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RCM Workplace Representatives' Conference
27 Nov 2009
This event took place concurrently with day two of the RCM Annual Conference at Manchester Central. This training day was open to all accredited RCM stewards, health and safety representatives and union learning representatives.
Pioneering the Mother and Baby Pathway
Student Midwives conference
Programme
09:15
Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary, The Royal College of Midwives
Introduction and welcome
09:30
Union learning Representatives Workshop
CHAIR: Jeanne Tarrant, Team Manager, The Royal College of Mmidwives
Imogen Fluery, ULR Project Worker, The Royal College of Midwives
Peter Amphlett, Northern Project Worker, The Royal College of Midwives
Lucy Hopley, Member, UNITE
Joe Holly, Member, UNITE
Dave Spooner, Member Support Organiser, WIEGO
09:30
Recruitment and Retention Workshop
Barbara Thorpe-Tracey, Marketing and Recruitment Manager, The Royal College of Midwives
09:30
Policy and Campaigning Workshop
Sean O’Sullivan, Senior Policy Analyst, The Royal College of Midwives
09:30
Lone Working Workshop
Rosie Nicola, Consultant Trainer and Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
09:30
Equalities Workshop
Chair: Breedagh Hughes, Board Secretary, The Royal College of Midwives Northern Ireland
Denise Linay, Regional Officer, The Royal College of Midwives
Pat Gould, Team Manager for London, The Royal College of Midwives
09:30
Working Lives of Midwives Workshop
Chair: Rosemary Exton, Member, The Royal College of Midwives Council
George Georgiou, Employment Relations Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
Trish Dutfield, Regional Officer, The Royal College of Midwives
10:30
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
11:00
Bernie Wentworth, Solicitor, Thompsons Solicitors
Legal update
11:00
Tom Jones, Partner and Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Thompsons Solicitors
Legal update
11:40
Questions and discussion: Session 2
11:45
Maternity Support Workers Plenary Session
Chair: Denise Linay, Regional Officer, The Royal College of Midwives
Richard Griffin, Associate Director, London South Bank University
Professor Jackie Dunkley-Bent, London South Bank University
Cherylene Dougan, Maternity Support Worker, The Royal College of Midwives
11:45
NHS Pensions Q & A
Chair: George Georgiou, Employment Relations Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
Ian Merga, Head of Scheme Alliance, NHS Pensions
12:15
NHS Trade Union speakers and panel discussion
CHAIR: Jon Skewes, Director of Employment Relations and Development, The Royal College of Midwives
Karen Jennings, National Secretary for Health, Unison
Sian Thomas, Director, NHS Employers
13:00
Buffet lunch, exhibition and networking
14:00
Theatre Production by Steps Drama Group: Bullying and Stress
CHAIR: Maggie O’Brien, Director of Midwifery, Imperial College
Rosie Nicola, Consultant Trainer and Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
15:00
Refreshments
15:15
Your questions answered
Chair: Jon Skewes, Director of Employment Relations and Development, The Royal College of Midwives
George Georgiou, Employment Relations Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
Guay Ong, Team Manager, South Central England, The Royal College of Midwives
Tom Jones, Partner and Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Thompsons Solicitors
Bernie Wentworth, Solicitor, Thompsons Solicitors