Building Healthy Communities - by scaling up innovation, support and transforming housing, health and care

MIAA in partnership with ADASS and Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership

Date: Wednesday 2nd May 2018 Time: 09:30 – 15:30, lunch provided

Venue: Barnes Wallis Conference Room, Manchester University Sackville St Campus

Speakers: Danny McDonnell, Strategy Programme Manager, NHS England, Neil Revely, Co Chair ADASS Housing Policy Network, Jeremy Porteus, Managing Director, Housing LIN, Sara McKee, Founder & Market Innovation Director, Evermore, Stuart Cowley, Director for Adult Social Care and Health, Wigan Council, Tricia Grierson, Head of Independent Living, Johnnie Johnson Housing.

This is our third health and housing focused event which aims to help promote and understand the benefits of health, housing and social care working in partnership. We will learn from experts and those in the field on the issues and challenges they face as they introduce innovation and change and Identify how partners can scale up innovation to create healthy places and build healthy communities in their own settings.

Programme facilitated by Jeremy Porteus, Managing Director, Housing LIN includes:

Healthy New Towns

Danny leads on the engagement and spread of the Healthy New Towns programme. Hear how the programme shapes the health of communities and rethinks how health and care can be delivered providing an opportunity to unite public health, NHS providers and commissioners, planning and housing development to plan and build healthier places.

Danny McDonnell, Strategy Programme Manager, NHS England

Health and Housing at scale

An opportunity to hear how integrating health, housing and care is actually making a difference in the design of healthier places to live through Extra Care, Supported living etc.

Neil Revely, Co Chair ADASS Housing Policy Network

Starting a Revolution

Evermore has designed a new model in retirement living for older people who are on their own and finding it increasingly difficult to cope without help. Evermore provides a household environment that encourages older people to live happily by giving them independence, personal choice and control.

Sara McKee, Founder & Market Innovation Director, Evermore

Partnerships in action

Showcasing the innovation and partnerships in action at JJ Housing who have lead pioneering studies with a number of academic Institutions and agencies and are leading the way with Telecare.

Tricia Grierson, Head of Independent Living, Johnnie Johnson Housing

Greater Manchester Vision for supported housing

Setting out the vision for supported housing across Greater Manchester in the context of adult social care transformation.

Stuart Cowley, Director for Adult Social Care and Health, Wigan Council
Stuart has had a significant role in the development of the Greater Manchester partnership working for health and wellbeing, as well as leading the commissioning for social care, health and wellbeing and the implementation of the new health and wellbeing board at Wigan Council. Stuart is also the North West Regional chair for ADASS.

Closing Address: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
Andy was elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2017. Prior to this he was MP for Leigh from 2001. In government, Andy has held Ministerial positions at the Home Office, Department of Health and the Treasury. In 2008 he became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, before returning to Health as Secretary of State in 2009. In opposition, Andy has served as Shadow Education Secretary, Shadow Health Secretary and Shadow Home Secretary.