The Second Canmore Trust Wellbeing Conference

The Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow

Friday 8th & Saturday 9th November 2024

Radisson-hall-conference

Day 1 Programme

Aim: to bring together doctors, nurses, veterinary surgeons and dentists, as members of the healthcare professions with the highest rates of suicide, to offer mutual support, to encourage wellbeing, and to find common paths towards hope and suicide prevention.

Time Session Name Speaker Room
08.15–09.15 Registration - Foyer
09.15–09.30 Welcome and Scene-Setting; a moment to reflect John Gibson
CEO, The Canmore Trust		 Main
09.30-10.00 Learning to learn: lessons from the global suicide community Prof Rory O’Connor
Professor of Health Psychology, University of Glasgow		 Main
10.00-10.30 Is something rotten in the state of dentistry? Dr Ian Mills Main
10.30-11.00 BREAK Coffee and Tea Foyer
11.00-11.30 Why is veterinary medicine struggling? Dr Rosie Allister Main
11.30-12.00 The (highs and) lows of medicine Dr Ananta Dave Main
12.00-12.30 Nursing – caring and being cared for? Prof Emma Wadey Main
12.30-12.45 Q&A Dr Mike Gow Main
12.45-13.45 BREAK Lunch Foyer
GDC 13.45-14.05
RCVS 14.05-14.25
GMC 14.25-14.45
NMC 14.45-15.05		 Compassionate Regulation: presentations from the Regulators CEO speakers from GDC, GMC, NMC: awaited
RCVS: confirmed		 Main
15.05-15.30 Q&A Ms Roz McMullan Main
15.30-16.00 BREAK Tea and Coffee Foyer
16.00-16.30 Starting to find answers: R;pple Ms Alice Hendy MBE
CEO of R;pple		 Main
16.30-17.00 The Jamie Newlands Memorial Lecture: Loss into Legacy Ms Fiona Drouet MBE
CEO of EmilyTest		 Main
17.00-17.15 Closing comments, leading into Fundraising Dinner John Gibson Main

Dinner

19.00-midnight: Formal dinner with the title “Celebrating Life”, fundraising for The Canmore Trust.

Day 2 Programme

Time Session Name Speaker Room
08.15–09.15 Registration - Foyer
09.15–09.30 Setting the scene Mr Eddie Backler
Chair, The Canmore Trust		 Main
09.30-10.30 Finding hope in adversity Mr Richard McCann Author Main
10.30-11.00 BREAK Coffee and Tea Foyer
11.00-11.30 Without a strategy…..? Ms Haylis Smith
National Suicide Prevention Lead		 Main
11.30-12.30 Just words? Accountability, Resilience, and all that stuff Prof Tim Newton…TBC Main
12.30-12.45 Q&A Ms Roz McMullan Main
12.45-13.00 Taking all this forward John Gibson CEO, The Canmore Trust Main
13.00-14.00 BREAK Lunch and optional departure time Foyer
14.00-16.00 Stream 1: Inter-professional thinking and learning: how do we improve mental wellbeing and reduce the number of suicides across our clinical professions?
Invited audience		 Invited audience:
Members of each profession, CEOs of Regulators, Unions, Defence Organisations
Chair: to be confirmed 		Breakout Rooms
14.00-16.00 Stream 2: Stress and Anxiety Management:
optional event for all attendees		 Dr Mike Gow
Dental Anxiety Coach		 Main
16:00 Depart All