CANDDID Conference 2025

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CANDDID Conference 2025

Join us at this years CANDDID Conference on Friday 14^th March 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chester.

This year's focus: Health Inequalities and Neurodevelopmental Conditions.

Help shape the future of research, education and training with experts in the field.

For further information please visit www.canddid.nhs.uk/conf25

Confirmed topics include:

Access to healthcare for disabled children from under-served and under-represented communities;

Health inequalities and neurodiversity, and also intellectual disability, in the context of intersectionality;

Reducing mental health inequalities in autistic children and young people by improving access to therapeutic interventions

Strategies to support access to A&E for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.

If you have any questions, please email cwp.canddid@nhs.net.

Tickets and Pricing

Pricing Structure:

Standard : £175

Student: £120

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership Staff: £150.00

People with Lived Experience or Use Our Services: £25 - SOLD OUT

If you work for CWP please check whether you have a funded place before you register!

Agenda

Conference Programme

Preliminary programme - subject to change

08.30 – 09:15	Registration and refreshments
09:15 – 09:30	Welcome and Introductions Isla Wilson Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
9.30 - 11.00	KEYNOTE SESSION 1 Chair: Dr Anjan Mandara Strategic Clinical Director, Children and Young People Services Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
09:30 – 10:00	KN1 Access to health and social care for children and young people with special educational needs and disability: reality and ways forward Dr Christine Wee Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Cheshire ADHD and Autism (AAT) Director of Medical Education (Undergraduate) Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Chester
10:00 – 10:30	KN2 Why are people with neurodevelopmental conditions at risk of health inequalities? *Dr Christine Nightingale* Associate Professor School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health University of Suffolk
10:30 – 11:00	KN3 Access to healthcare for those from under-served and under-represented communities in the Northwest Prof Lucy Bray Professor of Child Health Literacy Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine Edge Hill University
11:00 – 11:30	Refreshments and Poster Viewing
11:30 – 12.30	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1
Seminar 1	Reducing health inequalities in children with special educational needs and disability: a public health perspective Dr Susan Roberts Consultant in Public Health Cheshire East Council *Chair: Maddy Lowry*
Seminar 2	Reducing mental health inequalities in autistic children and young people by improving access to therapeutic interventions Prof Vicky Karkou Professor of Art and Wellbeing Director of the Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing Edge Hill University *Chair: Lisa Thompson*
Seminar 3	Co-production with underserved communities in research to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities Joann Kiernan, Mary Mulvey-Oates, Kayla Sellors Autistic Communication Tool (A.C.T.) for use in primary healthcare interactions: a participatory research project *Dr Jennifer Kirton* Post-doctoral research associate, Primary care and mental health, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool *Chair: Danny Acton*
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch and Poster Viewing
13.30 – 14.30	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2
Seminar 4	Strategies to support access to A&E for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions Ben Toan, Louise Smith Clinical Lead, Urgent Support Team for CYP Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust *Chair: Dr Ceri Woodrow*
Seminar 5	Bringing services to the community: Early learning from the Radway Estate Project Lucie Fernyhough, Kirsty Brudenell and others Cheshire East Council, Cheshire East Parent Carer Forum and the Family Hub Team *Chair: Dr Christine Wee*
Seminar 6	Addressing Respiratory Health Inequalities for People with Learning Disabilities from Minoritised Ethnic Communities in Lancashire Tracey Hartley-Smith Nurse Consultant, LSCFT Menopause and women with intellectual disability Kirstyn Mackay Senior Community Nurse and Specialist Health Facilitator *Chair: Rachel Mills*
14.30 – 15.00	Refreshments and Poster Viewing
15:00 - 16:30	KEYNOTE SESSION 2 Chair: Prof Sara Ryan Professor of Social Care, Department of Social Care and Social Work Manchester Metropolitan University
15:00 – 15:30	KN4 Avoidable mortality and health inequalities in autistic people Dr Ewelina Rydzewska-Fazekas Lecturer in Health Futures, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Programme Coordinator for MSc in Planetary Health University of Edinburgh
15:30 – 16:00	KN5 Barriers to healthcare for people with intellectual disability from ethnic backgrounds Prof Umesh Chauhan Professor of Primary Care University of Central Lancashire GP Partner at Pendle View Medical Centre, Lancashire
16:00 – 16:30	KN6 (Virtual) Intersectionality and neurodiversity: impact of health inequalities Dr Monique Botha Associate Professor in Social and Developmental Psychology Durham University
16:30 – 16:45	Closing remarks Prof Sujeet Jaydeokar Consultant Psychiatrist, and Strategic Clinical Director Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Visiting Professor at University of Chester
16:45	End of meeting

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