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Working Together for Better Care: Delivering quality services in the care sector - Programme

 

 

9.00   Registration and refreshments

 

9.30   Welcome and outline of the day

Chair: Des Kelly OBE, Executive Director, NCF

 

9.40   Operations of the Care Quality Commission

CQC representative

  • Timeline of new guidance and its legal implications
  • Making information accessible to all
  • How inspection and reporting will differ from current practice under the CQC
  • Know the re-registration process

 

10.30 Maximise the value of your resources

Helga Goutcher, Head of Operational Compliance, BUPA

  • Meeting budgets
  • Encouraging staff retention
  • Delivering quality of care with the right training

 

11.10 Refreshment break

 

SPLIT SESSIONS

 

Split session 1

Facilitated by:

Jayne Needham, Senior Public Health Strategy Manager, Derbyshire County PCT

 11.30 Implications of the MCA DOLS

Diane Fossey, London Borough of Wandsworth

  • Conveying a clear message of good practice
  • Unravelling the paper work
  • Balanced debate on the true impact of the MCA DOLS

 

12.10 How to best incorporate the Dementia Strategy

Bev Green and Kathy Feltham, Derbyshire Mental Health Trust

  • Issues around the new NICE guidance on antipsychotic medication
  • Care for mental health in older people in your care home
  • Dementia care mapping
  • Latest on treatments and statistics

 

Split session 2

Facilitated by:

Des Kelly OBE, Executive Director, NCF

 

11.30 Beating malnutrition

Sue Ullmann, Chair, NACC

  • Serving quality nutrition within budget
  • Prevention against malnutrition
  • The MUST tool for assessment

12.10 Bring joy through meal times:

A practical approach

Sara Stanner, Nutritionist, BNF

  • Making meal times fun
  • Meeting the nutritional needs of older people
  • Allocation of staff and resources
  • Ensuring food and water are easily accessible

 

END OF SPLIT SESSIONS

 

12.50 Question and answer session

 

13.00 Lunch

 

14.00 Personalisation: a rough guide

Joanna Lenham, Practice Development Manager, SCIE

  • The implications of Personalisation for all care home employees
  • A preview of a short film for social care TV
  • Choice and control for service users
  • Demystifying Personalisation: the broader concept

 

14.40 Refreshment break

 

15.00 Risk assessment: Taking appropriate precautions 

Nigel Lawrence, National Executive, NASHICS

  • The practical elements from assessments to record keeping
  • Risk assessment and management

 

15.40 Leadership skills that motivate and inspire

National Skills Academy for Social Care representative (confirmed)

  • Taking responsibility for the implementation of policies
  • Managing change effectively to ensure policy compliance
  • A happy team: inspiring your staff
  • Injecting dignity in care services

 

16.20 Question and answer session

 

16.30 Close

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