The Shared Health Foundation is a clinically-led and evidence-based not-for-profit, passionate about reducing the impact poverty has on health.
The impact of poverty is catastrophic on communities from the most deprived neighbourhoods. DepFest is not a celebration of poverty but an event that celebrates best practice in these hard-pressed areas. By bringing together practitioners, academics, politicians and those with lived experience, we dare to hope that things can and will change for those impacted by health inequalities.
On the back of the success of our previous events (Doctors in Deprivation Training Day: Find Your Tribe, Homeless Families Conference: Dare to Hope and other professional development training), this year we are combining them into one Deprivation Festival where you can mix and match which content you engage with.
Please choose from the following events to attend:
- Doctors in Deprivation Training Day: Find Your Tribe – Tuesday 4th November: GPs and clinicians in Primary Care interested in deprivation.
NHS Managers (half-day) – Wednesday 5th November: training for managers who run services or practices in the NHS. - Secondary Care Clinicians (half-day) – Wednesday 5th November: workshops, networking and peer support for Secondary Care clinicians interested in deprivation.
- Homeless Families Conference: Dare to Hope – Thursday 6th November: frontline, policy, local authority and people with lived experience of homeless families in temporary accommodation.
If you would like to present at any of our events, please get in touch at contact@sharedhealth.org.uk
Doctors in Deprivation Training Day: Find Your Tribe
Tuesday 4th November, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Good health should be shared with all. It should not be damaged by social or economic disadvantage.
Alongside colleagues from Deep End GM, Shared Health Foundation invites any GP or clinical lead who is working in the Deep End of medicine to join us at our annual Doctors in Deprivation Training Day. You will be inspired, challenged, encouraged and most importantly find your tribe of other clinicians working in areas of deprivation.
The training day will explore the challenges faced by those working in areas of deprivation and disadvantaged communities and share the hopeful work organisations in Greater Manchester and beyond are doing to reduce health inequalities and the impact of poverty on health.
Get to grips with the health inequalities that many people face, and how you can help put things right. Learn about the causes and effects of health inequalities, and find out about the ways in which GPs and healthcare staff can do their bit to make a difference.
We hope that after attending your skills, outlook and understanding will have been transformed and you will feel more hopeful in your vital grassroots work.
Conference Day Agenda:
09:00-09:30 Arrive and registration
09:30-09:40 Welcome – Dr Laura Neilson
09:40-10:10 How does General Practice respond to the growing health inequalities yet major infrastructure change in the NHS? – Professor Margaret Ikpoh, Vice Chair of Professional Development, RCGP
10:10-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-12:40 Stuck workshop – Made by Mortals, Bringing Lived Experience to Life
12:40-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Adopting Trauma Informed Practice – Dr Ruth Thompson, GP and Chair of Manchester Homeless Partnership
14:00-14:30 Missingness in Healthcare – Professor Andrea Williamson, GP and Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health
14:30-15:30 Breakout sessions
A1: Prediabetes and Health Inequalities in BAME Communities – Dr Lynda Odoh, GP Registrar and Core20plus5 Ambassador
A2: Paternal Post-Natal Depression – Richard Miller, Policy Researcher and Advocate
B1: Asylum Seeker Training – Dr Sarah Kiely, GP with an Extended Role in Mental Health
B2: Attendance Allowance Pilot Project – Imogen Fox, Delivery Manager, Stockport Council & Ciara McGirr, The Heaton’s PCN Lead Care Coordinator
15:30-16:00 Table reflections
16:00-16:15 Open Mic – 60-second sharing
16:15-16:30 Wrap up
Drinks Reception
Tuesday 4th November, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
An opportunity to network and meet other attendees of the conference. The reception will be held at the same venue.
NHS Managers
Wednesday 5th November, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (half-day)
Training for managers who run services or practices in the NHS.
Lunch will be served at the end of the event, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, for colleagues attending both half-day events.
Secondary Care Clinicians
Wednesday 5th November, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (half-day)
Workshops, networking and peer support for Secondary Care clinicians interested in deprivation.
Lunch will be served at the start of the event, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, for colleagues attending both half-day events.
Homeless Families: Dare to Hope Conference
Thursday 6th November, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
There are 172,420 homeless children in England living in Temporary Accommodation. Many are living in dangerous conditions with little support to help them navigate through our complex systems. Families are continuously placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment of homeless children plummets when they become homeless. The barriers to healthcare increases and children’s health and development suffer. There is a national focus and political will for rough sleeping, but less so for families. And tragically, 74 children have died in Temporary Accommodation, most were under 1.
And yet, we dare to hope.
If you work with homeless families in any capacity then this conference is for you. We want to bring together our experts by experience alongside colleagues from housing, health, education, the home office and the voluntary and faith sector. Whether you are front line, a volunteer, a commissioner or a politician, the crisis of homeless families is all our responsibility to share.
Things can and will get better.
Conference Day Agenda:
09:00-09:20 Arrive and registration
09:20-09:30 Welcome – Dr Laura Neilson
09:30-10:00 Children’s Commissioner Policy – Stephanie Friend & Isabelle Sherlock, Children’s Commissioner Policy Team
10:00-10:05 Video from Domestic Abuse Commissioner
10:05-10:35 Kings College Research Update – Professor Katherine Brickell, Professor of Urban Studies, Dr Mel Nowicki, Reader in Urban Geography & Dr Rosalie Warnock, Research Fellow
10:35-10:45 Fabrics of Home Exhibition Intro – Dr Hannah Fairbrother, Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Rebekah Johnston, Textile Artist and Educator
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Lived Experience – Interview with families with lived experience of temporary accommodation
11:30-12:15 Politics Panel – Cross-party discussion on homeless families
12:15-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:45 Journalist Panel – National and local journalist discussion
13:45-14:30 Local Authorities Panel – Supporting homeless families and best practice from around the country
14:30-14:50 Coffee break
14:50-15:30 Homeless Families Toolkit and Rights of the Child
Jane Cook, Registered General Nurse, Public Health Specialist and Queen’s Nurse, Anne Dowling, Digital Transformation Consultant & Lisa Gavin, Deputy Service Manager, Specialist Services, Professional Nurse Advocate and Queen’s Nurse;
Rachel Fox, Senior Policy Adviser, UNICEF UK.
15:30-16:30 Best Practice Panel
Professor Nadzeya Svirydzenka, Professor of Cultural Identities and Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor of Integrated Child Health;
Wendy Dearden, Senior Policy & Research Officer, Bevan Foundation;
Revd. Canon Ian Rutherford, Co-Chair of the National Leadership Team, Citizens UK;
Hayley Hughes, Assistant CEO, Citizens Advice Manchester.
16:30-16:45 Wrap up
Additional Information
Lunch and refreshments are included for all events. Dietary requirements can be specified on the order form.
This event is hosted by the Shared Health Foundation.
We want to make this event as accessible as possible so we have made it free for all to attend. To ensure that we don’t have wastage on the day, any no-shows will be invoiced a £50 fee.
Would you like to speak at DepFest?
Come and share stories, best practice or challenges when working in areas of deprivation as a GP, secondary care clinician, NHS manager or Temporary Accommodation for families.
We would like to invite those with lived experience of temporary accommodation to be part of shaping this festival.
Get in touch: contact@sharedhealth.org.uk
Getting to the venue
By train:
The closest train station is Manchester Victoria (10 min walk).
If you are coming from Manchester Piccadilly, the venue is a 25 min walk away.
By car:
Fairfield Social Club does not have parking on-site. The closest public parking spaces are ParkBee Bankpark Gould St, NCP Manchester Gould St, and Parking Eye Rochdale Road.
