Monday 24 March 2014

Updating Powys Teaching Health Board Website

Updating Powys teaching Health Board Website
What do you think about the information on Powys teaching Health Board website on Occupational Therapy, footcare, Radiography / X rays?
Click on the links below to open the pages     
Does the website give you the information that you need?
Is there anything missing?
How could it be improved?
If you have any comments, Kathryn Lloyd, Service Development Manager for Therapies and Health Sciences Powys Teaching Health Board would be glad to hear from you. You can contact her by e mail  kathryn.lloyd2@wales.nhs.uk or  by phone  01874 712511

Friday 21 March 2014

Service Reconfiguration for Mid Wales and Shropshire

"Future Fit” looks to develop health services provided in Shropshire & Telford & Wrekin

 A group of NHS organisations have begun work on the ‘Future Fit’ programme which aims to improve hospital and community services for Mid Wales, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin.

Information about Future Fit is available online at www.nhsfuturefit.co.uk and details of engagement events will be posted once confirmed.

ASH WALES CONFERENCE 2014

TIPPING THE BALANCE: TACKLING HEALTH INEQUALITIES THROUGH TOBACCO CONTROL - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff,
18th and 19th September 2014 - BOOK EARLY FOR DISCOUNTED RATES

 

Action on Smoking & Health Wales is pleased to present its 6th international conference for 2014. For those working in tobacco control policy, as well as public health professionals, smoking cessation practitioners, those working with young people, academics and researchers working in tobacco and public health. For more information visit:  www.ashwales.org.uk/ashwalesconference

Mental Health First Aid Training for Veterans in Wales

Mental Health first Aid England will be training colleagues in Wales shortly.  The dates of the training are 10-12 June, 25 & 26th June and the 8 & 9th July 2014 - 7 days in total.  
They are also looking for Plenary speakers and trainers and others who have knowledge and expertise in this field.
Mental Health First Aid England have been awarded the contract to deliver MHFA Armed Forces training throughout the UK.  More information, including details of how to become an instructor, can be found here http://mhfaengland.org/instructor-training/instructor-armed-forces/

Friday 14 March 2014

Training Available for Voluntary Sector Representatives

Training representatives to engage with Local Councillors and Health Board Staff is taking place in Llandrindod Wells on:
24 March 2014       9.30am-11.30am
For more information click here or contact Trish Buchan 01597 822191 or email trish.buchan@pavo.org.uk
Spaces limited.

Strengthening the Connections · Demonstration Events

Wednesday 9th April -South West Wales - Arts Hall, University of Wales Trinity St David, Lampeter, SA48 7ED - Delegates from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, Hywel Dda and Powys health and social care communities
Strengthening the Connections’ exists to support the implementation of the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Bill and to place an emphasis on collaboration and integration between local government, NHS Wales and its partners. These free to attend ‘Demonstration Events’ will provide you with examples of best practice in relation to collaboration and integration between local government and NHS in Wales and elsewhere.  At the event you will: 
  •  hear from key practitioners about how to implement best practice in integration across Wales;
  • engage in open and creative conversations, to develop common understanding of the issues; and
  • explore the circumstances which both enable and prevent progress
Key speaker  Professor David Oliver Consultant Physician, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Visiting Fellow, the King’s Fund; President-elect, British Geriatrics Society; Former Dept. of Health National Clinical Director for Older Peoples Services (“Tsar”)
Workshops - Among others, the following workshops will be offered:*
Prof. Ian Philp, Medical Director, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust – EASY-Care project on anticipatory care, with Age UK Warwickshire;
Linsey Reynolds, Age UK – Integrated Care Model;
Mark Shone, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service – Data sharing to support integrated care; and Dr Claire Whitehead, GP, Sheffield – Integrated Care in Care Homes.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED, CONTACT CERI JENKINS (ceri.jenkins@southwales.ac.uk, or 01443 483070) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE – PLACES ARE LIMITED AT THESE FREE EVENTS.

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Neurological Discussion

Do you, or does someone your care for, have a neurological condition?

Powys teaching Health Board is holding a development workshop to discuss the way that it delivers services in Powys for people with neurological conditions.

Working together with Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations, the Health Board would like to invite interested members of the public to attend this session to become involved in developing the services offered to the community.

The workshop is being held on Tuesday 13 May from 10-12.30 at the PAVO offices in Llandrindod Wells.

If you would like to attend, please call 01874 712652 to register.

NHS Wales Job Vacancy

Principal Public Health Practitioner

Job Ref: 028-PST004-0314          Employer Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Department: Public Health           Location: Bronllys Hospital, Brecon
Salary: £39,239 to £47,088 pro rata per annum         Job Type: Secondment
Working pattern: 18.75 Hours Per Week

Action Learning Sets

Action learning sets - Tuesday 8 April 2014 & Tuesday 6 May & Tuesday 3 June & Tuesday 1 July - Cwm Golau Integrated Children's Centre, Merthyr Tydfil Cost  WCVA Members £250 Voluntary Organisations £310 Others £370 

Other courses coming up: 
Setting up a network seminar - 11 March 2014, Carmarthen
Confidence at public events - 13 May & 17 June 2014 March 2014, Merthyr Tydfil

For more information -  Contact us on 02920 431757 or  participationcymru@wcva.org.uk

How did the NHS handle your complaint?

Community Health Councils, the network of independent watchdogs throughout Wales, are seeking to support the review being undertaken on behalf of Welsh Government on the way the NHS complaints procedure works in Wales. They want to listen to people who have made complaints and identify whether complaints are taken seriously, investigated fairly and thoroughly and used to avoid similar problems in future.  For more information visit http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/899/news/31586