Programme

Achieving Patient Involvement in Rheumatology Service Design - A workshop to address the Planning, Implementation and Measurement of Effective Patient Involvement

Date: 07 10 09

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine

09.30 Registration & Coffee

10.00 Welcome & Introduction Dr Taher Mahmud, Consultant Physician & Rheumatologist, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

10.15 Putting Patients and Public at the Heart of Engagement Strategies Ailsa Bosworth, CEO, NRAS & Neil Bettridge CEO, ArthritisCare

10.45 The Trust perspective Glenn Douglas, CEO, MTW

10.55 The GMC view Mr Paul Buckley, Director of Education and Revalidation, GMC

11.05 Patient & Public Involvement – The Challenge for the Clinician Dr Taher Mahmud

11.15 Informing, Involving and Understanding Healthcare Users – the Vision from the Department of Health David Nicholson CBE, NHS Chief Executive

11.45 Open Forum Discussion with the panel

12.00 Tea/Coffee breakout into Workshop Groups

12.15 Planning, Implementation and Measurement of Effective Patient Involvement – An Interactive Workshop

13.15 Group Feedback on Action Plans

13.30 Summary & Close of Meeting followed by lunch

14.00 Delegates depart