2nd Annual Correctional Services Healthcare Summit

Addressing the gaps, promoting multidisciplinary care and improving the continuum of care into the community

IIR's 2^nd Annual Correctional Services Healthcare Summit 2011 will bring together corrective health service directors and managers from each state government agency, key stakeholders, health managers and professionals from correctional centres all over the country, community health professionals, industry experts and many more...

Speakers includes:

• Ingrid Johnston, Project Manager - Prisoner Health, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Michael Levy, Clinical Director, Justice Health Services, ACT
• Karen Toohey, Acting Commissioner, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
• Kate Pensa, Operations Manager, Arbias
• Robb Ritchens, Specialist Mental Health Manager, Australian Community Support Organisation
• Dr Alun Richards, Executive Director - Offender Health Services Directorate, Queensland Health
• Kate Gibson, RN. Non-Smoking Initiatives Project Manager, Offender Health Services, Division of the Chief Health Officer, Queensland Health
• Karen Harlin, Nursing Director, SA Prison Health Service
• Cathi Montague, Nurse Management Facilitator, SA Prison Health Service
• John Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Prevention and Harm Reduction Programs Australia
• Deborah Siddall, BBV Program Coordinator, Correctional Primary Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
• Dr. Tony Falconer, Medical Director, International Health and Medical Services Pty Ltd
• Helen McNeill, Chief Executive Officer, Hepatitis C Victoria
• Jo Andrews, Clinical Services Co-ordinator, Port Augusta Prison, SA Prison Health Service
• Nick Cuthbertson, Managing Director, Healthsolve
   

A Comprehensive Program Addressing:

• Data from the Recently Released AIHW Prisoner Health Project
• Offender Health in Queensland in 2011
• How Human Rights Can Help Build Healthier Prisons
• Prisoner Health and Human Rights – Contested or Complimentary Endeavour’s
• Needle and Syringe Programs in the Correctional System
• Mental Health Continuity of Care from Prisons to Community
• Tobacco in Prisons – Developing Sustainable Interventions
• Acquired Brain Injury in the Victorian Correctional System
• Health Promotion by Prisoners, for Prisoners
• Hepatitis C Treatment in Tasmanian Prisoners
• Are There Lessons to be Learnt from Prison Healthcare in the UK?
• Health Issues of Indigenous Prisoners in Remote Areas

And Much More...

With Key Contributions From:

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Offender Health Services Directorate Queensland Health
• Director of Justice Health Victoria
• Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
• Justice Health Services ACT
• South Australian Prison Health Service
• Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania

With an outstanding speaker faculty and a program which tackles the key issues in correctional services healthcare, this event is one not to be missed.

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