Serious accidental injury is a significant health issue that often gets overlooked. RoSPA’s 2019 National Home Safety Congress will consider step change in the delivery of evidence-based accident prevention programmes. It will look at new approaches and good practice in child safety and the safety of older people in the home. This will range from core principles of valuing quality of life to evaluating the effectiveness of strategies and programmes. The congress will benefit anyone who works within public health.
This year’s venue, The National Space Centre in Leicester is conveniently placed, with excellent road, rail and airport connections.
Programme
09:30 Registration, refreshments and networking
10:00 Welcome and introduction from the Chair
Errol Taylor, Chief Executive, RoSPA
10:05 Session to be confirmed
10:35 Safe and Active at all ages: A national strategy to prevent serious accidental injuries in England
Errol Taylor, Chief Executive, RoSPA
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What is NAPS?
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Why is it needed?
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Key recommendations to protect those most vulnerable in the home
11:05 Building Safer Communities in Scotland
David McGown, Assistant Chief Officer, and Director, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service
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The national assessment of harm and injury
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A partnership approach
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Next steps - making a difference
11:35 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
Track 1: Child in the home
11:55 How to give safety messages to children
Dr Elizabeth Kilbey, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Information about children’s development and how this affects their understanding of safety
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How parents can think about safety messaging
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How to engage young people to reduce risk
12:25 Home Free: A report on children’s views on safety in the home
Elizabeth Lumsden, Community Safety Manager (Scotland), RoSPA
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Children have the right to be safe
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Children should be listened to
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Children respect the advice of a trusted adult
Track 2: Older people in the home
11:55 Vison and falls prevention
Daniel MacIntyre, Population Health Services Manager, Public Health England
12:25 An overview of the Healthy Ageing Research Group's work around falls prevention and ageing well
Dr Helen Hawley-Hague, NIHR Research Fellow, University of Manchester
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The implementation of evidence-based strength and balance programmes in practice
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The role of smartphone/smartwatch in supporting older adults to remain active (PreventIT/Together trial)
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Exergames and gamification and falls prevention.
12:55 Lunch, exhibition and networking
Track 1: Child in the home
13:55 Carrying low birth weight babies in cars – the national picture revealed
Nick Lloyd, Acting Head of Road Safety, RoSPA
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The latest research on carrying low birth weight babies, including advice on how long they should be left in a car seat
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The car seat challenge – what it is? And what’s the national picture?
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Advice for parents and health practitioners when carrying low birth weight babies
14:25 Working together to promote home safety: The Stay One Step Ahead project
University of Nottingham
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The Stay One Step Ahead project aims to systematically provide evidence-based home safety promotion to prevent child injuries and evaluate its effectiveness.
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The evidence-based home safety promotion programme was co-produced by practitioners, parents, organisations with a role in child injury prevention and researchers.
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The project is being evaluated using data from parent and practitioner surveys and interviews, data on service provision, emergency department attendances and hospital admissions and economic measures. Early indications are that the project is having a positive impact
Track 2: Older people in the home
13:55 Implementing the Falls Management Exercise Programme; an evidence-based toolkit for commissioners and providers
Dr Elizabeth Orton, Associate Professor and Consultant in Public Health, University of Nottingham
14:25 Session to be confirmed
14:55 Session to be confirmed
15:25 Close
Venue
RoSPA’s Home Safety Congress will take place at the National Space Centre in Leicester.
Location
National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
LE4 5NS
Getting to the Event
Travel by road
The National Space Centre is located just off the A6, two miles north of Leicester City Centre, midway between Leicester’s inner and outer ring roads.
Brown road signs with a distinctive rocket logo will direct you from the arterial routes around Leicester.
They have over 400 parking spaces in our car park, including 23 enhanced accessibility spaces, which is free of charge to delegates. Please contact events@rospa.com for a parking permit.
Travel by rail
East Midland Trains and Cross Country Trains serve Leicester Station. From here you can either take a bus or a taxi to the National Space Centre.
First bus 54 runs every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 20 minutes on Sunday from Charles Street, a short walk from the station.
For further travel information please visit https://spacecentre.co.uk/visit/#mapsSection.
Who Should Attend?
The event is aimed at anyone who works with children and young families or involved in strategic planning for child injury prevention. It is also relevant to injury prevention and home safety practitioners, public health officers, fire service staff, council officers from within children's services, housing, adult social care, environmental health and trading standards teams, third sector and charity workers with an interest in home safety for older people and children in particular.
Past attendees include:
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Home safety officers
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Accident prevention officers
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Health visitors
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Primary care teams
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Environmental health officers
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Housing officers
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Fire prevention managers
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Police officers
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Home check officers
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Housing associations
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Home improvement agencies
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Elected members
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Safety product managers
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Community practitioners
Prices
This congress is free of charge.
Booking Information
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