Stronger together: Advocating for ourselves and others

LNNM 2024 Conference Report

On Friday 21st June, around 170 inclusion health nurses, midwives, other homelenessness and health professionals and people with lived experience gathered together for  LNNM’s 8th Annual conference.

The theme ‘Stronger together: advocating for ourselves and others’ considered the effects on the wellbeing of inclusion health professionals when working in situations where the system is failing, and can be done to support each other.

The report is a write up of the topics, discussions and presentations from the conference and includes a set recommendations for decision makers.

Report on three LNNM Safeguarding Masterclasses

February 2025

In 2023 the LNNM received funds from NHS England (London Region) to further its work looking at the effective safeguarding of people experiencing homelessness who self-neglect.

The fund was granted to cover two pieces of work:

• The production of targeted guidance (see below), based on the experiences of group members with voluntary review by experts
• The subsequent running of 3 Safeguarding Masterclasses

This report focuses primarily on feeding back on the work of the 3 safeguarding Masterclasses delivered between 2023 and 2024.

Organisational Neglect: Where is the line?

LNNM Conference Report, Published October 2023

Organisational Neglect (sometimes referred to as institutional abuse) is neglect and poor care practice within an institution or specific care setting such as a hospital or hostels. This can range from a one-off incident to on-going ill-treatment.

This report follows from our last conference where we discussed failures in responding to self-neglect.  It is a write up of the topics and issues discussed at this year’s conference where we asked “Organisational Neglect: where is the line?’.

The Executive Summary can be downloaded here.

Annual report April 2022 – March 2023

Our annual report, containing a summary of our events, publications and achievements over the year.

Identifying and working with Self-Neglect in people experiencing homelessness

Published July 2023

Self-neglect is complex, and commonly written off as a ‘lifestyle choice’. This guidance supports practitioners to tackle discrimination, and work effectively alongside safeguarding services to respond effectively. Reviewed by multiple key experts in the field it has lots of practical tips for addressing common barriers that practitioners face when advocating for their clients. The LNNM hopes it will reduce stress and burn out by improving practitioner confidence to tackle this very challenging issue.

Making Sense of Self Neglect

Published September 2022

A report from the 6th Conference of the London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group, held on 1st April 2022.

Annual report April 2021 – March 2022

Published March 2022

Our annual report, containing a summary of our events, publications and achievements over the year.

Service Development in Inclusion Health Practice

Published March 2022

A guide to service development in Inclusion Health written by senior clinicians and including case studies and advice

Guidelines for supporting autistic clients in inclusion health work

Published July 2021

A guide to supporting autistic people in inclusion health settings

Nurses and Midwives Working in Inclusion Health – A Guide to the Sector for Students

Published May 2021

Inclusion health career profiles, published to accompany our event for students interested in inclusion health work.

Health Related Street Outreach Guidance

Published January 2021

Guidance on Health Related Street Outreach, containing case studies the results of a research project and advice around best practice from expert clinicians and people with lived experience.

Report from our COVID-19 symposium, ‘The Voice of the Inclusion Health Frontline’

Published January 2021

A summary of our symposium on our members experiences during the first nine months of COVID-19. What has changed, and what changes do we want to hold on to? And how can we advocate around the barriers we found ourselves facing?