10th August 2026
Call for Abstracts now open!
“The Future is Now: Shaping Better Outcomes Together”
📅 30 June 2027 | 📍 King’s House Conference Centre, Manchester
Submit your abstract for our iHV Evidence-based Practice 2027 conference “The Future is Now: Shaping Better Outcomes Together” which will be held at King’s House Conference Centre, Manchester on 30 June 2027.
Babies and children’s health outcomes are facing increasing challenges, with widening health inequalities impacting the most vulnerable families. Now more than ever, we need innovation, research and evidence-based practice to drive meaningful change.
We know that health visiting teams, practitioners, educators and researchers across the UK are leading inspiring work to improve outcomes for babies, children and families. We invite you to share your learning, innovation, research, service developments and quality improvement initiatives with colleagues from across the profession.
Join us to celebrate and spread excellence in practice:
- Help share your learning with others facing similar challenges
- Maximise the impact of your work on a bigger scale
- Submit an abstract to present at our EBP conference in 2027.
What are the benefits of presenting at the iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2027?
Presenting at the iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference is a unique opportunity to share your expertise, inspire others and contribute to the future of health visiting and family public health practice.
By presenting, you can:
- Showcase your work to a national audience of practitioners, researchers, educators and leaders.
- Raise your profile as a presenter at a prestigious UK-wide conference.
- Highlight the achievements of your organisation and demonstrate the impact of your work.
- Share learning and innovation that can influence practice and improve outcomes for babies, children and families.
- Build your professional network and connect with colleagues from across the UK and beyond.
- Enhance your CV and professional development portfolio for revalidation through conference presentation experience.
Presentation Opportunities
Successful abstracts may be selected for one of the following presentation formats:
- Plenary Presentation: A keynote-style presentation to the main conference audience.
- Concurrent Oral Presentation: A themed presentation delivered alongside other speakers.
- Rapid-Fire Presentation: A concise 6-minute speed presentation showcasing key findings or innovations.
- Poster Presentation: An opportunity to display and discuss your work with delegates throughout the conference.
We welcome submissions that showcase research, service evaluation, quality improvement, innovation, education, partnership working and examples of evidence-based practice that contribute to improving outcomes for babies, children, families and communities.
Abstract timeline:
Submissions:
The abstract submission deadline is 6 November 2026.
Notifications:
After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed by 11 December 2026 of acceptance of abstracts with a presentation category allocated.
Further details on our conference topics and how to submit an abstract can be found here.
We look forward to reading your abstracts and hearing about your practice innovations and research! Any questions – please email [email protected].
