If you would like your conference or event listed here, please contact us on admin@anp.org.uk with the date, title, venue, contact details (ideally a webpage or email address), and a brief description. Edited details of events will then be listed on the Diary dates page.

Dates throughout the year:

  • Free exhibitions and workshops from Journal of Community Nursing: see here for dates and venues.

  • Free conferences and exhibitions from Nursing in Practice, see here for various dates and venues .

February 2012

  • 17 February 2012, London. RCN and the Public Health Agenda. Prevent, Promote and Protect; Public health is every nurse’s business. Many nurses work in public health, but it is not in their job title. This conference will cover: travel health, nutrition and diet, international public health, occupational health, sexual health, schools, tuberculosis, evidence base for public health, smoking and alcohol, poverty and welfare, mental health, and other issues relating to wellbeing in the UK. It will look at the changing commissioning arrangements and the opportunities these present. Contact: RCN website or email  publichealth@rcn.org.uk
  • 22 February 2012, Diabetes Prescriber Network meeting, University of Surrey. Network meetings tackle different topics each time, with invited speakers, and plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions. For more information about the meetings or the network - which aims to support non-medical prescribers prescribing for people with diabetes. Contact: Dr Nicola Carey; email: prescribernet@surrey.ac.uk; tel: 01483 684512.
  • 29 February 2012, London. Non-medical prescribing competency-based CPD session covering: prescribing for special groups; adverse drug reactions and reporting; and negligence. See 27 June 2012 for further details of these Middlesex University CPD sessions.Contact: Middlesex University website; or Claudette Heron (booking enquiries): email c.heron@mdx.ac.uk; or Jennie Bradford (course enquiries): email: j.bradford@mdx.ac.uk

March 2012

  • 21 March 2012, Competence in Advanced Nursing Roles and Practice, London. This conference will provide an update on how to develop, measure and maintain competence in advanced nursing roles, staring with a keynote address from the NMC about education, regulation and fitness to practice. Contact: Healthcare Conference UK; tel: 01932 429933; or email: info@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk

  • 30 March 2012, London. RCN Long Term Conditions conference and exhibition: Bringing clinical benefits to your patients through technology. How can ‘telehealth’ be used to support patients with long-term conditions? The conference will look at experiences so far, including discussion of a large demonstrator project.Contact: RCN website or email: louise.walczak@rcn.org.uk

April 2012

  • 18 April 2012, London. Non-medical prescribing competency-based CPD session covering: numeracy practice and self assessment; and working with the pharmaceutical Industry - the APBi code of practice.See 27 June 2012 for further details of these Middlesex University CPD sessions. Contact: Middlesex University website; or Claudette Heron (booking enquiries): email c.heron@mdx.ac.uk; or Jennie Bradford (course enquiries): email: j.bradford@mdx.ac.uk

May 2012

  • 2 May 2012, London. Non-medical prescribing competency-based CPD session covering: pharmacology revision - pharmacodynamics; and concordance. See 27 June 2012 for further details of these Middlesex University CPD sessions. Contact: Middlesex University website; or Claudette Heron (booking enquiries): email c.heron@mdx.ac.uk; or Jennie Bradford (course enquiries): email: j.bradford@mdx.ac.uk
  • 14 May 2012, Setting up and Running Nurse Clinics, London. Includes case studies of nurse-led clinics, interactive sessions, and includes presentations on audit, legal issues and risk, prescribing, and practicalities and legalities.Contact: Healthcare Conferences UK ; tel: 01932 429933; or email: info@healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk

June 2012

  • 27 June 2012, London. Non-medical prescribing competency-based CPD session covering: NMC standards and strategies for maintaining CPD; principles of safe prescribing and reducing drug errors; and pharmacology revision ADME. One of a series of CPD sessions from Middlesex University that can be flexibly combined, or adapted and delivered in-house. The sessions are aimed at qualified independent, supplementary and community practitioner non-medical prescribers to help them maintain prescribing competencies, in line with the requirements of their professional bodies. Contact: Middlesex University website; or Claudette Heron (booking enquiries): email c.heron@mdx.ac.uk; or Jennie Bradford (course enquiries): email: j.bradford@mdx.ac.uk