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Gavin Wright

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Whatever your professional background - moving and handling practitioner, manager, researcher, educator, nurse, therapist or learner - you need access to the most up to date information and research to inform your practice and develop workable solutions in the workplace.

The National Back Exchange conference is designed to meet the needs of those working at operational and strategic levels in health and social care in the promotion of musculoskeletal health for all.

For those working in this area, this conference represents the MUST attend event for 2011.

National Back Exchange is the leading organisation for safe patient (people) handling in the UK

This conference brings together an influential group of people and visitors to learn, debate, network, reflect and is the MUST ATTEND key event in the Moving and Handling calendar. It is an excellent opportunity to meet within a multidisciplinary environment, those working to promote the health, safety and welfare of staff and patients including back care advisors, ergonomists, academics, therapists, nurses, occupational advisors, social care and industry all in one venue. Conference will feature strategic plenary, practical workshops and streamed presentations.

The Exhibition is open throughout Conference from the Monday to the Wednesday and is a fundamental part of the Conference offering delegates the chance to network with suppliers and discuss their requirements and the equipment needs of their clients.

With over 70 exhibitors under one roof, this is your opportunity to see, try and test the latest products and services available. They provide an ideal opportunity to increase your product knowledge and give direct feedback to key suppliers to the our profession.

I have attended (and spoken at) this conference a number of times over the last 14 years and can say that, in my opinion, it is the premier even of its kind.

In the world of litigation, advancing technology, research and ever tighter budgets, the theme of “Inspiring Change” has never been more appropriate.

Speakers at this years conference include,

• myself (Gavin Wright in case you have forgotten),
• Linda Allen,
• Maril Poole,
• Saintelia Douglas,
• Diane Hindson,
• Hannah Taylor,
• Elspeth Cameron,
• Claire Mowbray,
• Cameron Raeburn,
• Julia Love,
• Pam Rose,
• Lisa Gilkes,
• Suzanne Payne,
• Kath Briody,
• Stephen Wanless,
• Sally Ann Wiseman,
• Philippa Bromley,
• Carol Warren,
• Pat Alexander,
• Ruth Boulton,
• Anita Rush,
• Mary Muir,
• Tracey Appleby,
• Heather Hetherington,
• Jo Holmes,
• Carole Johnson,
• Abbie Barnes,
• Wendy Jackson,
• Gillian Jubb,
• Nicola Harmer,
• Hakan Skenhede,
• Mike Miller-Smith,
• Brian Donelly,
• Amanda James and
• Jacqui Smith.

Session titles include,

• The management of the bariatric patient from the acute setting to the community - Case Study
• Working with minimum strength.
• E-Learning - Can it be used effectively to deliver 'Moving and Handling' training?.
• Difficulty dressing bedbound patients - Assessment, barriers and solution?
• Professional code of conducts and manual handling.
• Introduction of vacuum lifting equipment into local authority highways maintenance department.
• A back to basics approach in teaching better posture in practice.
• Passport to success - NHS Scotland Manual Handling Passport.
• Workshop for new manual handling practitioners
• Changing colour, changing outcomes'.
• Making training transferable
• The ErgoKneeler - Introducing a dynamic approach to managing musculoskeletal stressing in low working stations: Changing working practice, changing working lives..
• Challenges of complex case management, sling solutions.
• Problem Solving Workshop - "Light Camera Action" - A Paynes Production.
• Theatre Special Interest Group (Northern)
• Training and Audit - How to get the most out of your investment.
• Benefits of micro-stimulation on patient mobilisation.
• Utilisation of posture awareness in patient handling training.
• Looking at usability - an ergonomic assessment of small manual handling equipment.
• The in's and out's of birthing pools.
• Issues around delegating theraputic tasks in paediatrics.
• Behaviour change - the only way to improve wellbeing and productivity.
• The in's and out's of birthing pools.
• Special Interest Group Workshop - Moving and handling bariatric patients with actual or suspected spinal cord injuries (SCI).
• The moving and handling experience - Making it good.
• A triangulation of learning to support the first year student' patient handling experience in clinical practice.
• How can patient handling equipment affect the posture of patients and staff, A Latera Approach.
• "The Nightingale Effect" - A falls prevention strategy.
• Handling using Key Points: Effective facilitation of sitting to standing.
• Bedhead hoisting...Sidhil's best kept secret.
• Oxford Sling Selector.
•  "You are going to do what?!".
• Skills need assessment protocol.
• "ToTo" - Tilt or Turn Over.
• Assess mobility, manage pressure and optimise outcomes.
• The development of a prototype manual handling waistcoat as a solution to a complex handling situation.
• Challenging Behaviour
• Manual handling of children - Inspiring a new way forward.
• Less pain, more gain!!!
• Raising the standards for provision of community equipment.

Of course, regular attendees will also be aware of the social event on the middle night which is an ideal networking opportunity.

Further information about each of the sessions and speakers can be seen via the link below. Regarding myself, it describes me as a freelance manual handling practitioner. This was written prior to my joining the Nordic Care Services Team.

http://www.nationalbackexchange.org/conference_2011/index.html