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The Power of Us: Partnering to shape a healthier future for all

  • Type: Event
  • Date: 05/11/2025 at 9:30am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel Beardmore Street, Clydebank Glasgow, G81 4SA
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Join a one-day national learning event that celebrates a decade of health and social care integration in Scotland.

Ten years on from landmark legislation to integrate health and social care in Scotland, we have much to learn from what has worked – and what has not worked. Enhanced community services and new ways of working are making an impact but promising preventative practices frequently seem overwhelmed in the face of financial or workforce pressures and rising demands for elective and urgent care.

Join us for this one-day national learning event that will bring together healthcare, social care, housing, third sector, independent sector and community planning partners at a milestone for integration joint boards and their partners.

Image reading '10 years Partnering to Shape Healthier Future for All. The power of US. 5 November 2025 Clydebank, Glasgow. Celebrating a Decade of Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland.'

Interactive sessions will align with the 2025-2035 Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework and with Delivering for Scotland, the new Public Sector Reform Strategy  that builds on the ambitions of Christie and aims to put people and relationships first through:

  • Prevention, earlier intervention and proactive care and support
  • Place-based leadership and partnering for population health equity
  • People-powered, rights based and community-led support
  • Digital solutions for wellbeing   

Delegates will:

  • participate in a blend of on-site and hybrid sessions;
  • share learning on local innovations;
  • hear from people who have lived experience of integrated care and support;
  • engage with system leaders who are collaborating to create health equity;
  • connect to lever mutual opportunities for transformative change; and
  • build confidence for taking collective action to improve lives.   

Book your place at the conference. Registration closes on 5pm, 24 October 2025.

Agenda

8:45 – 9:30Central Plaza for Registration, coffee and networking
9:30 – 10:15Session 1: Welcome from IFIC Scotland partners                                                         Arcoona
Reflecting on progress and actions to pick up the pace of change.

Anne Hendry, Director, IFIC Scotland, in conversation with  
– Tim Eltringham, Chief Officer, South Ayrshire HSCP  
– Ron Culley, CEO Quarriers
– Dr Marianne McCallum, University of Glasgow and GP Deep End Scotland
– Margaret Moncrieff, IJB Lived experience representative
– Prof Robin Miller, University of Birmingham 

Introducing ICIC26:  April 13-15 2026
Fiona Lyne, Director of Communications, IFIC
10:15 – 10:20Transition to Session 2:
Hybrid ‘Home and Away’ session 2A in Arcoona or choice of 4 breakout workshops
10:20 – 11:20Session 2  
Moving upstream: prevention,  early intervention and proactive care
2A: Proactive primary care in Scotland and beyond – Arcoona 
Chair – Lorna Kelly, National Strategic Lead for Primary Care, Health and Social Care Scotland with Alexie Pellow, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, and Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Senior Researcher, IFIC.                                                                                                                                               
 
2B: Data driven system coordination for urgent and emergency care – Inspiration 2/3
Scott Parker, Director of Customer Success, VitalHub UK
Kevin Cairney, Deputy Director of Operations, National iUEC
Paul Vinters – Senior UEC Operations Manager, National iUEC
 
2C: Accelerating Digital Innovation for care and wellbeing: Priorities and opportunities for Scotland – Cameronia
Prof Margaret Whoriskey and Marlene Harkis, DHI and Moray Rural Centre for Excellence

2D:  Living well, Ageing well – The Studio
Chair Billy McClean with Phil White, S Ayrshire HSCP, and Alison McGrory and Linda Currie, Argyll & Bute HSCP   

2E:  Self Management showcase – Creation
Led by Margaret Reid Arbuckle, the ALLIANCE  
11:20 – 11:45Refreshments in Central Plaza
Transition to Session 3
Hybrid ‘Home and Away’ session 3A in Arcoona or choice of 4 breakout workshops
11:45 – 12:45Session 3
Place and Neighbourhood Matters
3A Nurturing Caring Neighbourhoods – lessons from international examples – Arcoona
Led by Alison Bunce, Compassionate Inverclyde with Isabelle Vanvreckem, Flanders

3B From System Failure to Human Impact: Why Radical Place Leadership Matters. – Inspiration 2/3
Led by Andrew Laird and Sophie Coles, Mutual Ventures 

3C Professional Curiosity across levels of practice, building the picture of what good looks like – Cameronia
Led by Grace Robertson, Iriss.                                                       
                     
3D Shifting the Balance of Care – The Studio  
Chair Christine Jack with Joanna McDonald, Clackmannanshire & Stirling HSCP and Gail Woodcock, Falkirk HSCP                                                             
                                  
3E New frontiers for link workers and community connectors – Creation
Roseann Logan, the ALLIANCE; Mandy Andrew and Rhiann Mclean,  IMPACT                                                                                           
12:45 – 13:30Buffet lunch served in Beardmore Restaurant
Networking in Central Plaza  
Hybrid ‘Home and Away’ session 4A in Arcoona or choice of 4 breakout workshops
13:30 – 14:30Session 4
People powered, rights based care and support
4A   Shifting Power to people and communities. ALLIANCE Lived Experience network with IFIC Canada – Arcoona
Chairs – Kerry Ritchie, Catherine Donnelly, Fiona Lyne

4B  Investing in People and Wellbeing: The Heart of Good practice and Value – Inspiration 2/3 
NDTi with examples from the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire HSCPs     
                         
4C   Ethical Commissioning – Cameronia
Fraser Smith, Scottish Care and Fiona Kane, Partners for Integration lead D&G                          

4D Cultures and Leadership for Integration and Transformation – The Studio 
Prof Stephen Gibb and Helen Rainey, UWS and Prof Aine Carroll, IFIC Ireland

4E GIRFE: Scotland’s adult practice model – Creation 
Led by Grant Laidlaw, Scottish Government with examples from HSCPs
14:30 – 14:50Comfort break
Transition to Session 5: Final plenary
14:50 – 16:00Session 5: Leadership to shift the dial on health equity                                             Arcoona
Chair: Katharine Ross, Senior Health & Social Care Integration Lead, NHS National Services Scotland
 
Presentation by Andrew Laird, CEO Mutual Ventures

Panel discussion with
Billy McClean, Chief Officer, Renfrewshire HSCP   
Connie Hendry, Future Workforce Policy Lead, Scottish Government
Sara Redmond, Chief Officer, the ALLIANCE
Helen Howson, Director, Bevan Commission, Wales
Aine Carroll, IFIC Chair and Director IFIC Ireland
16:00
 
Thanks and Close    Anne Hendry

Event sponsors

Mutual Ventures
National Development Team for Inclusion
VitalHub UK

Knowledge partners

Iriss
Health and Social Care Scotland
Socialudo

Resources:

The Power of Us: Speaker biographies (WORD)
Download Word Document (38 KB)

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