Board and Core Group
Board meetings are held twice a year. An Annual Conference, which also acts as the AGM, is held - usually during the month of October.
Representatives from all full member organisations have a place on the Board.
Dates for Board Meetings in 2019
Date for June 2019 to be confirmed shortly
Meetings are held between 2pm and 4pm. The venues for meetings will be confirmed against each date.
The provisional date of the 2019 Annual Conference will be Tuesday, 8th October 2019.
The 2018 Annual Conference provided a forum for clinicians, managers and commissioners to meet and explore new ideas in delivering high quality services for children.
The Conferences have an educational element, are well attended and are open to PiP members and non-members alike.
Past keynote speakers include Dr Sheila Shribman, Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Dr Hilary Cass, Dr Kathy McLean, Dr Maggie Atkinson, Kath Evans, Dr. Clare Lemer, Carol Ewing. Recent topics have included Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships/Plans, partnership working, quality indicators, care pathways and clinical networks.
The most recent Conference, held in October 2018, titled 'Networks:Safety, Caring and Sharing' with opur Keynote speakers being Kath Evans, Head of Patient Experience, Maternity, Children & Young People. NHS England and Meera Sookee, Head of Children & Young People Policy. NHS England.
The main objectives of the Conference were:
- Understand the national and local agenda around child health services, highlight the importance of working together, Networking to provide a safe and caring health care service for children and young people
- Understand the importance of having and using data to support quality improvements in networks and improve outcomes of care
- Explore workforce issues and understand how we can work collaboratively to secure the necessary children’s workforce
- Learn how we can engage with child health professionals and children and young people - to encourage involvement and ensure their voices are heard as local services develop
Other speakers were:
Alison Parr – Principal, Blackfriars Academy
Charlotte Yale – Matron, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Alison Warren - Clinical Matron (CYPS) - Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Andrea Page – Assoc Professor – University of Birmingham
Tony Dinning – Project Manager, PiP
Mary Salama – Consultant Paediatrician, BWCNHSFT
Copies of the presentations will be available here in due course.
****COPIES OF BOARD MINUTES****
The Core Group discuss issues which are taken to the PiP Board.
Mary Passant

Steve Cropper
Academic Advisor, Keele University
Email: steve@partnersinpaediatrics.org