Scottish Inclusion Health and Homelessness Conference 2019

Event description

The fourth annual conference was yet another informative and enjoyable event!  

Speakers included:

• Dr Igor van Laere, coordinator of the Netherlands Street Doctors group, on the Dutch experience of providing homeless healthcare
• Dr Zana Khan, Pathway GP, about implementing the Pathway model in a mental health setting
• Michelle Reilly from Streetfit Scotland about delivering a health, fitness and wellbeing programme to homeless people
• Dr Adam Burley on why housing is a health intervention
• Chantal Edge, University College London, about the new UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health
• Dr Fiona Cuthill, University of Edinburgh, about the new Edinburgh Centre for Inclusion Health

Breakout sessions

Breakout sessions included:

• Access to health and social care for people with No Recourse to Public Funds
• Substance use: current trends and issues
• The role of community nurses in delivering health services at the margins: a public health necessity
• Youth homelessness: identification, prevention and intervention
• What next for health and homelessness data linkage in Scotland
• Healthy Finances: early intervention to reduce the risk of homelessness
• Engaging with Gypsy/Travellers around health and wellbeing
• Time for Change - Qualified through Experience

See below for further information about breakout sessions