Time

Session

Presenter

9.45 – 10.00

Welcome

Debra Moore and introduction to:

Opening address

Professor Michael Brown , PhD, MSc, PGCE, BSc (Hons), RGN, RNLD, Principal Fellow HEA, FRCN, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast

10.00 – 10.30

Liaison work and the implications for the practice of all RNLDs to enable and support access to acute services.

Clionagh McElhinney , Learning Disability Trainee Consultant Nurse – Western Health and Social Care Trust, NI

10.30 – 11.10

Diabetes education for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Laurence Taggart , Professor of Intellectual Disability Research, Ulster University

11.10 – 11.30

Break

11.30 – 12.00

Time for a bold, reimagined future.

Debra Moore MBE FRSA, Director, Debra Moore Associates

12.30 – 13.00

Sleep disturbance and people with learning disabilities.

Julie-Anne Colvin, Public Health Nurse Consultant, Learning Disability & Mental Health, Public Health Agency, HSCNI 

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch and networking

14.00 – 14.30

Safeguarding of Older People who have a Learning/Intellectual Disability: a look at some of the key issues in keeping older adults with LD/ID safe.

Sally Wilson , UK Professional Lead for Older People and People with Dementia, Royal College of Nursing

14.30 – 15.00

Learning Disability Nursing – Keeping the Faith: an overview of how learning disability nursing values and transferable skills can be used to offer person centred support to young people.

Amy Hodkin , Community Learning Disability Nurse, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15.00 – 15.15

Hear how putting the lived experience of families can improve lives through parent carer support, training practitioners and influencing policy makers and providers. (film)

Rachel Wright, Founder and Director of https://www.bornattherighttime.com/

15.15 – 15.45

Changing Our Lives have been commissioned by NHSE to do a piece of work looking at acute liaison services. This presentation will present on recent findings and hear thoughts from the audience. This will be supported by some perspectives in terms of what the national benchmarking data tells us and thoughts about data informed approaches to maximising the impact of liaison roles.

Jane Leeson – Changing Our Lives and Dave Atkinson, Independent Consultant LD Nurse

16.00 – 16.15

Closing Comments