Year: 2019

London

Next HARG meeting at the Royal College of Nursing, 30 May 2019

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The next meeting of the Health Archives and Records Group on Thursday the 30th May between 3-5.30pm.

The meeting will take place simultaneously in the Sarah Swift Room (G01) at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G 0RN and thanks to the video-conferencing facilities, it will be possible for HARG members based in the North of England and Scotland to participate in the meeting by joining HARG members at the RCN office at 42 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2HH.

20 Cavendish Square is located behind John Lewis, Oxford Street. The nearest tube stations are Oxford Circus and Bond Street. There are many buses routes that stop nearby, including the 10, 25, 55, 73, 98 and 390.

42 South Oswald Road is located in the Grange area south of Edinburgh city centre. The closest bus route is the 41 from near Waverly train station. Morningside is within easy walking distance and is reached by the 11, 15, 16 and 23 from Princes Street.

The meeting will include updates on group activities and planned events, health sector news and a forum to discuss member’s issues. You can download the minutes of the previous meeting on our website, here.

Please email archives@rcn.org.uk to confirm your attendance and state the venue you would like to attend. The meeting is open to all but spaces are limited.

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Upcoming conference: HSRAA Annual Conference 2019, Cardiff, 8 – 10 May 2019

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This event is the only global forum aimed specifically at Records Management and Archive management professionals working within the life sciences and healthcare sectors and a great opportunity to network with like-minded industry colleagues.

The conference will comprise fully interactive workshops presentations, debates, and round table sessions on regulatory requirements and updates, best practices, sector trends, technology developments, and innovations in the field of records and archive management.

Future Inn, Cardiff Bay: venue for the workshops

Delegates will learn how to best to tackle the challenges of ensuring compliant practices; how best to develop strategies to improve, and optimise procedures, facilities, and technologies; and how best to introduce efficient and durable approaches by learning from inspirational and leading industry experts and peers covering a wide range of topics including

  • Data integrity
  • Digital archiving
  • Inspection strategies
  • General Data Protection Regulation
  • Good data and information governance
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning

You can view the full conference agenda, or download the conference brochure, which includes a full list of speakers, discussion topics and other relevant conference details.

For more information please visit the HSRAA website, here: https://the-hsraa.org/conference-2019

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Foundling Hospital Medical Records Project: Skills Share Day

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Foundling Hospital Medical Records Project: Skills Share Day

Monday 25 March 2019

10am-4pm

£20 (includes lunch)

Booking and programme details here: https://coramfoundlinghospitalskillsshare.eventbrite.co.uk

Coram’s Foundling Hospital archive holds a wealth of fascinating and challenging material. The information revealed by records linked to the health and medical treatment of the children throws light on their physical and mental health and well-being, as well as the social conditions and attitudes of the time.

The skills share day is designed to support the work of heritage professionals, teachers, freelancers and facilitators. It will examine how the stories these materials tell can be made accessible and relevant through public engagement activities. Participants will gain insights into the range of material and will share and discuss ideas relating to outreach and engagement to schools, adult learners and academic audiences, including the creation of an exhibition.

The sessions will be led by London Metropolitan Archives staff who have worked directly with the project.

The project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.