Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Session 1:
Empowerment from experience

Following a review of moving and handling incidents where harm has occurred, how can we learn from the outcomes and empower practitioners to improve practice?

Speaker – Donna Forsyth,
Associate Director Patient Safety (Investigation & Training), NHS England

Working postures are a key factor in developing work related musculoskeletal injury. Use and review of generic assessments can reduce WRULD and back pain – so what is good posture?

Speaker – Clare Henson,
Senior Occupational Health Physiotherapist in Occupational Health, Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

A key skill for moving and handling practitioners is appraisal of equipment to assist with client moving and handling. There are many suppliers and similar products available so how do you choose which is the most appropriate?

Speaker – Anita Rush,
Clinical Nurse Specialist Berkshire, Community Equipment Services

Risk assessment identifying the best option for moving and handling the client in the health and social care setting Moving and handling risk assessment is designed to identify safe solutions to empower the practitioner to explore a range of solutions – how do you decide which is best?
What are the key skills we need to empower carers with to assess clients?

Speaker – Carole Johnson,
Freelance Moving & Handling Adviser