Bi/Pansexual Health Hackathon 2016

Join us to help bring together Bi/Pansexual People with lived experience of clinical care and Healthcare Professionals to develop a shared understanding of existing health inequalities and a broader perspective of their diverse identities and social experiences across health services.

The day will provide an emmersive environment to help synchronise across all involved the experiences and health inequalities that exist and generate a collective conciousness of the challenges experienced by Bi/Pansexual people accessing health services. Through the use of creative technology, visual tools and inspirational voices delegates will be encouraged to help download their shared inclusive conciousness to empower a network of healthcare advocates championing Bi/Pansexual healthcare issues in their own local services.

Speakers & Event Partners Include:

• Central Manchester University Hospotals NHS Foundation Trust

• University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

• Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

• Wigan Clinical Commissioning Group

• Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups

• LGBT Foundation

• LGBT Cancer Support Alliance

• University of Lincoln

What will you learn?

• Specific Bi/Pansexual health inequalities

• Understanding of a broader range of intersectional identities and social experiences

• Hear real life stories and health journeys of Bi/Pansexual people

• How to engage and communicate positively with Bi/Pansexual patients

• How to communicate with other professional colleagues the specific barriers to care and disparity in experiences Bi/Pansexual patients can have.

What will we achieve?

• A group of empowered healthcare voices to directly champion needs of Bi/Pansexual patients

• Establish a relationship of trust and future engagement between healthcare organisations, professionals and the Bi/Pansexual Community

• A visual product that shares the learning and experiences of both healthcare professionals and Bi/Pansexual people with healthcare staff across the UK.

• An opportunity for specific networking bringing Bi/Pansexual people with specific experiences of care into contact with specialist clinicians allowing the development of future partnership work to occur.

Who Should Attend?

• Consultants, Medical Staff, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

• Medical, Nursing and Healthcare students

• Commissioners and Clinical Leads across NHS, Third and Private sector organisations

• Community engagement and partnership specialists

• Diversity & Inclusion Professionals

• Bi/Pansexual People interested in improving health care services

There will be an extended lunch period breaking up the day to allow delegates to take advantage of the numerous outlets based on and around the Central Manchester Hospitals site for lunch and refreshements. (For lived experience speakers there will be a limited number of support grants available to take part in the event)