PROGRAMME
10.30 Welcome - Dr Anne Dee
10.45 Opening Speech The Mayor of Limerick - John Moran
11.00 Session 1 – Closing the Gap on Inequalities in Health
Health Inequalities and the Social Determinants of Health – Prof Diarmuid O’Donovan, Director of National Health Improvement, HSE
Breaking the Cycle of Child Poverty in Ireland - Ms Tanya Ward, CEO Children’s Rights Alliance
Addressing Inequalities to the Mid-West - Dr Mai Mannix, Regional Director of Public Health Mid-West
12.30 Session 2 - Reframing the Narrative on Inequality
Senator Lynn Ruane, Independent
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00 Session 3 - Delivering Health Care on the Margins
Delivering GP care at the Deep End - Dr Patrick O’Donnell GP
Healthcare for Children on the Margins - Dr Siobhan Neville, Consultant Paediatrician, UHL
14.45 Session 4 – Overcoming Addiction and Homelessness – the Road to Recovery
Ms Stacey Quinn and Ms Julie McKenna of Novas talk about the patient’s experience of addiction and homelessness and the valuable support provided by organisations such as Novas on the road to recovery.
15.15-15.30 Close of Conference – Dr Anne Dee