Alliance logo Launch Event · 30 June 2026

Alliance for Adolescent Health in Primary Care

Shaping a national movement together

Community Based GP-Embedded Young People Led
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📅 Tuesday 30 June 2026  ·  10:00–18:00
📍 Oasis St Martins Village, 155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP
🕐 Registration from 10:00  ·  Programme 11:00–16:00  ·  Drinks to 18:00
Convened by Well Centre Charity
Funded by Maudsley Charity National Lottery Community Fund

Aims of the day

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Establish the Alliance as a partner to government

Demonstrate that a national coalition of practitioners delivering adolescent health through primary care is ready, willing and able to support the government's health mission.

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Connect top-down and bottom-up

Share population-level pain points young people face and invite practitioners to respond with evidence, working models and lived experience.

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Shape the Alliance together

Delegates co-design what the Alliance could and should be, culminating in a collective Alliance Declaration.

Morning
10:00
60 min
☕ Registration & Networking — coffee & pastries, arrivals, introductions, settle to tables
11:00
10 min
Welcome & Opening
Framing the day, naming the Alliance, the missing middle of adolescent health, and establishing young people's voice as structural to the day.
Isra Sulevani John Poyton OBE Dr Steph Lamb
11:10
5 min
Host Welcome
Schools and primary care as community anchors; why civil society partnership with government matters in this moment.
Steve Chalke
11:15
15 min
Setting the Scene
The top-down view: population-level challenges, the health mission, neighbourhood health, and the government's invitation to the Alliance.
Richard Owen — NHS England
11:30
10 min
Zooming In
The London picture: adolescent health through a mayoral and primary care lens.
Dr Tom Coffey — GP & Health Advisor to the Mayor of London
11:40
10 min
Young people at the workshop
🎬 Young People's Voice
Made by young people, for everyone
A short film created by young people themselves — the real experts on their own lives. Introduced and reflected on by Isra Sulevani, who facilitated the session.
"Young people aren't the problem to be solved — they're the solution waiting to be heard."
Introduced by Isra Sulevani · Youth Consultant, Well Centre Charity
11:50
15 min
Evidence Keynote
The headline picture: adolescent health data, national strategy and guidance, and the integration of specialist services into primary care.
Dr Ann Hagell
12:05
15 min
Case Study from Practice
What funded innovation looks like at practice level: MDT tag-team showing upstream support and clinical care working together.
Dr Steph Lamb Elliot Hardisty
12:20
15 min
Funder & Commissioner Perspective
What innovative commissioning looks like in practice, and what would shift the dial on sustainable, at-scale investment in adolescent health.
Sarah Holloway — Maudsley Charity
12:35
15 min
Morning Q&A Panel
The room has a chance for a Q&A session with all morning presenters.
All morning speakers
12:50
10 min
⚡ Quick-Fire Provider Showcase
90 seconds each — every best-practice intervention gets a platform, including new sites joining the movement.
All Providers present
13:00
45 min
🍽️ Lunch
Afternoon
13:45
40 min
Panel: Activating the Alliance
Activating the Alliance and expert opinions from across government, NHS and civil society.
Isra Sulevani John Poyton Dr Sadru Kheraj Helen Beazer — DHSC Tessa Macarthur — Cabinet Office Prof Johnny Downs
14:25
30 min
🗣️ Table Discussion Round 1
Discussing the Value and Purpose of the Alliance.
14:55
5 min
☕ Comfort Break
15:00
30 min
🗣️ Table Discussion Round 2
Discussion to shape the Vision and Activities of the Alliance.
15:30
20 min
Synthesis
Drawing together the threads of the day.
Isra Sulevani John Poyton
15:50
10 min
Closing Plenary & Alliance Declaration
Isra Sulevani Dr Steph Lamb
Evening
16:00
2 hrs
🥂 Networking & Drinks Reception
Relationship building to drive and shape the Alliance.

At 16:30 — Helen Hayes MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, will address the reception.
Helen Hayes MP

Speakers & Panellists

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Isra Sulevani

Co-Chair
Well Centre Charity — Youth Consultant
Isra is a youth consultant at the Well Centre Charity, bringing lived experience and young people's perspectives to the heart of the Alliance. She co-chairs the day and facilitates the Young People's Voice film session.
Co-Chair Youth Voice
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John Poyton OBE

Co-Chair
Founder & CEO, The Well Centre Charity
John founded the Well Centre Charity to improve adolescent health in primary care settings. He was awarded an OBE for services to young people's health and leads the Alliance initiative nationally.
Co-Chair Founder
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Dr Steph Lamb

Founder & Clinical Director
The Well Centre Charity
Dr Lamb is a GP and the clinical driving force behind the Well Centre model. She presents the Case Study from Practice, showing MDT tag-team working in action.
GP Clinical Director
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Steve Chalke

Host
Founder, Oasis
Steve Chalke is the founder of Oasis, the organisation hosting the event at Oasis St Martins Village. He will welcome delegates and speak on schools and primary care as community anchors.
Host Civil Society
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Richard Owen

Deputy Director, CYP Transformation
NHS England
Richard leads on Children and Young People's Transformation at NHS England. He provides the top-down government view — population-level challenges, the health mission and the invitation to the Alliance to engage.
NHS England Policy
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Dr Tom Coffey

GP & Health Advisor to the Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
Dr Tom Coffey is a practising GP and the Mayor of London's Health Advisor. In "Zooming In" he brings the London picture — adolescent health through a mayoral and primary care lens, and what city-level leadership can unlock for young people's health.
Primary Care London Policy
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Dr Ann Hagell

Independent Consultant
Young People's Mental Health
Dr Hagell is a leading researcher in adolescent health and mental health policy. She delivers the Evidence Keynote: the headline picture on data, national strategy and specialist service integration.
Research Mental Health
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Elliot Hardisty

Senior Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
The Well Centre
Elliot works at the intersection of upstream support and clinical care in the Well Centre's MDT. He presents alongside Dr Lamb in the Case Study from Practice.
Wellbeing MDT
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Sarah Holloway

Chief Executive Officer
Maudsley Charity
Sarah brings both policy and funder perspectives to the day, speaking on innovative commissioning and what would shift the dial on sustainable, at-scale investment in adolescent health.
Funder Commissioner
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Dr Sadru Kheraj

General Practitioner
Herne Hill Group Practice
A practising GP with direct experience of adolescent health in primary care. Sadru joins the Activating the Alliance panel as the frontline practitioner voice.
GP Primary Care
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Helen Beazer

Deputy Director, Neighbourhood Health
DHSC
Helen represents the Department of Health and Social Care on the Activating the Alliance panel, bringing the Neighbourhood Health policy perspective.
DHSC Government
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Tessa Macarthur

Office for the Impact Economy
Cabinet Office
Tessa joins from the Cabinet Office's Office for the Impact Economy, bringing cross-government social impact perspectives to the Activating the Alliance panel.
Cabinet Office Impact Economy
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Prof Johnny Downs

Founder & Lead
CAMHS Digital Lab
Professor Downs is a leading researcher in digital approaches to child and adolescent mental health. He brings an innovation and digital health lens to the Activating the Alliance panel.
Digital Health CAMHS
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Helen Hayes MP

Member of Parliament
Chair, Education Select Committee
Helen Hayes is the local MP and Chair of the Education Select Committee. She will address the drinks reception from 16:30.
MP Evening Reception

Oasis St Martins Village

155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP

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Tulse Hill

Overground/Southern — short walk straight to the venue.

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Brixton

Victoria line, then bus (2, 68, 196) or 15 min walk up Tulse Hill.

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Herne Hill

Overground — pleasant walk through Brockwell Park, or bus.

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Bus

Routes 2, 68, 196 along Tulse Hill. Alight at Tulse Hill Station stop.

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Bike

Lime and other e-bikes spotted near the venue. Bike locks around the side of the building.

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Car

Street parking nearby. No congestion charge — the venue is outside the zone.

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Accessibility

The venue has a couple of steps at the entrance — a ramp is available on request. Please let the organising team know in advance if needed.

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Wi-Fi

Details will be provided on arrival and displayed at registration.

Alliance Partners

Building a national coalition to improve adolescent health in primary care. Tap a logo to find out more.

King's Maudsley Partnership

Research Mental Health Innovation

A collaboration between King's College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Maudsley Charity, accelerating research and innovation in mental health to improve lives.

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Funded by

Maudsley Charity Maudsley Charity National Lottery Community Fund National Lottery Community Fund

In partnership with

Well Centre Charity Well Centre Charity King's Maudsley Partnership King's Maudsley Partnership Oasis St Martins Village Oasis St Martins Village CAMHS Digital Lab CAMHS Digital Lab
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Whether you want to join the Alliance, share what you're doing in your practice, or just ask a question — we'd love to hear from you.

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