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The Future NHS Summit: Building a Healthcare System Fit for the Future

Salford Community Stadium, Greater Manchester 2 December 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm

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8:30am
Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
9:40am
Opening Keynote: A Healthcare System Fit for the Future
  • Exploring the long-term vision for NHS reform, digital maturity, and sustainable healthcare
  • Understanding the policy and structural enablers shaping tomorrow's health service
  • Questions and answers
Matthew Swindells, Chair of the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative
10:10am
Main Stage Sponsor
  • Questions and answers
TBC, Solventum
10:30am
Panel Discussion: Towards Integrated, Place-Based Care
  • Discuss what effective, integrated, place-based care looks like?
  • Understand how ICSs are enabling local collaboration across health, care, and VCSE sectors
  • Address barriers around governance, workforce, data sharing, and community engagement
  • Explore how to use population health insights, shared accountability, and co-production to reduce inequalities and improve outcomes locally
  • Questions and answers


Tracey Vell MBE, Medical Director for Primary Care, Greater Manchester ICS

Salma Yasmeen, Chief Executive, Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Lisa Taylor, Health and Wellbeing Programme Director and VCSE Partnership Programme Lead, VONNE (Voluntary Organisations' Network North East)

Nikki Teesdale, Director of Health and Care Integration and Improvement, Medway and Swale Health and Care Partnership

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11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Main Stage Session
  • Questions and answers
Cindy Wu, Founder and President, Wellcare Co., Ltd
11:50am
Leadership, Safety, and Quality in a Changing NHS
  • Embedding safety, transparency, and continuous improvement as everyday practices
  • The relationship between leadership behaviours and organisational culture, staff engagement, and patient experience
  • Lessons from recent inspections and what integrated systems must do to maintain standards
  • Questions and answers
Andrew Murphy-Pittock, Education Director, Health Services Safety Investigations Body
12:10pm
Main Stage Session
  • Questions and answers
TBC, Formstack
12:30pm
Main Stage Session
  • Questions and answers
Dr Mike Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, AOTI
12:50pm
Lunch and Networking
1:50pm
Bridging the Gap Between Private and Public Sectors
  • Questions and answers
Dr Ian Gargan, Chief Executive, Private Healthcare Information Network Limited
2:10pm
Panel Discussion: Tackling Health Inequalities Through Data-Driven Population Health
  • Discuss how data and analytics can uncover and address local health inequalities
  • Understand how building cross-sector partnerships can turn insight into targeted interventions
  • Questions and answers


Frances O'Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB)

Professor Durka Dougall, Chief Executive, Centre for Population Health 

Laura French, Director of Population Health Management, NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB

Sunil Lad, National Clinical Director for Health and Justice, NHS England

Professor Zafar Iqbal FFPH is Vice President of the Faculty of Public Health

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2:40pm
Designing Inclusive, Accessible, and Equitable NHS Services
  • Embedding inclusive design and accessibility in digital service development
  • Ensuring services meet the real needs of diverse patient groups and staff
  • Questions and answers
Rochelle Gold, Head of User Research and User Centred Design - NHS England
3:00pm
Break and Networking
3:30pm
Closing Panel Discussion: Workforce Wellbeing, Retention, and Leadership in a Pressurised NHS
  • Discuss how systems and organisations lead with compassion, retain skilled staff, and create supportive environments that promote wellbeing and career development
  • Review national priorities and practical strategies aligned with the NHS People Plan to reshape how we recruit, support, and lead in today's evolving health system
  • Questions and answers
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4:00pm
Chair's Closing Summary
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*programme subject to change

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