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
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.
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 – 9:30 | Central Plaza for Registration, coffee and networking |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Session 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 – 10:20 | Transition to Session 2: Hybrid ‘Home and Away’ session 2A in Arcoona or choice of 4 breakout workshops |
| 10:20 – 11:20 | Session 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 – 11:45 | Refreshments in Central Plaza Transition to Session 3 Hybrid ‘Home and Away’ session 3A in Arcoona or choice of 4 breakout workshops |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Session 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 – 13:30 | Buffet 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 – 14:30 | Session 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 – 14:50 | Comfort break Transition to Session 5: Final plenary |
| 14:50 – 16:00 | Session 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 |
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