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Diary of events
Last updated: 17 October 2006
CDR Home | Diary of events
For information about other conferences, courses, and events visit http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/events
The sensible use of blood: The Royal Society of Medicine, Wessex Region
The Royal Society of Medicine is holding a symposium titled The sensible use of blood, on
Thursday 8 February 2007. The venue will be at The Education Centre, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, SP2 8BJ.
The aim of this symposium is to evaluate the various ways of minimising allogeneic blood transfusion in cardiovascular and transplant surgery. For more information and to register on line please go to http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/zo-blood.htm,
For more course details, contact Primrose Ante-Bennett on (+44) 020 7290 2965, Fax (+44) 020 7290 2977, or email: primrose.ante-bennett@rsm.ac.uk
Emergency Surgery: Don’t Panic!
The Royal Society of Medicine are hosting a conference Monday 11 December 2006, tittles: Emergency Surgery: Don’t Panic! This one-day conference will discuss the essential and practical skills required for the initial assessment, investigation and pre-operative care of the common general surgical emergencies.
For further details please contact Jennifer Lake on tel (+44) 020 7290 3919; fax (+44) 020 7290 2977
or email: jennifer.lake@rsm.ac.uk
To book on-line, visit the Royal Society of Medicine website at http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/c10-esurg.htm
Principles of Health Protection (Part one and two)
Principles of Health Protection (Part one) – 14-16 February 2007
HPA South West, in conjunction with University of Bristol, offers this multi-disciplinary course to update your knowledge and skills of the surveillance, epidemiology and management of infectious, environmental and radiological incidents. The course will be held at the Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
Contact the short course administrator on tel: 0117 928 7221
Email: short-course@bristol.ac.uk
Download a flyer at: http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/hpp.htm
Practice of Health Protection (Part Two) – 26-27 April 2007
This two-day intensive course offers experienced specialists in health protection, public health and environmental health an opportunity for CPD to discuss emerging health protection threats, analyse case studies, reflect on current issues, hot topics and debates through a series of lectures, scenarios and workshops. The course will be held at the Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
Contact the short course administrator on tel: 0117 928 7221
Email: short-course@bristol.ac.uk
Download a flyer at: http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/hpp.htm
National Conference – Topics In Microbiology Management “Management Matters”
For anyone with an interest in the management of microbiology laboratories, the Health Protection Agency is hosting the National Conference – Topics In Microbiology Management “Management Matters”. It will be held on 9-10 November 2006 at the HPA Colindale Centre for Infections, north west London, in the Wilson Lecture theatre.
Programme
9 November:
Morning Session – Quality in the New NHS
Afternoon Session - How to write a Business Case (David Bailey)
10 November:
Morning Session – Carter & Beyond
Speaker profile:
David Bailey is an NHS accountant with 21 years experience of creating successful business cases. He has worked in primary care, mental health, acute and teaching hospital settings and is author of The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide as well as NHS Finance In A Nutshell. He is well known as a lively and provocative speaker.
Registration
Cost of the Conference is £70 to include lunch, wine reception and tradeshow, and evening meal on Thursday
For full programme and application form please contact Janet Norcup: Janet.Norcup@HPA.org.uk
17th National Immunisation Conference for Health Care Workers
The University of Manchester and Stockport Medical Education Centre invite you to attend the 17 National Immunisation Conference for Health Care Workers to be held on Friday, 1 December 2006.
The Conference is for any health worker involved with immunisation and will be of interest to Clinical Medical Officers, General Practitioners, Health Visitors, Practice Nurses, Occupational Health Practitioners, Paediatricians, Microbiologists, School Nurses, and District Immunisation Co-ordinators.
It will begin at 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m, at The Manchester Conference Centre (Weston Building, UMIST, Sackville Street, Manchester).
Registration
The Conference fee is £75 for nursing staff and £100 for doctors, managers and other staff. This includes refreshments on arrival, all refreshments during the day including a hot/cold 2 course buffet lunch, delegate pack and certificate. CPD approval will be applied for.
To register please contact: telephone: 0161 419 4684 or fax 0161 419 4686.
Engineering in infection control: steam sterilisation, washer-disinfectors, specialist ventilation and other aspects of hospital hygiene
This course forms an element of the Diploma in Hospital Infection Control but is open to all experienced infection control practitioners. There will be two courses in 2007: one from 14 to 18 May and another from 1 to 5 October. Both will be held at Eastwood Park Training Centre in Falfield (near Bristol), a specialist centre for healthcare engineering. This course is registered for 35 CPD points. The fee is £1,400 (residential) or £1,120 (non-residential).
For details regarding registration and further information about the courses please write to Sheila Culkin, Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection, HPA, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, or email:Sheila.Culkin@hpa.org.uk
