Homelessness and inclusion health network webinars 2023-24

Introducing our fourth series of webinars

Over the last year, we have extended the focus of our regional Network. So, in addition to rough sleeping and homelessness, we are also looking at the health outcomes for other inclusion health groups. Our Network usually meets quarterly, and governance is provided by the South East Association of Directors of Public Health (APDH). If you would like to join please contact: Karen Simmonds

This is our fourth series of webinars, and you can watch the webinar recordings and find out more about each webinar topic below. Follow the links to catch up on webinars from the previous years: 2020-21; 2021-22; 2022-23.

Webinar 36 – Focus on Sex Workers

The last webinar looked at the published National Framework on NHS Action on Inclusion Health and launched the OHID regional data packs on inclusion health. The chapter on sex workers highlighted the lack of data for this group.
We know that all inclusion health groups, but particularly sex workers experience:

Discrimination and stigma
Violence and the experience of trauma
Poverty
Invisibility in health datasets

Which result in:

Insecure and inadequate housing
Very poor access to healthcare services due to service design
Poor experience of public service
Poorer health than people in other socially disadvantaged groups.

Our special focus on sex workers aims to improve colleagues’ knowledge and understanding, with the hope that any learning is incorporated into your organisations’ polices and practice.

Speakers:

Professor Lucy Platt, Professor of Public Health Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Raven Bowen, Chief Executive, National Ugly Mugs (Raven’s presentation was not recorded)
Cathie Railton, Programme Manager (OHID Y&H) and Georgina Wilkinson, Sexual Health Facilitator (UKHSA Y&H)
Mel Potter, Sex Workers’ Outreach Project Manager, SWOP Sussex SWOP Sussex – Oasis Project

Webinar 35 – Focus on National Framework on NHS Action on Inclusion Health AND South East OHID Inclusion Health Datapacks

The South East Regional Public Health Group (Office for Health Improvement OHID, NHS England NHSE and UK Health Security Agency UKHSA), co-hosted a webinar to highlight the principles in the newly published National Framework for NHS Action on Inclusion Health and launch the SE OHID Inclusion Health data packs.

The webinar was aimed at senior NHS and ICS system leaders; System managers and commissioners with responsibility for health inequalities and Inclusion; as well as those with a professional interest in inclusion health. It sets out the case for a system-wide approach to tackling Inclusion Health, drawing on the Principles of the Framework; highlighting the complexities of the health landscape and suggesting ways which Framework can be used by Systems to provide a better service response and improve outcomes.

The new SE OHID data packs (see below) can be used by ICSs, as an initial first step, to help them understand their local populations. The webinar also shared examples of good practice from Tanya Brown-Griffith, Director of Population Health and Inequalities, Personalised Care, Race Equality and Prevention Programmes at Sussex ICS and Sharon Collins, Director, and Patrick Fowler, Associate, Keep Well Collaborative, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board.

South East OHID Inclusion Health Datapacks

The South East OHID Inclusion Health Integrated Care System (ICS) Datapacks are intended to provide a one-off summary of available data and evidence for inclusion health groups in the South East region. Six datapacks, one for each ICS area in the SE, present an initial overview to support systems to understand need in their area and provide a resource including data and summaries that can be taken out and used as required, as well as be further developed by local Systems.

For each inclusion health population group, the key messages for systems are presented, followed by an overview of health issues and available data. The end of each section includes links to further resources and organisations.

It is recommended that the datapack is used in conjunction with the newly published National Framework for NHS Action on Inclusion Health.

Webinar 34 – Focus on Migrant Health

This session of our webinar series focused on the health of asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. It was an opportunity for those working directly and indirectly with these groups, to come together regionally, to explore the issue more closely. By raising awareness of some of the issues faced by frontline staff and providing examples of good practice, the event aimed to provide support to both practitioners – in offering practical solutions, and commissioners – in helping them to develop sustainable services.

Webinar 33 – Focus on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people

The session had a specific focus on the health needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. Policy leads from the charity Friends, Families and Travellers, describe some of the health and social inequality issues faced by the community. The Office of National Statistics share qualitative research on Gypsy and Travellers in England and Wales 2022: Lived experiences. There was a focused update, from colleagues in UKHSA, on measles, and an insightful presentation from leads in Kent County Council, on the findings of a Health Needs Assessment.