frustration that this has not yet been achieved. This must now become a reality for patients across England, and health and social care professionals must lead the way.’

The report, which has been accepted by the government, includes recommendations to make care centred around the patient, not the system. Key recommendations include:

• Guidance for commissioning services should be focussed on commissioning for people, not specific diseases.
• Every patient with long-term or complex needs should have a named person or team to co-ordinate all points of their care.
• All care records should be electronic and accessible at the point of care, regardless of provider.
• New patient reported experience measures that evaluate patients’ experiences across the whole of their care should be developed.
• Local commissioners should explore the benefits of joint commissioning and pooled budgets.

The forum has also published reports on: education and training; information; and the NHS’s role in the public’s health. You can download the reports at http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/forum-report/