Agenda
9:30 – 9:40 Chairman’s Introduction
Catherine McLoughlin, CBE, Chair of the Rehabilitation Council
9:40 – 10:05 Department of Health – the latest update
- Structure and roles
- Policy context and rationale
- Implications
Karen Middleton, Chief Health Professions Officer, Department of Health
10:05 – 10:30 Keynote - Government reforms
- Where are we now?
- Delivery of a reformed system
- Challenges and opportunities
- The future
Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, DWP
10:30 – 10:45 Questions and answers
Karen Middleton, Chief Health Professions Officer, Department of Health
Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, DWP
10:45 – 11:00 Tea and coffee
11:00 - 11:20 Vocational rehabilitation for long term neurological conditions
- Health services and disability
- How successful is NHS in providing vocational rehabilitation for people with health needs?
- Long term sustainability – is it achievable?
- Improving process, structures and commissioning to support partnership working
Diane Playford, Head of Vocational Rehabilitation Group, BSRM
11:20 – 11:55 Addressing the aspirations of employees living with health conditions, injury or disability
- Research into what people want from work and employment support
- Aspirations - careers not just jobs
- Good practice and learning
Liz Sayce, CEO, RADAR
11:55 – 12:15 Employers' perspective
- Work support for those who have recently returned to employment following a long absence
- Work support for those fluctuating health conditions
Bruce Kernes, Department Head of Vocational Rehabilitation, Remploy
12:15 – 12:35 Supporting rehabilitation – the employee's view
- Rehabilitation cannot be separated from the general occupational health agenda
- Current access to rehab
- Some problems
- Way forward
Hugh Robertson, Senior Health and Safety Officer, TUC
12:35 – 12:45 Questions and Answers
Bruce Kernes
Department Head of Vocational Rehabilitation
Hugh Robertson
Senoir Health and Safety Office, TUC
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch
Rehablitation Quality and Outcomes - Practitioners View
13:30 – 13:45 Case Study – TBI return to work – a complex journey
- Home based rehab – the role in vocational rehab
- Initial rehab focus
- The route to progress
- Intervention and outcome
- The future
- The moral of the journey
Heather Batey, Director, Reach Personal Injuries Ltd
13:45 –14:00 Case Study - Staying active and working
- How to manage musculoskeletal problems?
- The importance of symptomatic relief and activity in musculoskeletal rehabilitation
- How to avoid a long term disability?
Dr Nick Kendall, Health Services Consultant, KendallBurton
14:00 – 14:15 Case Study – Injury to Independence
- Goals and outcomes of rehabilitation for an individual with a high level spinal cord injury
- Managing the impairment
- Increasing the activity
- Aiming for participation
Dot Tussler, Superintendent Physiotherapist, Spinal Cord Injuries, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville
14:15 – 14:30 Case study – Severe head injury – when the law, clinical practice and mental capacity collide
- Multiple problems after severe head injury
- Multiple clinical inputs needed
- The nature and role of case management
- Quality assuring input
Dr Neil Brooks, Consultant Neuropsychologist and Director, Rehab Without Walls
14:30 – 14:45 Questions and answers
Heather Batey, Director, Reach Personal Injuries Ltd
Dr Nick Kendall, Health Services Consultant, KendallBurton
Dot Tussler, Superintendent Physiotherapist, National Spinal Cord Injury, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Neil Brooks, Consultant Neuropsychologist and Director, Rehab Without Walls
14:45 – 15:00 Afternoon Tea and Coffee
Standards in Action
15:00 – 15:20 The implementation of PAS 150 Code of practice
- Practical guidance
- Interactive workshop – Identifying areas for improvement
Judith Allanson, Evelyn Trust Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital
15:20 – 15:40 UKRC Rehabilitation standards
- What they mean to you and how to use them
Helen Merfield, Founding Board member, UKRC
Joy Reymond, Head of Rehabilitation Services, Unum
15:40 – 16:00 Table discussion - The UKRC Standards and PAS 150 - have your say
Legal & Insurance Perspective
16:00 – 16:20 Legal perspective in personal injury claims
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An analysis of the law that supports the rehabilitation process in personal injury claims
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How lawyers are encouraged to engage in this process
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Identify a suitable rehabilitation provider
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Engagement with NHS services
Colin Ettinger, Partner, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
16:20 – 16:40 How insurers engage with the rehabilitation process
- The insurance industry Rehabilitation Code of best practice
- Insurers and their investment in rehabilitation
- The importance of quality assurance
Amanda Stevens, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Mark Baylis, Consultant, Chair of the IUA-ABI Rehabilitation Working Party
16:40 – 16.50 Questions & answers
Colin Ettinger, Partner, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Amanda Stevens, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Mark Baylis, Chair of the IUA-ABI Rehabilitation Working Party
16:50 – Chairman’s closing remarks
Catherine McLoughlin, CBE, Chair of the Rehabilitation Council
Conference timings:
Registration: 09:00
Conference begins: 09:30
Conference closes: 17:00
Please note timings are provided for guidance only and may be subject to change.
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