2013 Conference

Our 2013 conference on Avoiding More Winterbourne Views: What can we learn from history? will be held at The Open University, Milton Keynes on 8th July 2013

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Conference - 2012 - Health and Learning Disability: Past, present and future

The Health and Learning Disability: Past, present and future conference was held on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th July 2012 at The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Day 1 - Tuesday 3rd July 2012

Title	Presenter(s)	Audio	Abstracts
Coffee and registration
Introduction
Keynote speech	Lesley Russ - Lead Nurse on the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities
"If you don't like them, there is something wrong with them"	Mabel Cooper, Gloria Ferris and Jane Abraham
Tea and coffee
A young man's experience of healthcare	Josh McDonagh
Good news, bad news: a review of the literature relating to health and learning disability during the Middle Ages: 1066–1485	Rob Henstock
Lunch
Introduction
Can you help me doctor? The strange history of the strange relationship between the medical profession and people with learning disabilities	Simon Jarrett
How can learning disabled people and their families work together with health professionals?	Catherine and Johanna de Haas
Tea and coffee
Diagnosis: a gateway or a barrier to health services?	Margaret Bailey
Patient-reported outcome measure (PROMS): Can people with learning disabilities participate?	Thilo Kroll, Deepa Jahagirdar, Sally Wyke and Karen Ritchie

Day 2 - Wednesday 4th July 2012

Title	Presenter(s)	Audio	Abstracts
Coffee and registration
Introduction
Keynote speech	Jan Walmsley
"Are we still in hospital mummy?"	Deborah Phillips
Tea and coffee
Our health stories	Angela Still and Ian Davies (Central England People First)
The experiences of adults with learning disabilities and their carers of receiving healthcare in an acute hospital setting	Claire Kelly
Lunch
Introduction
Harperbury hospital's longest serving patient: the Fred Pilcher story	David O'Driscoll
Can people with learning disabilities do something to prevent heart disease?	Anita Young, Simon Naji and Thilo Kroll
Tea and coffee
The role of support staff in helping people to stay healthy	Duncan Mitchell, Sue Caton and Mel Chapman
Final reflections and conference close - Liz Tilley

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