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WaMH in PC Annual Conference 2013 Agenda

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Mon, 08/07/2013 - 05:00

This year's annual conference offers free training with an agenda packed full of workshops aimed at improving your communications skills during mental health consultations.

Our 2013 conference called ‘The Really Useful Conference’ and will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October.

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education) it will look at how the well-being of staff and patients can be improved in general practice.

As part of our agenda we're offering 24 free CPR training places on a first-come-first-served basis subject to the payment of your delegate fee.

We're also offering a discounted early bird delegate fee until 26th July for £105 with places charged at £125 per person after this date.

On the day the agenda will be split up into a series of workshops led by professional trainers who will be offering 10 winning tips primary care mental health practitioners can use to improve their 10-minute consultations. They'll cover the following subjects:

  • Mindfulness
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
  • Mental Health Promotion
  • Bathe Techniques
  • Emotional Freedom Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Positive Psychology
  • Safeguarding

Our target audience is wide ranging but our focus is to bring mental health practitioners and professionals, policy makers, agencies and organisations together so they can work in collaboration.

Our annual conferences provide excellent opportunities for you to network, meet new people, form new alliances and take part in some exciting, thought-provoking and informative plenary sessions and workshops.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.

WaMH in PC Annual Conference Places Available

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Tue, 02/07/2013 - 07:12

Places are now available for our forthcoming annual conference which is part of our work to promote primary mental health care issues and improve the profile of mental health services.

This year's conference will be run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education) and is called ‘The Really Useful Conference’.

The event will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October and will look at how the well-being of staff and patients can be improved in general practice.

We are currently offering a discounted early bird delegate fee which expires on 26th July for £105 - after this date fees rise to £125 per person.

Our target audience is wide ranging but our focus is to bring mental health practitioners and professionals, policy makers, agencies and organisations together so they can work in collaboration.

Our annual conferences provide excellent opportunities for you to network, meet new people, form new alliances and take part in some exciting, thought-provoking and informative plenary sessions and workshops.

We will be publishing an agenda for the conference later this week so please look out for the details within our News & Events pages.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516. 

All Wales Curriculum for Primary Mental Health Workers Launched

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Fri, 28/06/2013 - 04:50

A new primary care mental health qualification has been launched across Wales to help improve these kinds of services for users.

The All Wales Curriculum for Primary Mental Health Workers is a resource which has been created to help the local mental health partners and managers delivery an effective and efficient service across the country

This curriculum has been developed in response to the demand from these services for training to support primary mental health workers.

As a result, the new curriculum will provide primary care professionals with the necessary skills, knowledge and competence to deliver effective an holistic services that will have a positive impact on the lives of the individuals who use these services.

The qualification was launched last week at the Annual Mental Health Conference in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales by Health Minister Mark Drakeford who said the Welsh Government was committed to tackling the stigma of mental ill-health and helping people living with mental health conditions recover and live fulfilled lives.

Mr Drakeford said: “This innovative national curriculum will be used to further support the development of the primary care mental health support service and also supports our initiatives for a flexible and sustainable workforce.

“Service users and their carers will benefit from interaction with a more skilled workforce close to their homes, with values and attitudes appropriate to the provision of mental health services in primary care."

For more about the qualification you can read or download a copy from this site using the following link All Wales Curriculum.