At Venues Across Scotland (See Map Overleaf)

The Joint Improvement Partnership Board Invites you to an Improvement Network Event

Integrating for Better Outcomes:

A Remote Participation Event

Thursday 28th August 2014

10am – 4pm

At Venues Across Scotland (see map overleaf)

Background:

In conjunction with the remoteRemote and Rural Healthcare Educational Allianceand other national partners, the Joint Improvement Team invite you to a ‘Remote Participation Event’ to follow upour national integration event held in Edinburgh on June 12th. Up toten venues across Scotland will host ajointseminar linked by video conferenceto share the best content and material from Integrating for Better Outcomes.

Objectivesfor the eventare:

• To focus on thedelivery of the National Outcomes for Health & Wellbeing, through the integration of health and social care.
• To share examples of practice across Scotland.
• To generate peer review and support.
• To test a new model of remote participation for a diverse group of practitioners.

The programme will include:

• Address by Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and Peter Johnston, Health and Well-being Spokesperson, COSLA
• Worldwide examples of integration by Nick Goodwin, CEO, International Foundation for Integrated Care
• Workshops and Plenary sessions: Insights on what is working well, discovering common themes and opportunities for improvement focussed around the Outcomes for Integration.

This event is for:

People in integrated teams, people working in localities and people at the point of care and support, as well as practitioners and managers from social care, housing and health care across statutory and non-statutory sectors.

To register please complete the application form overleaf and return by email to:

Remote Participation Venues across Scotland:

These locations are provisional and may change subject to demand

1. Scottish Borders Council (Melrose) 2. Dumfries (TBC)3.Ayrshire (TBC) 4.Argyll and Bute (TBC) 5.Centre for Health Science (Inverness) 6.Western Isles Hospital (Lewis) 7.Caithness General Hospital (Wick) 8.Aberdeen (TBC)9.Gilbert Bain Hospital (Shetland) 10. Balfour Hospital (Orkney)

Remote Participation Event Registration:

Please complete this form electronically and return it to James Thomson (JIT Policy Officer) at the following email address:

Name:

Organisation:

Job Title:

Job (base) Location:

Email address:

Telephone:

Preferred Remote Participation Venue:

Venue Confirmation:

Once you have registered for the event, JIT will email you specific details for your local remote participation venue, including address, room numbers and contact details.

Lunch Arrangements:

Please note that due to small numbers at individual remote participation venues, no lunch arrangements are being made, although light refreshments will be provided.Participants are asked to bring their own lunch with them.