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Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar
Diabetes and Inpatient Care
Morning, 19th June 2009
Central London
With
Dr Rowan Hillson
National Clinical Director for Diabetes,
Department of Health
and
Dr Maggie Hammersley
Consultant Physician and Acute Care
Diabetologist and Chair, Joint British Diabetes
Societies Inpatient
Care group
Nuffield Department
of Clinical Medicine,
Oxford University
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Seminar
With the prevalence of diabetes in the UK
standing at 2.5 million people of which 90 per
cent have Type 2 diabetes, this seminar will
look at issues surrounding the future
prevention, treatment and clinical care of
diabetes. Discussion will focus around the
effectiveness of the current National Strategic
Framework following on from the
five years on
report published in August 2008 and
will look at the future for diabetes care.
At this early stage we expect sessions to focus
around:
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The current situation surrounding diabetic
inpatient care;
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Patient’s experience of diabetes inpatient
care;
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The latest thinking surrounding the
treatment and provision for diabetic
emergencies;
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The role of diet in inpatient care for
diabetic patients;
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Issues surrounding the wider problems
associated with diabetic emergencies such as
foot problems; and
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The next steps from the Department of
Health.
Speakers and Delegates
We are delighted that
Dr Rowan Hillson,
National Clinical Director for Diabetes,
Department of Health; and
Dr Maggie
Hammersley, Consultant Physician and
Acute
Care
Diabetologist, and
Chair, Joint British Diabetes
Societies Inpatient
Care group,
Nuffield Department of Clinical
Medicine, Oxford University
have kindly agreed to deliver keynote
addresses at this seminar.
Further speakers
are expected to be confirmed shortly.
We expect attendees and speakers to be a senior
and informed group numbering around 140,
including Members of both Houses of Parliament,
senior government officials involved in this
area of public policy, charities, interest
groups, academia and other related industries,
together with representatives of the trade and
national press
Output and About Us
A key output of the seminar will be a transcript
of the proceedings, sent out within a week of
the event to Ministers and officials at DH and
other departments affected by the issues,
Parliamentarians with a special interest in
these areas, and other agencies. It will include
transcripts of all speeches and questions and
answers sessions from the day, along with access
to PowerPoint
presentations,
speakers’ biographies, the attendee list, an
agenda and sponsor information. The document
will also be made available more widely, subject
to strict restrictions on public use, similar to
those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence,
and is intended to provide timely information
for interested parties who are unable to attend
on the day.
All delegates will receive free PDF copies and
are invited to contribute to the content.
The Westminster Health Forum is strictly
impartial and cross-party, and draws on the
considerable support it receives from within
Parliament and Government, and amongst the wider
stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy
agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently
the platform for major policy statements from
senior Ministers, regulators and other
officials, opposition spokespersons and senior
opinion formers in industry and interest groups.
Events regularly receive prominent coverage in
the national and trade press.
Booking arrangements
To book places, please use our
online booking form.
Once submitted, this will be taken as a
confirmed booking and will be subject to our
terms and conditions below.
Please pay in advance by credit card on 01276
489144. If advance credit card payment
is not possible, please let me know and we may
be able make other arrangements.
Options and charges are as follows:
-
Places at
Diabetes
and Inpatient Care
(including
refreshments and PDF copy of the
transcripts) are
£190
plus VAT (£218.50);
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Concessionary rate places for small
charities, unfunded individuals and those in
similar circumstances are
£80
plus VAT (£92.00). Please be sure to apply
for this at the time of booking.
For those who cannot attend:
-
Copies of the briefing document, including
full transcripts of all speeches and the
question and comment sessions and further
articles from interested parties, will be
available approximately
7 days
after the event for
£95
plus VAT (£109.25);
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Concessionary rate:
£50
plus VAT (£57.50).
To order please follow the link
here.
If you find the charge for tickets a barrier to
attending,
please let me know
and we will do our best to see you are not
excluded. Please note terms and conditions below
(including cancellation charges) will still
apply.
I do hope that you will be able to join us for
what promises to be a most
useful morning, and I
look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Ryan
Michael Ryan
Senior Producer,
Westminster
Health Forum
Connaught House
22/24 Guildford Road
Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5JN
Direct line: 01276 489144
Direct fax: 01276 489231
www.dietandhealthforum.co.uk
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Next Event A Therapy Network
Continued Professional Development Seminar (CPD)
Saturday
20th June 2009
Introduction to Practice Management - one
day seminar.
Who is
the speaker?
The speaker is Damian Etherington. With over
7 years experience in assisting the business
development of health practitioners in the
UK and Europe, Damian has a keen insight
into practically integrating practice
management within the health field. As well
as his speaking/training engagements, Damian
also runs the UK branch for Energetix, a
leader in the field of professional
nutritional supplements, herbal and
homeopathic remedies, and business support.
Why
Practice Management?
Although there are marketing and sales
workshops and seminars out there, they are
usually focused on the corporate sector, or
are too general for the average
complementary therapist. It is Practice
Management that is key in the success of any
complementary therapy business and Damian's
goal is to introduce practical steps to
understand practice management - whatever
your chosen discipline.
Topics
include
• Practice Management - what is it and how
does it relate to your clinic?
• Role of the practice owner
• Purpose of a Business plan
• How goals relate to growth
• Identify components of a successful
practice
• Identify pitfalls of practices
• Value of a natural pharmacy
• How does patient/client compliance relate
to your practice?
Who can
attend?
Practicing qualified health professionals
and therapists. (As this seminar is
unsuitable for non-complementary health
field professionals, The Therapy Network
reserves the right to request that a
delegate submits, with their deposit,
confirmation of their professional
discipline).
What is
the investment?
Your investment is £70 to include all course
materials, and refreshments. Lunch not
included. A deposit will be required.
Certificate of attendance for CPD purposes
available.
Where
will it be held?
The venue is the Somerton area, easy access
from A37, A303 and M5.
Want to
book?
Please email:
s.pash@therapynetworkonline.co.uk
or
Phone
Sue Pash on 01458 274136.
http://www.therapynetworkonline.co.uk:80/index.php?page=therapies&name=Practitioner/Student
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Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar
The Role
of Prevention & Early Diagnosis in Healthcare
with
David Colin-Thomé
National Director for Primary Care,
Department of Health
Morning, Tuesday, 14th July 2009
Central London
This seminar and light lunch are supported by
GE Healthcare
Including a senior view from the Department of
Health, planned sessions look at:
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Thinking behind the current focus on
prevention and early diagnosis;
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Assessment of savings could be made through
prevention of illness - will an increased
focus on prevention
lead to money being redirected from
treatment?;
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The future for the prevention and management
of conditions such as cancer, heart disease,
diabetes and dementia;
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The role of advice and social marketing
campaigns promoting healthy lifestyles on
obesity and reducing preventable illnesses;
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Opportunities provided by Polyclinics and GP
Led Health Centres for early diagnosis of
illness;
and
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The role of innovation, new equipment and
medicine in the early detection and
treatment of illness.
Organised on the basis of strict impartiality by
the Westminster Health Forum, this important
meeting – including the light lunch - is
supported by GE Healthcare.
Speakers
We are delighted that
David Colin-Thomé, National Director for Primary
Care, Department of Health has kindly
agreed to give a keynote address at this
seminar.
Further senior speakers are being approached and
we are awaiting confirmation of diaries.
We expect attendees and speakers to be a senior
and informed group numbering
around 140, including Members of both Houses of
Parliament, senior government officials involved
in this area of public policy, NHS and other
clinical practitioners, representatives of the
healthcare and pharmaceutical industries,
charities, interest groups, academics and
representatives of the trade and national press.
Output and About Us
A key output of the seminar will be a transcript
of the proceedings, sent out within a week of
the event to Ministers and officials at the
Department of Health and other departments
affected by the issues, other agencies, and
Parliamentarians with a special interest in
these areas. It will include transcripts of all
speeches and questions and answers sessions from
the day, along with access to PowerPoint
presentations, speakers’ biographies, the
attendee list, an agenda and sponsor
information. The document will also be made
available more widely, subject to strict
restrictions on public use, similar to those for
Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is
intended to provide timely information for
interested parties who are unable to attend on
the day.
All delegates will receive free PDF copies and
are invited to contribute to the content.
The Westminster Health Forum is strictly
impartial and cross-party, and draws on the
considerable support it receives from within
Parliament and government, and amongst the wider
stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy
agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently
the platform for major policy statements from
senior Ministers, regulators and other
officials, opposition speakers and senior
opinion formers in industry and interest groups.
Events regularly receive prominent coverage in
the national and trade press.
Booking
arrangements
To book places, please use our
online booking form.
Once submitted, this will be taken as a
confirmed booking and will be subject to our
terms and conditions below.
Please pay in advance by credit card on 01276
489144. If advance credit card payment is not
possible, please let me know and we may be able
make other arrangements.
Options and charges are as follows:
-
Places at
The Role of Prevention & Early Diagnosis in
Healthcare (including refreshments and PDF
copy of the transcripts) are
£190 plus VAT (£218.50);
-
Concessionary rate places for small
charities, unfunded individuals and those in
similar circumstances are £80 plus VAT
(£92). Please be sure to apply for this at
the time of booking.
For those who cannot attend:
-
Copies of the
briefing document, including full
transcripts of all speeches and the
questions and comments sessions and further
articles from interested parties, will be
available approximately 7 days after the
event for £95 plus VAT (£109.25);
-
Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT (£57.50).
If you find the charge for tickets a barrier to
attending, please let me know and we will do our
best to see you are not excluded. Please note
terms and conditions below (including
cancellation charges).
I do hope that you will be able to join us for
what promises to be a most useful morning, and
look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely
Michael
Michael Ryan
Senior Producer, Westminster Health Forum
Connaught House
22/24 Guildford Road
Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5JN
Direct
line: 01276 489144
Direct fax: 01276 489231
www.dietandhealthforum.co.uk
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Saturday
18th July 2009
Practice Management
for New
Therapists/Practitioners -
one day seminar.
New to practice or soon to
qualify?
What
are your next steps? Do you have a business plan?
Where
are you intending to practice? How are you
intending to promote yourself and your business? Do
you know about charging? If these questions are
important to you and you would like to know what
makes a practice successful, this seminar could be a
wise investment at the start of a new career in
complementary therapy.
Who is the
speaker?
The
speaker is Damian Etherington. With over 7
years experience in assisting the business
development of health practitioners in the UK and
Europe, Damian has a keen insight into practically
integrating practice management within the
health field. As well as his speaking/training
engagements, Damian also runs the UK branch
for Energetix, a leader in the field of
professional nutritional supplements, herbal and
homeopathic remedies, and business support.
Why Practice
Management for New Therapists/Practitioners?
Although there are marketing and sales workshops and
seminars out there, they are rarely focused on the
new complementary therapist. It is Practice
Management that is key to the success of any new
complementary therapy business, and Damian’s
goal is to introduce practical steps to understand
practice management - whatever your chosen
discipline.
Topics include:
·
Practice Management – what is it
and how does it relate to your new complementary
therapy business?
·
Role of the practice owner
·
Purpose of a business plan
·
How goals relate to growth
·
Special considerations for new
therapists - Where will I practice? - Renting rooms,
sharing or on your own.
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Letting potential clients know
about you and your practice
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Is advertising effective?
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Identify components of a
successful practice
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Identify pitfalls of practices
·
Value of a natural pharmacy
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How patient/client
compliance can make or break your practice.
Who can attend?
A
Any recently qualified or soon to qualify
therapist/practitioner. It can be daunting when a
therapist first starts out in practice. We aim to
provide a relaxed and supportive day to help you on
your journey, in the company of
other new therapists.
What is the
investment?
Yo
Your investment is £70 to include all course
materials, and refreshments. Lunch not included. A
certificate of attendance for CPD is available.
Where will it be held?
·
The venue is the Somerton area in Somerset, easy
access from A37, A303 and M5.
Want to book?
Please email:
s.pash@therapynetworkonline.co.uk
or
Phone
Sue Pash on 01458 274136.
http://www.therapynetworkonline.co.uk:80/index.php?page=therapies&name=Practitioner/Student
Services
·
Sue
Pash is the course writer for the SNHS Holistic
Dowsing course, and an SNHS graduate.
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Workshops
Workshops and training days
organised by Sue Pash and Richard Murphy in Somerset.
All SNHS course subjects can be catered for
CLICK HERE for details.
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Meridian Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy & Past Life Therapy Workshops
and Training Days |
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Workshops and training days
in Colchester. |
Conducted by : Antony J. Edwards DHyp DHP FRSH MIAH MBIH MAMT
CLICK HERE
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British Holistic Medical Association
(BHMA)
Dear Members,
The British Holistic Medical Association in
partnership with Nutri Centre have created the Good
Practice Awards 2008. These awards recognise the
importance of the built environment in which
healthcare happens.
We are seeking examples of surroundings that enable
holistic healthcare to support personal or communal
healing and wellbeing - whether a meditation space,
group-work rooms, a community garden, an art room,
exercise areas, a health library, even an entire
multidisciplinary health centre.
If you work within an organisation that provides a
healing space environment or know someone that does,
please circulate details and provide them with an
opportunity to submit an entry to the Good Practice
Awards 2008 with the potential to win a £2000 prize
for large scale projects, such as a new practice
centre, and a £500 prize for small scale projects,
such as a treatment room.
Entry forms can be downloaded from
www.bhma.org
Alternatively they can be obtained from Diana at the
BHMA office on 01278 722000 or by email
admin@bhma.org
All entrants to the Good
Practice Awards will receive a free place for up to
two delegates to the BHMA's 25th anniversary
conference - Medicine as if people matter: Patients,
Practitioners and Places.
Thank you for your consideration.
Helen
Helen McCarthy
Marketing Consultant
BHMA
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PO Box 371
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 9BG
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BHMA Tel: 01278 722000
Helen Tel: 07979 815 411
Email:
marketing@bhma.org
Web:
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The Alliance of Natural Health
is fighting for your freedom of choice in health
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Today the ANH has
released its ground-breaking critique of
the European Commission's proposal to
impose EU-wide restrictions on maximum
dosages of vitamins and minerals in food
supplements and fortified foods. These
methods are likely to form the basis for
internationally agreed maximum levels
for food/dietary supplements containing
vitamins and minerals through
Codex Alimentarius, so they have
global relevance.
ANH PRESS RELEASE
EU COMMISSION’S PROPOSALS TO LIMIT
VITAMIN AND MINERAL DOSES NOT FIT FOR
PURPOSE
A group of scientists and doctors,
led by Scientific Director of the
Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), Dr
Robert Verkerk, and ANH’s Medical
Director, Dr Damien Downing, is calling
for the European Commission to review
the methods it is contemplating using to
set maximum permitted levels for
vitamins and minerals in food
supplements and fortified foods. The
scientists claim that the methods being
considered are both “unscientific” and
“flawed”.
Today the ANH unveils its position
paper which explains its reasons for
criticising the Commission’s proposals,
which are planned to become law EU-wide
within the next two years. Robert
Verkerk says, “The Commission claims
that its methods are scientific but we
have found that they do not stand up to
scientific scrutiny”.
Under the Food Supplements Directive
and Fortified Foods Regulation, the
Commission is required to propose
maximum and minimum levels of vitamins
and minerals for both food supplements
and fortified foods. It is expected that
the levels will be finalised in 2009 and
early indications are that Member States
such as the UK, Netherlands, Sweden and
Ireland, that have until now allowed
relatively high levels, might have to
face big reductions in dosages.
Dr Robert Verkerk added: “You know
something is wrong when they are
thinking of limiting the dose of
beta-carotene to the amount you’d find
in just two carrots, and restricting
selenium to the amount present in less
than two brazil nuts. There seems to
have been no attempt to test the models
against real data. If the Commission
really believed these doses might be the
highest safe doses, why aren’t they
screaming for warning labels to be put
on bags of carrots and brazil nuts?”
Dr Damien Downing, also President of
the British Society of Ecological
Medicine and Editor of the peer reviewed
scientific journal, Journal of
Nutritional & Environmental Medicine,
added: “The methods are simply not fit
for purpose. It is the multiple use of
safety or uncertainty factors that
further compounds the reduction of
levels from so-called Safe Upper Levels,
that are often overly cautious to begin
with. The resulting maximum levels,
should these be implemented in law,
would prevent many consumers from
ingesting the levels of vitamins and
minerals needed for optimal health and
would also greatly interfere with
consumer choice.”
Jill Bell, President of the Irish
Association of Health Stores, stated:
“The fact that the setting of maximum
dosages for vitamins and minerals is
being based on such poor science makes a
mockery of the EU’s attempts to regulate
this area.”
The ANH is meeting today in Dublin
with Green Party Health Spokesperson
Senator Deirdre de Burca, as well as
with the heads of other key
organizations, Nutritional Therapists of
Ireland, the Irish Association of
Nutritional Therapy, the Irish
Association of Health Stores and the
Irish Health Trade Association.
The ANH’s position paper includes a
consideration of features that would be
required for the development of a new,
scientifically valid and proportionate
risk management model. Verkerk added:
“We believe a new model should be
developed within an independent,
academic setting rather than being
subject to the often conflicting
pressures of industrial stakeholders and
political processes. We are hoping that
concerns about the European Commission’s
proposed approach will help it to
drastically alter its proposed approach
to the determination of maximum levels,
which would otherwise be
disproportionate in its effect and may
in turn be subject to legal challenge.”
CONTACT
Dr Robert Verkerk
Executive & Scientific Director
Alliance for Natural Health
The Atrium, Curtis Road
Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)1306 646 600
Fax +44 (0)1306 646 552
Email
info@anhcampaign.org
NOTES FOR EDITORS
About the European
Commission’s proposal
European Commission
Discussion Paper, June 2006:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/supplements/discus_paper_amount_vitamins.pdf
Consultation Responses to Discussion
Paper:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/supplements/resp_discus_paper_amount_vitamins.htm
Alliance for Natural Health
ANH Position Paper on Maximum
Permitted Levels (released 24 October
2007):
http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/_docs/ANHwebsiteDoc_290.pdf
ANH consultation response (September
2006):
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/supplements/documents/anh_en.pdf
About the Alliance for Natural Health
(ANH)
The ANH was founded in 2002 and is a
UK-based, internationally-active,
non-governmental organization, working
to help positively shape the regulatory
and scientific framework affecting
natural health. As an alliance, the ANH
brings together, globally, scientists,
medical doctors, integrative
practitioners, lawyers and consumers, as
well as suppliers of food supplements
and other health foods, as a means of
working towards the development of
sustainable approaches to healthcare.
The ANH has been involved in extensive
consultations with the World Health
Organisation, the European Commission,
the European Food Safety Authority and a
range of EU Member State governments.
The ANH brought a legal challenge to the
Food Supplements Directive in 2003 which
was heard in the European Court of
Justice in Luxembourg in 2004-5 where it
received important clarification.
www.anhcampaign.org
The ANH is supported solely by
donations. Please help us to help you by
to fund our unique and vital work. Thank
you. |
For further information contact:
The National Health Federation
P.O. Box 688
Monrovia, California 91017
USA
Phone:
+1-(626) 357-2181
Fax:
+1-(626) 303-0642
Email:
contact-us@thenhf.com
Alliance for Natural Health
The Atrium, Curtis Road
Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA
United Kingdom
Phone:
+44-1306-646-600
Fax:
+44-1306-646-552
Email:
mel@anhcampaign.org |
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