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Event programme

Full details of the day's programme are shown below. Click the name of any speaker to see their profile.

Time Event
9. 00 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 9.45 Chair’s opening remarks
Gary Jones CBE FRCN, Convener of RCN Fellows
9.45 – 10.15 Keynote address: Setting the Scene
Professor June Andrews, Director of Dementia Services, University of Stirling
10.15 – 10.45 Facing the Care Challenge in Leadership
Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive, National Voices
10.45 – 11.15 BREAK
11.15 – 11.45 Facing the Care Challenge in Practice
Mandie Sunderland, Director of Nursing, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
11.45 – 12.15 Facing the Care Challenge in Education
Professor Kathleen McCourt ,FRCN, Dean. School of Health, Community and Education Studies, Northumbria University
12.15 – 12.30 Panel
12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH
13.30 – 14.30

Breakout sessions – Good Practice case studies

  1. Leadership
    Glenn Turp, RCN Regional Director Northern Region, Pat Bottrill MBE FRCN, North Tyneside LINK Member and Jenny Kay BA(Hons)RGN RSCN MBA, Director of Nursing, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust.
  2. Education
    Dr Carol Hall, Associate Professor, School Of Nursing Midwifery and Physiotherapy, The University of Nottingham and Emeritus Professor Jennifer Boore OBE FRCN, University of Ulster
  3. Practice
    Susan Oliver FRCN, Nurse Consultant, Pennine Musculoskeletal Services Oldham, Past Chief Nurse Advisor National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, Joint Chair of the Rheumatology Futures Project Group and Professor Jenny Hunt, Hon. D.Sci. M.Phil. BA (Hons) RGN, FRCN. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University
14.30 – 14.50 BREAK
14.50 – 14.55 Chair’s opening remarks
Gary Jones CBE FRCN, Convener of RCN Fellows
14.55 – 15.25 On the Front Line
Professor Dame Elizabeth Fradd FRCN, Independent Health Service Adviser
15.25 – 15.45 Plenary keynote address: What the Future Holds
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty FRCN, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kings College London
15.45 – 16.00 Chair’s closing remarks