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Chair: Grainne Cuerden –
Rethink NW Regional Manager
AM Sessions
9.00 What is Distress & What is Depression?
How to spot real depression. Differential diagnosis. Managing anxiety/panic.
Dr Trevor Turner FRCPsych. MD - Consultant Psychiatrist, East London Foundation Trust
9.40 A Powerful Idea in Practice: The Human Givens approach
How & why it is transforming mental healthcare. Why PCTs across the country are taking it up. Case studies of its use in depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma & psychosis.
Denise Winn BA (Hons) – Human Givens Therapist, Fellow of the Human Givens Institute & editor of Human Givens
10.20 Exhibition and Morning Coffee
11.00 The Mental Capacity Act - One year on - What it means to primary care
What has the Act introduced? What does it mean for primary care? Advance decisions to refuse treatment. Best interests at end of life.
Julie Foster – MCA Lead in the NW for the Care
Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)
11.25 The Mental Health Act - What this means in practice to primary care
Guiding principles. Key changes. Supervised community treatment. Intelligent information. Support from NIMHE.
Jim Symington MA,MHM,Dip.PSM,CQSW - National Lead for Legislation & Programme Director (LDC), London Development Centre, National Institute for Mental Health in England, (part of the Care Services Improvement Partnership)
11.50 Mental health wellbeing in later life - The importance of primary care
Nadine Schofield MSc; BSc (Hons); Dip N (Lon); RMN; Cert IHSM - National Lead, Mental health in later life programme, NIMHE/CSIP
12.30 Exhibition and Lunch
PM Sessions
1.30 Improving access to psychological therapies - What it means for primary care IAPT
What it is. Impact on primary care. Practice based commissioning & IAPT. Dr Alan Cohen FRCGP – National Primary Care Lead for IAPT Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme
2.10 Best practice: Managing patients addicted to drugs & alcohol
Identifying patients with addiction. How to manage in primary care. Minimising risk. Practical tips on how to support & when to refer.
Dr Stefan Janikiewicz – Clinical Director, Drugs & Alcohol Interface Division, Cheshire & Wirral
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
3.00 Exhibition and Afternoon Tea
3.30 Managing the psychological response to chronic illness: the case of diabetes
The psychological impact of diabetes. Engaging the patient/service user- what matters. Designing a shared care service for people with depression & diabetes in primary care.
Professor Linda Gask - Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Honorary Consultant Psychiatry, Salford PCT
4.00 Lifestyle strategies for improved mental health
Increased knowledge & understanding of lifestyle strategies & their impact on well-being. Nutrition & exercise. Controlled alcohol consumption. Smoking cessation.
Denise Fisher RMN –Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, Liverpool John Moores University & Waller Mental Health Trainer (for North West England)
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