Transforming Public Health For The Future 2021
Online Event 11 August 2021, 9:00am - 12 August 2021, 2:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Kalwant Sidhu, Programme Director of the Masters of Public Health and Reader in Public Health, King's College London
9:40am
Keynote Address: Public Health The Welsh Perspective
Dr Mariana Dyakova, Consultant in Public Health, Deputy Director And International Health Lead WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Well-being, Public Health Wales
10:00am
Keynote Address: Lessons Learned From The First Wave Of COVID-19: The Importance Of Public Health
Emma Best AM, Deputy Chair of the Health Committee, London Assembly
10:20am
Keynote Address: Understanding And Developing The Role Of The NHS In Delivering Prevention Interventions
- Exploring the main types of prevention work in various NHS settings and the benefits of prevention programmes
- Examples of prevention in general practice, hospital and outside hospital such as health checks, screening, individual support, group education and online tools
- Assessing the effectiveness of promotional campaigns such as smoking cessation and cervical screening on referrals and diagnoses
- Understanding the key enables and barriers for facilitating prevention in the NHS
- Implementing proactive, predictive and personalised prevention in the 2020s through targeted support, tailored lifestyle advice, personalised care and greater protection against future threats
Professor Maggie Rae, President, Faculty of Public Health
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
A Summary Of The Situation With Inequalities In The UK Today And What Action Needs To Be Taken To Improve Health
- The situation with inequalities pre COVID-19 pandemic and the relationship with Covid outcomes
- The impact of Covid on inequalities
- The opportunities to address inequalities and are they being missed?
- The case for a cross Government strategy
Katherine Merrifield, Assistant Director For Healthy Lives, The Health Foundation
11:55am
Gender And Public Health: The Gendered Impact of Covid-19
- A person’s sexual and reproductive lifecycle places an inevitable biological demand on any clinical system that comes with a substantial price tag
- These fiduciary concerns have long surpassed a one-dimensional child bearing function, however, and the intersection of developments in gender, sexuality and sex create a rich politics of sex and reproduction
- COVID’s exogenous shock to the system has reconfigured the healthcare community creating ripe moments for progressive change, albeit against the pandemic’s backdrop of disproportionate gendered impact, that will be explored in this presentation
Dr Sarah Cooper, Professor in Politics, University of Exeter
12:15pm
The Importance Of Volunteers Within The National Health Service
- Improving the lives of staff, patients, and communities through the power of volunteering
- Shaping 21st-century volunteering in collaboration with the NHS, charities, and communities
- Inspiring the public to take a part in enhancing the health of the UK
Mark Lever, Chief Executive, Helpforce
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Consultation
12:55pm
Chairs Summary and Close
Dr Kalwant Sidhu, Programme Director of the Masters of Public Health and Reader in Public Health, King's College London
1:00pm
End Of Day
Day 2
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Kalwant Sidhu, Programme Director of the Masters of Public Health and Reader in Public Health, King's College London
9:40am
Keynote Address: The Importance Of Mental Health Within Public Health
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind
10:10am
Keynote Address: Developing The Future Public Health Workforce To Align With Public Health Priorities
- Reviewing the public health workforce and its activities to maximise the potential to make a large contribution to the public’s health and wellbeing
- Following the recommendations of ‘Fit for the Future’ to engage and develop the wider public health workforce to develop a stronger social movement for health
- Refining the definition of the public health workforce and identifying three types of role: people who have direct contact with individuals or communities; leaders and advocates and influencers of the wider determinants of health
- Developing a range of supporting tools for the public health workforce to improve public health outcomes
- Dividing the wider public health workforce by occupation, place, employer and sector to facilitate strategic thinking
- Reviewing progress and demonstrating the commitment of various sectors to working together
Mary Lewis, Head of Workforce Planning, Health Education England
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:30am
The Alcohol Public Health Crisis: How To End It
- What Local Authorities can do to have a major positive impact on alcohol harm
- What National Governments can do to have a major positive impact on alcohol harm
- What all of us, as citizens, can do to have a major positive impact on alcohol harm
Dr Richard Piper, CEO, Alcohol Change UK
12:00pm
Case Study: Supporting Prevention Behaviours By Embedding Behavioural Science In Workstreams Across A Council
- Applying behavioural science to the Covid-19 response by developing behaviourally informed communications and interventions to support a range of prevention behaviours
- Reducing vaccine hesitancy using the principle of engagement to understand barriers to vaccine uptake, emphasise the benefits and evaluate impact
- Using Covid Information Champions (CICs) to complement communications campaigns and engage with local communities
- Supporting mental health and prevention including promoting resilience whilst at home, reducing alcohol consumption and promoting social distancing
- Adopting the COM-B system to change behaviour as an interaction between three necessary conditions
Dr Michelle Constable, Head of Behavioural Change Unit, Hertfordshire County Council
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Consultation
12:50pm
Chairs Summary and Close
Dr Kalwant Sidhu, Programme Director of the Masters of Public Health and Reader in Public Health, King's College London
1:00pm
End Of Day