SPEAKERS
Healthcare Partnership Network is a unique, CPD-accredited two-day learning and network event which brings together the most inspirational leaders and transformational suppliers in the healthcare sector to share cutting-edge insight, knowledge and experience. Our agenda is carefully curated to address the most relevant and emerging challenges in the sector.
HPN NORTH 2026 SPEAKERS
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Abigail Harrison
Chief Digital, Infrastructure and Improvement Officer
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust -
Claire Liddy
Chief Financial Officer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Victoria Faint
Lead Nurse for Digital Patient Safety
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust -
Ramandeep Kaur
Chief Clinical Information Officer
University Hosptials of Northamptonshire NHS Group -
Tracey Vell
Chief Officer
NHS Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board -
Sarah Launt
General Manager
Chesterfield and Dronfield PCN and Home Visiting Service Arc Primary Care Network -
Hayley Grafton
Chief Nursing Information Officer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust -
Laura Rooney
Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Strategy Officer
Health Innovation Manchester -
Cara Afzal
Programme Director for Digital and Data
Health Innovation Manchester -
Sarah Hart
Chief Clinical Information Officer
University Hospitals of Morcambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust -
Tom Micklewright
ICB Clinical Lead for Digital Transformation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside -
Andrew Carruthers
Group Chief Technology Innovation Officer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University Hospitals Northamptonshire -
Abdul Razaq
Director of Public Health
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council -
Ian Lawrence
Chief Clinical Information Officer and Clinical Director
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust -
Kendall Jamieson Gilmore
Associate Director of Strategy
NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence -
Ian Ashworth
Director of Population Health
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside -
Claire Dellar
Lead Product Manager & Accessibility and Inclusive Design Strategist
NHS England -
Videha Sharma
Clinical Innovation Lead at Pnakhurst Institute
University of Manchester -
Misbah Mahmood
Chief X Information Officer and Clinical Safety Officer
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust -
David Lowe
Clinical Director for Innovation Health
Scottish Government -
Lee Rickles
Chief Information Officer and Director
Humber Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Iolanda Pedrosa
Chief Information Officer
Whittington Health NHS Trust -
Nigel Scawn
Medical Director
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust -
Andrea Astbury
Programme Director, Data into Action
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside -
John McDermott
Clinical Geneticist and NIHR Academic Lecturer in Personalised Medicine
University of Manchester -
Ahmad Maatouk
Consultant Stroke Physician
Doncaster Royal Infirmary -
Matt Oakes
Head of Intelligence and Analytics
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Rush Miah
Associate Director of Data, Analytics and AI
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Ryan Higgins
Deputy Head of Business Intelligence
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust -
Lauren Latham
Deputy Director of Digital Screening
NHS England -
Saif Ahmed
Associate Medical Director
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
HPN SOUTH 2025 SPEAKERS
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David Walliker
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust -
Aruna Garcea
Associate Medical Director Primary Care
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust -
Samanthi Gibbens
Chief Finance and Investment Officer
North London NHS Foundation Trust -
Omer Moghraby
Chief Digital and Information Officer
West London NHS Trust -
Geraldine Wingfield-Hill
Chief Digital Information Officer
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust -
Ravi Kaur Sahota
Interim Operational Chief Information Officer
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust -
Rachel Power
Chief Executive
Patients Assocation -
Hatim Abdulhussein
Chief Executive
Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex -
Brandie Deignan
Chief Executive
Pier Health Group -
Filipe Alves
Group Chief Nursing Information Officer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust -
Michelle McCann
Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer
NHS London Procurement Partnership -
Diane Baynham
Director of Digital Care Pathways
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board -
Matthew Little
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Helen Bromage
Chief Nursing Information Officer
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust -
Ankit Khanna
Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust -
Andreas Haimbock-Tichy
Non-Executive Director
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust -
Damian Brady
Managing Director
Sutton Primary Care Networks -
Shane Tickell
Chair, Health and Social Care Council
techUK -
Naresh Rati
Executive Partner
Modality Partnership -
Adanna Williams
Director of Workforce Strategy and Transformation, South East Region
NHS England -
Phil Waywell
Chief Data Officer
Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber -
Joe Rouse
Clinical Application Specialist and Registered Children’s Nurse
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust -
Rachel McIlroy
System Implementation Lead
NHS England -
Gabrielle Foster
Expert Patient and Medical Student
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Aparna Sharma
Head of Analytics
NHS North London Foundation Trust -
Natalie Brewer
NWL Programme Manager – Federated Data Platform (FDP)
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Corey Meehan
Paramedic
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust -
Claire Liddy
Chief Financial Officer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HPN FUTURE HOSPITALS 2025 SPEAKERS
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Josie Rudman
Director of Nursing – System and Professional Leadership
NHS England -
Neil McElduff
Director of Estates and Facilities
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
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Kay Mulcahy
Associate Director of National Estates Operations
NHS Estates and Facilities, NHS England – Commercial Directorate -
Matea Deliu
Clinical Lead Primary Care Digital Delivery
NHS South East London Integrated Care System -
Arun Sebastian
Capital Programme Manager
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
James Clegg
Head of Digital Innovation
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Eamonn Gorman
Deputy Director of Digital Transformation & Clinical Informatics for the New Hospital Programme
NHS England -
Tara Donnelly
Founder
Digital Care -
Alexander Deng
Programme Lead for NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust -
James Teo
Joint Clinical Director for Data and AI
Guys & St Thomas Hospital & Kings College Hospital -
Martin John
Director, New Hospital Programme
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust -
Shaun Thompstone
Assistant Director – Operational Support and Operations Workstream Lead
Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust -
Robert Watson
Chief Nursing Projects Officer
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
HPN MENTAL HEALTH 2025 SPEAKERS
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Misbah Mahmood
Chief X Information Officer and Clinical Safety Officer
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust -
Nicola Haywood-Cleverly
Non Executive Director
University Hospitals Morecambe Bay, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Mark Powell
Chief Executive
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -
Nick Black
Chief Information Officer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust -
Paula Lloyd-Knight
Deputy COO
Black County Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -
Upkar Jheeta
Head of Mental Health Transformation
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust -
Michaela Kemp
Nurse Consultant and Head of Quality for Community Adult Mental Health Services
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust -
Marsha McAdam
Mental Health Advocate and Churchill Fellow
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Sarah Bernard
Clinical Director
CAMHS South London and Community Mental Health -
Becca Randell
Mental Health Lead
Health Innovation Kent, Surrey & Sussex -
Sam Hall
Director of Primary, Community Care and Mental Health Digital Services
NHS Wales -
Lori Edwards-Suárez
Principal Mental Health Transformation Analyst
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -
Donna Cantrell
Associate Director
Acute and Urgent Care at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare -
Sarah Hall
Head of Programme for Mental Health Urgent & Emergency Care Transformation
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust -
Farnaaz Sharief
Clinical Lead for Mental Health
NHS Medway Clinical -
Sam Beard
Advanced Data Analyst
Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership -
Abida Abbas
Psychiatry Consultant and CCIO
South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust
HPN MIDLANDS 2025 SPEAKERS
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Ravi Kaur Sahota
Interim Operational Chief Information Officer
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust -
Matthew Little
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Nicola Haywood-Cleverly
Non Executive Director
University Hospitals Morecambe Bay, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
Buki Adeyemo
Chief Executive
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust -
Eddie Olla
Chief Digital and Information Officer
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board -
Ming Tang
Interim Chief Digital & Information Officer, and Chief Data & Analytics Officer
NHS England -
Mark Powell
Chief Executive
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust -
Ned Hobbs
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust -
Will Goodwin
Regional Director of Digital Transformation
NHS England -
Terry Roberts
Chief People Officer
Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust -
William Monaghan
Group Chief Digital Information Officer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & University Hospitals Northhamptonshire Group -
Nick Black
Chief Information Officer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust -
Jason Bradley
Chief Digital and Data Officer
Countess of Chester NHS Trust -
Mark Taylor
Director of IT and Digital
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust -
Christopher Grime
Chief Clinical Information Officer
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust -
Gary Howsam
Chief Clinical Improvement Officer
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System -
Corrina Hulkes
Chief Nursing Information Officer
London North West University -
Kevin Percival
Chief Nursing Officer
Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust -
Sid Singh
Chief Clinical Research / AI Informatics Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Kerry O’Reilly
Chief Nursing Information Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Anna Evans
Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer and Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust -
Manoj Srivastava
Clinical Informatician and Radiologist
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Aamir Yousafzai
Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Ruw Abeyratne
Director of Health Equality and Inclusion
University Hospitals of Leicester -
Tim Robinson
Commercial Director
Health Innovation East Midlands -
Sarah Tilsed
Head of Partnerships and Involvement
The Patients Association -
Olufemi Olajide
Head of Data Science
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust -
Linda Vernon
Head of Digital Empowerment
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board -
Sarah Newton
Head of People Development
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Peter Robinson
Regional Cyber Security Lead – Midlands
NHS England -
Paolo Melissa
Head of Business Intelligence
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Sarah Hopkinson
Digital Nurse & Digital and Information Services
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust -
Naveen Javari
Surgical Clinical Fellow
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Reham Ahmad
Health Informatics Research Fellow
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Ankita Prashar
Clinical Informatics Support Officer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust -
Shivaraj Huller
Clinical Informatics Specialist
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust