Agenda

(May be subject to change)
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 7TH MARCH
09.00 - 10:00 REGISTRATION, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
10:00 PLENARY SESSION 1: HEALTH AND THE HOMELESS REDUCTION ACT - Room: Mary Ward Hall
Chaired by: Afua Hirsch Writer, Broadcaster and Barrister
Welcome Leslie Morphy OBE Chair, Pathway
Keynote
Maeve McGoldrick Head of Policy and Campaigns, Crisis
Response
Paul Dennett City Mayor, Salford
Sir Steve Bullock Mayor of Lewisham
11:30 - 12:00 REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
12:00 - 13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 1: (Delegates choose one to attend)
SEMINAR STREAM A1: ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY - Room: Mary Ward
Homeless and brain injured: development of a pilot case management service Professor Andrew Worthington Director/Consultant in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation, Headwise and Headway Birmingham & Solihull
Homelessness and acquired brain injury project (HABIP) Victoria Aseervatham Rough Sleeping Commissioning Manager, Rough Sleeping Commissioning Team, Growth Planning & Housing, Westminster City Council Leigh Andrews Founder, Change Communication
SEMINAR STREAM B1: VALUING PATIENT PERSPECTIVES - Room: Dickens
CHAIRED BY: Dr John Budd, GP, Edinburgh Access Practice
Quality improvement in a homeless healthcare setting can be driven by the patients themselves Dr Marianne McCallum GP Health Inequality Fellow, NHS Education for Scotland/Hunter Street Homeless Health Services
Valuing lived experience in homeless services: Experts by Experience from Ashford Place John Doocey Director of Services, Ashford Place Yassin Osman Support Worker, Ashford Place Kwame Barlow Volunteer
SEMINAR STREAM C1: FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND TRAVELLERS - Room: Virginia Woolf
CHAIRED BY: Jess Cordingly, Director, Social Innovation, Lankelly Chase
No fixed address: collaboration in action - a systems change approach Michelle Gavin Projects Manager, Friends, Families and Travellers Angela Barnett Chair, NFA Residents' Association
PATHWAY STREAM D1: APPROACHES TO HOUSING IN-REACH TO HOSPITAL - Room: Voysey
CHAIRED BY: Dr Pippa Medcalf, Lead Fellow for Health Inequalities and Inclusion Health, Royal College of Physicians
The Hospital to Home bespoke service model Simon Favell Wellbeing Partnership Officer, Homeless/Housing Outreach Project Coordinator, Northampton Borough Council
SEMINAR STREAM E1: HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Room: Boardroom
Studio presentation Rt Hon John Healey MP Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Planning
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
14:00 PLENARY SESSION 2: NEW EVIDENCE: BRINGING INCLUSION HEALTH FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM - Room: Mary Ward Hall
Mortality, morbidity and the burden of disease at the margins Dr Al Story Clinical Lead, London Find and Treat Service, UCLH Pathway Professor Andrew Hayward Director, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
What works in inclusion health: evidence from new systematic reviews Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick Director of Institute (ISPHERE), Heriot-Watt University Dr Nigel Hewett OBE Medical Director, Pathway
Breaking the link: alcohol, cognition and homelessness Professor Kenneth Wilson Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust; former Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Liverpool
Questions & Discussion
15:45 - 16:00 REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
16:00 - 17.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 2 (Delegates choose one to attend)
SEMINAR STREAM A2: ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY - Room: Voysey
Homelessness and brain injury: a systematic review of the literature Cormac Duffy Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Lancaster University & NeuroTriage
NeuroTriage: a neuropsychological service for individuals experiencing homelessness Dr Rebecca Forrester Clinical Psychologist, NeuroTriage Jacq A NeuroTriage
SEMINAR STREAM B2: VALUING PATIENT PERSPECTIVES: TRANSITIONS - Room: Mary Ward Hall
CHAIRED BY: Dr John Budd, GP, Edinburgh Access Practice
Surviving the Trauma of Homelessness - Pre-treatment stages of Change, Interventions and Outcomes John Conolly Lead Counsellor, Westminster Homeless Health Service
Moving on. Transitioning from homelessness into a sustained tenancy Leonie Boland PhD Student & Occupational Therapist, Plymouth University
SEMINAR STREAM C2: NEW THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCES: GIVING VOICE - Room:Virginia Woolf
CHAIRED BY: Jess Cordingly, Director, Social Innovation, Lankelly Chase
An untold story - voices Amanda Author, "An Untold Story - Voices"
Mad Pride - celebrating diversity and challenging normality Sam Donaldson Mad Pride Collective, Hull Dr Lucy Chiddick Clinical Lead for Vulnerable Groups, Hull CCG/Bevan Health Care substance misuse lead and GP
PATHWAY STREAM D2: NEW APPROACHES TO HOSPITAL WORK - Room: Dickens
CHAIRED BY: Dr Pippa Medcalf, Lead Fellow for Health Inequalities and Inclusion Health, Royal College of Physicians
Transforming healthcare for homeless people: The value of Occupational Therapy John Sapani Advance Occupational Therapist, KHP Homeless Pathway Team/GSTT NHS Trust Sophie Koehne Occupational Therapist in Mental Health Services, South London Maudsley Trust (SLaM) Dan Lescure Senior Policy & Programme Officer - Mental Health, Greater London Authority
Demonstrating quality and efficiency in homeless services: methodologies for data recording and reporting for homeless services Dr Zana Khan GP Clinical Lead, KHP Pathway Homeless Team, SLaM and Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL
SEMINAR STREAM E2: HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Room: Boardroom
Integrating housing and complex needs solutions Claire Dowan Chief Executive, Homeless Oxfordshire Charlotte Blake Head of Services, Homeless Oxfordshire
17:15 - 18:30 RECEPTION - Room: Lethaby Room
DAY 2: THURSDAY 8TH MARCH
09.00 - 09.45 REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND REGISTRATION FOR DAY 2 ONLY DELEGATES - Room: Lethaby Room
9:45 PLENARY SESSION 3 - Room: Lethaby Room
Welcome and recap of key messages from Day 1
The Professor Aidan Halligan Memorial Lecture
Chaired by: Dr Nigel Hewett OBE Medical Director, Pathway
Epidemics of despair Professor Sir Harry Burns Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, now International Public Policy Institute, University of Strathclyde
Panel discussion with Pathway Experts by Experience
Presentation of Honorary Fellowships in the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health
11:00 - 11:30 REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
11:30 - 12.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 3 (Delegates choose one to attend)
SEMINAR STREAM A3: INCLUSION HEALTH: BEST PRACTICE - Room: Voysey
Effective support for women whose lives are affected by prostitution Caroline Hattersley Head of Services, Women@thewell
Contraception: why, when, how? Dr Tonye Wokoma Clinical Director and Consultant SRH, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)
SEMINAR STREAM B3: INCLUSION HEALTH: BEST PRACTICE - Room: Mary Ward Hall
CHAIRED BY: Gina Rowlands, Managing Director, Bevan Healthcare CIC
Hospice and homeless: widening access for palliative care and end of life care and support - a partnership approach Alison Colclough Homeless Project Lead, St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice Joseph McDonough Counsellor, St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice Bill Bytheway-Jackson Counsellor, St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice
End of life care for people who are homeless: exploration of change through training and support Dr Caroline Shulman GP in Homeless and Inclusion Health, Kings Health Partnership, Pathway Homeless Team & Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Briony Hudson Research Associate, Pathway and Marie Curie Palliative Care, Research Department, UCL
SEMINAR STREAM C3: ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR MIGRANTS - Room: Virginia Woolf
CHAIRED BY: Jess Cordingly, Director, Social Innovation, Lankelly Chase
Data sharing in the NHS, and experiences of migrants accessing secondary care; and the impact of the new charging regime Dr Lucinda Hiam GP and Health Advisor, Doctors of the World
PATHWAY STREAM D3: CHANGING MINDS, CHALLENGING STAFF - Room: Dickens
CHAIRED BY: Dr Pippa Medcalf, Lead Fellow for Health Inequalities and Inclusion Health, Royal College of Physicians
The introduction of homeless healthcare teams in hospital improves staff knowledge and attitudes towards homeless patients Dr Vivienne Barrow GPST1 Doctor, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
To assess the impact of homeless healthcare teams (HHT) and education on staff approaches Dr Rose Glennerster Doctor, Royal United Hospital Bath Dr Katie Sales Junior Doctor, Royal United Hospital Bath
SEMINAR STREAM E3: HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Room: Boardroom
CHAIRED BY: Stephen Robertson
Delivering the homelessness Reduction Act in partnership with health Ian Swift Group Services Manager for Housing Solutions, London Borough of Southwark
12:30 - 14:00 EXTENDED NETWORKING LUNCH
13:15 - 13:45 After eating, at 13.15 ‘THINK PODS’ – small roundtable discussions about topics chosen at the symposium - Room: Mary Ward Hall
14:00 - 15:15 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION 4: WORKING TOGETHER FOR SYSTEM CHANGE - Room: Mary Ward Hall
Chaired by: Alex Bax Chief Executive, Pathway
Protecting the right to a secure home in a time of austerity Polly Neate Chief Executive, Shelter
Homelessness, mental health and national policy Professor Tim Kendall National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England
Janet Davies Chief Executive & General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Closing remarks and invitation to join the Faculty-led movement for change Alex Bax Chief Executive, Pathway
15:15 to 15:30 REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION AND NETWORKING - Room: Lethaby Room
15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 4 (Delegates choose one to attend)
SEMINAR STREAM A4 - Room: Voysey
Frequent A&E attenders: whose problem is it? Dr Natalie Miller GP, Great Chapel Street Medical Centre
Primary care outreach: experiences of GP joining the Street Outreach Team in Oxford Dr Kate Smith GP, Luther Street Medical Centre, Oxford Health
SEMINAR STREAM B4: INCLUSION HEALTH: BEST PRACTICE - Room: Mary Ward Hall
CHAIRED BY: Gina Rowlands, Managing Director, Bevan Healthcare CIC
Sharing best practice of delivering healthcare to homeless people - lessons from USA and Scandinavia Rachel Brennan Homeless Team Manager, Urban Village Medical Practice
Malnutrition in problem drinking homeless people Dr Sharea Ijaz Senior Research Associate, NIHR CLAHRC West, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol
SEMINAR STREAM C4: INCLUSION HEALTH: BEST PRACTICE - Room: Virginia Woolf
CHAIRED BY: Jess Cordingly, Director, Social Innovation, Lankelly Chase
Improving blood borne virus screening in homeless patients in a secondary care setting Dr Betty Gration CT1, UCLH
Treating homeless patients for Hepatitis C: an outreached service approach Dr John Budd Edinburgh Access Practice
PATHWAY STREAM D4: FACULTY FOR HOMELESS AND INCLUSION HEALTH BOOK CLUB - Room: Dickens
CHAIRED BY: Dr Pippa Medcalf, Lead Fellow for Health Inequalities and Inclusion Health, Royal College of Physicians
Hear from the authors of three new, edited collections on inclusion health theory and practice, all published this year John Conolly Lead Counsellor, Westminster Homeless Health Service, CLCH NHS Trust Robin Johnson Publisher Dr Peter Cockersell Chief Executive, CHT Professor Adrian Bonner Honorary Professor, University of Stirling; Consultant in Community-based Research, The Salvation Army Claire Luscombe Manager, National Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme, Salvation Army
SEMINAR STREAM E4: HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Room: Boardroom
CHAIRED BY: Stephen Robertson
Commissioning new approaches to work with homeless people with complex needs Brian Matthews Housing, Commissioning and Partnership Manager, Camden Council Minaxi Patel Strategy & Commissioning Manager, Camden Council
16:30 CLOSE OF SYMPOSIUM