Annual Health Conference 2025: Putting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at the heart of health services for children in care

We are delighted to invite you to this year’s CoramBAAF Annual Health Conference. Book now to join us on 30 June 2025 at Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ. 

The annual health conference is a key event in the calendar of medical advisers, doctors and nurses working with care experienced and adopted children. It is a conference that brings together practice and ideas that are current, relevant to you, and which matter. Join us for an engaging event designed to inform and connect health professionals from across the country.  

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

• Participants will be able to apply an EDI lens to their own area of practice and health services for children in care. This includes ensuring health services are accessible, engaging, and responsive to individual needs 
• Enable health professionals to reflect on their understanding of identity, complex identities and intersectionality 
• Attendees can describe how personal characteristics such as race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, gender and sexual orientation, may impact health, experience of health care and care experience 

CHAIR/S

Dr Michelle Bond, Named Doctor for Children in Care Brighton and Hove, and Chair of CoramBAAF Health Advisory Committee 

Cathy Jermey, Designated Nurse for Children in Care and Care Leavers, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board

PRESENTERS 

Dr Claire Baker, Senior Practice Adviser, Coram Voice

Dr Stacey John-Legere, Consultant Community Paediatrician, NHS South East London

Katie Gilbert, Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Children in Care, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Allison Ward, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Mandeep Sahejpal, Independent Social Work Consultant

Emma Fincham, Fostering Consultant, CoramBAAF

Dr Vicki Walker, Designated Doctor Looked After Children, Nottinghamshire, and RCPCH Assistant Officer for Child Protection

Dr Lynn Snow, Designated Doctor Looked After Children, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Augusta Itua, Legal Consultant, CoramBAAF, and Chair of the Racial Family Justice Network

PROGRAMME

9.30am - 10.00am | Registration

Check in with our team, say hello to colleagues and have a tea or coffee

10.00am | Welcome

Michelle Bell, Head of Member Services and Engagement and Interim Managing Director, CoramBAAF

Keynote Address 

TBC

Disability, Disparity, and Demand: The numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability or long-term condition

Dr Claire Baker, Coram Voice

Refreshment break - CoramBAAF Bookshop, poster presentations and networking 

Refreshments in the reception area and browse our bookstall and poster presentations.

Insights into an Autism and related disorders clinic jointly run by NHS and Children's Social Care Services

Dr Stacey John-Legere, Consultant Community Paediatrician, NHS South East London

A quality improvement project considering the health outcomes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), with specific attention to immunisations

Katie Gilbert and Lydia Rawe, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Workshops round one

Delegates will attend the first of their chosen workshops listed below

LUNCH

Food and refreshments will be available in the reception area. This will be another opportunity to browse the bookstall and posters

Workshops round two

Delegates will attend the second of their chosen workshops listed below

COMFORT BREAK

'A comprehensive service, available to all': What makes for equitable and accessible health care? 

A chance for our audience to put their questions to a panel of experts by experience and hear their vision for more equitable, diverse and inclusive health services

WORKSHOPS

Delegates will have a choice of two of the four workshops listed below.

Workshop one | Getting healthcare right for young people seeking sanctuary in the UK - Access, engagement and coproduction

Dr Allison Ward, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Workshop two | The importance of language when writing about care-experienced children and young people

Mandeep Sahejpal, Independent Consultant, and Emma Fincham, CoramBAAF

Workshop three | Equality, diversity and inclusion: A golden thread in quality Initial Health Assessments (IHA)

Dr Vicki Walker, Nottinghamshire NHS, and Dr Lynn Snow, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Workshop four | Accessing records and files for care experienced children and young people in health

Augusta Itua, Legal Consultant, CoramBAAF

WHY ATTEND? 

• Grow your network: Connect with health and social care professionals who share your passion for improving outcomes for children and families
• Improve your skills: Gain fresh insights to take your practice to the next level in supporting children’s health and well-being
• Stay informed: Keep up with the latest trends and developments in child health 

FEES    

Early bird sale until 31 March 2025 23.59pm. Discounts will be applied at checkout.  

Full or associate CoramBAAF member £172.80 + £34.56 - 207.36 

Individual CoramBAAF member £152.80 + £30.56 - £183.36 

Non-member £240 + £48 VAT - £288  

Prices from 1 April 2025 00.00am   

Full or associate CoramBAAF member £216 + £43.20 VAT - Total £259.20     

Individual CoramBAAF member £191 + £38.20 VAT - Total £229.20     

Non-member £300 + £60 VAT - Total £360    

VENUE    

Coram Campus (QEII Conference Centre)    
41 Brunswick Square

London, WC1N 1AZ    

CONTACT     

If you have access and/or dietary requirements, please click the left-hand bar at the checkout to let us know. Alternatively, contact us by email.    

You will receive a booking confirmation within 7 days of booking your place. If you have not received a booking confirmation after this period please contact using the below address.

Email events@corambaaf.org.uk