NHS Forest conference 2014

• Date: 7 October 2014
• Location: Whittingham and Goosnargh Sports and Social Club, Whittingham, Lancashire
• Theme: Creating Healing Environments

Lancashire Care hosted the 2014 NHS Forest Conference, and led a walking tour of their award-winning grow-your-own project at Guild Lodge in the afternoon. 

Agenda:

• NHS Forest update: Mary Zacaroli, NHS Forest coordinator
• Using Green Space for therapeutic purposes: Amanda Duffy, occupational therapist and project officer, The Conservation Volunteers
• Engaging the Local Community: Georgina Smith, corporate social responsibility manager, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
• Engaging Key Stakeholders and Overcoming Obstacles: Antony Cobley, senior HR manager in governance, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Q&A with speakers

Workshops

• How to Engage Clinicians: Frank Swinton, consultant anaesthetist, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
• Engagement with Service Users: Steve Marshall, head gardener, Airedale Hospital
• Green Prescriptions: Kevin Lafferty, access, health & recreation advisor, Forestry Commission Scotland
• Funding a Forest site: Georgina Smith, CSR manager, Gloucester Care Services and Jacqueline Cutting, head of fundraising, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
• Evaluating NHS Forest sites – celebrating success, learning lessons: Clive Robinson, sustainable development manager, University Hospital Coventry

You can view the full agenda here.

NHS Forest Awards

These awards were presented by Lancashire Care’s Deputy Chair Canon Peter Ballard:

• Best community project
  Winner: Cirencester Hospital, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
  Highly Commended: Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
• Most innovative NHS Forest site
  Winner: Bethlem Royal Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  Highly Commended: Dandelion Time, Kent and Medway NHS Trust
• Most trees planted for the NHS Forest in the last year
  Winner: University Hospitals Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
  Highly Commended: Guild Lodge, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Most pioneering healthcare professional
  Winner: Charles Hurford, Northwick Park Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
  Highly Commended: Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, North Cotswolds Hospital, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust

Overall awards winner: Bethlem Royal Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust