This year’s theme, Innovate, Adapt, Thrive: The Next Decade of School Nursing, reflects the agility and leadership of our profession in transforming the health and wellbeing of children and young people across the UK. This is a uniquely inclusive conference, ensuring representation beyond England to embrace perspectives from the wider UK community.

Conference Highlights:

• Hear from influential keynote speakers (names to be announced in the coming weeks!)  including leading voices from England and Scotland, and Children and Young People themselves.

• Engage with peers through structured networking and interactive breakout sessions (full list of breakout sessions to be announced soon!).

• Take part in vital conversations about mental health, safeguarding, neurodiversity, violence prevention, SENDI, LGBTQ+ and identity, body image, chronic health conditions, and more.

• Focus on your wellbeing with a chance to indulge in some time just for you with our wellbeing session. 

• Access practical takeaways and examples of best practice that you can immediately apply in your setting.

• Engage with our excellent exhibitors and have the chance to win prizes! 

• Poster displays showcasing innovation in practice

• Corporate partners including DHTS, TLM and more!

• Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid event - join us in person, or virtually, and access all the same sessions and networking opportunities. It's going to be bigger and better than 2024!

• Arrival and registration
• Welcome 
• Keynote speakers
• Break, networking, and exhibition
• Morning breakout sessions
• Sponsored presentation 
• Wellbeing session

• Lunch, networking and exhibition
• Afternoon breakout sessions
• Keynote speaker
• Children and Young People's Voice
• SAPHNA Update
• Award and Poster winners presentation

View the full agenda details here.

Join us at SAPHNA Conference 2025 and be part of the movement that’s redefining the next decade of school and public health nursing across the UK.