Sector-led Improvement Conference 2021
Association of the Directors of Public Health Yorkshire and the Humber - Sector-led improvement conference - Friday 10th December 2021
People in Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North more broadly, experience poorer health and wellbeing than people in many parts of the country. These inequalities in health are long-lasting, persistent, and driven by social, economic and environmental inequalities. Health inequalities are not inevitable, they are preventable. Tackling these inequalities is a matter of fairness, social justice, and benefits all of society. It also makes economic sense.
Directors of Public Health in Yorkshire and the Humber have set out their collective aspiration to not only mitigate against the negative impacts of Covid-19, but to advocate for and collaborate to reduce the inequalities that have persisted in communities for decades. In building back fairer we want to address the marginalisation and powerlessness caused by entrenched health inequalities.
This year Yorkshire and the Humber Directors of Public Health are collaborating on three key priorities to help us address the unequal impacts of Covid-19 on local communities. Informed by the Covid-19 Marmot Review, our collaboration is focusing on the root causes of these inequalities. It is building upon what is already happening in our places and looking to add value to place based action through a strong collective voice.
The three priorities for collaboration are:
- Promoting inclusive and wellbeing economies.
- Addressing climate change and sustainability.
- Improving life chances for children and young people.
This year’s Sector-Led Improvement Conference provides a great opportunity to reflect over the past 18 months and work together to start the process of developing our agenda for the next few years.
We are pleased to have great speakers to join us on this journey, including:
- Professor Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London
- Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
- Professor Peter Kelly, OHID Regional Director & NHS Director of Public Health (North East & Yorkshire)
Attendees will also be afforded the opportunity to join breakout sessions in the morning and the afternoon to hear about some of the great work that has gone on in the region and contribute to our planning for the future. These sessions will be focused largely around the 3 priorities highlight above, but also on other topics. More information and options to choose will be made available to attendees booked on to the conference closer to the date.
Over the lunchtime period, there will be 2 optional activities available to attendees:
- The Storytelling activity encourages attendees to take a walk outside whist listening to audio recordings of people’s experiences during the pandemic. As a reflective exercise, participants are encouraged to think about how these stories make them feel, how they resonate with their own experiences and to then think about the future.
- The Reflective Photo-Walk activity again encourages attendees to go outside and take pictures from their local communities that represent how they feel ‘right here, right now’.
Inputs received from attendees who participate in these activities will be used to create products after the conference that will be shared via our website and other means.
The conference is aimed at Public Health professionals working across the health sector, Local Authority and partner agency officers who work closely with public health teams, Elected Members with an interest in public health services and other academic and professional partners.
The conference has a limited number of spaces for attendees of 500, so if you would like to join us at this event please book your place through the link below as soon as possible and please feel free to pass this information on to any of your colleagues you feel may be interested.
| Document Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Lunchtime Activity - Covid Reflections | 09 December 2021 |
| Lunchtime Activity - Right Here, Right Now | 09 December 2021 |
| YH SLI Conference 2021 - Brochure | 08 December 2021 |
