Prison Health Conference: 'Prison health: A time for change'
Monday 1 December 2008
British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
Please note that this conference has been re-scheduled to take place on Monday 1 December 2008 (it was due to take place on Tuesday 9 September 2008).
As you are aware there are significant changes taking place in prison health due to the transfer of prison health from HM Prison Service to primary care over the last two years. This has implications for the delivery of service, funding, revalidation, training and accountability.
I am writing to inform you that the 2008 Prison Health Conference: ‘Prison Health: A Time for Change' will now be held at BMA House on Monday 1 December. I hope that this will be a key event for doctors working in prison healthcare. The purpose of the conference is to engage you in a debate on the delivery of prison health policies as these affect you and your establishment. It is hoped that some of the main players in the formulation and review of these policies will be able to join us for this debate. The emphasis as in previous conferences will be on developing a learning experience for both the audience and the speakers.
The draft programme for the event is below. If you wish to attend the conference please complete the on-line registration form. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact BMA Conferences on 020 7383 6819 or email sarmitage@bma.org.uk The conference will be available to members of the BMA at no charge, and to non-members at a charge of £25 (including VAT) to cover administration costs, lunch and refreshments. Please note that the BMA cannot meet travel, subsistence or accommodation costs.
I hope you will be able to put this event in your diary and I look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Yours sincerely
David Algie
Senior Policy Executive
Civil and Public Services Committee
How to register
To book a place on-line click here
DRAFT PROGRAMME
10.00 – 10.30 hrs
Registration and refreshments
10.30 – 10.40 hrs
Introduction
Dr Clare Jenkins, Chairman of the Civil & Public Services Committee, British Medical Association
10.40 – 11.10 hrs
Keynote address
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice
11.10 – 11.40 hrs
Prison as part of the community. The relationship between prisons, prison health and the community (PCTs)
Mr Richard Bradshaw, Head of Prison Health, Department of Health
11.40 – 12.10 hrs
Supporting justice, improving health
Dr Peter Selby, President, National Independent Monitoring Boards
12.10 – 12.40 hrs
The GPC and LMCs and supporting prison doctors
Dr Rob Barnett, Chairman, GPC Representation Subcommittee, British Medical Association
12.40 – 13.10 hrs
Breakout groups
‘Tendering Contracts in prison health’
13.10 – 14.00 hrs
Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 hrs
Feedback session from breakout groups
14.30 – 15.00 hrs
Revalidation
Speaker to be confirmed
15.00 – 15.30 hrs
What can the BMA do for you?
Mr Nigel Mason, Industrial Relations Officer, British Medical Association - TBC
15.30 – 16.00 hrs
Feedback session
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
16.00 hrs
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