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Joint Conference Friday 19th October 2012

Action for Sick Children were delighted to have jointly hosted this one-day conference with WellChild, a leading charity working with sick children and families across the UK.

Our conference which was open to all provided the opportunity for professionals working within children’s services, together with parents and other interested members of the general public, to hear from a range of speakers on current key issues for children’s healthcare.

The conference was a great networking opportunity and the aims of the conference were to exchange information, address challenges and support a future focus - we feel all the aims were achieved.

SPEAKERS

Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green delivered the keynote speech.

Professor Ian Lewis, (Medical Director at the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust) and Dr Hilary Cass (President, RCPCH) chaired the morning and afternoon sessions.

The topic areas that were covered included:

The Changing Role of the GP

Better at Home?

Transition from children to adult services

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - 'The Cinderella Service'

Workforce for the Future

 Conference Agenda

 

9.30am	Registration and refreshments
10.00am	Welcome and housekeeping	Pamela Barnes, Chairman, Action for Sick Children
10.05am	Setting the Scene	Professor Ian Lewis, Medical Director, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Co-Chair Children & Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum. (Chairing morning session)
10.15am	Keynote Speech – A Challenge to the participants	Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green Patron, Action for Sick Children
10.30am	The changing role of the GP:  Commissioners or Practitioners?	Dr Kathryn Bannell, GP Hampshire
11.00am	How do we support children with complex health needs to be 'Better at Home'?	Dr Mark Whiting Consultant Nurse, Children's Community and Specialist Nursing, Hertfordshire/ Katie Booth WellChild Nurse, Kirklees
11.30am	Coffee
11.50am	The Challenge for Acute Services and Workforce for the Future	Dr Carole Ewing, Clinical Workforce Development Lead, RCPCH
12.20pm	Questions for Speakers
12.30pm	Lunch and Networking
13.30pm 13.35pm	Introduction to the afternoon Greeting Address from EACH	Colin Dyer, CEO, WellChild Dr Sylvie Rosenberg Reiner, Co-ordinator European Association for Children in Hospital
	Afternoon session to be chaired by Dr Hilary Cass, President RCPCH
13.30pm	Who Cares? Round Table Discussion	To be chaired by Professor Sir Robert Boyd, Professor of Child Health and Paediatrics
14.30pm	Challenges for Transition UK Evidence	Dr Janet McDonagh, Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital
15.00pm	Improving outcomes for Children and Young People with mental health problems	Dr Raphael Kelvin, Professional Adviser, CAMHS, Department of Health
15.30pm	Review of the day and questions	Dr Hilary Cass
15.45pm	Finish and Tea

For any further information, please contact us at: enquiries@actionforsickchildren.org

 -VENUE -

The event was held at Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, Sackville Street, M1 3BB.

For directions, please see: http://www.manchesterconferencecentre.co.uk/location/ 

(MANCHESTER) Children’s Medical Factfile

Manchester lies within one of the United Kingdom's largest metropolitan areas with a current population of approximately 505,607 inhabitants. Manchester is situated in the south-central part of North West England, fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south and the Pennines to the north and east. The city centre is a mix of old meets new, with buildings both architecturally inspiring and functional. Manchester has a cultural mix and diverse history, dating back to Roman times.

In the field of children’s medicine, the following are important facts:

· A group of wealthy men met in Manchester in 1828 and established the General Dispensary for Sick Children in 1829, which in later years grew to be Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (Pendlebury) Hospital, a major site for the development of paediatrics in the UK.

· After 1850 medical charities became more popular and services for children were expanded, not only in Manchester but across the UK.

· In 1854 Manchester’s maternity charity, St. Mary’s hospital, began to take children as inpatients as did the Dispensary for Children.

· Around the great war of 1914-18, the first woman graduate doctor in Manchester began a hospital for babies, the Duchess of York Hospital for Babies.

· In 1915, the authorities of the Manchester district devoted one of their new buildings, Booth Hall, to care for the children of paupers.

· In 1948, both charities and municipal institutions came into national ownership under the National Health Service (NHS).

· In the early 80’s the Duchess of York Hospital was rebuilt on the Withington hospital site.

· From 2009, Pendlebury, Booth Hall and St. Mary’s children’s departments were joined together in a new building and became part of the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The new hospital is known as The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and was opened by the Queen on 27th March 2012.

 

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