Draft Programme
South West Public Health Development School 2025
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 via MS Teams
'Turning the 10-Year Plan into action for Healthier Communities in the South West'
NHS Futures link: https://future.nhs.uk/SWPopulationandPublicHealth
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10:00 |
Welcome and Introductions Professor Maggie Rae, Regional Lead/Head of School for Population and Public Health |
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10:10 |
Plenary Speaker Title – Shifting from Treatment to Prevention in the South West – pre-recorded video Dr Justin Varney-Bennett – Regional Director of Public Health, South West |
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10.40
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Plenary Speaker Title – Analogue to Digital Steve Trowell – Director for Digital Transformation, NHS England South West |
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11.10 |
Break |
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11.25 |
Plenary Speaker Title – Acute to Community Benjamin Roe - Regional Clinical Quality and Improvement Director, NHS England South West |
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11.55 |
Move to workshops |
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12.00 |
Workshops A (1-7) Please see more details below |
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13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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14:00 |
Workshops B (1-7) Please see more details below |
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15.00 |
Break |
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15.10 |
Plenary Speaker Title – Poverty Dave Gordon, Bristol Poverty Institute |
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15.50 |
Celebrating Success and Closing remarks Professor Maggie Rae, Regional Lead/Head of School for Population and Public Health |
Workshops A: 12noon –13.00pm
There are 7 workshops (1-7). Each workshop will last 1 hour including Q&A. Workshops are repeated with delegates able to attend two throughout the day.
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How can we engage and develop our wider public health workforce to support the reduction of health inequalities and the shift from sickness to prevention? Paul Scott, Consultant in Public Health, BANES Council Deb Lear, Population and Public Health Workforce Development Programme lead |
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2 |
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Ruth Goldstein, Consultant in Public Health, Cornwall Council |
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3 |
Emerging threats and pandemic preparedness: challenges and opportunities for systems and communities Sarah Bird, Consultant in Health Protection, UKHSA South West |
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Ethical considerations around vaccine incentives Sarah Denford, HPRU |
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Sickness to Prevention Framework Joanna McLaughlin, Consultant in Public Health, NHS England South West Doug Haines, Regional Public Health, DHSC |
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Responsible Use of AI in Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Farhad Shokraneh, Senior Research Associate and Technical Officer, Bristol-UCL-King's Living Evidence Synthesis (BUcKLES), University of Bristol |
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7 |
Misinformation regarding screening and immunisations Cherstyn Hurley, Immunisation publications manager and infodemiologist, UKHSA |
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Workshops B: 14:00-15:00pm
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B |
Title |
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1 |
How can we engage and develop our wider public health workforce to support the reduction of health inequalities and the shift from sickness to prevention? Paul Scott, Consultant in Public Health, BANES Council Deb Lear, Population and Public Health Workforce Development Programme lead |
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2 |
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Ruth Goldstein, Consultant in Public Health, Cornwall Council |
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Emerging threats and pandemic preparedness: challenges and opportunities for systems and communities Sarah Bird, Consultant in Health Protection, UKHSA South West |
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4 |
Ethical considerations around vaccine incentives Sarah Denford, HPRU |
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5 |
Sickness to Prevention Framework Joanna McLaughlin, Consultant in Public Health, NHS England South West Doug Haines, Regional Public Health, DHSC |
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Responsible Use of AI in Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Farhad Shokraneh, Senior Research Associate and Technical Officer, Bristol-UCL-King's Living Evidence Synthesis (BUcKLES), University of Bristol |
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Misinformation regarding screening and immunisations Cherstyn Hurley, Immunisation publications manager and infodemiologist, UKHSA |
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