April 2013 - News and Events Update and Events Update

• BSMHD Regional Meeting - 27th June 2013, Rotherham
• Mental Health First Aid Training - England
• Phsychological Therapies Conference - 28th and 29th November 2013, London.
• Advanced Masterclass - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - 26th June 2013, Manchester
• The Legal Use of Control & Restraint - London 8th July 2013 and Manchester 7th May 2013
• Mental Health Commissioning, Including Payment by Results in Mental Health Update - 18 June 2013,  London
• 'Only the Lonely' conference, Manchester, 7th June 2013
• Healthy Deaf Minds meetings – London and Scotland

Next BSMHD Regional Meeting - Rotherham, Thursday 27th June 2013

The next BSMHD Regional Meeting will take place at Swallownest Court, Aughton Road, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4TH starting at 11am.

The venue is a short bus ride from Rotherham Town Centre and near the M1.
Please note that there is only very limited parking on a First come – First served basis.

Booked speakers include Rebecca Walls, CPN for Deaf People (South Yorkshire) and Ben Jones the Mental Health Nurse at Doncaster Royal Academy.

Mental Health First Aid training - England

BSMHD are running free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training courses throughout England during 2013 and early 2014. The Instructors on these courses are themselves Deaf.

Provisional dates for training are; Manchester – September 26th and 27th, Bristol – October 14th and 15th, Nottingham (November) and Sussex (December)

For further information and booking form please contact the General Secretary.

Psychological Therapies Conference – London, 28th and 29th November 2013.

The New Savoy Partnership 7th Annual Conference & Exhibition will take place on the 28th and 29th November at the Mermaid Conference Centre in London. Those who join us will be able to hear about the results of the 2nd National Audit for Psychological Therapies.  As well as inviting you to join us for that I want to tell you about the work we will be engaged in during this year.

Further details and the conference brochure will shortly be available at http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/psychological-therapies-2013.

To register your interest please email kerry@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk. 

Advanced Masterclass - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – London,  23rd July 2013 or 8th October 2013

Facilitated by:  Kate Hill Solicitor and Senior Trainer InPractice/Radcliffes LeBrasseur Solicitors

Learning objectives include:

• Overview of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act with a review of recent case law
• Thorough examination of what is meant by restriction as opposed to deprivation of liberty
• Step by step review of the procedure for obtaining urgent and standard authorisations
• Documentation under the new regime; a practical guide including the introduction of the FMA (five minute appraisal) system

"The highest priority, therefore, for health and social care providers in operating the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards system is to improve understanding and practice of the MCA."
Monitoring the use of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2011/12, Care Quality Commission, March 2013

For further information and booking forms, please see;
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/event/811/book

The Legal Use of Control & Restraint - Manchester, 7th May 2013 and London, 8th July 2013

The appropriate, legal use of control and restraint is necessary in many clinical settings. However, inappropriate use, and the lack of detailed documentation of decisions, can make healthcare professionals vulnerable to accusations of mistreatment.

This popular joint Healthcare Conferences UK and InPractice training day will look at control and restraint in the context of the Human Rights Act, the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legal and ethical principles. 

Facilitated by Kate Hill Solicitor InPractice and RadcliffesLeBrasseur Solicitors, key learning objectives will include:

• Understand what constitutes restraint; physical, chemical and psychological

• Know when restraint can be used

• Understand when restraint must be used

Through case studies learn about using restraint in specialist areas e.g. mental health and accident and emergency

Provide an overview of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Practical guidance on documenting control and restraint

Mental Health Commissioning, Including Payment by Results in Mental Health Update - 18 June 2013,  London

Jointly chaired by Dr Neil Deuchar, Co-Chair, The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health & Medical Director (Mental Health), NHS West Midlands, and Dr Elizabeth England, Co-Chair, The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health & Clinical Commissioning Champion, The Royal College of General Practitioners, this conference will focus on commissioning mental health services including an update on national mental health policy and the developing role of payment by results in mental health commissioning.

You will hear case studies demonstrating innovation in mental health commissioning, commissioning for better outcomes and recovery, involving service users in the commissioning process and commissioning across the pathway and delivering integrated services.

Speakers Include:

• Fran Singer NIP Programme Coordinator The National Involvement Partnership: NSUN and Panel Member The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health
• Sheila Hardy Nurse Consultant University of Nottingham
• Sue Nowak Head of PbR, Expanding the Scope Department of Health
• Sue Eve-Jones Director, The Professional Association of Clinical Coders, Head of Clinical Coding and Data Quality Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
• Dr Ian Mc Pherson, Chair Improving Health and Wellbeing UK

For further information and to book your place visit http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/mental-health-commissioning-training or email gemma@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk

Conference - 'Only the Lonely; Deafness and Autism/Learning Disability', Manchester 13th June 2013

St George Healthcare Group National Conference 2013.Barnes Wallis Building, University of Manchester.
Speakers include:

• Dr Brendan Monteiro, Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director, St George Healthcare Group, Warrington
• Dr J S Bamrah, Immediate Past Director of CPD, Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Dr Helen Miller, Consultant Psychiatrist, Adult Deaf Services, London
• Kim Williams, Speech and Language Therapist, Speech and Language Therapy Trust, Salford
• Will Hough, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Alpha Hospital, Bury
• Dr Catherine M Smith, Forensic Psychologist, All Saints Hospital, Deaf Services
• Dr Sue O'Rourke, Clinical Forensic Psychologist
• Dr Sally Austen, Clinical Psychologist
• Dr Manjit Gahir, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Rampton Hospital

For further information of the programme and delegate booking form visit;  www.stgeorgehealthcaregroup.co.uk
Interpreters will be available throughout the event.
Sponsoring opportunities are also available.

Healthy Deaf Minds Meetings

London – Meetings are held at; The Small Meeting Room, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, opposite Euston station.

Entrry is £5, tea & coffee will be served.

Scotland

The Scottish HDM meetings are held at various venues around Scotland.

The date of the next meeting is  Wednesday 29th May 2013, 6.30pm–8.30pm at Skyline Suite, 7th Floor, Mercure Hotel, Princes St, Edinburgh (between Jenners & M&S). See reception for a lift card

The topic is “Euthanasia” which is the practice of ending the life of someone who is very ill, in suffering and unlikely to get better. Usually the ill person asks their doctor and family to help them to die peacefully. In Belgium, the story of the doctor of Deafblind Belgian twins who agreed to help them end their lives has caused a lot of talk in the Deaf communities. What do you think of this story? Should Scotland consider euthanasia as a medical practice? Are there pros and cons of euthanasia?

Come and hear a speaker on this topic and give your views.

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