CEDR - Conference - Mediation in Public Healthcare

Prevent, Resolve and Improve 

This special one-day conference addresses the importance of mediation as a dispute resolution tool being currently used across the NHS in different ways and for different purposes.

Programme:

09:00 – Registration

09:30 – Opening address by Lord O'Shaughnessy, Minister, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health 

10:00 – 11:30 Introduction to mediation across the NHS, including:

• Clinical negligence mediation
• Workplace and employment mediation
• Funding disputes and supplier contracts mediation
• Special needs and patient care disputes mediation

11:30 – 11:45 Morning Break

11:45 – 13:15 Mediation Theatre: see mediation at work

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 Mediation World Café – an opportunity for delegates to ask questions and suggest thoughts on how mediation could be improved and how they might use mediation in their work

15:30 – Afternoon Break

15:45 – 16:45 Workshop: Mediation Skills for handling early stage disputes or complaints and how to take a Mediation forward (difficult conversations)

16:45 – ‘Lessons learned’ and Closing Comments

17:15 – Finish

Confirmed speakers for this event include: 

Opening address by Lord O'Shaughnessy, Minister, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health. 

• Tony Allen - Mediator of clinical negligence disputes, Author, Solicitor
• Sarah Barclay - Co-Director of the Medical Mediation Foundation
• Dr Stephanie Bown - Mediator and former GP and director of the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS)
• Fiona Colquhoun - Mediator, former HR Director with senior positions at GOSH, Tower Hamlets, St Georges NHS Trust
• Neil Goodrum - Mediator, Former Senior Litigation Partner, Chair of Football League Disciplinary Commission
• Alan Jacobs - Insurance Partner, Mills and Reeve, Mediator, Chair of CMC Commercial Mediation Group
• Mark Magrath - Business consultant, former Commercial Director, Deputy CEO, Basildon Thurrock NHS Trust
• Graham Massie - Mediator, Adjudicator for NHS funding disputes, FCA Accountant
• Susanne Schuler - An expert on Difficult Conversations, Mediator and Trainer
• Julienne Vernon - Head of Claims Quality at NHS Resolution 

Why attend:

Prevent - Learn how to tackle conflict in the early stages using mediation skills
Resolve - Understand how mediation can be used to resolve a wide variety of NHS disputes
Improve - Implement or improve mediation processes in your field of work

Who will benefit from this event:

• NHS Hospitals (Administrators/Management) 
• NHS Professionals and Groups 
• Lawyers and Insurers working in the NHS 
• NHS Funders—Trust Managers 
• Private Healthcare Professionals 
• NHS Resolution and Panel Firms

Certification and CPD 
CEDR provides certification for attendance of this event and we provide recognised CPD for a number of professional bodies (please ask if you wish to know if your profession is covered).

The cost
£ 95.00 plus 20% UK VAT for NHS employees or CEDR members
£ 155.00 plus 20% UK VAT for all others

Date
Tuesday 26 September 2017. 9.30-17.15

Venue
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster

For more information or to book a place
Please contact the training team on +44(0)20 7536 6000, email events@cedr.com or book online.