A conference exploring how housing and health professionals are working together to reduce the impact of poor housing on health
In partnership with Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS), the United Kingdom Public Health Association (UKPHA) and Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).
Friday 21 May 2010 – 15Hatfields, London
9.30am Registration and refreshments
10.00am Welcome and introduction – Chair Dr Stephen Battersby, CIEH President
10.05am ‘The real cost of poor housing’ Simon Nicol, BRE, on the recent report of the same name
10.35am ‘Overcrowding and the effects on children’ Prof Peter Ambrose, one of the Commissioners and authors of ‘Housing Future’ for South London Citizens, report published December 2009
11.05am ‘Use of the LARES methodology for obtaining housing and health data’ Prof David Ormandy, University of Warwick, and Editor of ‘Housing and Health in Europe’, the WHO LARES Project, Routledge, published 2009
11.30am Refreshment break
11.45am ‘Public mental health and well-being’ – the potential role of EHPs involved in housing ” Dr Stephen Battersby, CIEH President
12.15pm ‘Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and housing’ Sara Emanuel Consultant, LACORS
12.45pm Lunch
1.30pm ‘House Proud : the case for housing - from election manifestos to practice–Sarah Davis, Senior Policy and Practice Officer
2.00pm ‘Threats, opportunities and outcomes - local housing authorities and PCTs working Together’ Neeraj Malhotra, Public Health Specialist Registrar, Sandwell PCT
2.30pm ‘Housing interventions and tackling health inequalities’ Jenny Hacker, Chair of the Housing and Health SIG, UKPHA and Public Health Specialist in Research and Development National Support Teams Department of Health
3.00pm Refreshment break
3.15pm ‘Working together on housing and health in one region – a tale from the North West’ Paul Gordziejewicz, Rochdale MBC
3.45pm Closing remarks from the Chair
4.00pm Conference closes