The BHMA is forty years old (1984-2024): where will healthcare go next?
This is a hybrid conference see below for more details.
Our Autumn celebration will bring together BHMA founders, today’s activists, creatives, innovators and the upcoming generation of change agents.
We will be
- Appreciating holistic developments and healthcare at its best
- Sharing concerns about current problems and the challenges ahead
- Seeing with new eyes: turbulent times as opportunities for creative change
- Considering how to act for ‘deep adaptation’ both personally and collectively
Knowing that health, social justice and climate justice are intertwined, a more sustainable and compassionate approach to health and social care is possible. But first we need to tell new stories. Because everywhere, industrial medical systems face entwining crises of cash, care, cure and commitment. Burnout is widespread. It’s clear our ways of thinking about humankind, planetary health and healthcare need to change.
Obsolete narratives hold us in the past: redundant systems stagger on until better ones arise. Creativity and innovation are already transforming how we think about, teach and practice healthcare. The future – though it’s unevenly distributed – is already here.
Draft Programme for the in-person event at Penny Brohn UK:
| Time | Event | Speaker |
| 930 | Arrive & refreshments | |
| 1000 | WELCOME | Dr Antonia Wrigley |
| 1005 | Morning keynote – BHMA origins and relevance today | Prof Peter Reason |
| 1035 | The struggle to innovate in the NHS | TBC |
| 1105 | Social Prescribing. The Frome project | Dr Tim Rigg |
| 1135 | Refreshments & movement | |
| 1200 | Developing holistic medical education & sustainability | Prof Trevor Thompson |
| 1230 | Integrative Medicine | Dr Elizabeth Thompson |
| 1300 | LUNCH – Soup & Salad | |
| 1400 | BREAKOUTS (experiential and practical) | |
| . Practical Resilience with meditation & chair yoga | Prof David Peters & Dr Thuli Whitehouse | |
| · Student session | Prof Louise Younie | |
| · TBC | ||
| Art display throughout | ||
| 1445 | The WEL project for chronic disease | Dr David Reilly |
| 1515 | Practitioners & students how can we start flourishing | Prof Louise Younie |
| 1545 | World Cafe – move around 7 tables with one presentation topic on each + refreshments | |
| 1715 | Plenary and takeaways | |
| 1735 | We need a new story & closing thoughts | Prof David Peters & Prof Paul Thomas |
| 1800 | End of conference | |
| 1810 | Short AGM with appointment of new trustees | BHMA Members |
| 1830 | Reception and fellowship awards | |
| 1900 | Dinner (with a short entertainment by our patron) | TBC |
| 2000 | Address | TBC |
| 2100 | End and networking |
| Price Category | Price |
| In-Person – go to bookings page | |
| Early Bird & Member rate (until May 5th or sold out) | £75 |
| Student | £25 |
| Standard | £95 |
| Donor | £120 |
| Live Stream – go to bookings page | |
| BHMA Members (password in newsletter & MN) | £40 |
| Early Bird (+ reduced price options for 2) | £50 |
| Student (+ reduced price options for 2) | £15 |
| Standard | £70 |
| Donor | £100 |