In this blog, Professor Patrick Saunders brings the current webinar series to a close. Patrick was one of the founders of the CHAD/Faculty of Public Health Webinar Series and has continued to play a crucial role in the series throughout. We are hugely grateful to Patrick for all his support.
We are excited to be working on the programme for the next webinar series and will update on that soon!
The webinars are a team effort. Along with Patrick and the CHAD team, we are hugely grateful to Dr Mike Oliver who also supports the webinar series.
For further information on the webinar series, or to suggest topics for the future, please contact Fiona McCormack at: Fiona.mccormack@staffs.ac.uk
Professor Patrick Saunders
We have presented six webinars in this series covering homelessness, supporting vulnerable adults, Adult Social Care and Safeguarding, health literacy, dementia, and austerity and life expectancy.
Speakers, all experts in their respective fields, have included a range of disciplines and institutions including Kings College, Universities of Staffordshire, Bristol, and Glasgow, a senior politician and the voluntary sector. This has brought expert insight into analysis, interpretation and implementation.
Webinars have been very well supported and have generated animated and extensive discussion. At a personal level, they have all contributed to my professional CPD.
The programme is a collaboration between CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health and reflects core missions of both Institutions:
- ‘Undertake translational, applied research to improve the health and well-being of our local population and contribute to the reduction of social and health inequalities’ (CHAD)
- ‘At the heart of our vision is the belief that everyone deserves the chance to live a long and healthy life and that it is unacceptable for people’s life expectancy and health outcomes to be determined by their postcode, ethnicity or income’ (FPH)
The latter forensically and powerfully addressed by Dr David Walsh in our final webinar of this series.
These are turbulent times, politically, economically and socially, both nationally and internationally, and public health is not immune to these pressures. Being equipped with high quality evidence-based analyses and practice is vital to our shared commitment to improving health and reducing inequalities.
The team behind the webinars is exceptional and has delivered the programme with flair, imagination and a relentless focus on evidence and products to safeguard the vulnerable, improve life chances for all and reducing inequalities.
Bravo mes amis!!
