Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond – pay to view available

We are receiving some amazing feedback from our first ever virtual conference:

Thank you for delivering a fantastic conference in these challenging times and thank you for all that you do to support Health Visitors and health visiting practice.

Many congratulations for such a fabulous conference. A pleasure to join and much less exhausting than attending in person 😊

I really enjoyed the presentations and discussions. I’m sure people have gone away feeling very motivated

Thank you so much for a wonderful online conference – I found it so interesting. Great speakers.

I wanted to extend my thanks to the whole iHV team for an excellent conference. It worked very well online and I am looking forward to viewing the other sessions that I didn’t sign up for at a later date. The speakers were excellent and the content was exactly what was needed for discussion at present.

“Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond”, originally scheduled to take place in May, was held as a virtual conference on 22 and 23 September 2020.

These are challenging times but we didn’t want you to lose out on all the wonderful content we had pulled together for our conference in May.

Across two mornings, we showcased the latest research and practice developments in health visiting with a fantastic line-up of expert speakers, great e-posters and some fab networking.

If you didn’t manage to grab a ticket to join us at the event, don’t worry! You can still listen and watch all the speakers and view the e-posters via our online conference platform – just purchase your pay to view online ticket to access all the recordings (access is available until the end of October 2020).

Pay to view – Buy your access to the recordings here today!

Not made your mind up yet to pay to view?

Take a look at the fabulous programme and expert speakers – you can navigate the event website using the “burger button” in the top right-hand corner.

Have a quick spin through all the tweets collated from the two mornings in the Wakelet link below – so much to see! So, don’t miss out – pay to view the conference recordings today!

Bookings now open for our virtual Evidence-based practice conference!

We’re thrilled to announce that our annual Evidence-based Practice Conference “Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond”, originally scheduled to take place in May, will be held as a virtual conference – and bookings are now open!

Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond will be taking place online on the following days and times:

Tuesday 22 September – 08:45 – 14:00
Wednesday 23 September – 08:45 – 14:00

We are absolutely delighted to be presenting our fourth evidence-based practice conference for health visitors and those who work with them, and our first online conference. These are challenging times but we didn’t want you to lose out on all the wonderful content we had pulled together for our conference in May.

You will have access not only to national speakers, but to a raft of great poster presentations, a conference exhibition, and networking opportunities and more throughout the day.

We know that one of the challenges of watching things online is maintaining concentration, so the programme has been designed to help you to stay engaged with a full one-day programme spread over two days.

Confirmed speakers include:

Professor Ros Bryar, Professor Emeritus Community and Primary Care Nursing
Professor Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse and Director Maternity and Early Years, Public Health England
Jeanelle de Gruchy, President, Director , Association of Directors of Public Health and Population Health, Tameside Council
Siobhan Freegard, Founder, Channel Mum
Linda Magistris, CEO, The Good Grief Trust
Jane Barlow, Professor of Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation Director of Research, University of Oxford
Helen Bedford, Professor of Children’s Health ,UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Helen Crawley, Director, First Steps Nutrition Trust
Merle Davies, CEO, A Better Start, Blackpool
Patrick Myers, Assistant Director, Children Services seconded to Department for Work and Pensions, Dorset Council
Tim Hobbs,Chief Executive, Dartington Service Design Lab
James McTaggart, Early Years Psychologist, Highland Council
Dr Gabriella Conti, Associate Professor, UCL Economics and Institute of Fiscal Studies

We are delighted to offer special earlybird rates – and even better rates for our members:

Take advantage of our earlybird delegate rate – just book your place before 28 August 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.

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

iHV postpones Evidence-based Practice conference 2020

COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2020

We’re very sorry to announce that our annual Evidence-based Practice Conference “Creating Healthy Children, 2020 and beyond”, which was scheduled to take place on 12-13 May 2020 in Manchester, will now be postponed in light of public health concerns caused by COVID-19.

We are very disappointed that we will be unable to showcase the latest research and practice developments in health visiting as planned – we had a fantastic line-up of speakers, poster presentations and exhibitors as part of the global celebration of Florence 2020.

We would like to thank everyone who had committed to join us at the conference and hope to be in a position to announce alternative arrangements in the near future – please keep a close eye on our website and social media channels for further information.

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

Click here for further details

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

Call for abstracts – Creating healthy children: 2020 and beyond

iHV Evidence-based conference: Creating healthy children: 2020 and beyond

12 and 13 May 2020, Manchester

The iHV is delighted to offer you the opportunity to present your practice development or research at our latest evidence-based conference – Creating healthy children: 2020 and beyond.

This 2-day conference is being held on 12 and 13 May 2020 in Manchester. International delegates will be made very welcome.

Abstract topics

Abstracts should be centred on public health, families, health visiting and relationships and aim to address at least one of the key elements of excellence in practice: personalised, collaborative, effective, evidence-driven, responsive, accessible, fairer and professional autonomy.

Abstracts will be considered on the following areas:

Transition to parenthood, including preconception care
Breastfeeding
Perinatal mental health (mothers, fathers and partners)
Infant and child mental health
Healthy nutrition, physical activity and healthy weight
Managing minor illnesses, building health literacy and prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Reducing unintentional injuries
The uptake of immunisations
Primary prevention and health promotion in oral health
Child development 0-5 years, including speech, language and communication and school readiness
Sleep
Children with developmental disorders, disabilities and complex health needs
Tobacco, alcohol and substance misuse in the perinatal period
Healthy couple relationships
Teenage parenthood

Abstract Submission and Timeline

Abstract format:

The abstract should be no more than 300 words and provide an overview of your practice development or research, clearly indicating the impact on health visiting practice.
Please structure your abstract as follows:
- aim
- objectives
- method
- results
- conclusion
- recommendations
Also, please tell us whether you would like to present this as an oral presentation or e-poster.
Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to [email protected]

Abstract Timeline:

The abstract submission deadline is 17 February 2020.
After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral presentation or a poster by 9 March 2020.

Full guidance on the e-poster and oral presentation delivery format will be provided if your abstract is successful.

Update – 20 January 2020 – Bookings now open!

It is important that you book to secure your conference place on or before accepting your offer to present and at the latest by 1 April 2020.

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

Go to our online booking system to book your place today

What a fabulous Leadership conference!

We had an incredibly inspiring and motivating day at iHV’s annual Leadership Conference yesterday!

iHV’s Leadership for the future Conference (#iHVLeadership19), held on 3 December 2019 in London, was a fantastic opportunity for health professionals across the country to find out the latest in leadership in health visiting practice among like-minded professionals and peers, as well as finding out the latest on our evidence-based blue print to rebuild health visiting services – ‘Health Visiting in England: A Vision for the Future’.

Tickets were sold out and we had a full house of 200 who listened to our inspirational and passionate speakers:

Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Professor of Advocacy for Children and Childhood, at Nottingham Trent University and former First Children’s Commissioner for England
Professor Dame Sue Hill DBE, Chief Scientific Officer NHS England, national lead for Genomics
LEGO Professor of Play, Dr Paul Ramchandani
Professor Jim McManus, Vice President, Association of Directors of Public Health
Pauline Beirne, National Lead AHP CYP, Scottish Government
Sally Hogg, Head of Policy and Campaigning, Parent-Infant Foundation
Angie Emrys-Jones, a mum with loved experience
Caroline Palmer, ChatHealth
Julie Carter-Lindsay, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alison Morton, Director of Policy and Quality, iHV

In addition, our Guest speaker of our annual lecture was:

Professor Mitch Blair, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Public Health, Imperial College London.

A big thank you to all our speakers, presenters and exhibitors for helping to make the day.

See the conference programme

Some of the amazing feedback we have already received:

“Thank you iHV for the fantastic Leadership Conference yesterday. Inspirational speakers who delivered with humility. I am ready for the disruption”

“So much to share & debate. Reflecting this morning on inspiring colleagues, conversations and opportunities to take forward. Thank you”

“Thank you @iHealthVisiting for hosting such an inspiring and invigorating iHV Leadership Conference.”

“Fantastic time out for reflection and updates from great speakers”

“En route home after the BEST day at @iHealthVisiting leadership conference. I don’t need a title to be a leader. Just the willingness to be disruptive and to ‘bang the bloody door down’ of anyone who isn’t willing to listen!!”

“Such a fab day. So much to think about. Thank you @Alison_Morton2 @CheryllMa and the team behind today’s #iHVLeadership19 conference in #London. Won’t lie, head is full but so much passion for the HV service is out there, we need to make sure we keep shouting about the work we do”

“Thank you @iHealthVisiting empowering day #iHVLeadership19 hearing inspirational speakers & opportunity to network.”

Photos

We have made a short video of some of the photos taken yesterday:

Tweets from #iHVLeadership19

For those of you who could not either join us yesterday or could not follow the #iHVLeadership19 hashtag on Twitter, we’ve collected and made a little “Wakelet” collection of the day’s tweets so you can follow some of what was shared. Please see below.

Leadership Conference 2019 – bookings now open!

Leadership into the Future

3 December 2019, London

We are delighted that bookings for this extremely popular event are now open!

Book early to avoid disappointment. Our last 3 conferences have sold out at least 4 weeks in advance. A large number of people unfortunately missed out on a place for our leadership conference last year.

We have an exciting line up of speakers at our leadership event this year and will be sharing our new vision for health visiting. Confirmed speakers include Professor of Play, Paul Ramchandani, Professor Dame Sue Hill DBE, Chief Scientific Officer NHS England, PHE Nursing Maternity & Early Years Directorate and Jim McManus, Association of Directors of Public Health.

Limited earlybird tickets (for iHV Fellows, iHV members and non-members) are available until 11 October 2019 or until they are sold out, so please book early to secure your ticket at this prestigious event! Limited student places also available.

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

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.

Inspiring day at PIMH Relationships Matters! Conference #iHVPIMH19

What an amazing day we had at iHV’s annual PIMH conference – Perinatal and Infant Mental Health: Relationships Matters! – #iHVPIMH19

Held on 10 September in London, the second annual iHV PIMH conference was in collaboration with the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. The conference created time to prioritise and place relationships at the heart of perinatal and infant mental health care. We shared, discussed and reflected together on the latest evidence, research and experiences of PIMH care in the context of relationships being fundamental to good parental and infant mental health.

Sold out several weeks ago, we had a full house of 200. “Inspiring, very interesting, thought provoking, insightful, really enjoyable, fantastic, hopeful, excellent” – just some of the feedback that we’ve received.

A big thank you to all our speakers, presenters and exhibitors for helping to make the day.

Go to conference programme

Photos of the conference

We have made a short video of some of the photos taken during the conference:

Tweets from #iHVPIMH19

For those of you who could not either join us yesterday or could not follow the #iHVPIMH19 hashtag on Twitter, we’ve collected and made a little “Wakelet” collection of the day’s tweets so you can follow some of what was shared. Please see below.

MMHA collaborates with iHV on PIMH conference #iHVPIMH19

We are delighted to announce that this year’s iHV Perinatal & Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Conference will be held in collaboration with the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA). Taking place on Tuesday 10 September in London, it will focus on the importance of good relationships in perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) care.

Melita Walker, Mental Health Lead, iHV said:

“In the spirit of relationships, we are delighted to be collaborating with the MMHA to deliver the annual iHV PIMH Conference; Relationships Matter! We have a fantastic programme and we look forward to welcoming delegates to think together about the importance of relationships at every level of PIMH care.”

Together, we will share, discuss and reflect on the latest evidence, research and lived experiences in the context of relationships being fundamental to good parental and infant mental health.

The conference programme is designed to be of value to practitioners working alongside families across the care pathway, those working specifically in mental health, commissioners, local authorities and parents.

Clare Dolman, Vice Chair of the MMHA commented:

“We are delighted to collaborate with iHV on their second annual PIMH conference and look forward to welcoming delegates, hearing from those with experience of PIMH care and discussing opportunities to improve relationships and access to specialist services.”

Dr Alain Gregoire, Chair of the MMHA, will be discussing the importance of relationships in relation to policy, campaigning, practice and experience of PIMH care. There will also be a panel discussion with experts by experience hosted by MMHA’s Champion Network Manager, Maria Bavetta, about how good relationships with care providers can make a real difference to the lives of women and families.

Click here for more information, ticket costs and how to book

*Early bird rates are available until 7th July 2019, after which standard rates will apply.*

Book your place today!

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.