Talking Therapies National Networking Forum 2025

Talking Therapies National Networking Forum 2025
5 CPD Hours Early bird: £159+VAT
Online Forum, 5 CPD hours
Thu 23 Jan 2025 09:00-16:00

‘Highly recommended for both content and organisation’ - Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust 
Talking Therapies National Networking Online Forum 2023

Take one day out to keep up with the changing demands on Talking Therapies, manage the challenge of meeting new reliable recovery targets, encourage patient engagement and push towards making your service more effective and productive. 

With your needs at the core of this forum’s content, this online course will focus on how national initiatives are affecting your service and what strategies will improve your patient outcomes. With time dedicated to networking, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet up with your peers from across the country to find new, workable solutions. 

Engage in open discussions and make meaningful change to your service for 2025

Now in its 13th year, this annual conference is the perfect opportunity to look to 2025 and identify how you can enable your service to deliver the best possible outcomes for your patients.

Your 2025 online forum focuses on:

  • National updates on the impact of the DARZI report on your Talking Therapies service
  • Practical guidance on how to improve your recovery outcomes to meet NHS England targets
  • Innovative strategies to become a financially informed practitioner in your sessions
  • Workable strategies to boost your patient engagement during their treatment pathway 
  • Proven, effective pathways to enhance your LTC pathways and ensure reliable recovery
  • Ideas to determine how to reduce variability to bolster your recovery metrics 
  • Dedicated discussion time to share your service challenges and build new solutions
  • Case studies shared: practical insight into current struggles, lessons learnt and changes implemented
  • Provide feedback directly to industry providers to ensure they are creating exactly what you need
  • Interactive, supportive space to reflect, share and consider ideas to take back to your service

Your dedicated, bespoke training to support your service needs

Book your place today to secure your spot at the annual Talking Therapies National Networking Forum and make real service change with stimulating topics in an engaging online format:

  • Live networking: Being online doesn’t have to limit your networking opportunities. This conference has been cleverly designed to ensure that you can still make meaningful connections during our interactive discussions whilst benefiting from the convenience of online training. 
  • Cutting-edge programmes: Researched, written and delivered with your needs at the centre. Putting your service needs first, you will gain from workable solutions to improve your service productivity. 
  • Building new connections: Meet and discuss new ideas with thought leaders, industry providers and like-minded colleagues to resolve your service challenges and drive forward patient outcomes. 
  • Professionally managed and delivered: Tired of awkward, badly managed meetings? With over 18 years of events experience, our conferences are expertly delivered with on-hand support for your involvement, to ensure that all you need to focus on is your learning. 

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"Very engaging and informative. Gained some useful ideas and resources to share with the service"
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
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"I found the content useful and has given me a great deal of information i can share with my team. Networking was an important part of the day and i was able to engage with many colleagues nationwide."
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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"Great to hear from the national team, some interesting speakers and good facilitation of breakout discussions."
- Health in Mind, Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust

With thanks to our industry partner

SBK Healthcare would like to thank Limbic for sponsoring this unique forum.

Join us as a sponsor

Talking Therapies Networking Forums are designed to enable talking therapies providers to support healthcare professionals. We are pleased to be inviting sponsors for this forum. If this is something you would be interested in exploring please email Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.

9.00
Join, tech support and opportunity to network in your meeting room
9.30
Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Andy Wright, Chief Operating Officer, Everyturn Mental Health
Delivering the Autumn Budget
9.45
National update: Delivering the Autumn budget for Talking Therapies
Prof David Clark, Professor Emeritus of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Clinical Advisor, NHS England
10.20
Questions and answers with Prof David Clark
10.30
Interactive discussion session: Keeping patients engaged during their treatment pathway
  • How are you engaging with patients to ensure that they are working towards recovery?
  • Which tools do you deploy to support patient engagement?
  • How is your service performing to meet new recovery targets? What is your service doing well? Where would you like to see improvements?
10.50
Interactive discussion feedback: Keeping patients engaged during their treatment pathway
Supporting recovery
11.00
Sponsored presentation delivered by Limbic
11.10
Sponsored presentation opportunity
11.20
Meet your industry partners
11.30
Screen break
Tackling service variabilities to support recovery outcomes
11.40
Moving towards reliable recovery and assessing implications of the DARZI report
  • Finding new ways of working: analysing the impact of the DARZI report on NHS Talking Therapies
  • Assessing systems to enable clinicians maximise clinical time and boost service productivity
  • Enabling early interventions in the community to deliver care closer to home and improve patient flow
Heather Stonebank, Clinical Programmes Manager (NHS Talking Therapies and Early Intervention in Psychosis Improvement Lead), North East and Yorkshire Regional Mental Health Team
12.10
Reducing therapist variability and improving patient outcomes in NHS psychological therapies
  • Considering if therapist variability can be reduced to improve patient outcomes
  • Reducing therapist effects to improve or maintain overall clinical outcomes in a service context
  • Determining cause and effect to provide more consistent patient outcomes in services
Katy James, Mental Health Clinical Director, Vita Health Group
12.40
Questions and answers with your speaker
12.50
Lunchtime screen break
Establishing clinical pathways
1.30
Case study: Research evidence and treatment strategies to promote early change during therapy
  • Examining research findings in patterns of change during psychological therapies
  • "Early change" and its association with treatment response across a range of therapies and clinical problems
  • Practical clinical strategies to promote early change into your practice
Caroline Bell, Clinical General Manager, Freed Breeches Eating Disorder Service and Professor Jaime Delgadillo, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Sheffield
2.00
Case Study: Delivering an effective Long Term Conditions service at Step 2 and Step 3
  • Establishing an LTC pathway to improve patient flow and increase throughput in your service
  • Overcoming the challenges of developing an LTC service: what did we learn?
  • How to conduct effective group work for LTCs to ensure maximum patient engagement
Beth Anderson, Senior High Intense Therapist, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
2.30
Questions and answers with Beth Anderson, Caroline Bell and Jaime Delgadillo
2.40
Screen break
2.50
Interactive discussion: Working towards national recovery targets in your Talking Therapies service
  • How are you working to achieve the national recover rate targets in your service?
  • Where is your service now? What have you implemented in your service to work towards our goals?
3.10
Interactive feedback: Working towards national recovery targets in your Talking Therapies service
Supporting mental health and money
3.20
Case study findings: Understanding the therapeutic impact of debt
  • Outcomes of collaborative working with Maudsley Hospital: connecting money and mental health
  • Practical guidance to support your approach about money with patients in during sessions
  • What can you do? Working with debt services and improving interdisciplinary working
3.50
Questions and answers with your speaker Ruth Puig-Peiro
4.00
Chairs closing remarks and close of conference

Take action today

Book your place to ensure you are up to date with how to deliver effective, accessible therapy for everyone that needs it. Hear from the thought leaders striving to make positive changes.

The full speaker line-up will be revealed soon – confirmed to date is:

Prof David Clark

Professor Emeritus of Experimental Psychology and Clinical Advisor
University of Oxford and NHS England

Heather Stonebank

Clinical Programmes Manager (NHS Talking Therapies and Early Intervention in Psychosis Improvement Lead)
North East and Yorkshire Regional Mental Health Team, NHS England

Katy James

Mental Health Clinical Director
Vita Health Group
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Beth Anderson

Senior High Intensity Therapist
NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT), Cheshire West Cheshire & Wirral Partnership Trust
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Andy Wright

Chief Operating Officer
Everyturn Mental Health
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Caroline Bell

Clinical General Manager
Freed Breeches Eating Disorder Service

Professor Jaime Delgadillo

Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Sheffield
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Ruth Puig-Peiro

Health Systems Strategy Lead
Money and Pensions Service

Call for speakers

If you would like to give a presentation and share your work or the work of your service at this online conference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To discuss speaking opportunities please email the conference producer Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788.

Pricing Structure

  • £159 + VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place if booked before Friday 6th December 2024
  • £259 + VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place after Friday 6th December 2024
Commercial companies are  invited to sponsor this day please contact Sarah Kemm for further details

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding.

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  •  Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  •  Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modifying your regsitration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Privacy notice

To view the details on how your data is being collected and used, please view our Privacy policy.

Expected attendees

Are you a CBT therapist, PWP or Clinical Lead? Or are you a Service Manager looking to further your understanding on how to boost productivity and your patient outcomes? This event will prepare and enable you to drive forward your Talking Therapies service to meet new reliable recovery targets. Come together and discuss new ideas with: 

  • Clinical Leads, Service Managers and Operational Managers 
  • Team Leads and Specialised Therapists
  • Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and CBT Therapists

Audience feedback

Since 2020, “exceptional” online courses have been delivered within Talking Therapies, welcoming over 1,000 attendees. Talking Therapies National Networking Forums are delighted to be providing this annual conference to support your service’s progression. Take a look at what last year’s attendees said:

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‘It was very relevant to our service objectives. I gained information on the national picture and enjoyed the content of the sessions, they were very informative and well led’
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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‘A very smooth and positive experience'
- Eastern Cheshire Talking Therapies
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‘It was helpful to learn from other services not only, how they are managing challenges, but also to hear that this is recognised nationally'
- Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
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‘Informative and an opportunity to share ideas - a positive experience’
- Worcestershire & Herefordshire NHS Talking Therapies
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‘Very informative and inspiring’
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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‘Highly recommended for both content and organisation’
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust

Adding their unique perspectives, we are pleased to welcome our industry partner

Limbic is the first UKCA-marked clinical assessment support tool for IAPT. Across 21 services, Limbic consistently frees up staff time, reduces costs, and improves patient experience and accessibility. Find out more from our founder, Dr Ross Harper on ross@limbic.ai.

Why sponsor a Talking Therapies National Networking Forum

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing talking therapies forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully  immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Interested in having your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk