On 27 October at the City Hospital in Birmingham, the UK Chapter of ASIS International has organised a special seminar at which leading practitioners will debate and discuss the topic of security across the healthcare sector.
The event begins at 7.30 am with a light breakfast followed by a short address from UK Chapter 208 representatives.
First speaker to the podium at 8.05 am will by Peter Finch CPP, security advisor to the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. The topic of his discussion is: ‘Ensuring the National Health Service is Protected and Prepared for Crisis’.
At 8.45 am, ‘Preparedness and Resilience – The Strategic View’ is the focus of Peter Jefferson’s presentation. He’s the head of health emergency preparedness for the West Midlands.
Following on from tea and coffee, at 9.40 am Andrew Dunn (health emergency planning officer/chairman Regional Training and Exercise SubGroup for the West Midlands Conurbation Resilience Forum) concentrates on ‘Preparing for the Worst: Bombs, Evacuation and Lockdown’
At 10.15 am, ‘IT Systems Data Security: An Overview’ will be discussed by Chris Jones, the managing director at mi-db.
After this there will be a Q&A session, with the meeting – which is sponsored by Site Watch Security – closing at 11.00 am.
For further information contact Mike Hurst on (telephone) on 0845 644 6893, mobile: 07957 543128 or via e-mail at: [email protected]
Paying tribute to our heroes in the Armed Forces
Recently, ASIS UK Chapter chairman Mike Alexander wrote to the entire membership and, due to the large and overwhelmingly positive response, the organisation will now be running an event on the evening of 3 November to celebrate the most recent achievements of our Armed Forces and reflect on those who have lost their life or their health in our name.
On the night, ASIS UK also hopes to raise a significant sum for military charities.
The event is due to run from 6.00 pm through until 10.00 pm at Barings Bank hq, Bishopsgate in London. Ticket prices (for both ASIS members and their guests) are GB pound 25.
Attendees will be able to hear, first hand, the experiences of recent veterans, raise some money for forces charities and enjoy a meal and the comradeship of fellow security professionals.
Here’s the running order for the event:
Charity auction items include a shredder (rrp GB pound 685) donated by HSM, a free pass to the ASIS European Conference (worth in the region of GB pound 600), a signed Michael Owen football shirt, two cases (24 bottles) of Nepal Ice donated by Raj Pradhan (Lynx Security), portable hard drive and laptop case donated by Hypertech and a shooting day (coached) at Bisley (worth about GB pound 1,000) donated by British Land/Broadgate Estates.
Details of other prizes at the event – which is sponsored by MITIE and Scanna – will follow in due course.
Once again, for further information contact Mike Hurst on (telephone) on 0845 644 6893, mobile: 07957 543128 or via e-mail at: [email protected]
