Welcome to CHC's Health, Social Care and Housing Conference which has been designed with key partners in Public Health Wales, Welsh NHS Confederation, Social Care Wales and Welsh Government. In November 2015, Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales signed a Memorandum of Understanding, formalising an exciting and purposeful partnership between health and housing to improve the lives of people in Wales. From this work we have brought the sectors together to tackle key issues such as falls prevention, homelessness, Adverse Childhood Experiences and funding to facilitate collaborative working, to name a few. There are also many other great examples of health, social care and housing working together at a local and national level, illustrating the desire to establish effective and proactive relationships. We need to continue to build on this effective partnership working to improve the health, care and well-being of people in Wales, maximising the preventative role of our sectors and developing closer joint working. This conference aims to inform you of the exciting partnership work already underway, to explore innovative approaches to working together, to provide an opportunity to learn more about Regional Partnership Boards as well as hear a panel of key senior sector leads discuss how we can best work together, what the synergies are and what gets in the way of working together. There is also an opportunity to put forward a request to speak to your counterparts in other sectors and we will help you to link in with those partners to start those conversations. With a keynote speech from Rebecca Evans AM, this packed day has something for everyone in the health, social care and housing sectors. Help us to generate effective, relevant and meaningful discussion on the day. We look forward to seeing you there.
Health, Social Care and Housing Conference Future Inns Hotel, 21 st September 2017 9.00 AM Registration 9.45AM Welcome/Chair Duncan Forbes 10.00 am Scene Setting Tracey Cooper, Chief Executive, Public Health Wales, Stuart Ropke, Chief Executive, Community Housing Cymru, Louise Attwood, Linc Cymru and Judith Paget, Chief Executive, Aneurin Bevan health board The session outlines the importance of working together and what has been achieved so far under the Memoradum of Understanding. 10.55am Refreshments and networking 11.25am Workshop Session Discover more about what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Housing can mean for you Charlotte Waite (Housing Lead, ACE Hub) and Janine Roderick (Lead for Public Health and Policing in Wales)
This workshop will inform you about ACEs and the work underway in the ACEs and Housing pilot in Bridgend. By attending this session delegates will; Learn more about practical examples of ACEs mean for housing Explore how the ACEs Hub can support you Wellbeing 4U Karen Tipple, United Welsh HA 'Wellbeing 4U', is an excellent example of health and housing working together to provide a community wellbeing service. The project is delivered by Thrive, the team that manages specialist accommodation and support services for United Welsh. The aim of the service is to deliver public health priorities through social intervention, focusing on increasing physical activity, improving diet, immunisation and screening uptake, and helping to reduce harmful habits such as substance misuse, heavy alcohol consumption and smoking. Through attending this session, delegates will: Understand the rationale behind the Living Well initiative being developed Identify the challenges faced when developing the Living Well initiative Consider the proven benefits to health and housing of the Living Well initiative
11.25am Workshop Session Regional Partnership Boards Martyn J Palfreman, Rachel Jones, and David Hartwell-Williams. In April 2016, seven statutory regional partnerships came into being. Their purpose is to drive the strategic regional delivery of social services in close collaboration with health. Through attending this session delegates will: Gain an understanding of the role of Regional Partnership Boards How the Boards can effectively engage with the third sector. Health & Housing Champions Louise Woodfine, Public Health Wales and Carly Dix, Community Housing Cymru Louise and Carly outline their vision for Health and Housing Champions, which will be to build an established network of organisations and people from the private, public and third sectors across Wales and to champion and advocate for improved collaboration and outcomes between health, social care and housing, underpinned by the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and its seven goals and five ways of working. Through attending this session, delegates will:
Be able to input on the role of Health and Housing Champions Be able to discuss how this could best be implemented. 12.25pm Lunch and Networking 1.30 pm Panel Debate what conversations should be taking place Ruth Crowder, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Vanessa Young, Welsh NHS Confederation. Victoria Hiscocks, Pobl Group Cathryn Thomas, Social Care Wales Neil Alying, Flintshire Council Our panel of experts will discuss: what kind of conversations taking place, how we can work together better, what the synergies of working together are, and what gets in the way 2.30 pm Ministerial Address Rebecca Evans AM Minister for Social Services and Public Health 3.00pm Refreshments and Networking 3.30pm Workshop Session Discover more about what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Housing can mean for you
Charlotte Waite (Housing Lead, ACE Hub) and Janine Roderick (Lead for Public Health and Policing in Wales) This workshop will inform you about ACEs and the work underway in the ACEs and Housing pilot in Bridgend. By attending this session delegates will; Learn more about practical examples of ACEs mean for housing Explore how the ACEs Hub can support you Innovative Housing Models Bill Dunster, ZedFactory, In February Carl Sargeant launched the Innovative Housing Fund and today, this session will focus on zed pods, and the possibility of them being installed in hospital carparks; used for respite and step-down services; used for staff accommodation. Workshop Session Regional Partnership Boards Martyn J Palfreman, Rachel Jones, and David Hartwell-Williams. In April 2016, seven statutory regional partnerships came into being. Their purpose is to drive the strategic regional delivery of social services in close collaboration with health.
Through attending this session delegates will: Gain an understanding of the role of Regional Partnership Boards How the Boards can effectively engage with the third sector. Learning Disability: Improving Lives Programme Kath Palmer, Welsh Government, Shane Mills, National Collaborative Commissioning Unit, Adrian Burke, First Choice Housing and Richard Davies, Pobl Group This session provides an introduction to the work of the Learning Disability transformation programme, which is a cross cutting and lifespan review of learning disability services, that looks at secure services and innovative housing solutions 4.30 pm The sum of the parts Anna Sussex, Anna Sussex is the Frequent Attenders Case Load Manager at Cardiff and Vale UHB and has developed the Frequent Attenders Project to empower patients and change their lives. The Emergency Department at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) has 8,000 patients who are classed as frequent attenders, and who have generated nearly 32,000 visits in the last 12 months, at a basic cost of
3.2million to the Health Board. Anna established a multidisciplinary, multi-agency project team, which included not only members of the Emergency Unit, Out of Hours, Welsh Ambulance, and other health agencies, but also other statutory services, third sector partners and voluntary organisations. The team works to identify long term solutions for frequent attendees to the Accident and Emergency Department and Out of Hours, and makers of 999 calls. The project identifies those patients who inappropriately access the services, despite there being a more appropriate or alternative service available elsewhere in the NHS or community. A key worker is assigned to each frequent attendee dependent on their need: for example social isolation, housing, older persons services or a debt agency. Anna, through her determination and focus, has driven the project which has made a huge impact on the lives of patients, promoting independence and re-integration into their local community. 5.00 pm Conference Conclusions and Depart