This Service User Involvement in Social Care
Wednesday 02 December 2009
76 Portland Place, London

This one day conference will give delegates the opportunity to hear from the Care Quality Commission with a national policy update, including involving people and responding to their views: Voice into action.

You will have the opportunity to further your knowledge on some of the more challenging aspects of involving people, including form user involvement to co-production: the future of social care.

The day concludes with looking beyond involvement: employment, training and user led services, paying attention to the impact on access to work and education, increasing access to employment and training opportunities and supporting user led services.

For further information and online registration: http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=364

Infection 2009
Federation of Infection Societies
11 – 13 November 2009
ICC, Birmingham

Infection 2009 is the flagship conference and exhibition of the Federation of Infection Societies. It will take place from 11th – 13th November 2009 at the ICC in Birmingham. Its purpose is to promote and showcase what has been achieved to improve infection detection, control and management in the United Kingdom. Infection 2009 is unique in bringing together health professionals from all sectors of the infection management field, including Directors of Infection Prevention & Control, Infection Control Specialists, Antimicrobial Pharmacists, Microbiologists, ID Physicians, Surgeons, Intensivists, Chief Executives and Laboratory Scientists.

Over the three days of conference, they expect to welcome 600-700 delegates who will have the opportunity to attend plenary sessions, interactive workshops, meet the expert sessions, clinical lessons, half-day mini courses and much more.

The massive trade exhibition will host over 100 companies, with many stands already confirmed. Sponsors and exhibitors so far include: Pfizer, Wyeth, Novartis, Astellas, Frontier Medical, Daniels Healthcare, Hygienics, Clinimax, the National Patient Safety Agency and many more.

The scientific programme is in the final stages of completion and is available to view at: http://www.infection2009.com/FIS09_Scientific_Programme.pdf

Infection 2009 will welcome speakers from Google, Imperial College London, Health Protection Agency and Department of Health. The sessions cover a range of topics from Animal Infections and Human Health to Surgical Infections and from Medical Tourism to Hospital Design and Infection Control.

If you would like to take part in this conference, please go to www.infection2009.com or contact Rachel Bullock on 08444 12 77 44 or rbullock@infection2009.com 

The use of mapping software and systems in health research
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Royal Geographical Society, London, UK

This workshop intends to highlight the uses of mapping software, web-based platforms and geographical information systems, in relation to health research. The event will cover topics concerned with infectious disease and also non-communicable disease. The day will include:
• Invited speakers to present on their topic
• Submission of abstracts for oral speaking slots (both infectious and non-infectious disease topics are welcome)
• An extended lunch session to include viewing of posters, electronic 'poster presentations' that can give demos of the researchers work, plus also computer terminals set up with Google Maps/Earth, Arc, MapInfo etc for delegates to have a go themselves and/or watch demonstrations of what can be done.
 

Confirmed speakers include:
• Russell Stothard from the Natural History Museum, covering schistosomiasis
• Mat Fisher, Imperial College London, covering the mapping of genotypes to identify populations and invasions in emerging fungal infections
• Marianne Sinka & Will Temperley, University of Oxford - Mapping the geographical distribution of the Anopheles vectors.

For further information and online registration: http://idrn.org/events/upcoming/mapping.php

To download a copy of the flyer click here

A Practical Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Patient Experience: Through Indicators, Metrics and Measures
Wednesday 21 October 2009
76 Portland Place, London UK
 

Implementing High Quality Care for All - This one day conference provides a practical guide to measuring and monitoring the patient experience, one of the three core components of quality identified by Lord Darzi, and the use of indicators, metrics and measures to effectively deliver High Quality Care for All.

You will have the opportunity to hear about augmenting the National Assured Quality Indicators, released 15 May 2009, with local measures and metrics and learn more about the emerging tools and techniques for improving the patient experience including Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs), measuring experience through essence of care and patient experience surveys.

For further information and online registration: http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=325

To download a copy of the flyer click here

Reducing Clostridium Difficile
Tuesday 03 November 2009
Church House, London

SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The conference includes presentations focusing on Clostridium Difficile as a patient safety and quality indicator, developing quality indicators and metrics, learning from monitoring, surveillance and outbreaks including how to manage outbreaks and periods of increased incidence.

Whether you are an infection control specialist or member of the hospital team, this one day conference provides an important update on new measures and steps to reduce Clostridium Difficile, with a focus towards zero.


For further information and online registration: http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=home&id=348

Infection Prevention 09
Infection Prevention Society
21 - 23 September 2009,
Harrogate International Centre (HIC), Harrogate
 
Celebrating the past looking to the future – 50 years of infection prevention. A dynamic blend of the best of the UK and world-wide speakers on infection prevention will continue to make this the ‘must attend’ event of the year. This event is organised by the experts in the field of infection prevention.

For further information and online registration: http://www.infectionpreventionconference.org.uk/