NALM AGM and Conference

Interesting conference coming up!

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LINKs MEMBERS

NALM AGM and Conference will be held on April 2nd 2009

Woburn House, near Euston Station in London

We are delighted to announce that the first NALM AGM and Conference will be held on April 2nd 2009. We hope very much you will be there to support and build NALM. All members are welcome and the conference is free to members. The conference will formally and democratically develop the process of building a national 'grassroots' voice for LINKs’ and help to develop ways for all LINks and LINks’ members to communicate with each other and with regional and national policy makers. We want to stimulate new and more powerful approaches to public and user involvement. We want to build NALM into a major grass roots body of LINks that can significant influence government policy at national and regional levels. The conference will give us an opportunity to promote diversity amongst the membership of LINKs and build our collaboration with National Voices and other national organisations. Please sign up for the Conference; raise the Conference with your LINk and ensure that you put in a bid to your host for funds to cover your fares to London and any other expenses.

Malcolm Alexander, Chair

Conference Programme

10.30 am Launch – Professor Sir Cyril Chantler, Chair King’s Fund

10.45 am Stephen O’Brien MP, Shadow Minister for Health

11.00 am Baroness Young, Chair, Care Quality Commission

11.15 am David Pink, Chief Executive, National Voices

11.30 am Stuart Jeffery, Health Spokesperson, Green Party

11.45 am Open Forum –LINks members Contributions and questions to speakers

12.15 pm to 1.00pm Workshops led by LINks members

LUNCH

2.00pm LINk Member – name to be confirmed

2.15pm Graham Box, Chief Executive, National Ass for Patient Participation

2.30pm Sue Slipman, Director, Foundation Trust Network, NHS Confederation

2.45pm Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, Action Against Medical Accidents

3.00pm Open Forum – LINks members contributions and questions to speakers

3.30 – 4.30pm AGM