The iHV annual Leadership Conference has become an important date in the calendar for health visitors. Bringing together high-profile speakers, leaders, academics and practitioners, the iHV Leadership Conference will examine current and future challenges that are impacting the life chances of babies, children and families in the UK. Most importantly, we will focus on solutions and the value of health visiting. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions and interactive sessions, we will explore the latest research, policy and practice aimed at strengthening practice and collaborative working to improve health and reduce inequalities.
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 – 09:20 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Sponsor Breakfast Session – Barnardo’s Birmingham Forward Steps – an integrated Early Years health and wellbeing model Kirsty Edgson | Strategic Lead for Health Visiting, Barnardo’s |
| 09:20 – 11:00 | Keynote Session 1 |
| 09:20 – 09:25 | Welcome Alison Morton | CEO, Institute of Health Visiting |
| 09:25 – 09:45 | Child health challenges: what are the solutions in a cost of living crisis? Dr Camilla Kingdon | President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| 09:45 – 09:55 | Q&A for Dr Camilla Kingdon |
| 09:55 – 10:10 | Lived Experience – temporary housing, poverty and health Toni Estevez | Parent: expert by lived experience |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | The role of health visiting in reducing health inequalities Professor Bola Owolabi | Director – National Health Inequalities Improvement Programme, NHS England |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Q&A |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Break and Exhibition |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Keynote Session 2 |
| 11:15 – 11:20 | Welcome Back |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | Why is prevention and health improvement so difficult to secure? Paul Cairney | Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | Q&A for Paul Cairney |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | What can health before pregnancy deliver? Professor Judith Stephenson | Margaret Pyke Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health, University College London |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Understanding and Evaluating Health Visiting in England Dr Jenny Woodman | Associate Professor in Child and Family Policy, University College London |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Use of the Alarm Distress BaBy (ADBB) scale within the health visiting provision in England: a mixed-methods study Hilda Beauchamp | Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Lead, Institute of Health Visiting Dr Sharin Baldwin | Senior Health Visiting Research Lead, Institute of Health Visiting |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Creating Nurse Leaders in 0-19 Research Louise Wolstenholme | 0-19 Research Lead (Education & Development) & Health Visitor, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Clinical Fellow (Nursing & Midwifery Office) Tracey Long | Nurse Consultant and NIHR Senior Research Leader: Nursing and Midwifery, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Sarah Lawley | 0-19 Research Lead & Health Visitor, Locala Thriving Kirklees 0-19 Service |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Q&A |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Lunch and Exhibition |
| 13:45 – 15:15 | Keynote Session 3 |
| 13:45 – 13:50 | Welcome Back |
| 13:50 – 14:15 | Extract from Milestones Play Response Ability Theatre Created with the CHAMPIONS project, led by Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and Co-Investigator, Associate Professor Nadia Svirydzenka (De Montfort University), written by Nell Hardy (responsiblitytheatre) |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Trends in children’s urgent and emergency care- is there a hole in the preventive care sieve? Professor Mitch Blair | Paediatrician and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Public Health, Imperial College London |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Pan-London Workforce Project Nicky Brown | Senior Nurse/Public Health Specialist Babies, Children and Young People, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Building a Career in Health Visiting: Challenges and Opportunities Dr Karen Whittaker | Education and Workforce Lead, Institute of Health Visiting |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Q&A |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Keynote Session 4 |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Strategic Vision for Nursing and Midwifery Dame Ruth May DBE | Chief Nursing Officer for England Followed by a Panel Discussion on the Strategy and the opportunities it presents to improve health equity Panel members Dame Ruth May DBE | Chief Nursing Officer for England Liz Fenton | Deputy Chief Nurse, Workforce, Training and Education Directorate, NHS England Nicky Brown | Senior Nurse/Public Health Specialist Babies, Children and Young People, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Dr Helen Duncan | National Lead for Lifecourse Intelligence, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Close |
