VODG Quality and Safeguarding Network Meeting | March 2025

The next meeting of the Quality and Safeguarding professional network is now open for booking.

Our first speaker is Professor Shoumitro Deb, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD, Visiting Professor, Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, who will be introducing SPECTROM. SPECTROM is a staff training programme that has been coproduced with people with learning disabilities and their carers, support staff and service managers and trainers, supported by the Department of Health funding to help implement the NHSE STOMP initiative by reducing overmedication of people with learning disabilities. SPECTROM empowers staff by giving them detailed knowledge of mental health medicines so they can challenge inappropriate prescribing. This training is also designed to empower people with learning disabilities and their families by involving them in shared decision-making for care planning, including prescribing. Staff are also taught how to effectively engage and communicate with people with learning disabilities and help them build their skills. Staff are also taught how to effectively engage with professionals like doctors, community team members, and family members. An essential part of the training is to discuss how to support staff team members who are at the sharp end of service delivery.

Continuing the theme of co-production, we will next hear from Kirsty Milward, Head of Quality at FitzRoy. FitzRoy has committed to finding ways that are truly inclusive, which has lead to a review a number of processes and work focussing on the language used in communications, including communicating with people and the language used in practice. This is followed by Rebecca Hodgson on the theme of Working Together for Change. 

Our final speaker is John Davison, Operations Director at BLS Stay Compliant who will be discussing a topic that a lot of members have requested; the differences between a Caldicott Guardian, a Data Protection Officer and a SIRO.

Book your place now to ensure you do not miss these essential sessions.

Speakers

Prof. Shoumitro  Deb, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD

Prof. Shoumitro Deb, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD

Visiting Professor, Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Kirsty Millward

Kirsty Millward

Head of Quality, FitzRoy

Rebecca Hodgson

Associate Director of Quality, Practice and Compliance, Sense

John Davison

John Davison

Operations Director, BLS Stay Compliant

 

Draft Programme

14.00

VODG Welcome and Housekeeping

Kerry Hamilton, Head of Membership and Operations at VODG

14.05

Introductions

Co-chairs

14.15

SPECTROM

Prof. Shoumitro Deb, Imperial College London

14.45

Co-production strategy and policy

Kirsty Milward, Head of Quality at Fitzroy

15.05

Working Together for Change

Rebecca Hodgson, Associate Director of Quality, Practice and Compliance at Sense

15.25

Caldicott Guardians, Data Protection Officers and SIROs

John Davison, Operations Director at BLS Stay Compliant

15.45

Topics for future meetings

VODG co-chairs

15.55

Final Roundup

Kerry Hamilton, Head of Membership and Operations at VODG

16.00

End

Accessibility

Please note, should you have any accessibility requirements, we will do our best to make necessary arrangements to support you; however, we may require up to four weeks notice, so please list your requirements on the booking form. Closed captions are used as standard in online meetings. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

VODG Quality and. Safeguarding Network Co-chairs

Abi Peake

Abi Peake

Support Auditor, Advance

Simone McCaskill

Simone McCaskill

Head of Quality, PSS (UK)