ICNE Events

Setting the Agenda for Social Care Ethics: 12th April 2013 at the University of Surrey

We warmly invite you to attend our social care ethics launch conference on 12th April at the University of Surrey, Guildford.   The conference is part of a research project developed by the Ethox Centre and the University of Surrey.  The draft programme is available to view here.

Your views and experiences are very important to us and we hope that this conference will be of much relevance and interest to your practice.   We would very much like to have your views on the factors that support good care.

This event will be attended by care workers, service users, social care staff, managers, final year students of nursing and university teachers and researchers.

This event is free to attend and lunch will be provided.  A certificate of attendance will be provided.

Places are limited to attend, so please reserve your place by contacting Penny Robinson (p.j.robinson@surrey.ac.uk) or telephone 01483 683120.

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Sustaining caring practices in challenging times’ event: 6th December 2012
There have been many reports of uncaring practices in health and social care whereby patients do not receive the care and attention they require when they are at their most vulnerable. We also know that many healthcare organizations manage to sustain caring practices in, what are, challenging times. A range of explanations are suggested regarding what promotes and undermines caring practices. These relate to the attitudes and behaviour of individual practitioners, to the culture of organizations and to wider social and cultural contexts. We can learn from practice initiatives and innovations designed to promote caring practices and from research and educational initiatives.

This evening seminar brought together a panel with expertise and expertise in healthcare practice, education and research:

• Christina Patterson is a columnist at the Independent and a patient who had poor care experiences;
• Suzanne Rankin is Chief Nurse, Ashford & St Peters NHS Foundation Trust;
• Kathy Curtis is a nurse researcher who examined student nurses’ views of compassion in care;
• Carole Garrick is Director of Midwifery, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust;
• Andy Adcroft is a university researcher with expertise in strategic management; and
• Jane Leng is an educator who uses digital stories in her work with students.

The event was open and advertised to nurses and midwives in local NHS trusts and to all university student nurses and midwives and staff.  [Can we please also encourage you to forward this invitation to all your students, colleagues and Trust contacts].

The event was funded by the Ted Adams Trust & the International Centre for Nursing Ethics (ICNE), University of Surrey.

The ICNE Dignity in Care Prize and the ICNE Healthcare Student Ethical Practice Prize was presented after the discussion. Closing comments were delivered by Professor Karen Bryan.

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CALL FOR PAPERS:  2013 ICNE Conference

The next ICNE Conference will be held in Australia in 2013. The abstract deadline is fast approaching (3rd December 2012) and we hope many of you will submit and attend the conference. Here is the link to the conference web-site:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/health/research/aci/icne-conference/index.php

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Public Lecture: 17th November 2011
Eileen Sills CBE: ‘Achieving Dignity for Patients: Responding Creatively to Challenges in Care’ at the University of Surrey, Guildford 

Speaker: Eileen Sills CBE is Chief Nurse at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Senior Nurse and Dignity Champion - she has a national reputation for strong and visible clinical leadership and has advised the Prime Minister as a member of his Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery. She was awarded a CBE in 2003 for services to nursing. She has implemented an effective and creative strategy to promote dignity in care.

Lecture summary: There has been much attention to deficits in care in the NHS of late. In some instances, patients are not receiving the care they need and relatives are left feeling distressed and powerless. Alongside this, are developments in education that promote professionalism and government and hospital initiatives to promote dignity in care. So where are we going wrong? and how can we respond constructively and creatively to challenges in care? 

This lecture responded to these questions and emphasised that dignity in care is everybody's business. The speaker argued that everyone, from the boardroom to the bedside, can and should contribute to the development of a dignifying culture of care. The event also provided an opportunity for students and nurses of all grades to consider constructive strategies to promote dignity in care and to share dignity-promoting initiatives from their own practice. To view the lecture presentation please use this link.

There was also poster displays and literature available from our local NHS Trusts illustrating local dignity initiatives and examples of good practice:

An investigation into the effects of academic award on registered nurses' ability to recontextualise knowledge to allow them to deliver, organise and supervise care (AaRK)

A collaborative research project to understand how (poor) communication by nurses and midwives contributes to complaints and to explore the role of clinical leadership in promoting effective communication for nurses and midwives in responding to informal complaints (RESPONSE)
 

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Dignity in Health & Social Care: Politics, Policy and Practice - Royal College of Nursing, Saturday 14th May 2011
This was a one day conference which gave an opportunity for people to come together with other practitioners, policy makers and service users to share perspectives and discuss innovative and sustainable approaches to maintaining dignity in care.  The day included sessions on different perspectives of dignified care. There was also an opportunity for discussion on how to best achieve dignity in health and social care settings and how you can influence this area.  Throughout the day participants were able to share examples of good practice and research findings via poster presentations as well as through networking with peers.

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Professional Ethics in a Global Context

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey is pleased to announce a 15 Credit M Level module on professional ethics in a global context.

The overall module aim to provide opportunities for students to critically engage with issues and debates regarding professional ethics in organisational, local and global contexts

Required Pre-requisite Study: First degree or ability to work at M Level. For further details contact Dr Ann Gallagher.

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Practical Ethics and Law Masterclasses

ICNE is launching a new series of ethics and law masterclasses, intended to stimulate debate and discussion on ethical and legal aspects of everyday practice. We focus on topics of interest to practitioners, teachers, students, researchers and those engaged in clinical ethics. Each session will begin with two presentations and there will then be ample opportunity for discussion and the development of knowledge and skills in practical ethics and law. Full details from Dr Ann Gallagher.

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