Improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

TUESDAY 6^th DECEMBER 2022

VIRTUAL, Online

We are pleased to announce the Ninth Annual Conference to focus on improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

This Conference will focus on the highly relevant and complex area of improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

Attending this conference will enable you to:

• Network with colleagues who are working to improve mental health support for refugees and asylum seekers
• Reflect on the lived experience of a refugee to this country
• Understand the national and international context, and how we can better support the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine 
• Understand the vulnerabilities that lead to mental health issues in refugees and asylum seekers
• Examine how to set up holistic services that meet the mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers
• Reflect on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers, and how we can improve support during and beyond Covid-19
• Learn from the experiences of the Red Cross and Doctors of the World in delivering Multitiered and comprehensive MHPSS Systems & Psychological First Aid
• Improve your skills in working with asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced trauma
• Develop strategies for providing peer and community support
• Understand the role of specialist interventions such as trauma focused CBT
• Working with victims of human trafficking
• Improve practice in building resilience and improving care of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

For further information and to book your place visit 

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/improving-mental-health-support-for-asylum-seekers-and-refugees   or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Investigation of Deaths & Serious Incidents in Mental Health Services- Implementing the New Patient Safety Investigation Framework (PSIRF)

TUESDAY 6th DECEMBER

VIRTUAL, Online

This national conference looks at the practicalities of Serious Incident Investigation and Learning from Deaths in Mental Health Services. The event will look at the development and implementation of the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (previously known as the Serious Incident Framework) which was published on 16 August 2022. 

The conference will also update delegates on best current practice in serious incident investigation and learning, including mortality governance and learning from deaths. There will be an extended focus on ensuring serious investigation findings lead to change and improvement, and updates from PSIRF early adopter sites in mental health. The conference will also examine how the new framework will fit with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Care Review Tool for mortality review.

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/investigation-of-deaths-serious-incidents-in-mental-health-services  or click on the title above or email nicki@hc-uk.org.uk

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Psychosis: Early Intervention, Treatment & Recovery

THURSDAY 8th DECEMBER 2022

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on practical approaches to improving early intervention, treatment and recovery for people with psychosis. Through national update sessions, presentations from people with lived experience, practical case studies and extended expert sessions the conference will update delegates on best practice and evidence with regard to the management of psychosis. The conference is timely following the increase in referrals and symptoms of psychosis seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The conference will also cover improving the physical health of people with psychosis.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/psychosis-treatment  or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Moving from Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to Liberty Protection Safeguards

THURSDAY 15^th DECEMBER 2022

VIRTUAL, Online

The draft Code of Practice and draft regulations that support the Liberty Protection Safeguards have now been published. This conference will update delegates on the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards in your service with particular focus on the Draft Code of Practice which was published in March 2022. 

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/liberty-protection-safeguards-mca or email amanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Perinatal Mental Health Services: Improving access and support

THURSDAY 19^th JANUARY 2023

Virtual, Online

This conference focuses on improving perinatal mental health services during and beyond Covid-19. By attending this one day conference, you will hear talks from expert speakers at local and national level. The chair for the day will be Elaine Coote, a Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author of Eyes without Sparkle and Another Twinkle in the Eye– ‘contemplating another pregnancy after perinatal mental illness’.

The conference will open focusing on the lived experience, and then learning from the rMBRRACE-UK rapid care report focusing on recommendations for improvement. You will benefit from extended sessions focusing prevention and positive mental health, developing a model of service delivery in which mental and physical health care are integrated into the work of maternity and health visiting services, identifying and supporting women in mental health crisis, improving the quality of mental healthcare for new mothers, supporting men whose wives or partners are experiencing PND, learning from mother and baby units and maternal mental health pilot sites, supporting mothers at higher risk due to birth trauma or previous mental health issues, and supporting women with existing mental health concerns with a case study on Eating Disorders.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/improving-perinatal-mental-health-crisis-services-reducing-maternal-suicide or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Self-Harm: Implementing the NICE Guideline

WEDNESDAY 25^th JANUARY 2023

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on improving services and outcomes for people who self harm, and implementing and monitoring adherence to the NEW NICE Guideline: Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence which was published on 7th September 2022. 

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/self-harm   or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Improving Access, Treatment and Support for People with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder

FRIDAY 27^th JANUARY 2023

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on Improving Access, Treatment and Support for People living with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.

This conference will enable you to:

• Network with colleagues who are working to improve access and treatment for people living with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Reflect on the lived experience of someone with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Explore how Covid-19 has impacted on people with a diagnosis of personality disorder and how we can better support people during and beyond the pandemic
• Learn from outstanding practice in early intervention 
• Ensure equity of access and improve support for people from diverse communities
• Discuss the use of terminology and stigma associated with this diagnosis and how we can change attitudes and culture 
• Understand how to deliver an effective PD Treatment Pathway including treatment models and therapeutic interventions
• Understand how you can deliver effective psychological therapies for people with personality disorder
• Identify key strategies for engaging with and supporting carers
• Exploring creative approaches
• Understand how to self assess and audit your service for personality disorder and developing an action plan for improvement
• Supporting people living with a diagnosis of personality disorder and their family and carers 
• Understand how to effectively integrate suicide mitigation practice into your service
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/personality-disorder or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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CAMHS National Summit 2023: Transforming Mental Health Services for Children & Young Adults

TUESDAY 31^st JANUARY 2023

VIRTUAL, Online

This national conference focuses on transforming mental health services for children and young people, ensuring early intervention, and developing integrated services with clear care pathways from first intervention to crisis and inpatient care. The conference will look at national developments and learning from the Covid-19 pandemic and how CAMHS has had to adapt and innovate to provide effective care, and will also focus on suicide prevention, inter-agency working and access to services.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/camhs-national-summit or click on the title above or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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