Launch Seminar for the New NHSLA Risk Management Standards for Mental Health & Learning Disability Trusts

Programme - February 2008

10:00       Coffee and registration

10:30       NHSLA - introduction to the day and an overview of claims data

               Alison Bartholomew, Risk Management Director - NHSLA

11:00       Feedback from the pilots and changes to the new NHSLA Risk Management

               Standards for MH & LD Trusts and assessment process

               Edward FitzGerald, DNV Risk Management Assessor

               Lesley Meech, DNV Regional Manager - NHSLA Schemes

12:00       Experience of NHSLA Risk Management Standards

               Lynn Pearl, Risk Manager - Bradford District Care Trust

               NHSLA Risk Management Standards - Pilot Level 2

               Michelle Appleby, Risk Manager - North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

12:30       Lunch

13:30       Linking the Healthcare Commission’s core standards assurance and the NHSLA MH & LD standards

               Anthony Deery, Head of Mental Health Strategy - Healthcare Commission

               Geraldine Strathdee, Clinical Director - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

14:00       Safe and secure environments in Mental Health & Learning Disability settings

               Sue Frith, Deputy Head of Security Management

               Debbie Garbutt, Manager of Violence Strategy - NHS Security Management Service

14:30       Afternoon tea

15:00       HSE Management standards: The story so far (2004 - 2007)

               Jackie Ferguson, HM Inspector of Health & Safety - Health & Safety Executive

               Peter Kelly, Higher Occupational Health Psychologist - Health & Safety Executive

15:30       Dual diagnosis