In-person on arrival: Registration, welcome refreshments & exhibition Online: Online room will open at 09:05
09:10 In Person: please make your way to the Burdett Suite
09:15 Welcome to iHV Conference - introductory film
🎥 09:20 - 09:35 Partner Presentation | Digital Health Transformation Service (Chat Health)
Using a messaging service with parents and carers to support the health of young children Caroline Palmer | Clinical Lead, Digital Health Transformation Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
🎥 09:35 - 10:55 Keynote Session 1 - Getting it right from the start - better services by design
09:35 - 09:40 Welcome from the Chair Alison Morton| CEO, Institute of Health Visiting
09:40 - 09:50 Leading Forward: Together in Hope, Together in Action Alison Morton| CEO, Institute of Health Visiting
09:50 - 10:05 Ending racial inequalities in maternity and neonatal care Dr Clea Harmer| Chief Executive SANDs and Chair of the Maternity and Neonatal Stakeholder Council
10:05 - 10:20 Black Mothers' experience with Health Visiting Clo Abe| Expert by Experience and Director of Impact & Strategic Development, FiveXMore
10:20 - 10:35 Getting it Right in Pregnancy: An integrated enhanced maternity care pathway Maura Appleby | Local Evidence Lead, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
10:35 - 10:55 Q&A
10:55 - 11:20 Break and exhibition
🎥 11:20 - 12:10 Keynote Session 2- Leading health visiting policy across the UK - with four nations CNO panel
11:20 - 12:10 Leading health visiting policy across the UK – with four nations CNO panel Professor Jamie Waterall | Deputy Chief Public Health Nurse for England Karen Jewell| Chief Midwifery Officer for Wales Justine Craig | Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland Caroline Keown| Chief Midwifery Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland Sonia Glendinning | Nursing Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
12:55 - 13:00 Welcome back from the Chair Dr Michelle Moseley| Director of Programmes (Learning and Development), Institute of Health Visiting
13:00 - 13:15 Working together to shape the future: driving shared understanding and action on what matters most for babies, young children and their families Sally Hogg| Associate Director, Programme and Impact, The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
13:15 - 13:30 Advanced Level Practice: The Direction for Health Visiting Dr Karen Whittaker| Senior Education and Workforce Lead, Institute of Health Visiting
13:30 - 13:35 iHV SCPHN Health Visiting Student Award 2025 presentation
13:35 - 13:40 iHV SCPHN Health Visitor Lecturer Award 2025 presentation
13:40 - 14:05 Q&A
14:05 - 14:25 Break
🎥 14:25 - 16:00 Keynote Session 4 - A focus on child development – supporting all children to thrive
14:25 - 14:30 Welcome from the chair Vicky Gilroy| Director of Research & Innovation, Institute of Health Visiting
14:30 - 14:45 Finding your voice: Being the Change Georgina Mayes| Senior Lead for Health Visiting Professional Services, Institute of Health Visiting Lauren Clarke | iHV Parent Panel Member
Matthew Wynter| iHV Parent Panel Member
Toni Estevez| iHV Parent Panel Member
14:45 - 15:00 Starting Reception: why it is important to work with families to ensure all children are “ready for school” Felicity Gillespie| Chief Executive, Kindred Squared
15:00 - 15:15 When Childhood Glows: Technology, Brain Development, and Broken Bonds Professor Sam Wass| Director, Institute for the Science of Early Years
15:15 - 15:30 Justice Begins at the Doorstep: Reclaiming the Heart of Child Health Dr Guddi Singh| Paediatrician, Researcher, Broadcaster and Founder of WHAM
15:30 - 15:50 Q&A
15:50 - 15:55 Student SCPHN and lecturer award presentation