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Prioritising prevention: Lessons from across the UK
Event summary
This webinar will explore how the four nations are advancing preventative approaches, tackling shared challenges, and investing in better outcomes for communities.
This event is a free to attend.
Date
06 February 2025
Starts: 13:00
Ends: 16:00
Location
online
Standard price
£0.00 excl VAT
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About this event
Prevention is a key priority across the UK, with all four nations recognising the need to address inequalities at their roots. This webinar brings together experts to discuss how a preventative approach can transform health and wellbeing through policies and practices that address social, economic, and environmental determinants. Through thought-provoking sessions, we will introduce innovative thinking on prevention, discuss solutions to overcome shared barriers, and explore mechanisms for investing in prevention.
Who should attend?
This webinar is for public finance and public health professionals, policymakers, and anyone committed to advancing preventative approaches.
How will you benefit from attending?
- Understand the building blocks of health and how preventative approaches must consider social, economic, and environmental factors
- Learn practical strategies to overcome barriers such as siloed working, funding constraints, and short-termism
- Explore innovative approaches to investing in prevention and making the case for sustainable funding to support long-term outcomes
CPD hours
This carries 3 CPD hours.
Topics
- Central government
- / Financial management
- / Health and social care
- / Local government
Speaker - Zachary Scott, Policy Researcher (Prevention), CIPFA
Zachary joined CIPFA in 2023 and is currently working on the Exploring Preventative Investment in Local Government in England project, supported by the Health Foundation. Previously, he was working as a Program Specialist at the Tokyo-based Health and Global Policy Institute where he was involved in projects related to global health, universal health coverage, and biobanking. Zachary also served as a member of the UHC Expert Review Panel for the Parliamentarian Guide on UHC which provides lawmakers with tools to facilitate affordable, quality health services. He holds an MSc in Medical Anthropology from the University of Oxford and an LLB in International Public Policy from Osaka University.
Speaker - Jo Bibby, Director of Health, The Health Foundation
Jo is responsible for leading the Foundation’s Healthy Lives strategy to create the opportunities for everyone to lead a healthy life. She joined the Foundation in 2007, initially focusing on patient safety and person-centred care.
With 25 years of experience in health care, including 10 years at the Department of Health, Jo served as Head of NHS Performance, where she oversaw implementation of NHS Plan policies, and led an international quality improvement initiative at the NHS Modernisation Agency. Before joining the Foundation, Jo was the Director for the Calderdale and Kirklees Integrated Service Strategy where she led a major service reconfiguration programme to deliver improvements in quality, safety and patient experience. She is a trustee at the Centre for Homelessness Impact and from June 2021 a non-executive director at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. Jo has a PhD in Medical Biophysics.
Speaker - Mike Burns, Programme Director, Child Poverty and Prevention, Glasgow City Council
Mike is leading efforts to tackle poverty, drive prevention strategies, and reform public services. He also serves as the strategic lead for Glasgow’s Children’s Planning and Co-chairs the Children’s Service Executive Group. With over 38 years in social work and 18 years in integrated children’s services, Mike has held leadership roles, including Assistant Chief Officer for Children’s Services at Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, overseeing a £166M budget and over 2,000 staff. He has worked across six Scottish local authorities and held key roles in national child protection and early intervention initiatives.
Speaker - Paul Johnston, Chief Executive, Public Health Scotland
Prior to this role, Paul spent eight years as a member of the Executive Team and Corporate Board in the Scottish Government. His responsibilities covered many areas of social policy that impact on health. He was Director General for Education and Justice between 2015 and 2021. Paul became Director General for Communities in 2021 with responsibility for tackling child poverty, social justice, social security, housing, equality, human rights, local government and public service reform. Paul qualified as a lawyer and joined the Scottish Government in 2000, holding a range of legal and policy roles including a secondment as a Director in the UK Government.
Speaker - Jim McManus, National Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health Wales
Jim is leading over 20 prevention programmes, including initiatives on diabetes and wider health determinants like child poverty and employment. He previously served as Director of Public Health in English local authorities for 15 years and has worked across the NHS, social care, local government, and charity sectors. A Chartered Psychologist and Public Health Specialist, Jim is a Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and Bangor University. He also chairs the Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) and was President of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health.
Speaker - Vicky Davis, Director Local Government Value for Money, National Audit Office
Since April 2021, Vicky has been Director for local government value for money at the NAO. Vicky delivered the NAO’s work on Adult Social Care Markets (published in 2021) and the adult social care response to COVID-19 (published in 2020). Vicky is a chartered accountant with 20 years central government audit experience and a background in performance measurement and financial management. In her time at the NAO she has worked across a range of areas including Education, Health, Welfare, Culture, Media and Sport, cross-government and Treasury.
Speaker - Dr Eleanor Roy, Health and Social Care Policy Manager, CIPFA
Eleanor started her career in academia, completing a PhD and postdoctoral research in immunology and microbiology. In 2007, seeking a new challenge she joined the Welsh Parliament (then the National Assembly for Wales), applying her scientific rigour to the scrutiny of public finance and the evidence-base behind all aspects of government finance policy.
In 2014, she joined CIPFA on secondment as research consultant, focusing on public finance policy across the devolved nations, in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum. On returning to the Welsh Parliament she focused on constitutional change, primarily related to the devolution of finance and taxation powers.
Given her biomedical background, Eleanor has maintained an interest in health and care, and in 2018, she returned to CIFPA to finally combine this with her experience of public finance policy, taking on the role of Health and Social Care Policy Manager. She leads on CIPFA’s policy work in this area, with particular interest in investment in prevention, social care funding reform and integration of health and care.