Events
Help improve your business with the following events that are available to you. Please note, some of these are run by external organisations.
Members’ Meeting on 21st September 2010
How to survive the impending cutbacks
This is a meeting you can’t afford to miss!
Held at the YMCA Conference Centre in High Wycombe, it starts at 2pm prompt and we have two speakers, Rachael Rothero, Services Manager Strategic Commissioning for Bucks CC, and Jo-Ann Woolf from Carers Bucks.
Rachael will explain the financial challenges facing Bucks CC. There will be substantial cutbacks across the whole care sector and MKB Care's aim is to facilitate ways for the Council and care providers to work together to identify smarter ways of working to achieve efficiences and protect all our businesses.
Jo-Ann will be talking about the role of family carer in a fast-changing society. Carers Bucks supports family carers to access domiciliary care via their bursary fund and Jo-Ann gives training to domiciliary and nursing care staff to help them understand family carers' issues.
With insolvencies in the health and social care sector up by 49% in the first half of this year following council spending cuts, the latest government figures show that health and social care is one of the worst-hit areas. Go to http://www.carenewstoday.co.uk/index.php?node=care-providers-going-bust-doubles to read more about these figures.
Attendance is by booking ONLY and all bookings MUST be sent to Susie Bell (either by post or e-mail susie.bell@mkbcare.org, please) as soon as possible. Places are limited and interest will be high.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Two Learning Disability Conferences in September
Care Choices Ltd are organising a conference on 23rd September 2010 at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on the subject of the Future for Learning Disability Care Provision. If you would like to attend the conference, follow this link to download a booking form:
http://www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/events.asp
Skills for Care are organising a conference on 27th September 2010 at the Hilton London Olympia entitled ‘A Workforce for Personalisation – What Good Looks Like’ aimed at people with learning disabilities, their carers, staff for health and social care providers involved in workforce development, training providers and commissioners.
Download:
Skills for Care Conference 27-9-2010
MKB Care Association: members’ meetings
Five members’ meetings and the Association’s AGM have now been arranged for 2010-2011. Agendas and a booking form will be ready from mid-August. Download the list of dates here
Dates are as follows:
21st September 2010, High Wycombe
13th October 2010, Milton Keynes
18th November (AGM plus lunch), Aston Clinton
20th January 2011, High Wycombe
8th February 2011, Milton Keynes
16th March 2011, Aston Clinton
These meetings are for members only. We intend to have speakers on Parkinson’s Disease, End of Life care and Dementia but, as yet, topics for discussion and speakers are not fixed so we would be delighted to hear from anyone who has a special request.
The last meeting that featured Katy Slade speaking on Parkinson’s Disease was in the Milton Keynes area and it was extremely highly rated by delegates so we will be asking Katy back to speak at a South Bucks meeting.
Public Service Events: Catering to the Public Sector – Maintaining Standards
Public Service Events are running a conference on 17th November 2010 at The Barbican Conference Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS on the above subject at a cost of £895+VAT per person for private sector care providers.
Follow this link to read more about the conference, the programme, the speakers and how to book: http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/q8hn/overview.asp?ID=164
Consultation on Migration Event
The government has asked the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise it on the level of the permanent economic migration limit for its first full year of operation. The permanent limit is intended to be implemented from April 2011.
Care providers are invited to this event on 26th August in London to contribute you views on the impact of the proposed limits on migration of non-EU members on social care in the South East. SfC are supporting the event and we hope that you will be able to attend to give your views. Click here read more and to complete the booking form. Please return it to Bernadette Butler (Bernadette.Butler@skillsforcare.org.uk) by 17th August.
If you are unable to attend but employ non-EU staff and wish to comment on this subject, please e-mail your views to Peter Hall (peter.hall@mkbcare.org).
Migration event agenda
Migration event letter
GOL map
Migration events booking Doc
Skills for Care: QCF launch event 14th September 2010
Skills for Care are launching the new Qualifications and Credit Framework with a free event on 14th September at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London. It is aimed at all employers, learning and development managers and training providers with an interest in the new qualifications. If you are interested in registering for more information, please contact Sarah Spurr via sarah.spurr@skillsforcare.org.uk or by telephone on 0113 241 1246.
National Care Association
One of a number of innovations at the 2010 National Care Association Conference will be the new modular structure of the conference programme - designed to give busy care professionals the opportunity to attend for either one or two days, depending on their schedules and subjects of interest.
The event, to be held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre, Kensington, London on 20/21 October 2010, will include Seminars, Q&A Sessions, Discussions and Debates with those influencing policy within Government and representatives of the leading care sector organisations, and an exhibition of the sector’s latest products and services – all under one roof.
The developing programme will include a Dementia Care Conference, Learning Disability Providers Conference, National Conference featuring a number of major speakers plus a sparkling Gala Dinner.
To book a place contact National Care Association on 020 7831 7090,
visit http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk.
16th March 2010: Cluster Update in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes Cluster groups have been growing in strength during the past year and Suzanne Pangbourne, Project Coordinator for the MK Cluster groups, has issued a report on recent MK Cluster activity. Click here for more information and a list of forthcoming meeting dates. If you want to join a Cluster, please contact Suzanne on s.pangbourne@btinternet.com
PCT meeting 25th February 2009
To download a report form this meeting click here
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