29 - 30 April 2027, The Deansgate, Manchester
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Registration Desk45 mins
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Main Room10 mins
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Main Room50 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
What does it take to successfully lead change and deliver sustained improvements across the NHS?
Hear directly from leaders of NHS Trusts delivering real change and measurable results, sharing the approaches that have helped them overcome challenges, improve performance and deliver better outcomes for patients and staff. From leadership and culture to innovation and operational improvement, the session will bring together practical lessons and real-world experiences from organisations leading the way in NHS transformation.
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Main Room20 mins
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Main Room30 minsOur signature ‘Dragons' Den' session provides each solution provider with an opportunity to deliver a 60 second pitch, explaining why they are here and how their services can help tackle some of the sector's ongoing challenges.
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Networking Area75 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room25 mins
- Digital, Data & AI
The healthcare industry is currently navigating "The Persona Paradox, " a period of unprecedented change where AI oscillates between a time-saving digital scribe and a life-saving specialist. By categorizing AI into two distinct buckets—Generative AI for reclaiming human connection and Predictive AI for spotting invisible clinical patterns—this session provides a clear framework for understanding how technology is already increasing cancer detection rates and reducing emergency treatment times. However, rapid adoption brings significant ethical risks, specifically the "Black Box" of baked-in bias and the "Proxy Error, " where algorithms can unintentionally scale historical healthcare disparities. Ultimately, this presentation highlights why high-tech tools require high-touch leadership, offering a roadmap for balancing machine efficiency with human intuition to ensure that as we automate the administrative burden, we never lose sight of the patient.
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Main Room20 mins
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Main Room20 mins
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40 minsAn opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers to talk over the learnings from the event. Lunch is served buffet style and a range of options are available to cater for different dietary requirements.
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Main Room20 mins
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Main Room30 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
Hear directly from the leadership of Manchester Foundation Trust as they share their strategic vision, approach to transformation and the role of digital innovation in delivering better outcomes for patients, people and the organisation. The session will also explore how the Board works collectively across clinical, digital, operational and financial priorities, and how strong financial management and investment decisions support long-term organisational success.
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Main Room20 mins
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Main Room20 mins
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Networking Area75 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room35 mins
- Digital, Data & AI
Exploring how digital leadership, agile improvement and innovation can keep pace with the changing NHS, from redesigning services and improving patient experience to tackling health inequalities. The discussion will consider the realities and challenges of digital transformation, the role of effective leadership, and the move away from top-down approaches towards frontline teams being empowered to improve services every day.
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150 minsNetworking sessions – throughout the event we host a networking lunch as well as a dinner and drinks reception to give you ample opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers over the learnings from the event. Dinner is served in formal-style seating to a set menu. Our delegate team will speak to you to ensure we cater for any specific dietary requirements.
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Main Room10 mins
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Main Room50 mins
- Outcomes & Impact
How can we come together across health, care and communities to shift left, focus on prevention and improve population health? This panel with participants from primary, community and social care explore the power of partnership, collaboration and collective action to deliver better outcomes for patients and communities.
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Main Room20 mins
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Main Room25 mins
- Digital, Data & AI
Hear about an NHS England blueprint showcasing a digitally enabled pathway, including the approach, learning and benefits from real-world implementation.
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Breakout Room 125 mins
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- Operations & Service Delivery
How is Ambient Voice Technology changing the way clinicians work and patients experience care? Dr Sarah Hart shares University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust’s experience of introducing and embedding Ambient Voice Technology in clinical practice.
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Breakout Room 225 mins
- Digital, Data & AI
Discover how Lee Rickles and Interweave is safely joining regional health and care data across systems, boundaries and silos to deliver measurable value for professionals and citizens. Learn how to translate abstract interoperability principles into a resilient, operational platform across multiple ICS footprints as well as how this can be scaled and sustained.
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Main Room20 mins
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Networking Area60 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room50 mins
- Operations & Service Delivery
What does life look like beyond the acute trust? This session puts the spotlight on community and mental health services, primary care and integrated care. Diving into the different pressures they face, from funding and resources to attention from suppliers and the wider system. A candid conversation about the challenges, opportunities and what needs to change.
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Main Room5 mins
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60 minsAn opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers to talk over the learnings from the event. Lunch is served buffet style and a range of options are available to cater for different dietary requirements.
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