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SACH SYMPOSIUM 2008 - IT'S ALMOST HERE!
7th October 2008

After months of planning and preparation, it's now less than a month until this year's SACH Symposium at Carnoustie Golf Hotel in Angus.

An excellent programme consisting of the highest possible calibre of speakers, workshops and discussion groups has been confirmed for the Symposium, which is being held on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1.

Speakers include:
- Graeme Dickson, Director of Primary and Community Care, Scottish Government
- Dr Jason Leitch, National Clinical Lead, SPSP & Jane Murkin, NHS QIS
- Dr Anne Hendry, Dr Elizabeth Ireland & Dr Adrian Baker
- Professor Dargie, Heart Research Unit, Glasgow
- Anne Buchanan, Nurse Director, NHS Fife
- Iain Buchan, Director, Buchan Associates
- Dr Bob Liddell, GP & Lead Clinician, Turriff Cottage Hospital
- Dr Bruce McMaster, Chair, SACH
- Kathy O’Neill
- Dr Richard Sloan
- Dr Gordon Cowan
- Dr Andy Kilpatrick, Clinical Director, Glenrothes & North Fife CHP
- Liz Goss, Service Manager, Old People's Services & Palliative Care, Angus CHP
- Dr Gail Greig, Research Fellow, Social Dimensions of Health Institute, Universities of St Andrews and Dundee

Workshops and discussion groups include:
- An Expert Meeting on Safety in the Community Setting
- The National Tissue Viability Programme in Practice
- Delivering High Impact Changes for Long Term Conditions and Palliative Care
- The Productive Ward: Erica Reid
- Keep Well - Anticipatory Care in Practice
- NHS 24 - Safety First
- Telehealth - Taste, Test and Try with Tandberg
- Intermediate Care in Practice
- Workforce Learning and Development Needs
- Accounting for Differences between Primary Care Teams’ Practice
- We All Need Friends - The Added Value of Friends to Community Hospitals

In addition, there will be a wide range of exhibitions, including a demonstration by Johnson & Johnson of an exciting new development in gynaecological care

To book a place at the SACH Symposium 2008, or for further information about the Symposium, email Shirley Dempsey, SACH Symposium Co-ordinator at shirley.dempsey@btopenworld.com.

To download a copy of the programme, click below.

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