Keynote speakers

We are delighted to welcome two internationally recognised leading speakers:

Dr Jacqui Lunday, Allied Health Professions Officer for Scotland, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK
10.15-11.15 Tuesday 6 September 2011

Jacqui was appointed as the Chief Health Professions Officer in April 2006 and before that was the first Allied Health Professions Officer in the Scottish Government Health Department from September 2002.  She has a professional leadership and policy lead role for the 9 AHP Groups and the 51 Healthcare Science Professions. She provides advice to Ministers and the Government on professional matters affecting all 60 disciplines as well as adult rehabilitation and the development and implementation of related policy areas. She is based within the Directorate of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions and works closely with colleagues from a range of departments across health, education and social care.

In 2007 she was appointed as Technical Advisor to the World Health Organisation and has led an international programme of work on networking for health professionals to support interprofessional learning and collaboration. This includes the establishment of a 'Global Community of Practice for Rehabilitation' and also 'The Health Professions Global Network', across 60 international Health Professional Bodies, which was launched at the end of June 2009. She previously led the introduction of Scotland’s Patient Experience programme ‘Better Together’ from 2006 to 2008 and is currently leading work within Scottish Government, on person-centred and relationship based care in the context of professional practice for Nurses, Midwives, AHPs and other health professionals.

In July 2010 Jacqui was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University from Queen Margaret University in recognition of her significant contribution to education and public service.

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Professor Gary Rolfe, School of Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
11.00-12.00 Wednesday 7 September 2011

Gary Rolfe is Professor of Nursing in the School of Health Science. He qualified as a mental health nurse in 1983 and has an academic background in philosophy and education. He teaches reflective practice and practice development and has published eight books and over one hundred journal articles and book chapters on philosophical aspects of practice, research methodologies, practice development and education.

He has been invited to speak at conferences across the world, including keynote presentations in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe. Since moving to Swansea University in 2003 he has worked with practitioners across West Wales to establish a number of practice development units. He is currently chair of the school research committee and was the founding director of the Institute for Health Research.

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