AHCS Annual Congress 2015 – Confirmed Speakers
The Academy for Healthcare Science is delighted to confirm a number of speakers for our 2015 Annual Congress to be held in Edinburgh.
Shona Robison MSP The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport
Dr Brendan Cooper President, Academy for Healthcare Science
Caroline Lamb Chief Executive NHS Education for Scotland
Prof Fiona McQueen Chief Nursing Officer
Niall Dickson Chief Executive and Registrar, General Medical Council
Karen Stewart Healthcare Science Officer
Prof Sue Hill Chief Scientific Officer
Christine Morrell Chief Scientific Advisor
John Stevens Chair, Academy for Healthcare Science
An updated programme for the Congress and speaker information will be published in due course.
Places should be booked online via the NES website at http://events.nes.scot.nhs.uk/ahcs-congress-and-dinner-67-dec-15/ . The deadline for booking places is 27 November 2015. With a limited number of places available we highly recommend that you reserve your place as soon as possible.
As a UK-wide organisation, The Academy is delighted to come to Scotland and welcome colleagues from the four countries in exploring and shaping this next phase in our professions’ development.
The Congress programme will set the scene with cutting edge issues around healthcare and then offer the opportunity to articulate Healthcare Science’s vision at regional, national and international levels.
The Academy’s strategy will be largely influenced by its stakeholders, the professional organisations – we need to understand how that strategy should be implemented by planning the tactics through masterclasses with experts and debates about current issues. This will begin to sketch out an approach to delivering “One Voice” for the profession.
Apply to take part in the poster sessions
After last year’s successful poster exhibition, this year’s invitation to present will be around the Congress’s key themes as well as hot topics in healthcare. Details of the poster sessions and how to submit an abstract are in the AHCS Congress flyer.
Abstracts must be received by 9 November 2015 and sent by email to . All abstracts will be reviewed by appropriate specialists appointed by the Congress Committee. Corresponding authors will be notified of acceptance by 12 November 2015.