Better together conference
We held our first mental health conference in March 2018. Find out more and watch the videos below.
9.30am Opening address
Glenn Douglas, Chief Executive of Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), and Helen Greatorex, Chief Executive of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)
9.40am Perinatal, mother and baby care
Speaker: Zoe Gibson, mum of two and Mother and Infant Mental Health (MIMHS) service user and Karen Dorey-Rees, KMPT Assistant Director, Specialist Care Group
To watch this session, please use this link which will open another page to view the film on YouTube.
10am Children and young people's mental health
Speaker: Dr Ben Smith, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Joined for questions by: Brid Johnson, Integrated Care Director, Kent and Medway and Essex, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).
10.40am Crisis and liaison psychiatry
Speaker: Dr Fareedoon Ahmed Consultant Psychiatrist, KMPT.
11.15am Social isolation
Scheduled speaker Anu Singh, Director of Adult Social Care and Health, Kent County Council (KCC) was unable to attend. Thank you to Jess Mookherjee who was able to talk about this very important topic on the day.
11.45am Kent and Medway talking therapies
Speaker: Rose Melvin from Insight Healthcare.
12.05 Local care
Speakers: Dr David Chesover, Clinical Lead for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and vice Chair West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Chair and Clinical Lead for Kent and Armed Forces Network, Clinical Lead for west, North Kent and Medway mental health STP work stream.
Cathy Bellman, Kent and Medway STP Local Care Lead.
1.20pm A national perspective
Speakers: Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director for NHS England
Professor Tim Kendall, Mental Health National Clinical Director for NHS England and NHS Improvement.
To watch this session, please use this link which will open another page to view the film on YouTube. This film also contains the question and answer session for both speakers.
2.20pm Preparing for an increasingly older generation
Speaker: Richard Brown.
2.55pm Workshop led by Professor Catherine Kinane
3.30pm Suicide prevention
Speakers: Tim Woodhouse, Senior Commissioning Manager, KCC and Director of 'Release the Pressure'
Dr Ian Marsh, Senior Lecturer School of Allied Health Professions, Canterbury Christ Church University
Jonny Benjamin MBE, Mental health campaigner, film producer, public speaker, writer and vlogger.
You can also view videos from Jonny via his channel on YouTube.
4.40pm Being mentally well and staying well
Speaker: Jess Mookherjee, Consultant in Public Health, KCC.
4.50pm Summary and closing address
Glenn Douglas, Chief Executive of Kent and Medway STP and Helen Greatorex, Chief Executive, KMPT.
