{"id":16524,"date":"2025-09-15T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmc.ch\/?p=16524"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:49:23","slug":"26e-conference-internationale-sur-les-soins-integres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmc.ch\/fr\/26th-international-conference-on-integrated-care\/","title":{"rendered":"26th International Conference on Integrated Care | 13-15 April 2026 in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 26th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC26) in partnership with The\u00a0International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0University of Birmingham<\/a>\u00a0will take place on 13-15 April 2026. The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners, people with lived experience, clinicians and managers from the UK and around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and social care. They will explore how integrated care can respond to the needs of diverse people and communities, embrace the skills and knowledge of diverse professionals and practitioners, and develop diverse and innovative interventions which build on the strengths of people and technology. In doing so, the conference will share common opportunities and challenges faced by integrated care programmes and practice and debate potential solutions and learning from local and national developments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Conference Themes:\u00a0<\/span>Integrated Care For All: Promoting Health and Wellbeing Through Diversity<\/h3>\n

Evidence to inform the development and strengthening of integrated care has grown considerably over the past two decades through primary research, people\u2019s lived experience of accessing health and care, and the practice knowledge of professionals and practitioners. We now have a much better understanding of the impacts of interventions such as care co-ordination, multi-disciplinary teams, shared pathways and peer support. We also have better insights into how to implement across a system through policy incentives, organisational budgeting, individual record systems, and adapting professional cultures.

However, our knowledge of how to fully embrace and respond to diversity within integrated care contexts and opportunities has been limited. Population diversity is increasing worldwide through migration, cultural exchange, employment patterns, and demographic changes. Recognising and embracing this diversity through building on the new networks, communities and collaborative opportunities it presents, will be vital for integrated care to be relevant and inclusive in the longer term. Engaging with diversity is relevant across people\u2019s life span, for those who face complex social issues, in times of transition, and in relation to mental and physical wellbeing. Co-producing services with those who reflect current diversity will be key to ensuring that they are built around what matters to people and their communities.

Widening the diversity of the workforce engaged within integrated care is also key to strengthening its impact. The vital role of health and care professionals in achieving more person-centred and coordinated care has long been recognised including doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists and others. There is though much less known about to better integrate the contribution of those who often have most contact with people and their families, such as those working in direct care roles, housing support, and peer support. As Integrated care looking to address wider health and care inequalities, programmes also look to improve the health and wellbeing of populations alongside improving individual care. This requires the engagement of a wider workforce, including those based within the voluntary and community sector, broader public services including transport, education and criminal justice, and the business community.

Finally, we need to continue to enhance interventions and approaches to embed and support integrated care through ensuring there is sufficient diversity to reflect changing needs and contexts. New technologies present both challenges and opportunities to our existing models as they change how people communicate and interact with each other and with services and can lead to greater inequalities in access. Integration must be open to forge new partnerships with emerging sectors whilst retaining its core values and principles and continuing to people at the centre. In recent years, integrated care has increasingly engaged within building on social, environmental and cultural assets within our communities and neighbourhoods. There is though much more to learn about how integrated care can collaborate with such community strengths and resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Webinar on how to submit an abstract to ICIC26<\/span><\/h3>\n

Planning to submit an abstract to the 26th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC26)?<\/p>\n

We are hosting two webinars that will provide a step-by-step overview of the abstract submission process, helping you prepare a clear and well-structured submission for an oral presentation, poster, or workshop.<\/p>\n