PiF Events - Introduction

PiF holds a number of events each year for the benefit of its members, and for those interested in patient information. Each event is developed with PiF member needs in mind, responding to new innovations in health information and helping people who work in the field to keep up to date and to develop their skills. PiF members benefit from a reduced rate delegate fee for all events.

Details of forthcoming and past events are listed below.  If you have any suggestions for topic areas you would like to see covered, or have any queries please contact secretary@pifonline.org.uk. 

Forthcoming events

NHS Information Strategy workshop

Monday 1 November 2010,  10am - 3.45pm
Rotherham Hospital of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

The foundation for any consumer health information service is an effective, comprehensive and robust information strategy. However, feedback from members tells us that very few of you have a complete strategy for your organisation, that there are areas that are proving challenging and that you would like to learn from the work that others are doing. This event brings PiF NHS members together and, by providing room for networking and discussion and an opportunity to share experiences and documents, creates a ‘collective wisdom’ that will create a framework for developing an information strategy. The workshop is  for PiF members only and is free to attend.

To find out more and to download a booking form click here.

Health Literacy and health information workshop

Tuesday 12 October 2010, 12.30pm to 4.30pm
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Over 10 million adults in the UK have problems with basic language, literacy and numeracy which can contribute to all of the above. Increasingly, the link between low basic skills, health literacy and health outcomes is being recognised. To help members get to grips with health literacy and understand the impact it may have on consumer health information, PiF has joined forces with ContinYou to offer a half day workshop for PiF members only.

To find out more and to download a booking form click here.

Shared decision making dinner

Wednesday 15 September 2010 - London

Shared decision making is at the heart of improving quality. It transforms the relationship between people who use services and those who provide them. In his first speech as Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley said: ‘... patients must be at the heart of everything we do, not just as beneficiaries of care, but as participants in shared decision-making. As patients, there should be no decision about us, without us.’

But are we really comfortable with the implications of people having more control over decisions about their healthcare and treatment? And what needs to change in service incentives, professional practice and patient responsibility to shift to shared decision making from an aspiration to ‘the way we do things’?

This invitation only dinner provides key opinion leaders and influencers with an opportunity to meet, share insights and to explore ways to work together to improve patient experience (and efficiency) through better communication and shared decision making. Mr Simon Burns, Minister of State for Health, will be a guest at the dinner.

PiF Annual Conference
Thursday 7 April 2011

Venue and programme to be confirmed.

Past events

Round Table: Personal health records - making things better

Thursday 22 July 2010 - London

An invitation only event. This is a round table event looking at consumer access to and use of their health records.  The purpose of the event is to look collectively at the issues that  need to be addressed in order to increase awareness and uptake, irrespective of the actual mechanisms patients use to access and use their records.

To stimulate group discussion around the challenges and solutions faced in making patient health records an everyday element of citizen’s health and wellbeing, the event is divided into three main themes; Evidence, Governance and Changing cultures.

The Information Standard and Social Care – all you need to know
29 March 2010 - UCH Education Centre, Euston Road, London

This joint ASCC/ PiF seminar looked at the Information Standard and its application in the social care arena (adult care, children and family care, and the voluntary sector).  It gave participants an opportunity to find out more about the Information Standard.

For more information click here.

Healthy Journalism
20 April 2010 - Wellcome Trust, London

This PiF seminar, held in conjunction with the Wellcome Trust, looked at health journalism and explored the challenges and solutions involved in producing information for the public. The seminar was aimed at journalists, journalism students and press officers.

For more information click here

PiF Annual Conference: Moving beyond leaflets
11 March 2010 - Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham 

The theme for this year's annual conference was 'Moving beyond leaflets'. It focussed on alternative formats and approaches to information production, as well as providing an update on consumer health information in England and Scotland - including the Information Standard and the development of NHS Inform.  Among others, there were practical sessions on using SMS messaging and websites, updates in Information Prescriptions and social marketing and Masterclasses on harnessing the power of design, and using shared decision making.

For more information about the event click here

Health Information for Children - Challenges and Solutions
9 September 2009 - Royal National Hotel,  London

This half day PiF workshop looked at the challenges and solutions around producing health information for children. 

The workshop included perspectives from the Department of Health, one of the UK's leading children's hospitals and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. There were presentations on the practical aspects of developing information for children, using different media and working with young people. Finally, there was an enlightening discussion led by young people about good and bad examples of information giving.

For more information about the event click here

Appraising Health Information
30 June 2009 - Chandos House, London

This one day PiF workshop looked at the challenges and solutions around appraising health information. Following a general overview of various approaches to appraising information, the workshop focused on the experiences of several of the pilot sites and supporting bodies involved in the Department of Health Information Standard.

For more information about the event click here.

PiF Annual Conference: Producing Effective Information for Patients
12 March 2009 - Manchester

This was PiF's fourth annual conference.  For details of the day, plus copies of speaker presentations, click here.

South West England Regional Event - Current Topics in Consumer Health Information
26 September 2008 - Plymouth

For details of the day, plus copies of speaker presentations, click here

Meeting Diversity in Patient Information
18 June 2008 - London

This conference looked at how a range of organisations deal with issues of diversity on a daily basis. For details of the day, plus copies of speaker presentations, click here.

PiF Annual Conference: Producing Effective Information for Patients
11 March 2008 - Manchester 

This was PiF's third annual conference.  For details of the day, plus copies of speaker presentations click here.

 

Venue Connect

Cynergy, a health and social care design and events agency, has undertaken some pro bono PR and marketing work with PiF. As part of this work Cynergy has given us access to Venue Connect, a service which provides in-depth venue knowledge, negotiation skills and the national buying power able to connect organisations to the perfect venue at the best possible rates.

www.cynergyevents.co.uk/venueconnect/index.php

 

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