Hydration Health Summit: Enhancing knowledge and understanding of hydration in health and social care

Hear from internationally renowned experts on the importance and challenges of maintaining health and wellbeing through good hydration, and innovations currently being tested across England.

The event takes place from Thursday 14 November from 9:00 am to 16:45 pm.
 
This event is free to attend.

Sign up here to reserve your place: Hydration Health Summit Thursday 14 November 2024 (office.com)

 

Speakers and topics include:

  Acute Kidney Injury: Recognise the Insult and Prevent the Injury  

• Dr Andrew Lewington
• Consultant Renal Physician/Honorary Clinical Associate Professor
• St James's University Hospital, Leeds

  Preventing Dehydration: Hydration Care for Older Adults

• Dr Diane Bunn
• Associate Professor of Nursing Research
• University of East Anglia

  Fluid balance and management

• Becky Bonfield
• Acute Kidney Injury Advanced Clinical Practitioner, NIHR DCAF
• University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

  Water Quality in Hydration

• Professor John Fawell
• Visiting Professor
• Cranfield University Water Science Institute

  The burden and challenge of urinary tract infections and related blood stream infections

• Bharat Patel
• Consultant Medical Microbiologist, HCAI- AMR Lead for PHL London
• UK Health Security Agency

Traffic Light Water Jug Lids: A Collaborative, Trust-Wide Quality Improvement Project

• Dr Neil Hoye
• Consultant Nephrologist
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Thirst for change: The snowball effect of small-scale improvement

• Katie Lean
• Senior Programme Manager
• Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley

  'My journey: from frontline nurse to creator of hydration innovations’

• Naomi Campbell
• Nurse innovator for hydration care
• Hydration Care Consultancy Ltd, Trading as ROC Care Systems

  The I-Hydrate Project - enhancing the hydration of the elderly

• Professor Jennie Wilson
• Professor of Healthcare Epidemiology
• University of West London

  The Introduction of #ButFirstADrink into care homes in south west London

• Charlotte Trumper
• Regional Hydration Project Manager
• NHS South West London ICB

  Hydrate to Feel Great - the creation and testing of 'My Hydration Plan' to improve patient's hydration

• Kelly Dennett
• Regional Quality Improvement Manager (Hydration)~
• Gemma Dahr
• Regional Hydration Project Administrator
• NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB)

  Hydration, Digitalisation and Care Homes: The Nottingham ROC Pilot

• Rose Dent
• Improvement Lead - Hydration in Care Homes
• Rebecca Smith
• Enhanced Health in Care Homes Lead
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board

  The Rotherham Care Homes Hydration Project

• Katherine South
• Dietetic Assistant Practitioner
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

 

Further information:

• Who should attend: Health and care professionals working in Primary Care, Secondary Care or Community/Residential settings, for example: Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals Care Home staff
• Why attend? Improve your understanding of the impact of hydration on health and disease. Learn practical approaches to assessing and addressing hydration needs. Implement evidence-based practices to improve hydration management for your patients/residents.

    This event is organised by the NHS and is open to all health and care professionals.  
Any queries, contact isabel.rodriguesdeabreu@nhs.net