Special Interest Groups
The Institute has a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) available to members.
These SIGs highlight particular themes and functions within Health & Social Care and meet to network and plan events and reports.
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Our focus is to help IHSCM members to feel they can tell us about their carbon reduction and sustainability initiatives and help implement these initiatives. Our group also aim to help organisations reach Net Zero Emissions, welcoming new members to the group and networking opportunities.
Chair: Elaine Mead (Executive Director of Improvement, Care and Compassion, IC&C)
The Workforce Wellbeing SIG highlights physical and mental workforce wellbeing in all aspects. It is one of our most popular SIGs and meets monthly to plan a whole range of events and reports.
Chairs:
Our group focuses on best practice in digital health technology, supporting members to contribute to decision making, procurement, implementation and use. It has a rapidly growing membership with a range of plans for events and content.
Chair: June Hall (Former European Healthcare and Life Sciences Business Development Director (now retired))Â
Our focus is on learning and improving integrated care, by working together, sharing best practice as well as pain points, and generating innovative actions. We formed in late 2020 and in 2021 we have published a green paper and held two online events. Membership is open to all leaders and managers across the full range of health and social care.
Chair: Caroline Southgate (Registered Manager, Managing Director – Doris Jones Care, NICE Fellow)
Our Mental Health SIG is designed for members with an interest or involvement in mental health service provision in health and social care. Membership and activity are growing rapidly.
Chair: Julie Keith, Performance Manager, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
The Social Care Innovators is a group for people keen to bring change and innovation to the social care sector.Â
We believe that working together with a shared aim we will be able to influence lasting changes to social care.Â
We have already achieved some great outcomes with the Green Heart For Social Care Initiative, The Care Library, and our People Plan for Social Care.
The group is chaired by Adam Purnell, Director of social care for the Institute of Health and Social Care (IHSCM) and Palvi Dodhia, COO Serene Care and IHSCM member.
The main group meets bi-monthly but we also have 7 subgroups that focus on their own specific areas that meet monthly.Â
Chairs: Palvi Dodhia (Directer of Serene Care) and Adam Purnell, Director for Social Care, IHSCM.
Our focus to cover wider issues and support innovation in all matters relating to older care. Our very lively and expressive membership is already generating a huge number of projects and events to support IHSCM members and wider audiences.
Chair: Donna Little (Advanced Clinical Practitioner at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)Â
At the IHSCM we are privileged to have members who between them have many years of experience, knowledge and resources. Many of these members may now be retired from working within health and social care, but still wish to connect with like-minded people on a regular basis via a Special Interest Group (SIG).
The Retired Members SIG will work together to hold conferences, webinars, workshops, masterclasses and podcasts to impart their expertise not only to their retired colleagues but also to newer members wishing to learn from this vast collection of expertise and knowledge.
Chair: John Glynn, Retired IHSCM Member and former Legal Services Manager, Corporate Affairs & Governance Directorate, East Cheshire Trust, Macclesfield.
Our Executive Advisory Committee SIG is designed for members who work in different areas of health and social care, who wish to advise on the future of the IHSCM. Membership and activity are growing rapidly.
Chair: Jon Wilks, CEO, IHSCM.
Our Finance SIG is designed for members with an interest or involvement in the financial aspect of health and social care. Membership and activity are growing rapidly.
Chairs: Jon Wilks, CEO, IHSCM.
This group is a great opportunity for the Military Healthcare Management community.
Chair: Paddy McKillop-Duffy (AH Strategic Healthcare Commissioning at UK Ministry of Defence)
The Children and Young People SIG is one of our brand new special interest groups.
Chair: This group has rolling chairs.
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion SIG is one of our brand new special interest groups.
Chair: This group has rolling chairs.
The Practice Management SIG is partnered with Williams Medical Supplies and concentrates on supporting primary care practice management. It has a very lively membership with regular events, courses and masterclass activity.
Chairs: Jon Wilks, CEO, IHSCM.
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