Safeguarding and protecting people with intellectual disabilities
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Please note the online registration for this meeting is now closed. Registrations can be accepted on the day, however we cannot guarantee catering. Please contact the coordinator if you have any further queries.
Aims:
1. To dialogue across professionals on the developing issues in the safeguarding of people with intellectual disability
2. To share good practice around safeguarding for people with intellectual disability
Objectives
1. To increase knowledge of safeguarding practice across care settings for people with intellectual disability
2. To develop skills in tools that support safeguarding practice for people with intellectual disability
9.30 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
| Chair: Professor the Baroness Hollins, Independent Member of the House of Lords, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability, St George's University of London |
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10.00 am |
Welcome and introduction |
10.15 am |
Lessons learnt from Winterbourne |
| Mrs Viv Cooper, Challenging Behaviour Foundation | |
11.00 am |
Tea and coffee |
11.20 am |
Protecting adults across healthcare settings |
| Mr David Congdon, Mencap | |
12.00 pm |
Does Legislation Help? Policy and practice in Scotland |
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Professor James Hogg University of Dundee & Honorary Professor, University of St Andrew's |
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| Chair: Mr Michael Brown, Reader in Health & Social Care, Elizabeth Napier University, Edinburgh | |
12.40 pm |
Panel Discussion |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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Workshops |
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2.00 pm |
Workshop 1: Financial abuse in people with learning disabilities, perspectives from service users |
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Mr Simon Cramp, Vice President, Intellectual Disability Forum,RSM Dr Dan Robotham, Senior Researcher, Mental Health Foundation (including the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities) |
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Workshop 2: Introduction to Books beyond Words Series |
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Professor the Baroness Hollins, Independent Member of the House of Lords, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability, St George's University of London |
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Workshop 3: Safeguarding and protecting: Carers perspective |
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Mr Michael Brown and Ms Loretto Lambe, Intellectual Disability Forum, RSM |
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| Chair: Dr Jane McCarthy, St Andrew's Healthcare and Intellectual Disability Forum, RSM | |
3.00 pm |
Difficult decisions: Are patients with intellectual disabilities given enough information to consent to medical treatment |
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Mr Nathan Huneke, Student prize winner |
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3.20 pm |
Tea and coffee |
3.40 pm |
The role of commissioners in safeguarding |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
4.20 pm |
Final questions and answers |
4.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms and close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: IDC03 CPD (Applied for) |
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