ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2024
🗓️ 12 and 13 November 📍ACC Liverpool
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Our Annual Conference and Exhibition was a unique event that offered insights and networking opportunities to help you to excel in your leadership role. This year, we bought together over 800 senior leaders from NHS trusts, system partners and key stakeholders.
This year's theme was Next Generation, and we focused on our collective efforts to maximise the social and economic value of the NHS, ensuring it remains responsive, effective, and centred on patient and community needs.
We delved into critical topics essential for building the future of healthcare:
- Leadership for the future: Supporting inclusive and visionary leaders who can navigate and inspire in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
- Digital innovation and AI: Leveraging cutting-edge technologies to enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
- Reducing inequalities: Addressing disparities to ensure equitable healthcare for all.
- Sustainability and productivity: Exploring financial sustainability in challenging times and sharing how trusts and their staff have improved productivity while sustaining high quality care.
- Improving care for children and young people: Working together to enhance the health and wellbeing of the younger population.
We enjoyed gathering in Liverpool with senior leaders from both within and outside the NHS as we shared insights, discussed challenges, and built a path for a stronger, more resilient health service.
Programme
08.30
Registration and exhibition viewing
09.45
Welcome
Introduction
📍 Auditorium
Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling historian, acclaimed broadcaster, author and journalist will open the conference.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
09.50
Plenary 1
Opening address from NHS Providers chief executive
📍 Auditorium
NHS Providers chief executive, Sir Julian Hartley, opens the conference reflecting on the achievements in the provider sector over the past year and looking at the priorities ahead.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
Keynote speaker
Sir Julian Hartley
10.20
Plenary 2
Setting up the NHS for future success: reflections on Darzi's diagnosis
📍 Auditorium
Following Lord Darzi's investigation findings, this session explores how the government and health and care leaders can work together to overcome current challenges and ensure the 10-year health plan strengthens the NHS for the future, enabling it can serve the next generation.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
11.10
Exhibition, refreshments and networking (Exhibition Hall)
11.25
Delivering with partners 1
Building system resilience through on-demand healthcare infrastructure
📍 Theatre A
Explore how the NHS can leverage on-demand facilities and workforce solutions, such as Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) units, to relieve pressure across the urgent and emergency care pathway, particularly during peak winter demand. Our experts discuss how to create capacity that meets clinical, operational, and patient needs, and share insights into the factors driving operational success and resilience across the whole system.
(supported by Darwin Group)
Chair
Miriam Deakin
Boosting productivity, delivering financial, operational and clinical benefits while improving quality of care now and in the future
📍 Theatre B
Learn how procurement and supply chain strategies can secure value, productivity, and efficiency benefits in partnership with health and care systems. This session explores how these collaborative efforts contribute to improved patient outcomes and £1bn of recurrent value for the NHS.
(supported by NHS Supply Chain)
Chair
Andrew New
Enabling productivity: achieving financial, operational, and clinical gains for lasting quality care
📍 Theatre C
Join us for an engaging presentation on the Managing Heart Failure @Home (MHF@Home) programme — a collaborative initiative between East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, and Doccla.
This programme has empowered heart failure patients through remote monitoring and personalised self-management, leading to significant improvements in mobility, self-care, and overall quality of life. Notably, it has achieved a complete reduction in 30-day readmissions and a 32% decrease in A&E visits for heart failure-related issues, demonstrating substantial healthcare savings.
Discover how this proactive care model is transforming chronic disease management and alleviating pressures on healthcare services.
(supported by Doccla)
12.10
Breakout sessions - Next generation leadership
Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work
📍 Room 3A
Discuss best practices in staff retention for diverse workforces in face of operational and financial pressures. Facilitators from trusts, including NHS People Promise Exemplars, lead this interactive discussion, providing insights into good practice and effective strategies. Attendees have the opportunity to share challenges, identify common issues, and explore potential solutions together.
Chair
Isabel Lawicka
Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap
📍 Room 3B
Gain insights on how healthcare providers are addressing the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS. This panel discussion explores the gap's impact on staff morale, quality of patient care and potential legal risks for NHS organisations. Combining Hempsons' legal expertise with insights from senior NHS HR and equality leaders, this session provides practical tools to help you develop people-centred, legally sound strategies for reducing the ethnicity pay gap in your organisation.
(supported by Hempsons)
Chair
Jenny Reindorp
Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures
📍 Room 1C
Explore how different relational aspects of leadership can drive an improvement culture with people at the heart of it. You'll hear from trust and national leaders on different approaches they've adopted and the impact each has had.
Chair
Lorraine Sunduza OBE
13.10
Exhibition viewing, lunch and networking (Exhibition Hall)
13.25
Delivering with partners 2
Improving patient experience while waiting: safely validating and reducing waiting lists
📍 Theatre A
Explore person-centred approaches providers can take to improve patients' experience while they wait for care. Speakers will showcase strategies such as patient-led validation, technical validation through data-driven quality checks, and waiting well through targeted health coaching. These approaches aim to optimise care pathways across primary, acute, community, and mental health services. They ensure patients are on the right treatment path and empower them to manage their health, all while enhancing safety and outcomes.
(supported by NHS South, Central and West)
Chair
Sarah Warren
Supporting diverse teams: intentionally embedding inclusive practice
📍 Theatre B
Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen shares the latest General Medical Council data on negative workplace experiences among ethnic minority doctors and discusses inclusivity-focused duties in the updated Good Medical Practice. Dr Uma Krishnamoorthy, from East Lancashire NHS Trust, presents a case study on their quality improvement campaigns focused on anti-racism and equality, diversity, and inclusion.
(supported by General Medical Council)
Chair
Saffron Cordery
Building a sustainable workforce: how technology can pave the way forward
📍 Theatre C
Gain insights from NHS leaders on how technology can support safe, flexible and sustainable workforce deployment, helping you meet both current productivity targets and long-term staffing needs. The session provides recommendations for making the most of effective rostering and temporary staffing technology to drive improvement for organisations, clinicians and patients.
(supported by Patchwork Health)
Chair
Daniel Chilcott
14.10
Breakout sessions – Next generation care
Embedding a strategic focus on addressing health inequalities and translating this into action
📍 Room 3A
Explore the critical importance of setting strategic commitments to tackle health inequalities. You'll hear from Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, both of whom have effectively embedded health inequalities into their strategic frameworks. Participate in peer-to-peer discussions to reflect on how to move from strategy to implementation.
Chair
Professor Bola Owolabi
Collaboration in health and care: working together to tackle urgent and emergency care demand
📍 Room 3B
Discover the initiatives trusts and their partners have undertaken to manage challenges across urgent and emergency care pathways. This session highlights examples of collaboration across systems, particularly between primary and secondary care, and how these partnerships can unlock potential improvements.
Chair
Maryann Ferreux
Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes
📍 Room 1C
Learn how the Leeds Health and Care Partnership is delivering HomeFirst, a bold and innovative programme aiming to achieve a sustainable, person-centred, home-first model of intermediate care. Nearing completion, this programme's made a significant impact on both individuals and the system. In this session, system leaders reflect on this transformation journey and describe how cross-system collaboration at all levels has been key to its success.
(supported by Newton)
Chair
Professor Jenny Simpson
15.10
Exhibition, refreshments, and networking (Exhibition Hall)
15.25
Delivering with partners 3
Accelerating improvement: leveraging the seven levels of change
📍 Theatre A
Today's health and care challenges require a shift from the conventional thinking that initially created them. Achieving different outcomes requires embracing new thinking and doing. Join Virginia Mason Institute executive Wendy Korthuis-Smith and NHS chief executives Adam Sewell-Jones and Phil Wood as they explore a framework they've used for creating an innovative team mindset for incremental and transformative change.
(supported by Virginia Mason Institute)
Chair
Dr Wendy Korthuis-Smith
Artificial intelligence in action: enhancing workforce efficiency and patient outcomes
📍 Theatre B
Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising NHS hospitals. Learn how Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust has enhanced workforce efficiency and patient outcomes, and how innovative AI is enabling hospitals to achieve more with fewer resources.
(supported by Skin Analytics)
Chair
Sara Polding
High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?
📍 Theatre C
Discuss creative ways to tackle staff stress and low morale through co-design and partnership working. Our panel of experienced leaders share early findings of a £16m multi-partner workforce wellbeing programme that could help inform your own trust's wellbeing strategy, fostering a healthier, happier and more productive workforce.
(Supported by NHS Charities Together)
Chair
Saffron Cordery
16.10
Plenary 3
Keynote speech from NHS England chief executive, Amanda Pritchard
📍 Auditorium
A chance to hear from NHS England's chief executive about the key priorities for the NHS provider sector.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
Keynote speaker
Amanda Pritchard
16.50
Plenary 4
For the next generation and beyond: realising the potential of artificial intelligence in the NHS
📍 Auditorium
A future-focused session that explores the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt healthcare. We'll discuss how the NHS can maximise opportunities and mitigate the challenges AI presents in delivering sustainable, high-quality healthcare for the next generation and beyond.
17.40
Closing remarks
Closing speech from conference chair
📍 Hall 1A
Sathnam Sanghera, author, broadcaster and journalist, closes day one of this year's conference.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
17.45
Drinks reception
Drinks reception
📍 Exhibition Hall
The drinks reception, supported by Newton, offers a perfect setting to connect and unwind after a day of insightful discussions.
Sir Ron Kerr, chair of NHS Providers, will hold an opening drinks reception speech.
Chair
Sir Ron Kerr
19.00
Conference dinner
Conference dinner
📍 Hall 2J
The conference dinner, supported by Hempsons, will feature opening remarks from Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, alongside, Andrew Davidson, national head of employment at Hempsons.
Join us after the dinner for a nightcap at the Hempsons bar, conveniently located in the dinner hall.
Chair
Sir Julian Hartley
Speaker
Andrew Davidson
07.30
Registration and exhibition viewing
08.00
Breakfast sessions
Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health
📍 Theatre C
Learn about the work of the Child Health Equity Collaborative, a unique partnership between Barnardo's, the Institute for Health Equity and three Integrated Care Systems (ICSs): Birmingham and Solihull, Cheshire and Merseyside, and South Yorkshire. ICS leads will share their vision, experiences, and the role of young people in shaping the programme. Discover the interventions designed to address the social determinants of health and improve health, wellbeing, and equity of children and young people.
(supported by Barnardo's)
Chair
Natalie Woods
09.00
Conference day two
Welcome to day two
📍Auditorium
Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling historian, acclaimed broadcaster, author and journalist will open the second day of the conference.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
09.05
Plenary 5
Keynote speech from Nicky Moffat, former British army brigadier and leadership development consultant
📍 Auditorium
Gain insights from Nicky, who, after a 27-year military career and becoming the highest-ranking woman in 2009, now helps organisations build leadership capabilities and sustainable cultural improvements. Nicky will discuss the key leadership challenges facing NHS provider organisations and share practical strategies for embedding transformative change.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
Keynote speaker
Nicky Moffat
09.40
Plenary 6
Improving patient safety: learning from the past to shape the future
📍 Auditorium
Using lessons from NHS inquiries and insights from other sectors, this session explores how the NHS can overcome deep-rooted cultural challenges to transform culture and drive lasting improvements in patient safety, both now and in the future.
10.25
Plenary 7
Keynote speech from Rt. Hon Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
📍 Auditorium
One of the first opportunities to hear from the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Rt. Hon Wes Streeting MP will share his priorities and vision for the NHS at what is a pivotal time for the service.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
Keynote speaker
Rt. Hon Wes Streeting MP
11.00
Exhibition viewing, refreshments and networking (Exhibition Hall)
11.10
Delivering with partners 4
How NHS Open Space can help tackle vacant space within the NHS
📍 Theatre A
Learn how NHS Open Space, launched by NHS Property Services in 2019, is addressing vacant and underutilised space across the NHS estate. This session explores how the combination of utilisation monitoring, booking platform, data and analytics has improved space management. Discover how these tools can help you gain a clear view of your portfolio while tackling vacant and underutilised space within your own NHS estate.
(supported by NHS Open Space)
Speaker
Chris King
Putting data to work: how to support innovation and improvement while protecting privacy
📍 Theatre B
Examine the complexities of using AI-driven technologies based on information from patient records. We'll explore key challenges such as balancing innovation with patient confidentiality, navigating regulatory requirements, and addressing ethical considerations. Additionally, the session will cover recent developments, barriers, common pitfalls, and provide insights for future improvements in this evolving field.
(supported by Hempsons)
Keynote speaker
Chris Alderson
Delivering the benefits of a neighbourhood-based NHS
📍 Theatre C
Explore how neighbourhood teams can be designed to meet the holistic needs of local populations, shaping the care and support services they require. This session focuses on building effective, collaborative teams that build trust and evolve together. An expert panel share first-hand experience in delivering this model.
(supported by National Association of Primary Care – NAPC)
Chair
Katrina Percy
11.50
Breakout sessions – Sustaining the next generation NHS
Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform
📍 Room 3A
Explore the strategic enablers necessary for successful integration with system partners. This session will discuss how to meaningfully address barriers to integration, to provide holistic care to individuals with multiple health, care and social needs.
Chair
Duleep Allirajah
Developing a roadmap for the future: 10-year health plan
📍 Room 3B
Discuss the 10-year health plan and what model of change is needed to build an NHS fit for the future, in this session led by Sally Warren, director general of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Chair
Sir Ron Kerr
Panellist
Sally Warren
Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity
📍 Room 1C
Join trust leaders, system partners and policy experts to discuss how the NHS can deliver value for patients by adopting a whole-system approach to improving productivity.
Chair
Thea Stein
12.50
Exhibition viewing, lunch and networking (Exhibition Hall)
13.05
Delivering with partners 5
Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries
📍 Theatre A
Learn how the Provider collaboratives: Improving equitably (PCIE), run by NHS Providers and the Q Community, supported five provider collaboratives over nine months. This session shows how they developed shared improvement approaches with a focus on equity to address key priorities. You'll also learn how to use continuous improvement as an enabler to advance equity and build shared approaches across provider collaboratives.
(supported by PCIE)
Chair
Dr Matthew Hill
What is QuestPrehab and how can it help improve patient outcomes?
📍 Theatre C
We would like to introduce you to QuestPrehab and discuss how prehabilitation can improve not just surgical and cancer patient outcomes but population health. We'll explore how the virtual service is cost effective and scalable; it meets diverse patient needs and can be seamlessly implemented into trust's existing systems, which we have demonstrated both nationally and internationally.
(supported by QuestPrehab)
13.50
Plenary 8
Shaping better services for the next generation
📍 Auditorium
Discover how trusts and wider system partners can improve the physical and mental health of the next generation. In this session, we'll explore the patient perspective, the challenges of rising demand and waiting times for NHS children and young people's services, and how trusts can work with partners to tackle health inequalities and improve access to care.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
14.45
Plenary 9
Introduction to new NHS Providers chair
📍Auditorium
Join us to welcome the new chair of NHS Providers.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
Speaker
Sir Julian Hartley
14.55
Closing remarks (Hall 1A)
Closing speech from conference chair
📍 Auditorium
Sathnam Sanghera, author, broadcaster and journalist, gives his closing remarks on this year's conference.
Chair
Sathnam Sanghera
15.00
Conference closes
conference chair
Having started school in Wolverhampton unable to speak English, Sathnam Sanghera's successful career as an acclaimed writer, journalist, and broadcaster is a testament to resilience, dedication, and the transformative power of education. Here are five things you should know about him:
📚 Distinguished academic: First-class English degree from Cambridge, with honorary doctorates in journalism and social sciences.
✍️ Award-winning author: 'The Boy With The Topknot' won Mind Book of the Year; 'Empireland' was a British Book Awards Book of the Year.
🔖 Bestselling historian: 'Empireland' and 'Empireworld' are Sunday Times bestsellers on British imperialism.
📽️ Acclaimed broadcaster: Presented acclaimed documentaries, including 'Empire State of Mind' on Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4 series.
🤝 Community advocate: Trustee for Rethink, chaired Creative Access, and patron for Writing West Midlands.
Speakers
Abigail Harrison
Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
She is passionate about transforming health and care for all people by harnessing technology and data and using a methodologically driven approach to improve the way services are delivered.
At Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust, Abigail has executive responsibility for digital and estates, leading development of the Digital Strategy including use of artificial intelligence, with examples of simple solutions already in use in the trust with other solutions in development and testing.
For four years prior she was the chief information officer at the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) where she led the teams to significantly improve digital maturity, taking NWAS from negative outliers to leaders in the ambulance sector, rapidly improving the infrastructure and enabling digital innovation underpinned by improvement methods.
Abigail will be joining us as a panellist at our 'For the next generation and beyond: realising the potential of artificial intelligence in the NHS' plenary session.
Adam Sewell-Jones
Chief Executive
East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
At Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust he held the positions of director of finance and continuous improvement, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive.
He then went on to hold national leadership roles as director of provider sustainability, director of improvement and regional director for the South West of England.
In these roles he led a number of national programmes including the Virginia Mason NHS partnership, the Vital Signs programme, the Culture and Leadership programme and the Aspiring CEO programme, as well as national policies for improvement and leadership development.
Adam will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Accelerating improvement: leveraging the seven levels of change' delivering with partners session.
Aishah Farooq
Associate Non-Executive Member and Former Board Member
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board and NHS England
Her commitment to improving healthcare led to roles where she strategically advised, as a young governor for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, and now as an associate non-executive member of the Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board.
Nationally, Aishah sits on the NHS Assembly, has contributed to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, and is a trustee for Coeliac UK.
Aishah will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Shaping better services for the next generation' plenary session.
Amanda Pritchard
Chief Executive
NHS England
Her prior role was NHS England chief operating officer and NHS Improvement's chief executive. Amanda was previously chief executive of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Prior to that she served as chief operating officer, after joining from Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, where she spent six years as deputy chief executive.
Amy Galea
Chief Integration and Primary Care Officer
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Amy has worked within the Sussex system since November 2020, and from 2024, her portfolio has expanded from having a sole focus on primary care to cover all primary, community and urgent care commissioning and transformation, and our joint work with local authorities across Sussex.
She is the executive lead responsible for driving integration across the triple aim of joining up: physical and mental health, primary and specialist care, and health and social care through a new integrated community team model of care. She is also the senior responsible officer for the Sussex Covid-19 and influenza vaccination campaigns, having led the programme since its launch in December 2020.
Amy originally trained as a radiographer and has held senior healthcare roles leading healthcare strategy, policy and integrated care system development, including at NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care and The King's Fund.
Amy Galea will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform' breakout session.
Andrew Davidson
National Head of Employment
Hempsons
As part of NHS Providers' race equality programme, Andrew has contributed to their disciplinary gap and ethnicity pay gap guides. He regularly provides training for clients on a wide range of employment law and HR issues and is a regular speaker at national conferences.
Andrew New
Chief Executive
NHS Supply Chain
Prior to this, Andrew was executive director for procurement and supply chain at JCB and has also held senior roles at Magnox Ltd and Babcock International Group PLC.
Andrew has extensive experience in business transformation, total lifecycle cost management, customer and supplier engagement, and deploying technology to optimise operational performance.
Andrew will be joining us as a chair at our 'Boosting productivity, delivering financial, operational and clinical benefits while improving quality of care now and in the future' delivering with partners session.
Andy Hilton
Chief Executive
Primary Care Sheffield
As chief executive he is an influential system leader both in Sheffield's Health and Care Partnership and South Yorkshire Integrated Care System where he is chair of the primary care Provider Alliance. Andy has contributed to national primary care strategy working with both NHS England and NHS Confederation.
Andy will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform' breakout session.
Annmarie Moore
Former Director of Treasury for an international NGO
She is now a YouTuber helping women over 60 stay relevant. After managing global finances in the financial markets for 40 years, Annemarie faced a personal battle with melanoma and colon cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Now she focuses on thriving through fashion, fitness, and mental well-being, encouraging women to remain relevant.
Annemarie will be joining us as a speaker for our 'What is QuestPrehab and how can it help improve patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Ash Ellis
Deputy Director for Leadership, Inclusion and Organisational Experience
Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
He is currently Deputy Director for Leadership, inclusion and Organisational Experience at Berkshire Healthcare where he has been focusing the organisation to become anti-racist and improve access, outcomes and experience for patients and staff.
Ash Ellis will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap' breakout session.
Caroline Baria
Director for Adults and Health
Leeds City Council
Caroline has worked in various roles in different local authorities over the last 32 years, having qualified as a social worker in 1992, initially working in children's social care and youth offending services, and moving into adults' services from 2002.
Caroline is a trustee of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, leading on professional practice in social care and on equality, diversity and inclusion. She has a strong commitment to promoting effective partnerships to improve outcomes for local residents.
Caroline will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes ' breakout session.
Cathy Elliot
Chair
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Cathy was previously chair of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; an NHS non-executive director in the Greater Manchester ICP; a senior social policy advisor, including the national Power to Change Trust; and prior to that was a regional chief executive in the North West and a national trustee in the UK community foundation network, working with the international movement of community foundations in Canada and Europe.
Cathy will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Charlie Sheldon
Chief Nursing Officer and Director of People
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Charlie trained as a general nurse before undertaking his orthopaedic nurse training. He worked in clinical and leadership roles at the Chelsea and Westminster, St. Thomas' and the Royal London Hospitals before being appointed deputy chief nurse for education at Bart's.
He has held chief nurse roles at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Hackney and prior to his appointment as chief nurse, Charlie was director of nursing and therapies at CLCH for five years.
Charlie was appointed as an honorary visiting professor at City, University of London in 2010. He held a dual role from February 2022 – September 2023 as both chief nursing officer for NHS North West London (Integrated Care Board) and at CLCH.
Charlie will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Embedding a strategic focus on addressing health inequalities and translating this into action' breakout session.
Chris Alderson
Partner
Hempsons
Chris King
Head of NHS Open Space
Open Space
One of these initiatives was NHS Open Space. Through his stewardship over the next five years, this idea went from a concept into a fully-blown service in its own right, with NHS Open Space launching in 2019.
Before joining NHS Property Services, Chris worked as a senior surveyor at Knight Frank and CBRE. He is a chartered member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and holds an MSc in real estate.
Chris will be joining us as a speaker at our 'How NHS Open Space can help tackle vacant space within the NHS' delivering with partners session.
Chris Moulton
Clinical Lead for Emergency Medicine
Get it Right First Time
Claire Low
Group Chief People Officer
Lincolnshire Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Claire is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is passionate about delivering the People Promise agenda.
Claire will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Claire Scrafton
Deputy Director of HR and Governance
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
She has held senior roles, including director of HR, Trafford PCT and head of people strategy at NHS Improvement.
Claire is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development with a master's in management. She specialises in system wide transformation, removing unwarranted variation and the scaling of people services though collaboration and automation.
Claire has recently been appointed as the vice president of the HPMA's north west branch. She is also actively involved with the Scout Association as a group trustee chair and explorer scout lead volunteer.
Claire will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Building a sustainable workforce: how technology can pave the way forward' delivering with partners session.
Daniel Elkeles
Chief Executive
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
He has been an accountable officer for over 10 years first for five Clinical Commissioning Groups in north west London, then chief executive for Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust where he secured the funding to build a new hospital.
Since September 2021 he has been the chief executive officer at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS). Daniel is passionate about improving culture and inclusivity in the workplace.
LAS has just received its best ever staff survey results with big improvements in all of the People Promise domains and with 68% staff completing the survey the highest response rate of any ambulance trust or NHS trust in London.
Daniel will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Collaboration in health and care: working together to tackle urgent and emergency care demand' breakout session.
Daniel Chilcott
Client Enablement Director
Patchwork Health
Daniel will be joining us as chair at our 'Building a sustainable workforce: how technology can pave the way forward' delivering with partners session.
David Welch
Head of Contract Management and Healthcare Procurement
NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit
As NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit's head of contracting and procurement, David ensures the provision of high-quality services that deliver excellent standards. He is currently working with NHS England to deliver the NHS Emeritus pilot, aimed at
connecting recently retired and peri-retired clinicians across England, with NHS providers of acute care who need the help only experienced clinicians can offer.
David will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Improving patient experience while waiting: safely validating and reducing waiting lists' delivering with partners session.
Delvir Mehet
Group Deputy Director of People
Barts Health NHS Trust
In his role he helps to ensure Barts Health has a talented, supported workforce to best serve the community. One of the responsibilities he is very passionate about is the equality and diversity agenda and in particular the power of staff diversity networks.
His role in the team is to lead, empower and co-develop the trust’s key priorities with the team, staff diversity networks, staff side colleagues and the Group Inclusion Board. It is also his role to ensure the priorities agreed translate into action that create a positive change for staff throughout the organisation.
He is a trained coach and mentor and brings this learning not only to nurture inclusive behaviours in his own teams, but also learn from those he has mentored to be a reflective leader.
Delvir will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap' breakout session.
Dominic Bellringer-Mundy
Associate Director of Experience, Participation and Health Equalities
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Dominic has worked directly on the health equalities agenda since the development of CLCH's Promoting Equality and Tacking Inequalities Strategy was launched in 2021. He has a passion for improving access to services for each of the communities served by CLCH across London and Hertfordshire, working closely with community groups to ensure the voice of the patient, relative, carer is at the heart of everything that is done at the trust.
Dominic is also a trustee for the men's mental health charity 'Men Who Talk' where he supports men to achieve good mental health through the medium of chat.
Dominic will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Embedding a strategic focus on addressing health inequalities and translating this into action' breakout session.
Doug Simkiss
Senior Responsible Officer for Health Equity Collaborative
Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System
He provides leadership to the Children and Young People's Health Equity Collaborative for Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Service. The intervention to promote health equity involves health equity champions in procurement and social value.
Doug will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health' breakfast session.
Dr Amanda Woolley
Founder and Principle Consultant
She has supported more than 50 teams, partnerships and collaboratives to mobilise system-wide change, and her NHS background spans roles in assurance, transformation, policy and leadership development. Dr Woolley received her PhD in decision psychology from King's College London in 2015. She recently founded Building20, an organisational development practice for insight, creativity and action.
Dr Woolley will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures' breakout session.
Dr Bill Kirkup CBE
Chair
Maternity and Neonatal New Action Forum
Dr Buki Adeyemo
Chief Executive
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Adeyemo started her medical career in Nigeria, and graduated from the University of Lagos. She came to work for the NHS in 1997, and has spent the majority of her career to date working in North Staffordshire.
She is a dual qualified old age and adults' psychiatrist, and became a consultant old age psychiatrist in 2007 at Combined Healthcare. During her career, Dr Adeyemo has specialised in medical education and psychological therapies.
Dr Adeyemo is a NHS chief executive representative on the Mental Health Network Board at the NHS Confederation.
Dr Adeyemo will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Improving patient safety: learning from the past to shape the future' plenary session.
Dr Elizabeth Crabtree
Beyond Programme Director
Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System
She is a consultant clinical psychologist who has worked in children's mental health services, both in the NHS and private sector, for over 20 years with a particular focus on children with learning disabilities, autism and childhood trauma.
More recently she has been working strategically, across systems to advocate for a focus on starting well and to increase system focus on the needs of children and young people.
Elizabeth is a passionate advocate for the benefits of early intervention and prevention provided through cross-agency delivery and the need to address the wider determinants of health inequalities to improve outcomes for children.
Elizabeth will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health' breakfast session.
Dr Henrietta Hughes
Patient Safety Commissioner
Acting as an independent champion for patients, Henrietta leads a drive to improve the safety of medicines and medical devices by ensuring that patient voices are at the heart of the design and delivery of healthcare in England.
A practising GP and a member of the Health Honours Committee and the guiding group of the Women's Health and Care Leaders Network, Henrietta was previously the National Guardian for the NHS and a medical director at NHS England. Henrietta has held executive and non-executive roles in the NHS and is chair of Childhood First, a children's charity.
Henrietta will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Improving patient safety: learning from the past to shape the future' plenary session.
Dr Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Jessica Allen
Deputy Director
University College London Institute of Health Equity
Jessica has worked closely with international organisations, national and local governments, businesses and the economic sector, third sector organisations and public health and health care systems. She has published widely on the social determinants of health.
Jessica will be joining us as a panellist for our 'Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health' breakfast session.
Dr Kathy Smith
Medical Lead - Clinical Workforce Solutions
NHS South, Central and West
She jointly leads NHS South, Central and West's clinical governance, with a particular focus on GP clinical, quality assurance and patient safety activities. Her wider portfolio encompasses work that intersects perinatal care, health inequalities, urgent care and digital healthcare.
Dr Smith will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Improving patient experience while waiting: safely validating and reducing waiting lists' delivering with partners session.
Dr Matthew Hill
Head of Insight, Evaluation and Research
Q, The Health Foundation
The second aspect of his role is leading Q's insight work that applies a range of social research methods to drawing on the expertise and experience across the Q Community and bringing it to bear on improvement priorities.
Matthew will join us as a chair at our 'Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries' delivering with partners session.
Dr Richard Azurdia
Consultant Dermatologist
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
He was skin cancer lead at the trust from 2001-2010 and established the local multi-disciplinary team. He was also co-chair of the skin cancer CNG for Cheshire and Merseyside between 2007-2010 and was then clinical director of dermatology at LUHFT (2010-2018) and again jointly (2019-2021).
He has been the secondary care clinical lead for dermatology in NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Acute and Specialist Trust since 2006-2019 working on the Cheshire and Merseyside teledermatology and artificial intelligence roll-out.
Dr Azurdia will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Artificial intelligence in action: enhancing workforce efficiency and patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Dr Rishi Das-Gupta
Chief Executive
Health Innovation Network South London
He is passionate about the use of technology to enable clinical and operational change and to empower patients to manage their own conditions. Rishi's experience spans UK and US healthcare systems and he is a fellow of the Sciana programme collaborating with German and Swiss healthcare leaders.
Prior to this role he has held executive roles at NHS trusts as chief information and technology officer, director of innovation and as director of operations and worked as a medical doctor. Rishi also has experience working as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman and McKinsey and Company. In addition to his primary medical qualification (MBBS). Rishi holds an MA in law (University of Cambridge) and an MBA (London Business School).
Rishi will be joining us as a panellist at our 'For the next generation and beyond: realising the potential of artificial intelligence in the NHS' plenary session.
Dr Ruw Abeyratne
Director of Health Equality and Inclusion
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
In this role, Ruw is accountable for the trust's approach to understanding and addressing health inequalities within the local population. This includes improving access to elective and non-elective care, ensuring that restoration of services is inclusive and equitable.
Recognising that understanding the role acute providers have to play in population health management and prevention is key to addressing health inequalities, Ruw works with colleagues across the integrated care system, local government and the voluntary and community sectors to ensure that the services at UHL meet the needs of the local population.
Ruw is also a practising consultant in geriatric and general medicine, with an interest in front-door frailty and admission avoidance.
Ruw will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Embedding a strategic focus on addressing health inequalities and translating this into action' breakout session.
Dr Uma Krishnamoorthy
Deputy Medical Director, System Improvement and Professional Standards
NHS England
She is passionate about nurturing and growing, compassionate and inclusive leadership/cultures. Dr Krishnamoorthy authored the 'LOTUS Compassionate leadership Framework and Toolkit' published by NHS England and leads on the Regional Compassionate North West initiative.
She leads on a collaborative QI project with Care Quality Academy and ELHT which commits to becoming intentionally and visibly anti-racist.
Dr Krishnamoorthy will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Supporting diverse teams: intentionally embedding inclusive practice' delivering with partners session.
Dr Vin Diwakar
Interim National Director of Transformation
NHS England
Dr Wendy Korthuis-Smith
Executive Director
Virginia Mason Institute
With robust experience in developing and implementing large-scale transformation and transition plans, Wendy came to Virginia Mason Institute from Deloitte Consulting Strategy and Operations, where she led state, national, and international consulting engagements. Wendy first worked at Virginia Mason early on in her career as a leadership development consultant, delivering leading edge experiences for executive leaders.
Wendy will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Accelerating improvement: leveraging the seven levels of change' delivering with partners session.
Duleep Allirajah
Chief Executive
Richmond Group of Charities
Duleep has worked in policy and influencing roles, predominantly in the voluntary sector, for over 25 years. His previous roles include assistant director of policy and campaigns at the Royal College of General Practitioners, head of insight and public affairs at the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and head of policy at Macmillan Cancer Support.
Duleep will be joining us as a chair at our 'Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform' breakout session.
Ellie Orton OBE
Chief Executive
NHS Charities Together
This was recognised by being awarded Charity Times Outstanding Individual Achievement Award in 2021; Association of Project Management Outstanding Organisational Award in 2021 and being named in HSJ Top 100 Chief Executives in 2021 and Charity Times Most Pioneering Chief Executives.
Ellie was previously chief executive at a Coventry based charity working with vulnerable and sexually exploited women, and interim chief executive at the Jon Egging Trust, supporting young people with barriers in their lives to reach their full potential.
Ellie is passionate about social change and the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which literally translates as 'humanity'. She loves beaches, running, and her family, including the dog. She was proud to be awarded an OBE in June 2021 for services to the NHS.
Ellie will be joining us as a speaker at our 'High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?' delivering with partners session.
Foluke Ajayi
Chief Executive
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Foluke's early career was as a clinical scientist in audiology specialising in paediatrics and cochlear implants. Foluke is a champion for inclusivity, personalisation and leadership development for everyone; strongly believing that every individual in an organisation is vital, bringing a richness to services for individuals and communities.
Foluke will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures' breakout session.
Gerard Sammon
Faculty Member
National Association of Primary Care
Appreciated for his pioneering approach he has a strong track record of integrating care across system, place-based and neighbourhood health and care partnerships including the generation of innovative 'models of care' as part of the national vanguard programme.
Having gained a wide-ranging experience of delivering change, he has used it to design and put into operation a number of successful system and organisational strategies and plans. Gerard has a passion for supporting people and developing leadership in delivering better care, and more recently his focus has been on building community-based solution to improve healthy years of life for local populations.
Gerard will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Delivering the benefits of a neighbourhood-based NHS' delivering with partners session.
Heather Tierney-Moore OBE
Chair
NHS Supply Chain
She has worked in healthcare for over 40 years, initially training as a registered general nurse. Most recently, Heather was chief executive of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, retiring in March 2019 after 10 years in post.
Heather was made Officer of the British Empire for services to Healthcare in December 2001.
Heather will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Boosting productivity, delivering financial, operational and clinical benefits while improving quality of care now and in the future' delivering with partners session.
Isabel Lawicka
Director of Policy and Strategy
NHS Providers
Prior to joining NHS Providers, Isabel worked for a leading health policy communications consultancy and held a number of patient advocacy and policy roles in London and Edinburgh.
Isabel will be joining us as a chair at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Jacob Lant
Chief Executive
National Voices
Jacob loves to combine deep qualitative insights with quantitative data to challenge traditional thinking on how to tackle policy challenges. Prior to working for National Voices, he spent almost 10 years helping to build the Healthwatch network. In this time, he led successful nationwide policy influencing campaigns on a huge variety of topics, from maternal mental health services to access to NHS dentistry.
Jacob will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Setting up the NHS for future success: reflections on Darzi's diagnosis' plenary session.
Jennie Dwerryhouse
Deputy Chief People Officer
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Jennie has worked in the NHS for 18 years as a people professional across a number of portfolios including employment services, medical revalidation and lead employer for Doctors in Training. A key focus of Jennie's is maximising technology across the workforce to improve workforce experience, having led on a number of workforce technology projects including the implementation of RPA to support process improvement across people functions.
Jennie will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Building a sustainable workforce: how technology can pave the way forward' delivering with partners session.
Jenny Reindorp
Director of Development and Engagement
NHS Providers
Jenny works with Miriam to oversee our support offer for trusts and to co-lead a directorate of around 40 talented event management, training and development, and programme management professionals.
Jenny takes a particular lead on our portfolio of programmes on race and health inequalities, collaboration in systems, quality improvement and digital transformation, which all share learning across the provider sector through a range of events and written resources.
Jenny will be joining us as chair at our 'Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap' breakout session.
Jinjer Kandola MBE
Chief Executive
North London Mental Health Partnership
Jinjer joined Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust in north London in July 2018 as chief executive. In October 2021, Jinjer also became chief executive of neighbouring Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and now leads both trusts, who are working together as the North London Mental Health Partnership.
As chief executive, Jinjer leads the Partnership's work to improve outcomes for service users and make the Partnership a great place to work for staff.
Jinjer will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform' breakout session.
Jodi Williams
Divisional General Manager
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Jodi works as part of a multi-disciplinary team who lead a range of inpatient and outpatient services. She started her NHS career in 2003 as a medical secretary and in 2011 moved into leadership; progressing through a range of operational roles across many different specialities.
Recognising the challenges faced by the NHS, Jodi is motivated by innovative approaches that will help patients receive timely, gold standard care – recent examples include the launch of Skin Analytics DERM AI combined with a one-stop service and the reconfiguration of a dedicated medical day case unit.
Jodi will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Artificial intelligence in action: enhancing workforce efficiency and patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
John Drew
Director of Workforce, Training and Education
NHS England
Before that, he was director of staff experience and engagement in the national workforce, training and education team, with responsibility for the NHS Staff Survey and health and wellbeing.
Prior to joining NHS England, he was director of improvement and culture at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, having previously been a partner in McKinsey's Healthcare practice.
John will be joining us as a speaker at our 'High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?' delivering with partners session.
Jonathan Coulter
Chief Executive
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
During this time, Jonathan also obtained a postgraduate qualification in health and social care management.
Jonathan was appointed as finance director at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust in March 2006. Since arriving at Harrogate, He has contributed significantly to the success of the organisation, within his roles as finance director, deputy chief executive, and since February 2022 as chief executive.
Jonathan will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Sustaining the NHS: how trusts and system partners are driving radical and sustainable reform' breakout session.
Katrina Percy
Joint Chief Executive Officer
National Association of Primary Care
Katrina was an NHS chief executive for nearly 10 years. She is known for leading transformational and innovative change through the creation of integrated primary and community care teams.
More recently her focus has been on working with systems and their senior leaders to enable the delivery and implementation of the integrated neighbourhood care model and leadership development.
Katrina will be joining us as chair at our 'Delivering the benefits of a neighbourhood based NHS' delivering with partners session.
Kudzai Nyamupfukudza
Clinical Education
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Laura Bunt
Chief Executive
YoungMinds
Laura has also worked at Citizens Advice, Nesta and the RSA and is a trustee at Samaritans. She is passionate about working with young people to challenge the systems and structures that impact their mental health. Alongside YoungMinds, she believes that young people have the power to make change happen for themselves and others and wants to see a future where all young people feel hopeful and valued.
Laura will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Shaping better services for the next generation' plenary session.
Lianne Jongepier
Deputy Director of Transformation
Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative
After several years of clinical commissioning, developing a deeper understanding of healthcare systems, healthcare design and monitoring, she now works as deputy director of transformation for the Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative; a partnership arrangement between three community providers.
Lianne is passionate about community health care and hopes to contribute to raising the profile and role of community services as part a effective and sustainable system.
Lianne will be joining us as a speaker for our 'Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries' delivering with partners session.
Lorraine Sunduza OBE
Chief Executive
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Lorraine graduated from De Montfort University with a mental health nursing qualification. She has over 20 years' registered nurse experience having started her career working in adult mental health inpatient services and joined the trust in 2002 as a charge nurse in the forensic directorate.
In 2010 Lorraine was appointed as head of nursing for Forensic Services and in 2015 was appointed as deputy director of Nursing for London – Mental Health. She became interim chief nurse in November 2017 and was substantially appointed in June 2018. She was appointed as deputy chief executive officer at the trust in June 2021.
Lorraine is a member of NHS England London People Board including the London Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Lorraine will be joining us as a chair at our 'Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures' breakout session.
Louis Sullivan
Principle Architect
Darwin Group
He is currently the principal architect at Darwin Group, specialising in designing healthcare solutions for the NHS and striving to further what best-in-practice looks like.
Louis graduated from The Bartlett, University College London for RIBA Parts 1, 2, 3 and was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal Commendation at the RIBA Presidents Medal 2014.
He is passionate about the future of architectural education and is a regular guest critic and lecturer across the country. Louis has taught architecture at universities for more than half a decade, aspiring to inspire the next generation of architects.
Louis will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Building system resilience through on-demand infrastructure' delivering with partners session.
Lynette Smith
Deputy Managing Director
Humber and North Yorkshire Collaboration of Acute Providers
Lynette Smith will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries' delivering with partners session.
Mahmud Nawaz
Chair
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Previously, Mahmud has also been a non executive director at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, a charity chair at Relate Bradford and Leeds, a school governor and a multi-academy trust director and brings varied and rich experience from the public, private and third sectors.
Mahmud's professional career has been focused on both management consulting and the financial services sector, where he has built a strong track record in leading on customer strategy, segmentation, experience and transformation.
He is passionate about tackling health inequalities and ensuring everyone has the right access, experience and outcomes that they deserve, and for 20 years has been an active organ donation campaigner and is also an organ donation ambassador for NHS Blood and Transplant.
He has been recognised at the end of 2023 by his peers as one of 75 national ethnic minority health leaders by both the Seacole Group (ethnic minority NHS non-executive directors group) and South Asian NHS Leaders Network, and most recently in September 2024 he has been named as one of Europe's Top 50 Influential Muslims in Europe by Equality X.
Mahmud will be joining us as a speaker at our 'High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?' delivering with partners session.
Marie Bell
Senior Project Manager
South Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative
With a focus on continuous quality improvement approaches to embed STOMP (stop over medicating with people with learning disabilities and/or autism) and address systemic challenges across South Yorkshire.
She is currently studying for a master's level senior leadership diploma at Sheffield Hallam University.
Marie will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries' delivering with partners session.
Marika Stephenson
Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of People Services
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
She joined the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) in 2021 after 10 and a half years with Rio Tinto, a FTSE 100 global mining company where she had led a large HR team based across US, Canada, South America, Africa and Europe.
Since being with EEAST, Marika's leadership has driven the transformation and growth within the people services team, as well as overseeing innovative transformation projects across the wider trust such as Time to Lead, a restructure programme for operational management and staff. She is MCIPD qualified and a mental health first aider.
Marika will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
She will also be joining us as a speaker at our 'High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?' delivering with partners session.
Martin Watts
Director of Clinical Services
Medacs Healthcare
15 years on, having stepped away from the NHS into an independent sector role, Martin now has the perspective and the flexibility to develop fresh approaches to building true system resilience. This has led to a new partnership between Darwin Group and Medacs, and a suite of capacity solutions that aim to address bed and staffing shortages simultaneously.
Martin will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Building system resilience through on-demand infrastructure' delivering with partners session.
Mary Elford
Chair
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Mary has undertaken leadership roles in the public and private sectors, including vice chair of East London NHS Foundation Trust, member of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel for the NHS, non-executive director of Health Education England and as a lay council member for the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Mary's commercial career was with the John Lewis Partnership, where she held a range of senior executive positions.
Mary will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Shaping better services for the next generation' plenary session.
Maryann Ferreux
Non-executive Director
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
She has 20 years clinical experience working across the Australian and UK health system, with specialist qualifications in health system leadership, management, and population health.
Maryann has a special interest in researching health equity and the impact of social determinants of health; her current doctoral studies explore the impact of organisational behaviours and policy making on health inequalities in the NHS.
Maryann will be joining us as a chair at our 'Collaboration in health and care: working together to tackle urgent and emergency care demand' breakout session.
Megan Rowlands
Programme Director
Leeds Health and Care Partnership
Megan has worked in a wide range of health and care settings, with extensive senior experience of working in partnership to lead, develop and deliver integrated community services.
Megan will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes ' breakout session.
Miriam Deakin
Co-Director of Development and Engagement
NHS Providers
Miriam worked within NHS Providers' influencing arm for a number of years and as director of policy and strategy for six years. She recently took up the new post of director of development and engagement at NHS Providers, as a job-share with Jenny Reindorp, director of engagement and development.
Miriam is working with the development and engagement team to develop a coherent strategic framework to take forward our well regarded offer of events, networks and peer learning, for trusts, in challenging times. She takes a particular lead for our growing board development offer, for networks, commercial partnerships and national events, complementing Jenny's focus on programmes. Both Jenny and Miriam are members of NHS Providers executive management team.
Miriam will be joining us as a chair at our 'Building system resilience through on-demand healthcare infrastructure' delivering with partners session.
Natalie Woods
Programme Manager - Health Inequalities
Barnardo's
Before joining Barnardo's, Natalie worked in public health, leading on initiatives in mental health, suicide prevention, and health intervention commissioning.
With a diverse background in various children's charities, she has held roles in supporting parents of young children with disabilities, young carers, and the development and implementation of localised digital tools for parents and parents-to-be.
Natalie will be joining us as a chair at our 'Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health' breakfast session.
Nicky Moffat
Former British Army Brigadier and Leadership Development Consultant
She has led people across a broad spectrum of technical, leadership development and operational delivery roles, including as commander of a training regiment and director of the 4,500 soldiers within the Army's personnel and finance function. As military private secretary, she worked at the heart of government, supporting the Secretary of State for Defence.
In 2012, Nicky set up What Good Leadership Looks Like to help companies and organisations develop their thinking around leadership, culture and change. Sharing expertise and insight, alongside the techniques and tools that she employed throughout her career in Defence, she offers practical advice to inspire the development of empowered, trusting and trusted, high performing teams. She supports executive teams and individuals – including within the NHS – as a leadership coach and mentor.
Nicky will be joining us as a keynote speaker to discuss key leadership challenges facing NHS provider organisations at our plenary session.
Nicola Ennis
Children and Young People's Alliance Programme Director
South Yorkshire Integrated Care System
She completed research on the physical and mental health inequalities of looked after children and following the research publication established a looked after children's health service in West Dunbartonshire.
Nicola went onto project manage the redesign of specialist children service in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and managed Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Glasgow and then Sheffield. Nicola now leads the South Yorkshire Children and Young People's Alliance across South Yorkshire.
Nicola will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Shifting the dial on child health: how healthcare systems are tackling inequalities through social determinants of health' breakfast session.
Paul Scott
Chief Executive
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
He previously held senior roles in the East of England Ambulance Service and at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust.
Paul is motivated by improving the way our health and care services work in partnership to deliver improvements to the services we provide.
Paul will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures' breakout session.
Phil Garrigan
Chief Fire Officer
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
In addition to his role as chief fire officer, he is also the vice chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), and NFCC lead for children and young people.
Phil is a national strategic advisor which has more recently involved him taking the national lead for the Fire and Rescue Service UK's response to Covid-19, as well as taking the lead for the deployment of fire engines and equipment to aid Ukraine.
He is also a trustee and member of, the Hive Youth Zone, Firefit Hub, and Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust, as well as an ambassador for the Cash for Kids Charity.
Phil will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Improving patient safety: learning from the past to shape the future' plenary session.
Professor Aldo Faisal
Science and Innovation Director
The Alan Turing Institute
He is Professor of artificial intelligence (AI) and Neuroscience at Imperial College London and director of the £50m UKRI Centres in AI for Healthcare. He holds a chair in digital health at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Aldo also holds a prestigious UKRI Turing AI Fellowship. He is one of the few computer scientists world-wide that leads clinical trials to take his work from algorithm to the bedside and won numerous international research prizes and awards.
He is an advocate for proactive adaptation of AI and healthcare regulation working with regulators and international organisations, and his work and contributions have been regularly featured in the global media.
Aldo will be joining us as a panellist at our 'For the next generation and beyond: realising the potential of artificial intelligence in the NHS' plenary session.
Professor Andy Hardy
Chief Executive
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
For six years prior to that he was chief finance officer, and deputy chief executive from 2008-2010. Andy sits on a several boards, including chair of UK University Hospitals Association and the Health Innovation West Midlands.
In 2023 Andy was appointed as deputy chair for the new NHS England National Improvement Board. He is Professor of Industry at the University of Warwick, an Honorary Professor at Coventry University and a member of the Global Impact Committee.
Andy will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Professor Bob Klaber
Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
He has also trained as a medical educationalist in quality improvement and, through an MD at University College London, in mixed methods research. He is a professor of practice (population health) at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, a member of the NHS Assembly and a trustee of the Nuffield Trust.
In his current executive director role, he is responsible for strategy, research, innovation and improvement across the trust. This also involves clinical leadership around redevelopment, sustainability, improving population health, developing the trust's role as an anchor institution and improving health equity.
Bob continues to work as a consultant paediatrician at the trust and as part of Connecting Care for Children, an integrated child health programme in north west London. Bob is also one of the leaders of Kindness in Healthcare, a network of 1,400 people from 34 different countries.
Bob will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leading an improvement culture: people-powered improvement cultures' breakout session.
Professor Bola Owolabi
Director
NHS England
Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen
Chair
General Medical Council
Carrie is a consultant ophthalmologist for NHS Tayside and Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee. She served as chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges between 2017 and 2020 and is past-president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
Carrie has served on several committees in support of education, training and assessment of healthcare professionals and NHS committees regarding service re-design for medical services. She is a trustee of the Moorfields Eye Charity. She chaired the trustee board of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership until the end of 2023, and she was a member of the council of the University of Exeter.
Carrie will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Supporting diverse teams: intentionally embedding inclusive practice' delivering with partners session.
Professor Dr Durka Dougall
Chief Executive
Centre for Population Health
Not only is she the founder and chief executive of the Centre for Population Health, but she is also the acting deputy chair for an NHS acute and community trust, the chair of The Health Creation Alliance, a Professor of population health and public health supporting University College London and University of East London. She is also a leadership development expert supporting clinical, board, and system development across the UK and internationally.
For the last 10 years, Durka has been leading efforts to develop leadership capability across the UK and more globally across a variety of roles. She has supported many individuals, boards of organisations, and systems to progress their efforts for population health and tackling health inequalities and is proud to be recognised as a trusted leader in this space.
Durka is proud of her Sri-Lankan heritage and of being Mum for her two teenage children.
Durka will be joining us as a panellist for our 'Setting up the NHS for future success: reflections on Darzi's diagnosis' plenary session.
Professor Jenny Simpson
Senior Advisor
Newton
Jenny realised early on that effective running of healthcare needs clinicians who understand all aspects of management and who can develop an appropriate skillset to lead colleagues and drive change. Jenny set up and then ran the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM), which worked closely with both clinical leaders at the local level and with Secretary of State, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and a wide range of national NHS bodies, to bring about clinically driven improvement and change across the NHS.
As BAMM's chief executive, Jenny was asked to join the DHSC modernisation board, becoming one of the original signatories to the Labour government's NHS Plan.
In 2015, Jenny joined Newton as part of its senior advisor team. Since then, she has taken on a wide range of projects, from direct on-site involvement in projects, to supporting Newton's national urgent and emergency care work, to providing training programmes and coaching for Newton people, to strategic thinking and future planning for the organisation.
Jenny will be joining us as a chair at our 'Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes' breakout session.
Professor Mel Pickup
Chief Executive Officer
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mel is a champion in the area of equality, diversity and inclusion with a focus on tackling inequalities that lead to poorer, shorter lives, and a strong advocate for the role that the arts and culture play in creating a sense of wellbeing and improved health outcomes. This includes chairing the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Council at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
Mel was place lead/accountable officer for the place of Bradford District and Craven (one of the five 'places' that make up the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care System) between July 2022 and May 2024, creating the 'Act as One' approach that underpins the Health and Care Partnership.
Mel will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Professor Phil Wood
Chief Executive
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Phil was also the senior responsible officer for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in West Yorkshire. He is currently chair of the Northeast and Yorkshire Genomic Medicine Service Board, a member of the NHS England National Genomics Board and a director/board member at the NHSA.
Phil will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes ' breakout session.
He will also be joining us as a speaker at our 'Accelerating improvement: leveraging the seven levels of change' delivering with partners session.
Professor Simon Kenny
National Clinical Director for Children and Young People
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
His surgical interests include minimally invasive paediatric surgery and urology. He has developed research interests in regenerative medicine and long-term outcomes in paediatric surgery. As clinical director from 2009-2016 he played a key role in delivering Alder Hey's strategic plan to become a world leading children's hospital including moving to the multiple award-winning new hospital Alder Hey in the Park.
Since 2017 Simon has been the national clinical lead for paediatric surgery in the GIRFT programme concentrating the most complex surgery in fewer centres and reducing thousands of unnecessary surgical procedures in children. He is a national clinical adviser and board member of the National Clinical Improvement Programme which gives clinicians benchmarked outcomes of their treatments.
Simon was awarded OBE in 2024 for services to paediatric surgery.
Simon will be joining us as a panellist for our 'Shaping better services for the next generation' plenary session.
Professor Tara Rampal
Founder and Director
QuestPrehab
During her tenure at Medway NHS Foundation Trust she led the development Prehab Unit which was rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
In her NHS role, she leads Perioperative Prehab service at Princess Royal University Hospital (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) and revived commendation for her culturally inclusive approach.
She is the founder of Britain's leading comprehensive, multi site digital prehabilitation service, QuestPrehab- established in September 2020.
Tara will be joining us as a chair at our 'What is QuestPrehab and how can we help improve patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Professor Tim Orchard
Chief Executive
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
He is a professor of gastroenterology at Imperial College London and he currently sits on the board of the Office of Strategic Coordination of Healthcare Research representing the NHS.
Since becoming chief executive, he has focused on developing a collaborative, inclusive and kind organisational culture, with three consecutive years of improvement in the NHS staff survey.
Tim will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Raghuv Bhasin
Chief Operating Officer
Buckingham Healthcare NHS Trust
During the pandemic Raghuv was seconded to help set up and lead NHS Test and Trace as chief of staff and a member of the executive committee of the organisation.
Raghuv started his career in the civil service working in the Department of Health and Social Care across a range of policy, finance and performance areas.
Raghuv spent three years directly supporting ministers including as Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Health. His first role in the NHS was in NHS Improvement where he helped set up the national Urgent and Emergency Care Programme.
Raghuv will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Delivering the benefits of a neighbourhood based NHS' delivering with partners session.
Rachel Clarke
Deputy Group Director of Operations Medicine and Emergency Care
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Under her leadership, an urgent treatment centre was opened in 2021 and soon after medical same day emergency care services were opened across both hospital sites.
Rachel is also responsible for transforming urgent and emergency care pathways in preparation for the move into the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospitals in October 2024. With her wealth of knowledge and expertise, Rachel has helped improve patient access, experience and outcomes across Sandwell and West Birmingham.
Rachel will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Building system resilience through on-demand infrastructure' delivering with partners session.
Rebecca Barry
Health Correspondent
ITV News
Most recently Rebecca has investigated failings in mental health care, covered the long-awaited outcome of the Infected Blood Inquiry, reported on Lord Darzi's review of the NHS and held to account outgoing and incoming health secretaries.
Rebecca began her journalism career in local radio, before becoming a producer and reporter at BBC News. She later moved to ITN, where she became the health correspondent at 5 News. She's been at ITV News since 2014.
Before specialising in health, Rebecca reported on some of the biggest national and international stories, including the 2020 US Presidential Election, the war in Ukraine, the death of the Queen and the Israel-Gaza war. She also presented an ITV documentary, Tabloids on Trial, featuring a world-exclusive interview with Prince Harry.
Rebecca will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Setting up the NHS for future success: reflections on Darzi's diagnosis' plenary session.
Rhea Kankate
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Rhea began her HR career through the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme in 2021 and has since become a driving force in developing and delivering Buckinghamshire Healthcare's diversity and inclusion strategy.
With an expertise in equality legislation, Rhea offers guidance to ensure compliance and promote fair, equitable practices, embedding these principles into organisational culture. She also has experience designing and implementing retention and development programmes, improving colleague engagement and career growth across diverse teams.
Rhea will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Robert Cragg
Chief People Officer
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Robert's career has seen him work at local, regional and national level, as well as being fortunate to gain experience in both the private and academic sectors. He was formerly the deputy director of organisation development, education and inclusion at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, a post he held for three years before joining Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
He is currently the chief people officer for the trust, where he has enjoyed the most recent three years of his career.
Robert will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Roberto Laza Cagigas
Head of Operations
QuestPrehab
He is interested in gaining an understanding of the role that lifestyle plays in the prevention and/or development of metabolic diseases.
Roberto is currently studying a PhD in human sciences analysing among other things the effects of prehabilitation programmes on functional capacity and length of stay in patients with cancer.
Roberto will be joining us as a speaker at our 'What is QuestPrehab and how can it help improve patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Rt. Hon Wes Streeting MP
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care
Rukshana Kapasi
Director of Health
Barnardo's
Saffron Cordery
Deputy Chief Executive
NHS Providers
Saffron has extensive experience in policy development, influencing and communications. Before moving into healthcare, Saffron was head of public affairs at the Local Government Association, the voice of local councils in England. Her early career focused on influencing EU legislation and policy development, and she started working life in adult and community education.
She has a degree in modern languages from the University of Manchester, for 10 years she was a board member and then chair of a college in Hampshire. She is currently a trustee of GambleAware, a leading charity committed to minimising gambling-related harm.
Saffron will be joining us as a chair at our 'Supporting diverse teams: intentionally embedding inclusive practice' delivering with partners session.
She will also be joining us as chair at our 'High stress and low morale: what can trust leaders do to support their staff?' delivering with partners session.
Saira Ramadan
Partner
Hempsons
Saira has particular expertise in discrimination and equal pay, and led on one of the leading test cases in the national NHS equal pay litigation. She advises clients on the full range of employment and HR issues.
Saira will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Counting the cost: understanding your ethnicity pay gap' breakout session.
Sally Warren
Director General
Department of Health and Social Care
Prior to this, Sally was the director of policy for five years at The King's Fund. She has over 20 years of experience working in health and care, with roles including director for social care policy at DHSC, director of programmes at Public Health England, director of EU exit preparedness and response at Defra and deputy chief inspector at Care Quality Commission.
Sally will be joining us as a panellist for our 'Developing a roadmap for the future: 10-year health plan' breakout session.
Salma Yasmeen
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Prior to July 2023, Salma was deputy chief executive and director of strategy and change at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Salma started her career as a mental health nurse and joined South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in 2017.
Prior to this she was the director of nursing and transformation for a large medical city in the Middle East. During this time she led the development of the medical city's approach to transformation and building capability across the diverse workforce.
Salma brings a wealth of knowledge, leadership skills and experience from her time in health and care systems, leading innovation and change in organisations and across systems with people at the centre.
Salma Yasmeen will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Sam Prince
Executive Director of Operations
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Sam is committed to working in a way that patients and their families can understand, she has led many partnerships across the city, collaborating with both the public and voluntary sector to improve access and outcomes for people in need of care and support.
Sam will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Leeds HomeFirst: collaborative partnership working and its impact on people's outcomes ' breakout session.
Sara Polding
Senior Transformation Manager
Skin Analytics
Working within the digital health space, she understands the governance structures and requirements within the NHS. Her career has been grounded in solution finding, working in service managements and delivery across different healthcare settings, incorporating digital tools and solutions.
Sara has supported a variety of healthcare providers develop pathways, operational measures and build successful skin cancer services.
Sara will be joining us as chair at our 'Artificial intelligence in action: enhancing workforce efficiency and patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Sarah Bierley
Director of Strategy
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
She held successive roles including divisional director, director of business development and partnerships and executive director of strategy.
In October 2020, Sarah took on the role of joint director of strategy for both East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust before joining the trust full time in August 2021.
Sarah will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Enabling productivity: achieving financial, operational, and clinical gains for lasting quality care' delivering with partners session.
Sarah Warren
Deputy Director Clinical Services: Care Navigation
NHS South, Central and West
CNS' public-facing contact centre delivery includes waiting list management, patient transport advice and clinical workforce solutions.
Sarah will be joining us as chair at our 'Improving patient experience while waiting: safely validating and reducing waiting lists' delivering with partners session.
Shana Tribe
Client Development Consultant
QuestPrehab
She has first-hand experience delivering successful NHS business cases and efficient cancer prehab and rehabilitation services.
In her role as a client development consultant for QuestPrehab™ she brings her clinical leadership, project management and quality improvement experience to help deliver virtual prehabilitation programmes and customise QuestPrehab™'s technology platform to meet client's needs.
Shana will be joining us as a speaker for our 'What is QuestPrehab and how can it help improve patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Siobhan Melia
Chief Executive
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Siobhan completed a secondment as interim chief executive at South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust in 2023. Following this, she led a review of the culture within the ambulance sector commissioned by NHS England.
Siobhan will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Collaboration in health and care: working together to tackle urgent and emergency care demand' breakout session.
Sir Julian Hartley
Chief Executive
NHS Providers
During his decade of service at Leeds, Sir Julian led a major programme of culture change and staff engagement to deliver improved quality, operational and financial performance. Sir Julian was awarded Knight Bachelor for services to healthcare in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Sir Ron Kerr
Chair
NHS Providers
He is currently a board member of the GEL/NHS England Partnership Board and is also a trustee of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation and King's College London. He was knighted for services to the NHS in 2011.
Sir Ron will be joining us as a chair at our 'Developing a roadmap for the future: 10-year health plan' breakout session.
Sue Colbeck
Chief Procurement Officer
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside
Sue previously held the role of associate director of procurement at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other senior roles within London Procurement Partnership and Akeso & Co leading NHS Supply Chain Category Tower 8.
Throughout her career as a procurement professional, Sue has witnessed first-hand the critical role that efficient procurement and supply chain management plays in delivering quality healthcare services to patients.
Sue will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Boosting productivity, delivering financial, operational and clinical benefits while improving quality of care now and in the future' delivering with partners session.
Suresh Periyasamy
Head of Nursing for Recruitment, Retention, and Pastoral Care
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Suresh began his nursing career in England in 2001 after being internationally educated in India. Since 2009, he has worked as an advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) across multiple specialties, with a strong emphasis on urgent and emergency care. He also currently practices as the lead ACP at the MIaMI Unit within the emergency department at UHL.
With a wealth of experience and a proven track record in leadership, Suresh is deeply committed to enhancing nursing practice, promoting the professional development of his colleagues, and fostering staff retention through a focus on pastoral care, particularly for internationally educated nurses.
Suresh will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving staff retention: trust led initiatives on making the NHS an attractive place to work' breakout session.
Tamsin Hooton
Programme Director
Joined Up Care Derbyshire
Tamsin has worked in a number of systems in London and the east Midlands and is currently the director of the Joined-Up Care Derbyshire provider collaborative. She has a keen interest in improvement, integrated care models and developing system leadership.
Tamsin will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Equitable improvement across organisational boundaries' delivering with partners session.
Tara Donnelly
Advisor/Founder
Doccla/Digital Care
She now runs Digital Care supporting health systems and tech innovators to scale this model and is an Advisor to Doccla.
Tara will be joining us as a speaker at our 'Enabling productivity: achieving financial, operational, and clinical gains for lasting quality care' delivering with partners session.
Thea Stein
Chief Executive
Nuffield Trust
Thea was previously chief executive at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and before then chief executive of Carers Trust, Yorkshire Forward and North East Leeds Primary Care Trust. Thea has also held a number of non-executive roles in housing organisations and academia.
Thea will be joining us as a chair at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Tim Phillips
Director for Health Value for Money
National Audit Office
He was responsible for much of the NAO's work on the Covid-19 pandemic, including 'Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for Covi-19', one of the first independent reports on the government's pandemic response, and 'The government's approach to Test and Trace in England.
Tim has also authored reports on the NHS' attempts to deal with backlogs in elective care, the New Hospital Programme, and the modelling that informed the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. His most recent report was on NHS financial management and sustainability.
Tim will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Previously, Tim directed the NAO's Value for Money work on the BBC and the Department for Education, and he has extensive experience auditing the court and prison systems of England and Wales.
He has served as the NAO's principal liaison with the chair of the House of Commons public accounts committee.
Tim will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Improving value for money through a whole system approach to productivity' breakout session.
Vincent Sai
Partner and Chief Executive
Modality Group
Under his leadership, Modality grew from two sites and 25,000 patients to a national footprint and services reaching over 8.7 million citizens.
An Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Vincent champions collaboration, digital transformation, and scalable care models. He has also led on pioneering innovative, data-driven approaches to link primary and secondary care.
Vincent will be joining us as a panellist at our 'Collaboration in health and care: working together to tackle urgent and emergency care demand' breakout session.
William Franklin
Chairman
IHSN Healthcare Limited
With over 25 years in international business, including the last eight years in healthcare and pharmaceutical consulting, he has been pivotal in developing IHSN's services.
William focuses on building strong partnerships between suppliers and healthcare providers. Notably, he established the first-ever commercial collaboration between private hospitals in the UK and Shanghai.
His work in the UK and abroad has opened new pathways for IHSN to explore opportunities and collaborations.
William will be joining us as a speaker at our 'What is QuestPrehab and how can it help improve patient outcomes' delivering with partners session.
Exhibitors
We would like to thank our exhibitors and sponsors who will be joining us at this years Annual Conference and Exhibition 2024. Find out more about our sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities here.
If you would like to learn more about the products and services that they offer to NHS trusts, do view their profiles below and get in touch if you would like to learn more.
Barnardo's
Bevan Brittan LLP
Bevan Brittan LLP is a multi-award winning UK Top 100 commercial law firm and one of the UK's leading health and social care legal and regulatory advisors. They act for over 60% of all NHS trusts and clinical commissioners, including a range of other NHS organisations such as NHS Resolution and NHS Property Services.
Stand number: 11
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Billmonitor
Billmonitor is a specialist consultancy service, trusted by public sector organisations to reduce their mobile phone costs. Combining our proprietary software with a dedicated team, Billmonitor finds the mobile phone plan that works best for their clients, saving them money and time. They are also truly independent of any mobile network and offer a risk-free approach: 'no saving = no fees'.
Stand number: 37
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British Red Cross
Browne Jacobson
Browne Jacobson powers success in health and social care, helping commissioners, providers, and regulators nationwide. Across the private and public sectors, they're a trusted advisor to over 100 NHS bodies, 150 local authorities and independent providers. Their straight-talking lawyers' extensive sector knowledge, progressive approach, and exceptional service achieves the outcomes clients need.
Stand number: 26
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Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society.
They unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in artificial intelligence, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.
Stand number: 1
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Capsticks
Capsticks is a leading UK law firm providing specialist legal advice to the health, housing, regulatory and social care sectors. For over 40 years Capsticks has worked with the NHS, providing specialist full-service legal advice, so they truly understand the unique challenges and opportunities that trusts face. They advise on some of the most ground-breaking, high-value and politically sensitive cases across a vast range of practice areas including employment, procurement, real estate and litigation.
Stand number: 28
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Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future
Darwin Group
At Darwin Group, they firmly believe every patient should have access to world-leading healthcare facilities that empower staff to deliver exceptional care. They work in partnership with the NHS and private healthcare providers to create outstanding healthcare environments completely aligned with clinical needs. Whatever the problem, they have the solution – from immediate temporary buildings to permanent complex structures.
Stand number: 31
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Doccla
Join us for an engaging presentation on the Managing Heart Failure @Home (MHF@Home) programme — a collaborative initiative between East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, and Doccla.
With potential savings of up to £558,601 over six months if expanded to all heart failure patients in the region, this programme empowers patients through remote monitoring and personalised self-management. It has achieved significant improvements in mobility, self-care, and quality of life, alongside a complete elimination of 30-day readmissions and a 32% reduction in A&E visits for heart failure-related issues.
Discover how this proactive care model is transforming chronic disease management and alleviating pressures on healthcare services.
Stand number: 33
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GatenbySanderson
GatenbySanderson is the UK's leading people advisory firm across public services, not for profit and education. Working within complex, challenging and highly scrutinised environments they deliver executive search, interim leadership and leadership development and consultancy.
Stand number: 5
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General Medical Council
They work with doctors, patients, and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care across the UK. They set the standards doctors and those who train them need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in doctors may be at risk, they can investigate, and take action if needed.
Stand number: 16
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Health Service Journal
HSJ provides a deep understanding of the NHS through a wide range of services and solutions – news, analysis, insight, data, live networking events and a unique best practice database – aimed at professionals in the UK healthcare industry.
They employ the largest team of expert healthcare analysts and journalists in the UK, who provide unparalleled news and analysis on national policy decisions and deliver the most up-to-date information on developments within the NHS. HSJ is the media partner for this year's Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Stand number: 13
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Healthcare Management
Healthcare Management is the new fortnightly magazine for senior management in NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, primary care and local government public health providing a holistic overview of the healthcare sector and a comprehensive and accessible round-up of the big stories. It also includes interviews with key industry figures, expert analysis, thought-provoking comment and the latest senior healthcare management vacancies. The print edition is available free and the magazine is also available as a digital edition at healthcare-management.uk.
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Lee Peart (editor): l.peart@hgluk.com
David Harris (publisher) – d.harris@hgluk.com
Hempsons
Hempsons, a specialist health and social care law firm working across the public, private and third sectors, acts for over 150 NHS organisations nationwide on strategic and operational issues including integrated care, collaborations, service reconfigurations, patient safety, estates projects and workforce.
Hempsons is a longstanding partner of NHS Providers and support them on a range of activities where legal issues are an important consideration. Please see Hempsons' webinars and podcasts for advice on a range of legal issues.
Stand number: 19
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Hunter Healthcare
iBABS
iBabs board portal provides secure, paperless meeting solutions for NHS boards. It offers easy access to documents, agendas, and minutes, saving time and reducing paperwork. Visit their booth to learn how they support 30+ NHS trusts in making board and committee meetings more effective.
Stand number: 3
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Lapsafe
LapSafe® delivers innovative smart locker solutions that enhance operational efficiency, security, and sustainability for NHS Trusts. By supporting digital transformation and optimising asset management, LapSafe® assist healthcare teams to focus on what matters most - delivering responsive, high-quality patient care and driving positive outcomes in an ever-evolving healthcare landscape.
Stand number: 7
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Liaison Group
Liaison Group is a trusted partner to the NHS, specialising in recovering cash for reinvestment and freeing up time to deliver more care. Through their workforce, financial and care businesses support integrated care systems and organisations with technology and expertise.
Stand number: 27
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Love and charity: a history of giving in the NHS
Love and charity: a history of giving in the NHS celebrates the vital impact of charities, who contribute over £1.2 million daily to support NHS staff, patients, and communities. Led by NHS Charities Together and internationally renowned photographer Rankin, the series features inspiring portraits celebrating NHS charity partnerships across the UK.
Stand number: 42
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Newton
Newton is a strategic delivery partner for health and care systems, helping to deliver change which tackles the intense pressures of today, while innovating for a brighter future. They work alongside all health and care partners to tackle their most pressing challenges, such as improving productivity or urgent and emergency care, and also look ahead at fundamentally reimagining and redesigning how services are delivered.
Stand number: 24
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NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Business Services Authority is delivering a brand-new workforce solution to over 1.8 million NHS colleagues that will ultimately replace the current electronic staff record. Organisations need to prepare now for the future solution by promoting a culture of self-service and making best use of technology and digital solutions.
Stand number: 4
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NHS Charities Together
They are the national charity caring for the NHS, supporting a network of over 230 NHS charities based in every hospital, health board, ambulance, community, and mental health trust across the UK and helping the NHS go further for everyone. Together, NHS charities give over one million pounds a day to benefit NHS staff, patients and volunteers. During 2020, NHS Charities Together's Covid Appeal raised £160 million and has reached every NHS Trust and Health Board, funding thousands of projects.
Stand number: 38
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NHS Commissioning Support Unit lounge
NHS Commissioning Support Units work collaboratively to provide clinical and transformational support as well as value-adding back-office transactional services. They enable providers to deliver their ambitions for population health, effective care and sustainable use of NHS resources with services including:
- Workforce transformation, planning and optimisation
- Improving productivity and efficiency
- Digital transformation and digitalisation
- Clinical strategy, redesign and patient flow
- Insight, analysis and business intelligence
- Provider collaborative empowerment and consolidation.
Stand number: 35
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NHS England EDI
The equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) function is designed to integrate an EDI perspective into all activities related to achieving the objectives of the Long Term Workforce Plan, maintaining the People Promise with its exemplar sites, and collaboratively overseeing the implementation of the EDI Improvement Plan.
The Mandated Standards team aims to leverage insights and analysis from national data sources, such as the National Staff Survey and the Workforce Disability and Race Equality Standards, to inform initiatives that enhance workforce experience by addressing disparities.
Stand number: 18
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NHS Open Space
Launched in 2016, NHS Open Space is an award-winning all-in-one space management system, specially developed by the NHS for the whole healthcare sector. It provides all NHS and public sector landlords with a suite of specialist estates management, booking and analytics tools, complemented by expert support and guidance from healthcare sector specialists.
Stand number: 12
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NHS Providers
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
Currently, we have all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million staff. We work across a range of disciplines, including policy and analysis, communications and media, support and training, public affairs and influencing.
Stand number: 25
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NHS Supply Chain
NHS Supply Chain manage the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products and services for the NHS across England and Wales. They are an integral part of the NHS family, working collaboratively to ensure our supply chain is cost efficient, resilient, and responsive to frontline needs – helping the NHS deliver exceptional care.
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Oxehealth
Oxehealth is a leader in intelligent patient monitoring for inpatient mental health. The company is dedicated to helping clinical teams deliver safer, higher-quality and more efficient care. Oxehealth partners with half of NHS England’s mental health providers and is beginning to transform inpatient care in Europe and the US.
Stand number: 23
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Patchwork Health
Patchwork Health is on a mission to make flexible and sustainable working a reality for all healthcare staff. Their fully integrated workforce management solution helps optimise outcomes for organisations, managers, staff and patients. Built by a team of healthcare veterans, and co-created with the NHS, their technology and services have been embraced by over 100 healthcare sites.
Stand number: 32
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Providers Deliver
Through the Providers Deliver programme, NHS Providers highlight, celebrate, and promote the innovations and achievements of NHS trusts and foundation trusts, alongside their partners.
This year we will feature two key reports: Achieving value for money and Shifting care upstream.
Stand number: 34
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QuestPrehab
QuestPrehab is the UK's leading digital prehabilitation service, preparing patients for cancer treatment or major surgery. Built on decades of scientific study, it leads innovation in peri-operative and cancer care.
Proven and used successfully in the NHS, QuestPrehab's technology-enabled method overcomes common challenges, increasing patient adherence and service efficacy. Scalable and cost-efficient, QuestPrehab supports multiple NHS trusts. With extensive NHS experience, our flexible engagement models integrate seamlessly with your team's existing setup, helping free up clinical resources.
Stand number: 10
Skin Analytics
Skin Analytics are working for a future where no one dies from skin cancer.
By leveraging DERM, the only UKCA Class IIa Artifical Intelligence as a Medical Device for dermatology, Skin Analytics helps dermatology teams build world-leading skin cancer pathways that enable better patient outcomes and sustainability for health systems, globally.
Stand number: 15
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Sleep and Health Clinic
TERN Group
TERN provides a smarter approach to international hiring of the best healthcare talent for the NHS. The TERN platform matches the best talent to key vacancies and streamlines the end-to-end process to provide cost savings to the NHS, improve retention and reduce locum spend.
Stand number: 29
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Thiscovery
Thiscovery connects our clients (the NHS, Royal Colleges, government, universities and commercial organisations) to a growing community of experts using rigorous engagement methods that provide credible and actionable insights. Building on established knowledge of digital platforms and improvement, they have created an infrastructure for research, engagement, consultation, and collaborative design.
Stand number: 14
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Virginia Mason Institute
Virginia Mason Institute is a global transformation and improvement organisation specialising in partnerships across the NHS that enable organisations to create, accelerate, and sustain their own patient-centric management system and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
Their multi-disciplinary team has extensive expertise in healthcare leadership, strategic planning, innovation, large-scale change, and process improvement across all healthcare environments. Virginia Mason Institute have the approach, proven models, and methods to help you dramatically elevate your patient experience, eliminate waste, and sustain high quality care.
Stand number: 9
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Weightmans
Weightmans is a national law firm employing more than 150 specialist healthcare lawyers across the country. Our client base comprises over 160 NHS organisations including trusts, and commissioners. Our expert team combines legal and medical expertise, supporting legal teams and boards within NHS organisations on all areas of health-related law.
Stand number: 30
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Discover more by downloading our sponsorship brochure or reach out to Roberta Henry at roberta.henry@nhsproviders.org to discuss how you can get involved and make a significant impact at our event.
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