The 3rd annual Nursing Outpatient Forum was hosted by staff at Manukau SuperClinic on 5th and 6th November 2010.

Delegates from Outpatient departments from the North and South Island met to attend the conference where the theme was ‘delivering quality and serving our communities’.

The Friday sessions were held at Waipuna Lodge with our room over looking the estuary, what a great view.

The Saturday sessions were held at Manukau SuperClinic, a fantastic opportunity to show off our world class premises, including our new conference centre.

The key note speaker was Geoff Simmons who talked passionately about health care provision and recommendations made in a 'prescription for change', co written with Gareth Morgan. This was followed by Geraint Martin who was able to put the 'flip side' of this, also very passionately - making for a very interesting and thought provoking start to our conference.

Delegate feedback agreed that the speakers were interesting and inspiring. All the speakers had particular emphasis on innovative ways to meet the demands for services. These demands continue to increase and place significant demands on Outpatient departments and the delivery of care.

This was a great forum for inspiration and allowed for networking, old friends were greeted and new acquaintances were forged. A significant amount of information was swapped during these two days, which can only be to the benefit of all.

Thank you to the committee members for a successful conference and to the speakers for inspiration.