This event continues the thread of previous themes, in offering hope through collaboration. It will promote the underpinning concepts of equality and joint working between professional groups, people with lived experience and their families and across public, voluntary and private sectors.
Through presentations and networking opportunities in person and online the conference will aim to facilitate international engagement across these groups from high, middle and low income countries. Our continued vision is to create a conference culture that values the strong links between staff wellbeing, patient care and patient safety, where everyone feels safe, supported, and encouraged to speak about their experiences.
The venue for our 30th annual conference is St Catherine's College, Oxford, with live streaming of all presentations and potential for active engagement of online participants.
Conference highlights
Hybrid event
- Participants can join online or in person.
- All participants will have access to recordings of all presentations for 90 days after the event using the online platform.
Value for money
- We strive to keep our conference fees low, and have not found any others that can compete with us in terms of value for money.
- We are the only healthcare conference without corporate sponsorship to offer free conference fees for students, service users and participants from low-income countries.
- We are supported by the National Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse Directors Forum.
Content and networking
- Presentations of concurrent papers, symposia, workshops, and posters relating to clinical practice, research , education and lived experience.
- Excellent opportunity to network and collaborate.
- Keynote speakers for the conference to be confirmed by June 2025, and will include thought leaders in the NHS, UK government and global mental health network.
Online attendees can presenter posters.
Abstracts for poster presentations can be submitted using the link below. https://forms.office.com/e/t13ximPnkp?origin=lprLink
The deadline for receipt of abstract submissions is 4th May 2025
Conference booking
- Online attendance for 2 days is £200 per person.
- Recordings of all sessions will be available to access and download for 90 days after the event.
- Full time undergraduate students, service users and participants from low-income countries can attend online for free.
If you would prefer to attend the conference in-person, please click here.
For further information on how to claim your free place (and receive a promotion code), please contact fiona.nolan3@nhs.net before completing your booking.
If you are interested in attending the conference in-person, please click here
