Agenda

Housing First; ending homelessness and improving health

Jennifer Harris

Housing First England Research Manager, Homeless Link

Housing Boston’s Rough Sleepers: outcomes from a 10-year prospective study

Dr Jim O’Connell

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Boston Health

Fail to care, prepare to fail

Dr Stephen Weatherhead

Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NeuroTriage

Working effectively with autistic people experiencing homelessness: introducing the autism and homelessness toolkit

Victoria Aseervatham

Rough Sleeping Commissioning Manager, Westminster City Council

Alasdair Churchard

Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Health NHS foundation Trust

Treating patients experiencing homelessness and alcohol misuse with baclofen: the Luther Street Medical Centre experience

Dr Emma Warren

GP, Luther Street Medical Centre, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Elzbieta Orciari

Nurse Team Leader, Luther Street Medical Centre, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

The impact of a specialist physiotherapy service for homeless people: a qualitative study

Jo Dawes

Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, St George’s, University of London

Rolling with it: The importance of pragmatics when conducting homelessness field research

Cormac Duffy

Psychologist, NHS

Overcoming the challenges to becoming PIE

Claire Ritchie

Author, PIE Toolkit

Dr Emma Williamson

Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead, Psychology in Hostels Project, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Grant Everitt

Evaluation and Learning Lead, Opportunity Nottingham Big Lottery Fulfilling Lives

New hospital homeless team saves NHS £766,000

Dr Jenny Schaefer

GP, Homeless Support Team, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Lucy Harrison

RN Clinical Coordinator, Homeless Support Team, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Finding funding for homelessness programs: target the head, not the heart

Dr Amanda Stafford

Clinical Lead, RPH Homeless Team, Royal Perth Hospital

Dr Lisa Wood

Associate Professor, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia

An evaluation of a Psychologically-Informed Environment: The Lambeth Project

Dr Nick Maguire

Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton

Dr Emma Williamson

Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead, Psychology in Hostels Project, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

A qualitative study evaluating the impact of bicycle provision on health of London based refugees

Miraj Joshi

Lead Physiotherapist, Stevenage Football Club Academy

Supporting health workers to promote a rights based approach to meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees

Philomene Uwamaliya

Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Angela Burnett

Lead Doctor, Freedom from Torture

The benefits of costs of pet ownership for individuals experiencing homelessness

Dr Gabriel Galea

Team Lead and Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, StreetVet (volunteer) and UCL GOS Institute of Child Health

Doncaster Complex Lives Alliance – joined up commissioning and delivery

Christopher Marsh

Project Leader – Public Service Reform, Doncaster MBC & Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group

Anthony Fitzgerald

Director of Strategy, Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group

Healthcare for asylum seekers and other migrants in Scotland: Implications for GP training

Dr Helen Richardson

GP, Pollok Health Centre, Glasgow

Turning the mirror on medical schools

Dr Matthew Shipsey

Intern Cork University Hospital, Ireland

The GP role in improving outcomes for homeless inpatients

Dr Zana Khan

GP, KHP Pathway Homeless Team

Inpatient housing officers: evaluating the service in Gloucestershire 5 years on

Dr Victoria Gaunt

Speciality Registrar, Gloucester Royal Hospital

Joe Simpson

Foundation Doctor, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Housing First to a pathway to improved health – learnings from Australia

Shannen Vallesi

Research Officer, School of Population and Global Health

Dr Lisa Wood

Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

The Integrated Care Network Project: A collaborative project between NHS, Local Authority and Peer Advocacy. How case management, care navigation and ‘health beds’ are used to prevent non-elective admissions and aid recovery in Westminster’s rough sleeping population

David Woodley

Westminster Homeless Health Care Navigator, Groundswell

Dr Natalie Miller

General Practitioner, Director of Homeless Health CIC, Great Chapel Street Medical Centre

News from the other side of the North Sea; The lie of the land in homelessness in Rotterdam

Michiel Vermaak

Intellectual Disability Physician, Municipal Rotterdam

Andrea van der Gevel

Nurse, Centrum van Dienstverlening

Marcel Slockers

General Practitioner and Street Doctor

Mind the gap: delayed transfer of care from an approved centre in Ireland – making the invisible, visible

Aidan Cooney

Senior Medical Social Worker, HSE

Engaging people experiencing with homelessness with dental care

Dr Martha Paisi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Plymouth

A descriptive cross sectional study of two inner city homeless cohorts

Martha Zeitler

4th Year Medical Student, University of Glasgow

Trauma enhanced communication skills

John Conolly

Lead Counsellor, Westminster Homeless Health Service, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

When health isn’t a priority; working to improve the health of those who are homeless

Dr Mary Farrelly

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Dublin City University, Ireland

Dr Denise Proudfoot

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Dublin City University, Ireland

Dr Briege Casey

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Dublin City University, Ireland

Characteristics of hospital inpatients referred to a homeless team

Dr Hannah Field

GP, Registrar, Guildford

Improving outcomes for homeless inpatients in mental health

Dr Zana Khan

GP, KHP Pathway Homeless Team

Lifting the lid on hidden homelessness

Gary Bishop

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Christa MacIver

Strategic Lead, Research and Policy, Justlife

Exploring wellbeing and mortality amongst former rough sleepers living in Clearing House accommodation

Dr Michelle Cornes

Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London

Dr Caroline Shulman

General Practitioner in Homeless and Inclusion Health, Kings Health Partnership Pathway Home-less Team & Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL

Women’s experiences of trauma and approaches to support

Caroline Hattersley

Director, Women@theWell

Health care for street sex workers: what do we know and how can we care for them better?

Dr Lucy Potter

GP, Homeless Health Service, Bristol

Hard to reach patients or hard to reach services? Pilot use of a mobile dental surgery to provide dentistry to the homeless population of East London

Dr Natalie Bradley

StR Special Care Dentistry, Inner North East London

An evaluation of a collaborative Pharmacy and GP Street Medicine Outreach Programme in Edinburgh

Lauren Gibson

Pharmacist, Edinburgh Access Practice

Dr Daisy Higginson

GP, Edinburgh Access Practice

David Miller

Outreach Liaison, Streetworks

My Choices; Supporting homeless people to complete an advanced statement about their future wishes

Alice Edwards

Associate Physician, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Jo Cartwright

Associate Physician, The Beeches Medical Centre, Gorleston

Dying in homelessness

Dr John Budd

GP, Edinburgh Access Practice

Normalisation Process Theory as a tool to understand the challenges and opportunities of providing peer support to those experiencing problem substance use and homelessness

Wez Steele

Peer Navigator

Dr Rebecca Foster

Research Fellow, University of Stirling

Addressing health inequalities through developing peer based legal support for people experiencing  homelessness in London; considering the health impacts and future directions

Dr Andrew Guise

Lecturer in Social Sciences, King’s College London