Yesterday, we had an amazing day at the iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2025: Healthier Beginnings. We had a packed conference hall, with delegates & speakers joining from all UK nations, both in-person in Manchester, & many more online:
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Many congratulations to Kieran Anders at Dad Matters who finally received his Honorary Fellow award for supporting our work around #fathers mental health, bringing much greater attention to the needs of dads
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If you enjoyed #iHVEBP2025 today, please consider joining us again on 3 Dec for our Leadership Conference "Leading Health Visiting: Creating the Future" – save the date, available to book soon.
We would also like to thank our partner Rocket Healthcare and our exhibitors for their fantastic contribution to the conference today. #iHVEBP2025 #HealthVisiting
A HUGE thank you to all of our amazing speakers for such an insightful and inspirational day at #iHVEBP2025. We hope all of our delegates, both in-person and at home, have had a wonderful day, we certainly have! #HealthVisiting
Congratulations to Professor Nicola Botting and Jane Flynn on winning the Oral Presentation Award for their Breakout session today at #iHVEBP2025!
Submissions open soon for abstracts for EBP2026!
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Our final Q&A session now, with our wonderful panel of keynote speakers, answering questions from both online and in-person delegates.
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iHV CEO Alison Morton rounding off this afternoon's Keynote Session at #iHVEBP2025 with a message to all #HealthVisitors "Courage calls to courage everywhere"
Now our CEO, Alison Morton, presenting her keynote session ‘Drive change – do it with the evidence’. Alison is driven to ensure that every child has the best start in life, with an extensive background in health visiting practice, research, leadership and policy. #iHVEBP2025 #HealthVisiting
Now time for Sally Shillaker sharing the latest updates on The Generation Study at #iHVEBP2025
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Professor @JamieWaterall delivering his keynote presentation in this afternoon's Keynote Session 2 at #iHVEBP2025
We are delighted to have Professor Jamie Waterall opening our 2nd keynote session of today with ‘Health Visiting: building capacity and capability to deliver change’. @JamieWaterall #iHVEBP2025 #HealthVisiting
A huge thank you to our wonderful Breakout Oral Presenters for showcasing your amazing work to our delegates today!
Next up, our afternoon keynote session: ‘The Future of #HealthVisiting’
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In support of #MMHAW25, one of our Breakout Oral Presentation sessions this afternoon at #iHVEBP2025 is focused on Perinatal & Infant Mental Health #PIMH
Next, speakers will be presenting in our speed round of Breakout Oral Presentations. Delegates will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite!
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Next, speakers will be presenting in our speed round of Breakout Oral Presentations. Delegates will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite! #iHVEBP2025 #HealthVisiting
If you are at #iHVEBP2025 in-person be sure to visit our wonderful exhibitors! Don’t forget to collect a stamp at each stand to be in with a chance of winning in our prize draw at the end of the day!
After a fantastic range of insightful presentations in our concurrent sessions, it’s now time for our delegates to enjoy lunch, networking and exploring our wonderful exhibitor stands.
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We are excited to hear our next set of concurrent sessions now.
Sessions include: Child Safety/ Child Development/ Strengthening the #HealthVisiting Workforce/ Respiratory Health
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in #MMHAW25, great Q&A session with the Perinatal & Infant Mental Health speakers in Concurrent session 4 at #iHVEBP2025
It’s day four of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week!
For our #iHVEBP2025 delegates joining us today, we’re delighted to have two sessions fully dedicated to Perinatal Mental Health. These sessions will be streamed for our online delegates
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Don’t forget to collect a stamp at each exhibitor stand at #iHVEBP2025 to be in with a chance of winning in our prize draw at the end of the day!
Parents in Mind group talking at the IHV conference
Introducing the #NCT Parents in Mind initiative - peer support for perinatal MH reaching nearly 4000 #parents #ihvEBP2025 #mentalhealth @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social
If at #iHVEBP2025 in-person be sure to visit our wonderful partner #RocketHealthcare & our exhibitors at their stands to find out more about their fantastic work @UKHSA #BBCtinyhappypeople @ChatHealthNHS @forbabyssake@birth_better @nmcnews#NIHRNursingMidwifery @HarrysHAT5 #KyowaKirin @Booktrust
Jessica Hobbs speaking at the IHV conference
Illustration of resources outweighing demands during paternity leave
List of ways health visitors can support dads’ mental health including encouraging long paternity leave, inviting dads to talk about the birth, looking out for exceptional demands, giving permission for self-care, offering support for dads even if not asked
Hearing about the Mental Health of #dads after having a baby using a demands / resources model from Jessica Hobbs
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We now move into our first set of Concurrent sessions at #iHVEBP2025 where delegates could join one of four different smaller sessions: Parenting Challenges/ Health Visitor Service Models/ Infant feeding, Healthy Weight & Nutrition/ Perinatal Mental Health. #HealthVisiting
A great Q&A session with our first panel of keynote speakers! Thank you to our delegates for some excellent questions & of course a huge thank you to our wonderful speakers
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iHV's Georgina Mayes chats with Bethan Shoemark-Spear @thefertalliance on her lived experience of LGTBQ+ infertility, fertility treatment, pregnancy after loss, and parenthood at #iHVEBP2025
