David Liddle to address major NHS Conference (29 September 2008)

NHS mediation is an area of increasing interest to many healthcare professionals. To support this, TCM is working in partnership with a growing number of Healthcare bodies and NHS Trusts including Ambulance Trusts, Mental Health Partnership Trusts, Primary Care Trusts as well as Acute Trusts.

by David Liddle | 19th Aug 2008

As part of our ongoing commitment to share our expertise and knowledge, TCM has been invited to address a prestigious NHS event being run by the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust.

The event is entitled: Managing Conflict at Work- New Skills and Approaches. The main focus of the conferjce is on the role of mediation within a healthcare setting with particular reference to resolving NHS grievances and complaints through mediation.

Themes covered at this conference will include:

Preventing Organisational Conflict: Restructuring and Training
Setting up In House Mediation Services: Opportunities and Challenges
The Line Manager’s Key Role in Managing Conflict in their team
New Approaches to Conflict in Organisations: Management Development, Mindfulness and Building Resilience

Confirmed speakers at the conference include:

Causes and Consequences of Organisational Conflict	Barbara Wren Consultant Lead Psychologist in Occupational Health, Health and Work Centre, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
What can Organisations do to Prevent Conflict? A Whole Systems Approach to Prevention	Jan Hill-Tout Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Employee Well-Being Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust
Working With Clinicians in Conflict	Clare Allen Consultant Clinical Psychologist Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
Developing Employees’ Resilience to Work amid Conflict	Anthony Schwartz Chartered Psychologist – Health and Clinical Psychology, Staffordshire University
Interventions to Reduce the Psychological Impact of Manager/Employee Conflict	Neal Gething Consultant Psychologist Occupational Health, St Mary’s Hospital, London
The Line Managers’ Key Role in Managing Conflict in their Team	Emma Donaldson-Feilder Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Affinity Health at Work and ‘Preventing stress: Promoting positive manager behaviour’ research team.
The UK Context: What Interventions and Services do Organisations Need Now?	David Liddle Director and Founder of TCM (Total Conflict Management)
Organisational approaches to conflict management: developing an in-house mediation scheme	Teresa Jennings Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Occupational Health Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

If you wish to book a place at the conference, please contact:

Karina Karczmarska, Conference Administrator | telephone: 020 7830 2509 fax: 020 7830 2512
e-mail: karina.karczmarska@royalfree.nhs.uk

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