Bookings now open for iHV EBP Conference 2024

We are delighted to announce that we will be back in Manchester at King’s House Conference Centre on 3 July 2024 for this year’s iHV Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Conference ‘A Healthier Future’ – with options to join us in-person in Manchester, or online, to give you flexibility.

The focus of this year’s EBP conference is on addressing health inequalities, a topic that has never been more poignant, with more babies and children experiencing poorer outcomes and living in poverty than ever before. How can we ensure a healthier future, where all babies and children can thrive? How can we use the best available evidence and research to reduce health inequalities and strengthen health visiting practice?

Our conference will provide a platform for local, national, and international experts and speakers to come together and share excellence in health visiting practice, public health, innovation, and the latest research focused on improving outcomes and reducing inequalities for babies, children and families.

Speakers

We have a fabulous line up of speakers, including but not limited to:

Dr Allison Felker, Senior Researcher, MBRRACE-UK – who will share the findings from the MBRRACE-UK Report with a focus on inequalities in women’s health.
Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie, National Clinical Director neonatal Critical Care, NHS England, Arnie Puntis,Research and Policy Manager, NHS Race and Health Observatory and speakers from the RHO Maternal and Neonatal Health Advisory Group (to be confirmed) – who will be presenting on tackling inequalities for babies, children and families with black and brown skin.
Professor Helen Bedford– who will share her expertise on the world of childhood vaccinations, highlighting the current measles surge and falling rates of MMR vaccine uptake.
Dr Erica Gadsby and Professor Sally Kendall– who will present their RREHOPE study – an evaluation of the impacts of the pandemic (and service work arounds) on health visiting.
Alison Morton,CEO, Institute of Health Visiting – speaking about radical health visiting and driving change.
Michele Lawrence,Head of Safeguarding, Chief Public Health Nurse Office, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities – who will be presenting about the new Working Together to Safeguarding Children 2023 Guidance.
Ana María Narváez, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, The Food Foundation –who will be sharing The Food Foundation’s annual flagship report, The Broken Plate, and sharing vital metrics revealing the health of our food system and its impact on our lives.
Sharin Baldwin, Senior Health Visitor Research Lead, iHV/MECSH, and Hilda Beauchamp,iHV Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Lead – who will be sharing the findings from the Alarm Distress BaBy Scale (ADBB) feasibility study.
Plus, more to be announced soon!

Our conference programme also includes a wide range of interesting topics and presentations drawn from the highest scoring submissions to our call for abstracts from researchers and leaders in practice. We will be adding their details to our programme soon, once final confirmation is received.

See our fabulous ticket offers!

Don’t miss our special early bird ticket rates, available until 19 April 2024 – book your place today! In addition, group bookings of 5 or more will receive a 15% discount off the total order when booked at the same time.

Find out more about our programme, speakers and how to book

Bookings now open for iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2023

We are delighted to announce that we will be back in Manchester at King’s House Conference Centre on 21 September 2023 for this year’s iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference.

The focus of this year’s EBP conference is health equity. How can we ensure a brighter future, where all babies can thrive and live healthy lives? How can we use the best available evidence and research to promote health equity and strengthen health visiting practice?

Long-standing healthcare disparities and inequities have been illuminated and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cost-of-living crisis. Systemic inequities, such as poverty and economic disadvantage are preventing babies, children, and families from achieving optimal health, leading to avoidable differences in health outcomes.

We very much look forward to welcoming you to this popular event.

Don’t miss our special early bird ticket rates, available until 30 June – book your place today! In addition, groups bookings of 5 or more will receive a 15% discount off the total order when booked at the same time.

Programme & Speakers

Our conference programme brings together local, national, and international experts and speakers who are focused on strengthening health visiting practice. The presentations and workshops will reflect the breadth of health visiting practice, within a “whole system” public health approach, with the aim to equip health visitors with new knowledge and skills to address key challenges in prevention and early intervention work with babies, children, and families.

Featured speakers include:

Professor Flora Douglas, Professor of Public Health, Robert Gordon University – Maternal and infant food insecurity
Greg Fell, Director of Public Health in Sheffield – Nanny State
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor of Integrated Community Child Health Population, Policy & Practice Dept, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health – Homelessness research
Nicky Brown, Senior Nurse and Public Health Specialist BCYP Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care – Pan-London SCPHN workforce development
Sally Shearer OBE, Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel – Messages for clinical practice
Nicola Jay, Reducing urgent care admissions – a whole systems approach
Mike Hurst, Parent Voice – Lived experience of homelessness
Vicky Gilroy, iHV Head of Projects & Evaluation – Building Research Capacity
Victoria Jackson, iHV Senior Programme Manager – Projects and Evaluation – Strep A, Flu and Respiratory Illnesses
Sally Shillaker, iHV Practice Development Lead – Genomics
Alison Morton, iHV CEO
Vicky Gilroy and Victoria Jackson, iHV Projects Team – Cardiovascular disease, using the Family Partnership Model
Plus, more to be announced soon!

Find out more and book

Bookings now open for virtual iHV PIMH Conference 2021!

Bookings are now open, with member discounts and earlybird rates, for the iHV PIMH ‘Systems for Success’ Conference, being held virtually on Wednesday, 5 May 2021.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to attend the iHV’s annual Perinatal & Infant Mental conference which we are bringing to you virtually. Originally planned for March 2020 in Manchester, which was postponed due to the current pandemic, we are delighted to be able to confirm our fabulous programme and booking details for our virtual event in May.

We have a fabulous line up of speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds so we can really come together to connect across boundaries and reflect on the latest evidence, research and experiences of PIMH care.

Event Details

Time: 09:30 – 16:35
Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2021
Venue: Online via Zoom

Find out more

Delegate fees:

We are delighted to offer earlybird rates, with further special rates for our members and PIMH Champion members.

Earlybird ends 5pm Friday 26 March

iHV Members, iHV Champion Members and non-members can take advantage of our earlybird delegate rate until 26 March.

For iHV Members, just ensure that you have your membership number ready to use as your member discount code to secure your reduced delegate rate.
If you are an iHV Champion Member (PIMH, IMH, PMH), SCPHN Student Member or a Retired Health Visitor Member please email [email protected] for details on how to purchase your discounted tickets.
If you are not an iHV Member and want to access the special earlybird rate for our members, please join us today to receive your membership number to secure your reduced delegate rate.

Should you need any help at all, please email us on [email protected] for assistance.

Don't delay - book your place today!

Bookings now open for iHV Leadership Conference 2020

We’re thrilled to announce that our annual Leadership Conference “Leading with vision: Be bold, stay brave, have hope!” will be held as a virtual conference – and bookings are now open!

Our virtual Leadership conference 2020 (#iHVLeadership2020) will be taking place online on: Tuesday 1 December – 09:00 – 14:00.

2020 has been a challenging year for health visitors as it has for everyone, but we want to mark the foundation of the iHV again with our annual morale-raising leadership conference.

This important event provides the opportunity at the end of the year to refresh, reflect and discuss new thinking for the year ahead. This year we are thrilled to have a number of very eminent speakers lined up to address our delegates, also the voices of parents and practice to share recent innovations.

The networking sessions during our September conference were especially popular so we are making them available again. There is even the opportunity to undertake some exercise during the break with our 5 minute Conference Zumba sessions!

Confirmed speakers include:

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, The Institute of Health Equity (UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health)
Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, Chair of the Government’s ‘Early Years Healthy Development Review’
Professor Philip Wilson Director, Centre for Rural Health
Professor Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse and Director Maternity and Early Years, Public Health England
Elizabeth Begley, Senior Nurse, Health Visiting and Early Years, Homerton Health Visiting Service
Dr Sharin Baldwin, Clinical Research Fellow and Clinical Academic Lead, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and London North West NHS Healthcare Trust
Vicky Gilroy, Projects and Evaluation lead, Institute of Health Visiting
Cheryll Adams Executive Director, Institute of Health Visiting

Pricing and How to Book

We are delighted to offer special earlybird rates – and even better rates for our Members and Fellow Members (available until Friday 6 November) plus our great 4 for 3 offer (buy 3 places and get the 4th place for free!):

Take advantage of our earlybird delegate rates – just book your place before 6 November 2020.

To access the special earlybird rate for our members, please join us today and ensure that you have your membership number ready to use as your member discount code to secure your reduced delegate rate.

To take advantage of the 4 for 3* offer (available for member, non-member and earlybird rates. Not available for student rate), book 3 and use code 4for3leadership2020 to get 4th place for free
*can be used for member, non-member and earlybird rates. Not available for student rate

Click here for the full programme, further details and to book your place

Bookings now open for our Evidence-based Practice conference 2020!

Creating Healthy Children, 2020 and beyond

12 and 13 May 2020, Manchester

Due to popular demand, our evidence-based practice conference in May 2020 is now two days! And bookings are now open!

Our conference programme brings together local, national and international speakers focused on sharing best practice examples and research to improve health visiting practice for babies, children and families. The presentations and workshops will reflect the breadth of health visiting practice and service development reflected primarily in the 15 High Impact Areas and 8 Key Principles set out in our recently published “Vision for the Future”.

The conference will also coincide with the 2020 anniversary celebrations of Florence Nightingale’s birth and we are keen to incorporate advances in public health nursing in recognition of Florence’s founding role in this field of nursing.

Being held in Manchester, this conference will provide you with the latest guidance and recommendations relating to infant and family public health from leading professionals and experts!

Book early to avoid disappointment – Our last 5 conferences have sold out!

Earlybird tickets (for iHV members and non-members) are available until 20 March 2020, so please book early to secure your ticket at this highly popular event! Limited student places also available.

Please book early to secure these great discounts and avoid disappointment.

Go to our online booking system to book your place today

We have an exciting line up of speakers at “Creating Healthy Children, 2020 and beyond” – confirmed speakers include:

Jeanelle De Gruchy – DPH Tameside and President of the Association of Directors of Public Health
Linda Magistris – CEO of The Good Grief Trust
Merle Davies – CEO of A Better start, Blackpool
Tim Hobbs – Chief Executive, Dartington Service Design Lab
James McTaggart, Early Years Psychologist, Highland Council

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We always seek to ensure our activities comply with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative – our events are not and never will be sponsored by the formula milk industry.

Call for Abstracts

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to present your practice development or research at our evidence-based conference – Creating Healthy Children, 2020 and beyond.

Abstract submission deadline is 17 February 2019.

Please see call for abstracts on the conference page for further details

PIMH Conference 2019 – bookings now open

During Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, we are delighted to open bookings for our annual PIMH conference “Perinatal and Infant Mental Health: Relationships Matter” being held in London on Tuesday 10 September 2019.

Achieving and enjoying good mental health for individuals, families, communities and societies relies on good relationships at every level. In the current context of perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) care, there are many barriers and opportunities for this.

This is the must-attend event in 2019 for all organisations working alongside professionals to enable good family mental health and wellbeing.

The programme will feature high-profile leading speakers and experts in the fields of perinatal and infant mental health and offer peer-to-peer networking opportunities. The conference is designed to be of value to iHV PIMH Champions, parents, policy makers, health visitors, GPs, midwives, commissioners, local authority children’s service staff, specialist perinatal mental health practitioners and other practitioners working in mental health.

Find out what happened at last year's PIMH conference

Our last 2 iHV conferences were sold out, so we do anticipate that these places will sell very quickly as we’ve already had a huge amount of interest in joining us at this event.

Earlybird tickets (for iHV Champion Members, iHV members and non-members) are available until 7 July 2019, so don’t miss them! Limited student places also available.

Click here for further details

Go to our online booking system to book your place today

We always seek to ensure our activities comply with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative – our events are not and never will be sponsored by the formula milk industry.

Bookings now open for iHV Annual Leadership Conference 2017!

Bookings are now open, with member discounts and early bird rates, for the iHV ‘Making a difference through leadership’ Conference, being held in London on Tuesday, 5 December 2017.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to attend the iHV’s annual leadership conference.

The conference will followed by our special additional annual celebration event, providing you with opportunities to network with national leaders and celebrate achievement in the profession.

Full programme details will be announced shortly with leading speakers and experts, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities.

This is a MUST ATTEND event for health visitors, iHV Fellows, service leads, public health commissioners with limited places also available for SCPHN Students.

Event Details

Time: 09:00 – 18:30
Date: Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Venue: RSPH, 28 Portland Place, London, W1B 1LY

Delegate fees:

Delegate places are now available to book from £125 per person (member and non-member rates apply) – but do book early to get your early bird rate. Early bird rates expire on 31 October 2017.

Conference rate includes full attendance at the conference and iHV celebration event and includes all refreshments, lunch and delegate materials. This also includes VAT at the current rate of 20%.

	Early bird rate (until midnight 31 Oct 2017)	Standard rate (from 1 November 2017)
iHV members	£125	£155
Non-members	£155	£185

All bookings are subject to our event booking Terms and Conditions

How to Book

Bookings may be be made online or offline, depending on your preferred method of payment.

For payments via credit/debit card, we are only able to accept online bookings via Eventbrite. Please complete the online registration and booking form to proceed to payment options.

Go to Eventbrite online booking and payment

For payments via cheque/invoice:
- By email: Please download the registration form and send the completed form by email to [email protected]. If you are unable to download the form, please email us to advise and we will send it out to you.
- By phone: Please call +44 (0) 207 265 7352 where we would be happy to complete the registration form for you. We will then send to you by email for checking and return with confirmation of acceptance to our event booking terms and conditions.

Download offline registration form for payment via cheque/invoice