Concurrent Session 1: Exhibition Overview

A brief introduction to the conference and how to best manage your time at the exhibition and benefit your CPD.

Philippa Bromley, Head of Independent Living, DLF

Concurrent Session 2: The Law, legislation and legal cases, the implications

An overview of legal cases and outcomes with regard to the moving and handling of people and potential implications for organisations and workers.

Michael Mandelstam, Independent Legal Expert

Concurrent Session 3: Achieving effective discharge from Acute to Community Care

How do we achieve a continuous level of care when a patient is transferred to the community from a hospital? The presentation will consider models of best practice to ensure safe practices are maintained for client and carer acknowledging the significant differences which may exist in equipment provision, levels of knowledge and experience, level of care and number of carers.

Lorraine Walton, Discharge Co-ordinator, Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

Concurrent Session 4: How to change working habits into best practice

This interactive session will explore new and established research on how and why people change their practices. It will look at a range of options and activities to help team managers and leaders to move their teams into best practice. This session will also discuss working with individuals and groups, what work habits are, what to do about ingrained bad habits, how to put in place feedback loops and how to move the critical mass of the team in a positive direction.

Alys Harwood, Principal Consultant, Sourcelife

Concurrent Session 5: Overview of new research in Moving and Handling People

An overview of current/recent research into promoting and achieving safer handling of people.

Emma Crumpton, Freelance Ergonomist & Research Officer, CSP

Concurrent Session 6: Moving and Handling People - Individual Client Assessment

Effective client assessment is the basis for efficient management of the needs of the individual, so what are the key elements to ensuring client assessment.

Dee Hetherington, Head of Occupational Therapy & Integrated Services, Croydon PCT