We are delighted to announce that bookings for our iHV Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Conference: ‘Healthier Beginnings’ are now open. We will be returning to King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester on 8 May 2025 – with options to join us in-person, or online, to give you flexibility.
This year’s iHV EBP Conference will showcase the latest health visiting research, evidence, clinical expertise and lived experiences, equipping practitioners with newfound knowledge and skills to ensure that all babies and children have a healthy beginning to their life.
Our vibrant iHV EBP Conference gets bigger every year and has become a health visiting calendar highlight for practitioners looking to deliver excellence in practice and connect with colleagues from across the UK.
The title of this year’s conference, ‘Healthier Beginnings’, is very poignant, especially with the new Government committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. The challenges that our babies, children and families face have been laid bare – we are now collectively focused on delivering solutions.
A first step towards achieving change is to start at the beginning…if we are to change the story, we need to change the beginning of the story. And health visitors are in a privileged position to play an important part in this, with practitioners and researchers from across the UK leading the way.
Join the discussions – be part of the solution at iHV EBP conference 2025.
Speakers
We are delighted to be joined by many inspiring and prestigious speakers, including but not limited to:
- Professor Jamie Waterall – Chief Public Health Nurse Office, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, who will be speaking about building health visiting capacity and capability to deliver change.
- Sally Hogg – Early Childhood Associate Director, Programme and Impact, The Royal Foundation Centre, who will be speaking about the Royal Foundation Framework for social and emotional development.
- Professor Jayne Brown– Professor of Health Care, Nottingham Trent University, who will be sharing the health visitor delivery of the surviving crying support service for parents.
- Michele Lawrence– Head of Safeguarding, Chief Public Health Nurse Office, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, who will be speaking about improving safeguarding and child protection, including the debate on “smacking”.
- Sally Shillaker – Practice Development Lead for Genomics, Institute of Health Visiting, who will be sharing a new era of learning about The Generation Study and its implementation.
- Alison Morton– CEO, Institute of Health Visiting, will deliver her keynote presentation titled, “Drive change – do it with the evidence”.
- Plus, more to be announced soon!
Top-scoring abstract submissions from health visitors, researchers and leaders in practice will also be featured, with authors presenting their work on a range of public health priorities and health promotion topics. We will be adding their details to our programme soon, once final confirmation is received. Their wide range of interesting presentation topics include:
- Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
- Child Safety
- Infant feeding, Healthy Weight and Nutrition
- Strengthening the Health Visiting Workforce
- Child Development
- Respiratory Health
- Health Visiting Service Models
- Parenting challenges (focussing on domestic abuse and alcohol misuse)
- Quality Improvement in Health Visiting
Don’t miss our special early bird ticket rates, available until 21 March 2025 – extra discounts and concessions are available for iHV members, iHV corporate members, early booking and group bookings of 5 or more.
