CLCH - Homeless Health Conference 2026
Schedule
Fri Mar 27 2026 at 08:30 am to 05:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
CLCH Academy | London, EN
About this Event
This conference will look at how trauma effects people into adulthood often resulting in substance use, impacting negatively on mental health and physical wellbeing.
Begin to understand housing pathways and why the number of people sleeping rough are increasing.
Recognising stigma and trauma, and how they impact people’s ability to meaningfully engage with health services.
We aim to help people understand the importance of people with lived experience working alongside health and social care teams to develop services and improve engagement.
Understand the importance of safeguarding when working with people experiencing homelessness.
Please arrive for registration and coffee at 8.30. Lunch will be provided but there are many local shops and cafes available.
Agenda
08:30 – 09:00
Registration, Tea/Coffee
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome – CLCH Homeless Health Service
Anne McBrearty
Nurse Consultant Homeless Health service
09:15 – 10:00
Overview of Homelessness and Routes off the Street
Marie O’Donoghue (Lead Nurse Westminster), St Mungos Outreach Service
10:00 – 10:45
Addressing Stigma, the Voice of EbE, Language Matters
Groundswell
10:45 – 11:00
Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30
Commissioning: Rough Sleeping Strategy
HH Expert
11:30 – 12:30
Mental and Psychological Health
Dan Davies, John Conolly Homeless Health Counselling Service
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch (Provided)
13:00 – 14:00
Physical Health, Frailty, Severe Multiple Disadvantage
Dr Natalie Miller (Lead GP, Great Chapel St Medical Centre), Moya Forsythe, Dianne Vigilance (Homeless Health Nurse Practitioners)
14:00 – 14:10
Spoken Word
Helena Stobbart
14:10 – 15:10
Substance Use
Ray O’Brien (Turning Point), Amie Reid (Lead Nurse Out of Hospital Care), Sigrid Jensen (Homeless Health Nurse Practitioner)
15:10 – 15:25
Tea/Coffee Break
15:25 – 16:10
Safeguarding and Homelessness
Clare Gray (Named Professional Adult Safeguarding & MCA Lead, Inner North West Division), Anne McBrearty (Nurse Consultant, Homeless Health Service)
16:10 – 16:55
Expert Panel Q&A
Panel
Where is it happening?
CLCH Academy, 3rd Floor, Soho Centre for Health, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 50.00
