New Ways of Thinking to Make a Difference

Closing the Gap Between Policy and Practice

Plenary Sessions

Alcohol: A Major Public Health Challenge for the Twenty First Century
Dr Sarah Watkins
Senior Medical Officer
Welsh Assembly Government

Policy into Practice
Phill Chick
Mental Health Director
Welsh Assembly Government

Patient Centredness
Dr Helen Herbert

Patient Centredness and Professionalism
Peter Johns
Director
Board of CHCs in Wales

Scientific View: Some Musings
Professor Richard Baker Department of Health Sciences University of Leicester

Introduction to Complexity
Kieran Sweeney
Director of Research Management

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Managing Common Mental Health Problems in Primary Care

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Plenary Sessions

Bursary Launch and Updates
Louise Robinson

TOPSHAPE (Therapy Options Project)
Dr Jane Boyd

Equal Treatment: Closing the Gap. Acting on the Disability Rights Commission's Investigations findings
Laura Jerram

Workshops

NICE Guidelines
Peter Rutherford

Mental Health and the QOF
Dr Mark Boulter

Interfaces in Mental Health
Steve Douglas

Depression and Anxiety
Ian Walton 

NICE Guidelines
Report

Gold Standards Framework Report

Healthy Minds at Work "A New Way of Working"
Tim Watkins and Sue Newberry

Managing Stress and Anxiety: Education for Adults in Primary Care
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

Think Tank Workshop Report

Commissioning Workshop Report