Psychological Therapies 2018: A New Deal for Depression *40% Discount & Free Places for IAPT Leads*

The 11th Annual New Savoy Conference Psychological Therapies in the NHS: A new deal for Depression to be held on the 21st and 22nd March 2018 at the Millennium Conference Centre, London is fast approaching. The conference will bring together psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors to challenge the boundaries through lively debate, and help shape the future of Psychological Therapies and IAPT. As well as focusing on the NICE guideline for Depression due out on the 21st March, the programme includes important discussions on the progress of the 5 Year Forward View; scaling up support for children and young people; the Wessely review of the Mental Health Act; the crisis and future uncertainty in workforce planning for psychological therapies; changes to NICE’s methodology for evaluation; and the impact of welfare reform on mental wellbeing, as well as in-depth workshops.

Download the conference brochure detailing the full programme and confirmed speaker line-up.

A 40% discount* is currently available on a first come, first served basis along with free bursary places for IAPT and NHS Psychological Therapy Clinical Leads.

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Learning outcomes

This conference will enable you to:

• Understand the implication of the latest national developments, including the recommendations from the 2018 NICE guideline for Depression due to be published on March 21st
• Learn about the far-reaching implications of the Wessely Review into detention under the mental health act, compulsory treatment and human rights of people with mental health disorders
• Debate with leading politicians and decision-makers about the future for young people in mental health and social care: Luciana Berger, MP, Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner and Sarah Brennan, CEO, Young Minds
• Hear about implementation of the 5 Year Forward View for Mental Health from national mental health leaders
• Engage with and influence our response as a discipline to the current crisis in the psychological therapies workforce: addressing issues of morale, capacity and funding
• Find out about the aims and role of important new developments in psychological therapies: Psychological Professions Networks; the Collaborative Learning Network for Staff Wellbeing; the 3rd National Audit
• Join in the ongoing consultation and concerns about methods used to develop NICE’s new Depression guideline and offer your ideas about how NICE can update its systematic review methodology
• Listen to leading professional voices involved in workforce planning to understand why Health Education England are struggling to recruit and retain front line psychological therapists, and support the existing workforce
• Debate with leading politicians and the BBC’s Mark Easton about the impact of austerity on mental health and the controversial role of psychological therapists in supporting people to return to work
• Choose from workshops covering new sustainability and transformation partnerships; integrated commissioning models; digital and blended care pathways; improving staff wellbeing whilst meeting targets; and implementing the new NICE guideline for depression in primary care and secondary care

Confirmed speakers and keynote chairs include:

Luciana Berger MP, President, Labour campaign for mental health
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner
Mark Easton, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, Young Minds
Sarah Hughes, Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health
Paul Farmer, Chair, oversight group for the Five Year Forward View for mental health
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr Matthew Patrick, Chief Executive, SLAM
Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive, NICE
Dr Naomi Moller, Joint Head of Research, BACP
Professor Paul Burstow, Professor of Mental Health Policy, University of Birmingham
Professor Genevra Richardson, Professor of Law, Kings College London
Professor George Szmuckler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society
Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, Principal, Newham College, Cambridge
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Dr Felicitas Rost, President, Society for Psychotherapy Research UK Chapter
Rt. Hon. Norman Lamb MP, Chair, Science and Technology Select Committee
Claire Murdoch, National Director for Mental Health, NHS England
Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Chief Nurse and National Workforce Lead for Mental Health, Health Education England
Andrea Finkel-Gates, Director of Qualifications and Standards, British Psychological Society
Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological therapy services, staff wellbeing, and the current target culture: Results of the annual staff wellbeing survey conducted together with the British Psychological Society and in response to the Charter for Staff Wellbeing supported by NHS England, Health Education England and Public Health England and Wales, will be presented at the conference. It is hoped that the survey will give an insight into the experience of mental health professionals in areas such as wellbeing, stress, depression, and the demands of the 'target culture'.

For conference news and updates follow @HCUK_Clare #newsavoy2018. To find out more about The New Savoy Partnership and view content from previous years’ events visit their website.