The Irish Street Medicine Symposium is a conference for all those working in the area of health and homelessness and other vulnerable groups. For the purpose of this conference ‘street medicine’ is used interchangeably with ‘inclusion health’. The conference is to promote sharing and networking across disciplines and sectors. The event is aimed at social care workers, managers, clinicians and other practitioners, a policy makers, researchers and those interested in improving the health and wellbeing of those on the margins of society. The 2023 symposium took place in Limerick, 19 - 20 May 2023. The videos on the Safety Net site include some of the keynote presentations.

Videos include:

Opening of ISMS23 - Welcome & Introduction (30 minutes)​

• Dr Patrick O'Donnell, ISMS Committee - GP and Clinical Fellow in Social Inclusion, University of Limerick School of Medicine (UL)​
• Professor Colum Dunne, Head of School of Medicine & Foundation Chair of Research, University of Limerick
• ​Antonia Bura, Research and Data Officer, Homeless Health. HSE Social Inclusion National Office
• ​Bernard Gloster, Chief Executive Officer - Health Service Executive (HSE)

Keynote Speaker: Professor Magdalena Harris, Professor of Inclusion Health Sociology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, Title: Improving health outcomes for people who use drugs: From research to policy and practice [one hour]

Research Presentation: Dr Ena Lynn, Senior Researcher - Health Information & Evidence, Health Research Board, Title: Coronial data on deaths among people who were homeless in Ireland, 2019 [30 minutes]

Parallel panel discussion A. Migration & Health - Ireland's response to the Global Homeless Crisis [1.08 hours]

Dr Fiona O'Reilly, CEO, Safetynet Primary Care (CHAIR)
Dr Salome Mbugua, Chief Executive, AkiDwa - Migrant Women's Network Tonya Myles, General Manager, Cairde
Dr Angy Skuce, Medical Director, Safetynet Primary Care