Disabled people entering and working in healthcare practice
Time to take stock?
A one-day conference for healthcare educators & representatives of qualifications, professional & regulatory bodies
9.30 – 16.30
Thursday 25 November 2004
Venue: The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, LONDON SW1P 2AF
Speakers and panel members include:
- Professor Richard Halliwell, Senior Vice President, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
- Professor Trudie Roberts, Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Medical Education Unit, University of Leeds
- Mr David Skinner, Head of Education, General Medical Council (GMC)
- Mrs Freda Andrews, Head of Education, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
- Ms. Lesley Kant, member of Registration Committee and Equality & Diversity Working Group and lay member of Council, General Dental Council (GDC)
- Dr Peter Burley, Head of Preregistration, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB)
- Mrs Sue Way, Professional Adviser, Midwifery; Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Mr Paul Deemer, NHS (formerly Project Manager, Equalities and Diversity Team, Workforce Directorate, Department of Health)
- Dr Ian Gittens, Lead on Equality and Diversity, NHSU
- Dr Janet Prentice, The Doctors’ Support Network (DSN)
- Dr Clare Redstone, GP with a hearing loss
- Ms Anne Tynan, Director, DIVERSE and author of the LTSN-01 reports Pushing the Boat Out and The Sequel
Conference aims
This conference will provide participants with ‘Time To Take Stock’ of the issues raised by the extension of the Disability Discrimination Act from 1 October 2004 to cover Qualifications Bodies. It will offer a fused vision of the position of disabled applicants and students and disabled healthcare professionals.
Qualifications, professional and regulatory bodies and healthcare educators need to work together with disabled people and disability professionals to ensure that the requirements of disability legislation can be met, whilst maintaining the highest standards of healthcare provision. ‘Time To Take Stock’ will provide the setting for this dialogue, which has developed from reactions to the reports ’Pushing the Boat Out’ (2003) and ‘The Sequel’ (2004), on the admission of students with disabilities to medical, dental and veterinary schools. Colleagues from other areas of healthcare are being invited for the first time to contribute to this important national forum.
‘Time To Take Stock’ will be a milestone event for recording and highlighting developments taking place across healthcare to facilitate the integration of disabled people into healthcare education and employment. The conference is a one-day event only but is expected to have repercussions throughout 2005 and beyond. The UK has taken the lead internationally in assessing the extent to which disabled people can enter and work in healthcare: ‘Time To Take Stock’ will consolidate this leadership.
To book your place please download this word document and send by email to Anne Tynan.
Programme
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 0930 | Registration and coffee |
| 1000 | Welcome and introduction Anne Tynan, Director, DIVERSE |
| 1010 | Keynote speech 1: RCVS disability guidelines Professor Richard Halliwell, Senior Vice President, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| 1030 | Keynote speech 2: Disabled students, disabled doctors Professor Trudie Roberts, Professor of Medical Education and Director of the medical education unit, University of Leeds |
| 1050 | Questions and discussion |
| 1115 | Coffee |
| 1130 | Panel 1: Representatives of qualifications, professional and regulatory bodies Short presentations folled by discussion
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| 1230 | Questions and discussion |
| 0930 | Lunch |
| 1400 | Panel 2: Perspectives from practitioners and employers Short presentations followed by discussion
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| 1500 | Questions and discussion |
| 1530 | Keynote speech 3: Time to take stock Anne Tynan, Director DIVERSE, and author of LTSN-01 special reports Pushing the boat out and The sequel |
| 1600 | Coffee |
| 1630 | Conference ends |
