Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative Service

Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative Service

CPD Programme June 2014 – May 2015 FINAL DRAFT

Month / Collaborative Service Led Events / Partner Led Events
2014
June / Healthy Places Workshop– 6th June 2014
Time: 9.00 am – 2.00 pm
Venue –Platinum Lounge, Halliwell JonesStadium, Warrington
N.B Event by invitation only
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Mental Health in Everyday Practice (Connect 5) – Train the Trainer Events
25th June 2014
Time: 9.00 am – 4.30 pm
Venue –Gateway Conference Centre, 71 London Road, LiverpoolL3 8HY
N.B. Event by invitation only
26th June 2014
Time: 9.00 am – 4.30 pm
Venue –Select Security Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DZ
N.B.Event by invitation only / Mental Wellbeing in a Public Health Context– 12thJune 2014
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Venue – Syndicate Rooms, Old Trafford, Manchesterhosted by the International Initiative in Mental Health Leadership on behalf of Public Health England
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Welfare Reform: Mitigating the Impact–
18th June 2014
Time: 1.30 pm – 3.30pm
Venue –Marybone Lecture Theatre, 8 Marybone, Liverpool led by Liverpool John Moore’s University
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The ‘Ipswich Model’; It’s Not All About Voluntary Agreements and Removing High Strength Beer–5thJune 2014
Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Venue –New Economy Offices,Manchester led by Drink Wise
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AF & Stroke Prevention - 27th June 2014
Venue – Bootle Cricket Club – L20 2DD
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
July / Mental Health in Everyday Practice (Connect 5) – Train the Trainer Event
2nd& 9th July 2014
Time: 9.00 am – 4.30 pm
Venue –Gateway Conference Centre, 71 London Road, LiverpoolL3 8HY
N.B. Event by invitation only
3rd& 10th July 2014
Time: 9.00 am – 4.30 pm
Venue – Select Security Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DZ
N.B. Event by invitation only
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Commissioning Masterclass:
Commissioning for Sector-Led Improvement – 15th July 2014
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
N.B. Event by invitation only
Venue tbc / Working together towards a high quality response for people with mental health problems in urgent need of help
7th July 2014
Time: 9.30 am – 3.30 pm
Venue – Select Stadium (Halton Stadium), Lower House Lane, WidnesWA8 7DZ led by National Crisis Care Concordat Teamand Strategic Clinical Networks
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Cumulative Impact Policies (CIPS): a seminar to support colleagues to think differently about CIPS and their potential–11thJuly 2014
Time: 12.30pm – 4.00 pm
Venue –4th Floor Dale House Manchester M1 2HF led by Drink Wise Offices
September / Healthy Places: Innovations Event Including Make Every Contact Count and Pro-Social Place–17th September 2014
Time and Venue tbc / Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): ASeminar To Start A North West Conversation On FASD – 11th September, 2014
Time: 12.30pm – 4.00 pm
Venue –4th Floor Dale House Manchester M1 2HF led by Drink Wise Offices
October / Health Protection: A System Health Check
Date, Time and Venue tbc / Hypertension …… - 9th October 2014
Time and Venue tbc
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
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Your Voice, Your Say: Unleashing the voice of the community for alcohol related harms–23rd October2014
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Venue –4th Floor Dale House Manchester M1 2HF led by Drink Wise Offices
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‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Youth Event
29th October 2014
Led by Tobacco Free Futures
Time and Venue tbc
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Motivational Interviewing – 29th October 2014
Time and Venue tbc
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
November / Suicide Prevention Network Annual Conference
Date, Time and Venue tbc / 2014-15 Tobacco Control Innovation Conference for the Cheshire and Merseyside Tobacco Control Programme–6th November 2014
Time and Venue tbc
Led by Health Equalities Group
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Dementia …….. – 21st November 2014
Time and Venue tbc
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
December / NICE Masterclass – Domestic Violence
Date, Time and Venue tbc
2015
January / Public Health Intelligence Tools
–20th January 2015
Time: 12: 30 pm – 4.30 pm
Venue – Select Security Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DZ / Motivational Interviewing – 14th January 2015
Time and Venue tbc
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
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Dual Diagnosis –January 2015
Time: 7.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Exact date tbc
Venue –4th Floor Dale House Manchester M1 2HF led by Drink Wise Offices
February / Mental Wellbeing: Championing Mental Health – Elected Members–
11th February 2015
Time: 12: 30 pm – 4.30 pm
Venue – Select Security Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DZ / Social Marketing Masterclass: Supporting Collaborative Campaigns
Date, Time and Venue tbc
Led by –Cheshire West and Chesterand The National Social Marketing Council
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Talking Drink: Taking Action – Under the Influence discussion kit–12th February 2015
Time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Venue –4th Floor Dale House Manchester M1 2HF led by Drink Wise Offices
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Dementia …….. – 20th February 2015
Time and Venue tbc
Led by C&M Strategic Clinical Networks
March / Dementia Friendly Settings–9th March 2015
Time: 12: 30 pm – 4.30 pm
Venue – Select Security Stadium, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DZ / Haygarth Public Health Lecture– Dame Carol Black– 23rd March 2015
Time and Venue tbc
Led byCheshire West and Chester Council &University of Chester

Please note programme is subject to change

NATIONAL CONFERENCES & EVENTS

2014-15

Public Health England

Health economics for public health practice and research course

BangorUniversity is holding a two-day short course on 16-17 April 2014 for those wishing to gain an appreciation of public health economics. For further information, contact Mrs Ann Lawton at , telephone 01248 382153.

Cancer Outcomes Conference 2014

The Cancer Outcomes Conference 2014 of PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence Network and United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Cancer Registries will be held on 9-10 June in Birmingham.

NHS England

Mental Health First Aid Workshop

Wednesday 25 June

Location:Quarry House, LeedsLS2 7UE

Mental Health First Aid Workshop

Thursday 25 June

Location: Quarry House, Leeds LS2 7UE

Mental Health First Aid Workshop

Friday 27 June2014

Location: Quarry House, Leeds LS2 7UE

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Monday 30 June - Tuesday 01 July 2014

Monday 08 September - Tuesday 09 September 2014

Monday 27 October - Tuesday 28 October 2014

Monday 24 November - Tuesday 25 November

Monday 19 January - Tuesday 20 January 2015

Location:NCVO (National Council for Voluntary organisations), SocietyBuilding,

8 All Saints Street,LondonN1 9RL

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Monday 09 February - Tuesday 10 February

Location:North East office, Waterfront 4, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY

The 6Cs are for everyone

Friday 04 July 2014

Location:Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, LondonSW1H 9NH

Local Government Association

LGA/RSN Annual Rural Conference 2014: Sustainability out of Austerity (Chester)

9 September 2014

The Annual Rural Conference is the key event for rural policy and decision-makers in local government. This well-established event provides a unique opportunity for elected members, officers and others involved in rural affairs to network and discuss how rural issues can be addressed by local authorities.

Health and wellbeing peer training event (Coventry, 2 - 3 October 2014)

2 October 2014

The Health and Wellbeing Systems Improvement Programme at the LGA plans to deliver 15 to 20 peer challenges during 2014/15.

Leadership Essentials for HWB Chairs (Coventry, 14 – 15 October 2014)

14 October 2014

This is an opportunity for Chairs and Vice-Chairs to come together to have space to think and reflect, share experiences, network and actively learn from each other through the tried and tested LGA focused two-day residential Leadership Academy model.

Leadership Essentials for HWB Chairs (Coventry, 24 – 25 June 2014)

24 June 2014

Food for thought: Joint approaches to safe food and healthy eating (London)

26 June 2014

This conference will explore some of the key issues facing public and environmental health teams as they plan their joint work on food, and look at some of the joint approaches that are already working.

LGA annual conference and exhibition 2014 (Bournemouth, 8-10 July 2014)

8 July 2014

The Local Government Association's annual conference is the biggest event in the local government calendar. It also is one of the biggest political conferences of the year regularly attracting over 1,200 delegates.

LGA annual conference and exhibition 2014 (Bournemouth, 8-10 July 2014)

8 July 2014

LGA/RSN Annual Rural Conference 2014: Sustainability out of Austerity (Chester)

9 September 2014

Health and wellbeing peer training event (Coventry, 2 - 3 October 2014)

2 October 2014

The Health and Wellbeing Systems Improvement Programme at the LGA plans to deliver 15 to 20 peer challenges during 2014/15.

National Children and Adults conference 29-31 October 2014
This event offers you the opportunity to hear the very latest thinking on key children and adult policy and improvement agendas.

UK Faculty of Public Health

Next steps for cancer care: commissioning, integration, research and improving outcomes

01 July 2014

Location: Central London

With: John Baron MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer Professor Peter Clark, Chair, National Cancer Drugs Fund CiaránDevane, Chief Executive

Mobilising Local Health Promotion Systems for Equity

20 July 07 - 01 August 2014
Location: EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France

23rd ETC-PHHP Summer Course 2014
Taking up the challenge of the social determinants of health
The aim of the residential Summer School is to showcase and explore innovative strategies to enhance the capacity of local health promotion systems to address the social determinants to tackle inequalities in health.

Contact: Dr Eric Breton,

Public Health for Specialty Registrars

17-19 September 2014
Location: Birmingham

FPH is running a three-day course covering the core knowledge of public health. The course has been developed specifically for trainees from other clinical specialties who have an interest in public health and want to develop their skills in this field.
The sessions will cover:

Epidemiology
Health protection
Health services
Management for Specialty Registrars
Critical appraisal
How to write a research proposal.

For further information on the course or a booking form please email or

The Impact of Genomics on Public Health

6-7 November 2014
Location: Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff City Centre

This course is designed to help to ensure that the public health workforce is well equipped and ready to utilise this new knowledge in their everyday work and to plan for better future public health programmes.

Distinguished national and international experts will cover recent advances in genetics and genomic medicine such as:

o Recent advances in laboratory genetic technology
o Genomics in health care and main stream medicine
o Cancer genetics and personalised medicine
o Risk stratification, screening and personalised prevention
o Pharmacogenetics
o The use of the genome as tool for epidemiologists
o Epigenetics and public health
o Twin research and common complex disorders
o Genomics and bacterial pathogens
o Genetic risk and health behaviour
o Genetics of substance abuse
o Genetic factors in human obesity
o Ethical, legal and social aspects of public health genomics

This course, which will give an overview of all developments in this area, is intended to be useful for staff working in public health, in planning and commissioning, for researchers and other health care professionals who want to better understand genomic developments and those who need a good overview to keep up-to-date with this rapidly changing field.

To register your interest in attending the Impact of Genomics on Public Health Course 2014 please email

Wales Gene Park website.

Royal Society of Public Health

Cryptosporidium and Giardia Outbreaks: Practical Training for Health Professionals

3 July 2014

Location:28 Portland Place, London W1B 1LY

This brand new one-day course aims to equip environmental and public health professionals and members of the Outbreak Control Team with the skills and knowledge they need to confidently deal with an outbreak of Cryptosporidium or Giardia. It could happen any time and you need to be ready.

This new course presents delegates with real examples of food and non-food communicable disease outbreaks and leads them through vital stages in the process from the initial alarm through to resolution and potential prosecutions. This is achieved by working through a series of realistic workshops plus lectures from some of the country’s top experts in the field.

Who should attend?
This course is designed for all members of the Outbreak Control Team, including environmental health practitioners such as health and safety officers, food safety officers, consultants in communicable disease control, infection control nurses, health protection units, epidemiologists, public health professionals, food safety consultants
and more.

Speakers and trainers include:
Dr Rachel Chalmers, Consultant Clinical Scientist/Honorary Professor and Head of the Cryptosporidium Reference Unit

David Clapham, MSc FRSPH – Valid consultancy Ltd., Principal Associate RH Environmental Limited

Dr Gordon Nichols, Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Department, Health Protection Agency

Mental Wellbeing: No health without mental health

30 October 2014

Location: 28 Portland Place, London W1B 1LY

This conference brings together experts in the fieldto explore the importance of mental wellbeing andhow it can be measured, evaluated and improved.

It will also look at what can be done to increasethe mental wellbeing of individuals in a variety ofsettings and key periods throughout the life courseincluding at school, in the workplace and during oldage. Case studies will provide practical examples ofsuccessful initiatives including the use of the arts.

University of Manchester

Festival of Public Health

01 July 2014

Plenary Lectures from:

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Professor Martin McKee CBE, Professor John Ashton CBE, Professor Simon Capewell, Professor C. Fergus Lowe.

Contact for more information.

Final CPD Plan –20/06/2014