Public Health Nursing: The Foundation of the Future
22 Oct 2013
Unite/CPHVA Annual Professional Conference Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23rd October Two day live broadcast from York Racecourse
Continuing professional development for School and Nursery Nurses is a key element of this year's programme - with practical, learning based content delivered by expert speakers. Sessions include:
The findings of the Francis Inquiry - implications for community practice
Violence in teenage relationships
Child sexual exploitation
The role of schools in promoting health
Meeting the sex education/relationship needs of young people
1-2-1 school nursing campaign
Safeguarding children
Immunisation update
Confirmed speakers include:
Dr Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner for England;
Dr Helen Bedford, Senior Lecturer in Children's Health;
Christopher Cloke, Head of CP Professional Reputation, NSPCC;
Barbara Evans, Community Nursery Nurse, Leicestershire Partnership Trust;
Lynne Laine, Associate Director Safeguarding, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust;
Penny Wild, Clinical Lead - School Nursing, Bradford District Care Trust.
Best Practice Seminar 5The Healthy Child Programme
Chair: Toity Deave;
Evaluating a population measure of child health and development at two years from the user perspective (parents and professionals);
Dr Helen Bedford, Senior Lecturer Children's Health, UCL Institute of Child Health;
An evaluation of the Healthy Child Programme Two Year Review: an integrated development review;
Nicola Monaghan, Children's Clinical Lead (Health Visitor), Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust;
Linda McMillan, Locality Manager, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust;
Emily Wood, 0-4 years Outcomes Improvement Co-ordinator, Wigan Council.
Best Practice Seminar 11The Health Visitor Implementation Plan
Chair: Dr Jane Appleton;
Driving the professional mobilisation agenda as part of the Implementation Plan: the Leeds response;
Sally Kennedy, Health Visitor Clinical Lead, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust and Kathryn Waldegrave, Health Visitor, Parkside Health Centre;
Meeting the challenge of the Health Visiting Implementation Plan: developing flexible innovative practice education models;
Jan Mitcheson, Senior Lecturer, University Campus Suffolk and Anne Devlin, Deputy Dean: Learning and Teaching, Anglia Ruskin University.
Chair: Anita McCrum;
Why health visiting? A programme of research to support the Call to Action:
Emeritus Professor Dame Sarah Cowley, Karen Whittaker, Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire: and Mary Malone, Lecturer and Pathway Leader Advanced Practice (SCPHN: Health Visiting and School Nursing), King’s College London.