Headline Speakers
Director of Nursing for Department of He...

Shadow Secretary of State for Health

Chair, Health Visitors’ Taskforce, Ind...

General Secretary, Unite the Union

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, ...

Chief Nursing Officer for Wales; Visitin...
Currently, nursing in the community faces significant challenges across the UK, including:
The importance of a good start for the infant in the family;
The implementation of the Health Visitors’ Plan in England;
The shift of public health finance to local government;
Implementing the Modernising Community Workforce Programme in Scotland;
The growth of the extended school day and the shift to academies;
The transfer of community nursing services to Foundation Trusts, Community Trusts and Social Enterprises.
For leaders and practitioners this is the UK conference at which to keep up with the best practice in the four countries, share and find solutions to your problems and celebrate the difference that community; health visiting and school nursing makes to children and their life chances.
Day 1 - 07 Nov 2012
Dawn Eccleston, Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire
Chaired by Jane Keoghane-Brooks, Equalities Sub Committee, NPC
Health visiting: the voice of service users Dr Mary Malone, Lecturer, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
Chaired by Anita McCrum, Education Sub-committee, NPC
Dr Sonya Wallbank, Associate Professor Child Health, Warwickshire Foundation Trust
EMPPOWER HV: exploring a Community of practice
Professor Sally Kendall, Director CRIPACC, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Cheryll Adams, Independent Adviser Health Visiting, Cheryll Adams Consulting
Amy Ashton, Public Health Manager - Healthy Weight, NHS Manchester;
Claire Fawcett-Brown, Early Years Public Health Coordinator, CMFT
Ten steps for healthy toddlers: a positive approach to encouraging healthy lifestyles in toddlers for parents and carers
Judy More, Paediatric Dietitian, Infant and Toddler Forum
Chaired by Hilary Levan, South West, NPC
Moira Graham, Lecturer in Public Health, University of Hull Promoting caring dads: an evaluation of a programme for men at risk of committing domestic violence
Dr Toity Deave, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of the West of England
Chaired by Pauline Pearson, Research Advisory Group, NPC
Karen Hoare, Nurse Practitioner (Child and Youth) / Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
The QK Pilot and how school nurses can address the HCP and 0-19 agenda
Jessica Streeting, School Public Health Nurse, Quintin Kynaston School
Chaired by Lucretia Baptiste, School Nursing Forum, NPC
How social relationships support babies' development
Professor Lynne Murray, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading Baby-led weaning
Dr Ellen Townsend, Associate Professor Personality, Social Psychology and Health Group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
Chair: Stella Mann, Chair, Community Nursery Nurses’ Forum
Dr Heather Wood, Visiting Research Associate with the National Nursing Research Unit at Kings College London Supporting health visitors and school nurses to effectively safeguard children
Lynne Laine, Associate Director Safeguarding and Clare Edwards, Head of Service Safeguarding Children, Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Trust
Chaired by Sandra Humphrey, London, NPC
Penny Franklin, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Health Studies (Prescribing), The University of Plymouth
Building the health visiting profession of the future Dr Cheryll Adams, Independent Adviser Health Visiting, Cheryll Adams Consulting and Professor Rosamund Bryar, Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing, City University, London
Chaired by Anita McCrum, Education Sub-committee, NPC
Shirley Baah-Mensah, Modern Matron, Community Health Services
Presentation by the 2012 McQueen Award winner
Dr Karen Whittaker, Research Fellow, National Nursing Research Unit, King's College London
Educating the workforce to meet the challenge of 'The Call for Action': development and use of a competence framework
Dr Lynda Smith, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Sean Grant, Doctoral Candidate, University of Oxford
The development and validation of tools to measure the health visitor/parent relationship Christine Bidmead, PhD Student; Visiting Research Associates; King’s College London
Jackie Mosley, Health Visitor, City Reach Health Services
Cultural competence as a core component of quality community nursing care
Dr Julia Quickfall, Nurse Director, Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland
Chaired by Jane Keoghane-Brooks, Equalities Sub Committee, NPC
Pauline Watts, Professional Officer, Health Visiting, Department of Health Regulation: where are we now?
Barbara Evans, Community Nursery Nurse, Leicestershire Partnership Trust and Unite/CPHVA Community Nursery Nurse of the Year 2012
Chaired by Stella Mann, Chair, Community Nursery Nurses' Forum
Jackie Smith, Acting Chief Executive and Registrar, The Nursing and Midwifery Council
Day 2 - 08 Nov 2012
Chaired by Maggie Fisher
Rhoda Walker, Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, NHS Orkney
Chaired by Annie Hair, Scotland, NPC
Vicki Causer, Family Intervention Project Manager
Chaired by Carolyn Taylor, Vice-Chair, North East and Nursing Occupational Advisory Committee
Professor Sally Kendall, Director, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire
Plus members of the Research Advisory Group
Chaired by Angela Lewis, Vice-Chair, Yorkshire and Humber, NPC
Chaired by Angela Lewis, Vice-Chair, Yorkshire and Humber, NPC
Anne Owen, Clinical Informaticist (Nursing), NHS Wales Informatics Service
Chaired by Su Davis, Chair, Health Informatics Advisory Group
Chaired by Maeve Girvan and Janet Taylor, Joint Chairs, Northern Ireland, NPC
Pamela Schultz, Lecturer: Community Nursing, University Campus Suffolk
“Am I anorexic?” A corpus sociolinguistic study of weight and the body in online adolescent health communication
Dr Kevin Harvey, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham
Chaired by Margaret Warner, South East, NPC
Protecting your online profile
David Wright, UK Safer Internet Centre
Chaired by Su Davis, Health Informatics Advisory Group, NPC
Caroline Ridley, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
The Hackney model of growing and developing the workforce: how we supported the increased need for specialist practice student placements
Faith Mkandawire, Enhanced Modern Matron, Homerton University Foundation NHS Trust
Chaired by Maria Skudlarz, Wales, NPC
Fiona Sim, Research Assistant, University of Glasgow
Bulundidi Guduga: innovations from Australia to help parents
Catherine Lowenhoff, Independent Nurse Consultant
Chaired by Su Lowe, West Midlands, NPC
Maggie Wood, Health Visitor, South Tees Hospital Foundation Trust
Small wonders
Alison Baum, Chief Executive, Best Beginnings
Chair: Maggie Fisher, Health Visitors Forum, NPC
Wendy Nicholson, Professional Officer, Department of Health
Corporate caseloads: will this enable school nurses to manage resources and offer a more equitable service?
Lynne Shuller, Advanced Practitioner - School Nurse, Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust
Chaired by Lucretia Baptiste, School Nursing Forum, NPC