The iHV offers a range of learning and networking opportunities to support continuous professional development, knowledge exchange, policy influence and the spreading of excellence in practice. Take a look at the wide range of iHV Insights, Forums, Networking and Special Interest Groups available.
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Events
Insights Webinars
iHV Insights webinars are one-hour sessions focused on key contemporary topics in health visiting, to support continuing professional development (CPD). Each webinar provides learning opportunities to hear from and ask questions of a panel of leading experts in their field.
iHV PIMH Champions Forums
The iHV Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Forums were established with the aim of sustaining the confidence, competence and motivation of the iHV PIMH Champions.
Networking
Research Networking
🔒 Member-only
Join our research networking events to stay informed about health visiting research and national developments, share experiences, and connect with colleagues across the UK.
Practice Education Networking
🔒 Member-only
These networking events provide dedicated space for iHV members with a passion for health visitor education.
iHV Corporate Service Leads Networking
🔒 Corporate Members only
The iHV Corporate Service Leads Networking Group is a vibrant community, established to provide an opportunity for health visiting service leads from across the UK to connect with each other, and the iHV, as we look to shape excellence in health visiting together.
SCPHN Student Health Visitor Networking
🔒 Student Members only
Designed for SCPHN students and newly qualified health visitors, these sessions offer a space to connect, share experiences, and learn together.
Retired Health Visitor Networking
🔒 Retired Members only
Once a health visitor – always a health visitor! Stay connected through our retired iHV members network - an inclusive space to share experience, maintain professional identity, and support the health visiting profession.
Groups
iHV Health Visiting Advisory Forum (HVAF)
🔒 Member-only
The iHV Health Visiting Advisory Forum brings frontline health visiting expertise together to shape policy, quality, and innovation across iHV’s work.
Special Interest Group - Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
🔒 Member-only
We believe SEND is everyone’s responsibility. Our SEND Special Interest Group (SIG) brings together health visitors in SEND roles - or with a strong interest in SEND - to improve services for families.
Special Interest Group - Specialist Health Visitors in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (Sp HV PIMH)
🔒 Member-only
We believe that there’s ‘no health without mental health’. Our Sp HV PIMH Special Interest Group (SIG) brings together members who are currently employed as a specialist, undertaking additional educational, strategic, consultative, supervisory or clinical roles in relation to perinatal and infant mental health within their organisation.