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New Posts added to the 'What's Happening in PPN North West' Blog
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- Thursday, 12 January 2017
2017
Author: Gita Bhutani, Chair of the PPN Workforce Transformation Board
Date: 06th January 2017
'Happy New Year from the PPN. The start of a new year can sometimes feel a bit arbitrary and there are different New Year dates in different cultures (as well as different Christmas dates). However, the change of the year number often does feel like a marker and a point to reset and refocus. It can also be a time of creating expectations for oneself that may not be easily achievable e.g. joining a gym and doing more exercise.' Read more
Recently Published Report: Best practice for perinatal mental health care: the economic case
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- Thursday, 12 January 2017
This report examines the economic case for investing in early interventions that reflect best practice in England. Funded by the Nursing Division under the Nursing Directorate at NHS England, the study included a comparison of the potential costs and consequences associated with such interventions compared with one or more alternative course of action (operationally defined as current practice, and sometimes referred to in studies as the ‘do nothing’ option).
Download the report from PSSRU website.
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Teacher Training Foundations Course
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- Thursday, 12 January 2017
Commencing 20th January 2017, Fridays 09:30 to 16:30 in Preston
Lancashire Mindfulness CIC is a member of the UK Network of Mindfulness-based Teach Training Organisations and supports trainees to develop a training portfolio and achieve competence to teach through a pathway developed by the MBCT Training Pathway Oxford Mindfulness Centre.
Salford Professional Development 2017 CPD Training Events
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- Thursday, 12 January 2017
Continued professional development (CPD) is fundamental to your career progression, helping you to learn new skills, keep up with the changing demands of the workplace and gain valuable qualifications in the process.
Below is a list of upcoming events that Salford Professional Development will be running:
New Savoy Conference / Division of Clinical Psychology Workforce Wellbeing Survey
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- Friday, 02 December 2016
The importance of subjective wellbeing as a goal for public policy and a measure of social progress has been recognised worldwide. Two initiatives have been launched by a joint partnership project between Division of Clinical Psychology and New Savoy Conference to promote importance of workforce wellbeing: a Staff Wellbeing & Resilience Charter and Collaborative Learning Network (CLAN). We are repeating our annual survey to measure wellbeing of psychological service staff in the NHS in 2016.
Person and community-centered approaches - framework consultation - Take part in the consultation survey
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- Thursday, 12 January 2017
Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care and have been working in collaboration to develop a person- and community-centred core skills education and training framework. Development of the framework has involved a wide range of stakeholders including citizen, patient and carer voice, voluntary sector organisations, Public Health England, Local Government, NHS England, Royal Colleges and the professional bodies, professional regulators and others.
Melanie George article about Schwartz Rounds
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- Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Melanie George article about examining the impact of Schwartz Rounds on staff wellbeing and patient care.
NIHR Research Design Service North West January 2017 e-bulletin
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- Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Please follow the link to the January 2017 e-bulletin from the NIHR Research Design Service North West (RDS NW).
Invitation to Participate in Research
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- Friday, 06 January 2017
Title of Project: The development of a psychometric measure to assess the wellbeing of psychological practitioners.
Free virtual learning opportunity for change agents in health and care starts on 16th February 2017
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- Thursday, 05 January 2017
NHS England Horizons team is offering a virtual learning opportunity for people leading and/or supporting change in health and care. It is called the School for Change Agents and it offers learning sessions each week for five weeks, starting on 16th February. Please could you pass these details on to anyone whom you think might benefit from the school.