**FREE COURSE** Taking Action – Tackling Mental Health
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Please email applications stating Name, Club, Position to [email protected]
MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY THE PREMIER LEAGUE
COURSE FOR FMPA MEMBERS
Discussions between the FMPA and Premier League have led to the funding of an education workshop for medicine and performance staff in professional football.
This will be held at the Etihad Stadium and will be FREE to all FMPA members.
A nominal charge of £30 will be applicable for non-members.
The event is expected to stimulate a lively debate about where we are with this increasingly important issue and explore the role of, and the thoughts of our members in determining what needs to be done to deliver best practice care within football.
Please note delegate spaces will be limited and allocated on a first come basis.
Schedule – ‘Taking Action’ FMPA Conference
2.00 – 2.15 Introduction
Eamonn Salmon
Setting out the format of the event
2.15 – 2.30 Premier League
Andy O’Boyle
Detailing the work that the Premier League are doing in Mental Health
2.30 – 3.00 Sporting Chance
Colin Bland or Alex Mills
Defining Mental Health challenges within Football
3.00 – 3.20 Professor Andy Smith
First Aid for Mental Health
3.20 – 3.40 Welfare and Safeguarding Officer
Mental Health outside of the Premier League
Mike Hurn – Wigan Athletic FC
3.40 – 4.10 Break
4.10 – 4.40 Mental Illness
Phillip Hopley
Cognacity
4.40 – 5.00 Club Medical Staff and their role in Mental Health Awareness
Bryan English
5.00 – 5.45 Taking Action – setting out a plan for management of Mental Health in Football – possibly a ‘consensus statement’ for publication in FMPA magazine
Panel Discussion
5.45 – 6.00 Summing up and Closing comments
Eamonn Salmon