AMHP Conference - 11 December 2026

 This one-day conference will explore issues pertinent to AMHP practice.

It can contribute towards the statutory requirement of 18 hours relevant training per year.

SPEAKERS :

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DOCTOR MAYURA DESHPANDE, FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST 

We are delighted to announce Doctor Deshpande will present ‘Mental Health Homicides – Causation, Contribution, and Learning’.

Mayura Deshpande is a forensic psychiatrist with experience of adult and adolescent forensic psychiatry, management and research. She is the National Speciality Advisor in secure care to NHS England and advises NHS England on community and inpatient transformation for mental illness and neurodiversity, service pathways, workforce, quality standards and legislation, and has overseen the rollout of national NHS programmes. 

She works clinically in a specialist community forensic service in Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and is the Caldicott Guardian for the Trust. She has a longstanding interest in ethics and law, has previously chaired the RCPsych Professional Practice & Ethics Committee and is the College’s Associate Registrar for Policy and its lead for the Invited Review Service. She is an honorary Senior Lecturer in the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, where her research interests include patient safety, mental health homicide investigation methodology and victims’ rights. 

SPEAKER: SOPHY MILES, BARRISTER AT DOUGHTY STREET CHAMBERS

We are delighted to announce Sophy Miles will present a Legal Update for AMHPs. 

Sophy qualified as a solicitor in 1989 and was called to the Bar in 2015. She has a busy and varied Court of Protection practice. 

Sophy advises in all areas of mental health law, where her long experience as a mental health solicitor gives her a practical understanding of the issues.  Sophy sits as a fee-paid member of the FTT (Mental Health) and as a nominated judge in the Court of Protection. She is an accredited mediator and also advises on human rights and community care law, as well as complex Tribunals and disputes over entitlement to aftercare.  

She is a member of the Law Society’s Mental Health and Disability Committee and regularly trains on the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and on the Court of Protection.

SPEAKER: DR JILL HEMMINGTON, AMHP & AMHP PROGRAMME LEAD AT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCSTER

We are delighted to announce Dr Jill Hemmington will present ‘AMHP work: Acknowledging and supporting the emotional dimensions’.

Dr Jill Hemmington is a practising AMHP, Course Leader for the AMHP programme and AMHP post qualifying CPD at University of Central Lancaster. Jill has over 30 years experience in mental health social work. Her PhD relates to variables influencing AMHP decision making and more recently her research and training interests have been around AMHP experiences of moral distress, with a focus on AMHPs psychological and professional safety. Jill delivers these courses and more for Edge. Jill is also a founding member of the AMHP Research Group and a Specialist Member of the Mental Health Tribunal.  Jill developed and maintains the Critical AMHP Blog (https://www.the-critical-amhp.com) with colleagues. 

MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY!!

Times: 09:45 - 16:00 (doors open for registration at 09:00 - no earlier entry)

Price: IN PERSON TICKET £195 plus VAT per ticket -  fee includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch along with a paper conference pack and a PDF certificate.  

ONLINE TICKET £155 plus VAT per ticket - fee includes access via Zoom, a PDF conference pack and a PDF certificate.   

Conference details will be emailed direct to delegate(s) upon completion of their booking.  10% discount for groups of 10 or more in one booking.

Questions? Call 07341 277487 or email events@edgetraining.org.uk

To book your place see below.