Positive Outcomes in Merseyside

posted: 28/09/2009

Positive Outcomes is a half day mini conference for professionals from across a range of disciplines. Sahir House, with George House Trust, the Armistead Centre and Terrence Higgins Trust Wirral, want to share information about new services for HIV positive gay and bisexual men and to discuss better ways of working between the statutory and voluntary sectors.
 

The aims of the event are:

• up to date information on the wide range of services available from community organisations
• provide a more joined-up package of services for HIV positive men across the voluntary, statutory and community sectors
• help practitioners make fast and effective referrals

The programme will include:

• Information about services run by both Sahir House and George House Trust – newly diagnosed courses, residential weekends etc;
• Information on services from THT and Armistead (peer support, home visits, specialist counselling, in depth one to one casework etc);
• A chance for all delegates to contribute their views about partnership working to meet patient/client needs, and how this can be improved

Who for?

Anyone involved in supporting or improving the lives HIV positive gay or bisexual men in Merseyside, including commissioners, community nurses, drugs workers, GPs, health advisors, medical specialists, nurse specialists, public health specialists, social workers and support workers are invited.
 

Where and When?

The event is on the morning of Friday 23rd October 2009, in Liverpool City Centre.

Booking essential

Attendance is free and by prior booking only by Wednesday 7 October. To book a place please email Nicholas Kavanagh at Sahir House or ring him on 0151 708 9080.
 

programme

9:30 Arrival and refreshments
9:45 Welcome and introduction
10:00 Info blast – a rough guide to services for gay & bisexual men at Sahir House
10:15 Info blast from Armistead
10:30 Info blast from THT Wirral
 

10:45 Break
11:00 George House Trust – Newly Diagnosed Courses and Residentials
11:15 Course participant speaks about positive experiences
11:20 Q&A session
 

11:30 Introduction of group work session
11:35 Delegates split into groups to look at unmet needs, partnership working etc
12:05 Groups feed back
12:30 Close

The second half of the morning is dedicated to an open table discussion where all delegates can have a chance to speak about what they feel are the unmet needs in the sector, discuss closer partnership working and networking and plan future activities.
 

This partnership event is unique in this year’s calendar in terms of the organisations it is bringing together and the subject matter under discussion.

The organisers would like to invite any interested parties but would particularly hope that among the delegates there will be clinicians, managers and/or workers from each hospital trust GUM, each PCT, each public health department and a range of related 3rd sector organisations in sectors such as housing, homelessness, drug and alcohol etc.
 

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