Conference Announcement - apologies for cross postings

FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH: LAW, POLICY & PRACTICE. WHERE TO NEXT?

A one day national conference at the University of Central Lancashire.

Tuesday 27th June 2000

Venue:		Greenbank Building
		University of Central Lancashire
		Preston

All Enquiries:	Sally Edmundson, Business Services Ltd
		University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE
		Tel: 01772 892250
		Fax: 01772 892938
		E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Conference Aims and Objectives

The National Service Framework, the review of mental health legislation, the
development of the N.H.S Quality framework, the extension of the Race
Relations Act to public authorities and the imminent implementation of the
Human Rights Act present a dynamic and rapidly changing policy framework for
those involved in forensic mental health.

At the same time continuing concern about public safety, escalating
co-operation between criminal justice and health & social care agencies and
the rapidly increasing focus on professional regulation provides individual
practitioners as well as managers and policy makers with a series of
invigorating challenges.

This conference aims to update delegates on aspects of the latest
developments in law and practice, pose some fundamental questions and
provide an opportunity to share ideas across disciplines and agency
boundaries.

Who should attend:
 - members of the Police, Prison and Probation services
 - Social Workers
 - members of nursing, medicine and psychology teams
 - workers in Hospitals and the Community in the Public, Private and
Voluntary Sectors
 - HE Departments of Social Work, Nursing, Medicine, Psychology, Law, Ethics
and Applied Social Studies


Invited Keynote Speakers:
William Bingley, University of Central Lancashire
Andrea Humphery, NHS Executive
Herschel Prins, Midland Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kamlesh Patel, University of Central Lancashire
Richard Bradshaw, U.K.C.C.
Mick McKeown, University of Central Lancashire
A representative from the Police force
A Judge
A Prison Governor

A conference programme will be posted on the following website later this
week:
www.uclan.ac.uk
Conference Fee #85.00 plus VAT (99.88)


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