Dear Member, A very short newsletter this month! We are busy preparing for our annual conference and we are really looking forward to seeing many of you there. We make no apologies for keeping it on your minds! We have had four volunteers for our Standards and Governance Committee and wish to thank Sara Cheeney, Louise Dale, Debra Barker and Jacqueline Lowe for stepping up. There are more places yet to be filled, so please let us know if you are interested. The Regional Group section of the website is now up and running, so do take a look. We have the forum to complete, which should come soon and last but by no means least, the Resources section, which we have a tonne of ‘stuff’ to put in there from Dropbox, Facebook and items submitted, shared and written over the four years. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SURVEY It is most important that ALL members take 5 MINUTES, yes, ONLY 5 minutes to complete the survey. It gives us a clearer idea of who our members are and how we can best serve your needs, how membership has changed and it also provides us with credible statistics that can be used for the media and professional bodies etc. Last year the majority of members (75%) completed the survey, let’s see if we can get 100% this year. The survey results were published on the website, Facebook etc and we will do so again this year when a sufficient number have completed. To access the survey click here - BACN Members Survey
Conferences We Recommend I do hope you all have 4th and 5th October in your diaries. The BACN Conference has to be the one, if you only have time for one. It is special and important to us all. Follows this link to book your place, and to book for the Dinner on Friday night: http://www.cosmeticnurses.org/conference/ We have brought together what we think is the best programme so far, bespoke to YOUR needs, requests and wishes over the past year. It’s in MANCHESTER not London, by special request! We are really pleased with the venue which has a great lay-out for us and easy to get to whatever your mode of transport. Our AGM has earned a reputation for being the friendliest conference in the calendar, guaranteed to stir and inspire you and there is the added bonus of socialising, catching up with old friends and making new ones. The exhibition has a good selection of suppliers to explain their products and build relationships; here is your chance to nab that rep you’ve been chasing. We are very grateful to our sponsors for showing support for our Association and the work we do - without them we either wouldn’t exist or membership subscriptions would rocket. By attending this, your BACN Conference, you are showing your commitment to all we do and can take the opportunity to thank the sponsors directly. Have your white gloves ready for all the hand shaking! Association of Nurse Prescribers 14th November, 2013 We wish to encourage Nurse Prescribers to join the Association of Nurse Prescribers for invaluable CPD and support; www.anp.org.uk for further information or view the ANP Full Conference Brochure.
‘The Association for Nurse Prescribing are pleased to announce the programme for our Annual Conference to be held on the 14th of November 2013 at the Holiday Inn Regents Park. Dr June Crown CBE will chair this exciting event which includes presentations from Jerome Durodie, Dr Austyn Snowden, Hilary Garratt and our very own Andrew Rankin to name just a few.’ Judging by Facebook posts, team BACN will be there in force! Kind Regards,
Emma Davies BACN Chair