Welcome to iHV Insights – our webinars run just for our members.

These regular one-hour webinars aim to provide an easily accessible option for CPD and an opportunity to learn from leading experts in their field. All live sessions will be interactive and you will have the opportunity to ask questions.

The sessions will be of interest to frontline health visitors and student health visitors, as well as service leads, commissioners and wider members of the health visiting team.

Following each live session, the following will be made available to members on the links below:

• Webinar recording
• PDF of the slideset
• Record of Attendance/Reflection template to download and complete, just enter your name and the date that you joined the live iHV Insights or watched it online. Please note that this is a self-certification form, and you are accountable for accurately reporting your attendance alongside the iHV Insights Learning Record/reflection section that can be used as part of your revalidation evidence. Please ensure you download your certificate whilst available, for revalidation purposes. 

Please note that these are resources for iHV members only – Login using your password to see and gain access to the iHV Insights webinar materials. 

Resources will be accessible for 2 years after each webinar, in line with our review of keeping up-to-date resources. 

If you’re not a member, please join us to get access to all of our resources.

The iHV is a self-funding charity – we can only be successful in our mission to strengthen health visiting practice if the health visiting profession and its supporters join us on our journey. We rely on our membership to develop new resources for our members. So do join us now!

Our next iHV Insights event:

20 August, 15:30-16:30
iHV Insights: Strong Starts in Communication: Early Identification and Support for Every Child

In this Insights event we will consider the important role health visiting has in the promotion of speech, language and communication. We will share insights from two NIHR studies that the iHV is currently supporting, with a focus on promotion of evidence-based practice.

• Vicky Gilroy (iHV Director of Innovation & Research) will provide an overview of the importance of promotion of early speech, language, and communication development and the health visiting role.
• Cristina McKean (Professor of Child Language Development & Disorders, University of Oxford) will share preliminary findings from the NIHR funded study “Evaluating speech, communication, and language support at the 2-2½ year Healthy Child review (ESCALATER)“. This study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of how health visiting services are identifying and supporting children’s speech, language and communication needs, including the tools and interventions they use and the effects these have on services, families and children.
• Lindsay Pennington (Professor of Childhood Neurodisability & Honorary Consultant Speech and Language Therapist, Newcastle University) will share the NIHR-funded study “PLACES“. This study focuses on interventions that can support families and children who may not be reached by current services and what could help these families.

As with all our Insights events, there will be an opportunity for Q&A with all the speakers.

Book here

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Future dates for your diary

See our iHV Insights dates for 2026 – keep a note of them in your diary and check back soon for topics and booking details!

2026

• 20 August, 15:30-16:30 – Strong Starts in Communication: Early Identification and Support for Every Child – Book here
• 17 September, 15:30-16:30
• 22 October, 15:30-16:30
• 19 November, 15:30-16:30

* Please note, these dates are subject to change. Whilst we’d like to publish topics in advance, we will confirm those closer to the time to ensure that they are the topics that are current. When booking your member place, go to the booking page and login with your iHV member email address and password. You must have ‘validated’ your membership in order for this to work. Once you have logged in, you will be able to select your ticket, submit your details and proceed to checkout. On the day of the event, you will be automatically emailed the link to join the webinar.

Previous 2026 iHV Insights – see recordings below

• 22 January, 15:30-16:30 – The Refresh of the Healthy Child Programme
• 26 February, 15:30-16:30 – The Generation Study: Genomics in action
• 26 March, 15:30-16:30 – Strengthening Safeguarding Practice: Professional Curiosity and Confident Challenge
• 23 April, 15:30-16:30 – Little Sparks, Big Starts: how health visiting can promote baby brain development
• 18 June, 15:00-16:30 – iHV Insights Xtra: Spot the Signs. Change a Life: The important role of health visiting in early identification of SMA
• 16 July, 15:30-16:30 – iHV Insights: Safer Sleep

Login using your member password to access iHV Insights webinar materials via the dropdowns on the pink plus signs below.

The webinar recordings on this page are provided for individual educational and informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV). The information in these webinars and associated materials was accurate and peer-reviewed at the time of publication. However, evidence and best practice may change over time, and advice should always be tailored to individual circumstances. The inclusion of references, content, or links from external organisations does not imply endorsement by the iHV. The iHV does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided and cannot accept liability for its use. Please always exercise your own professional judgement.

Please note: Webinar recordings are available for up to 2 years from the original event date. If you would like access to a webinar beyond this period in our archive, please contact [email protected].