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MHLDNDL Conference 2nd & 3rd December in Manchester
Pre Conference Dinner & Conference to be held at the
Macdonald Manchester Hotel & Spa
London Road, Piccadilly
Manchester, M1 2PG
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Pre Conference Dinner 2nd December - £25.00 for a 3 course set dinner including coffee

For guests to book the accommodation at £85 B&B. please call Macdonald Manchester Hotel & Spa reservations line on 0844 879 9088 & quote the block id 1519950


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Forthcoming Conferences

Matron's Network Conference September 20th

Are We There Yet? – The Matron’s Route Planner
11th April 2011




Navigating the various big agendas – quality, improvement, patient experience, targets, finance, whilst keeping the patient at the very heart of everything.


At the Holiday Inn Brentford Lock, High Street, Brentford Lock, TW8 8JZ

Accommodation: B&B rate of £89 inc VAT

Main meeting: Waterfront 4 Suite

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Previous Conferences

Location: Holiday Inn, Camden Lock
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London - 13th & 14th May 2010
Focus on “Policies, Practice & Politics in a New World”

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Previous Conferences

Location: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London

Due to popular demand, the SDO Network, in association with the Mental Health Network, hosted an additional acute mental health ward seminar on Wednesday 24 March 2010. We showcased some of the latest research on how we can improve the acute mental health ward experience for service users, carers and staff as part of our interactive learning seminar series.

This free one-day event was held at The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London SE1 (near Waterloo Station) from 10am-4pm.




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Venue: Palace Hotel, Manchester, 9th October
 
The Fifth National Conference for Matrons & Clinical Leads in Mental Health & Learning Disabilities.
“Responsibility & Accountability – Responsible & Accountable to Whom?”

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Previous Conferences

Venue: Makeney Hall, Derby 26th & 27th November 09
Pre conference dinner at Makeney Hall 26th Nov.

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Spring Conference, 24th April
Venue: , Liverpool

24th April 2009 “Nursing Leadership in a Quality Led NHS”
Presentations from the day included “Vision for the future of mental health and learning
disability nursing” Dr Ben Thomas - Professional Adviser for Mental Health and Learning Disability in the Professional Leadership Team at the Department of Health
“Political Influencing in today's NHS” Ian Hulatt – Mental Health Advisor Royal College of Nursing
“Personal Reflection of Nursing Leadership” Lis Jones - Director of Nursing & Performance/Service Director

Concurrent sessions:
Safeguarding Children “Lessons from Serious Case Reviews”
Peter Hasler Mental Health Consultant
Embedding Quality—“A whole Organisational Approach”
Kay Darby Director of Nursing & Strategy & Andrew Skelton Deputy Director Nursing & Clinical Governance
Infection Control— “An inspector calls - Unannounced Health-care Commission visit: Before, during and after”
Professor Rachel Munton Executive Director of Nursing & Allied Health Professionals

Afternoon Debate: “Will Associate Practitioners replace Mental Health Nurses”

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Autumn Conference, 21st November
Venue: The Jury’s Inn , Birmingham

21st November 2008 “Inspiring nurses to lead”

Feedback from members has emphasised a desire to reflect contemporary challenges for nurses in the context of a rapidly changing service environment. The Conference therefore considered:

1. Service Redesign

2. Releasing time to care – Productive ward

3. Nursing Leadership



Previous Conferences

Mental Health & Learning Disability Nurse Directors' and Leads' Conferences - Spring Conference 2008

Venue: Holiday Inn, Camden Lock

23rd May 2008 “Care For People Of All Ages, Is There Equality For All?”

Presentations from the day included the challenges and opportunities for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in response to the Darzi Report, ‘Our NHS Our Future’, given by Nick Morris, Director of Strategy & Nursing, Bradford District Care Trust. 

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Presentations are available to view in the member’s enclosure.