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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Laura Rooney
Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Strategy Officer
Health Innovation Manchester -
Abigail Harrison
Chief Digital, Infrastructure and Improvement Officer
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust -
Ramandeep Kaur
Chief Clinical Information Officer
University Hosptials of Northamptonshire NHS Group -
Hayley Grafton
Chief Nursing Information Officer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Claire Liddy
Chief Financial Officer
Mid Cheshire 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 -
Robert Robson
Head of DDaT Strategy and Data Management
NHS Business Services Authority -
Claire Dellar
Lead Product Manager & Accessibility and Inclusive Design Strategist
NHS England -
Ian Ashworth
Director of Population Health
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside -
Kendall Jamieson Gilmore
Associate Director of Strategy
NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence -
Victoria Faint
Lead Nurse for Digital Patient Safety
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust -
Jacqui Cooper
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Health Innovation Manchester and NHS Greater Manchester -
Saif Ahmed
Associate Medical Director
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -
Lauren Latham
Deputy Director of Digital Screening
NHS England -
Andy Carruthers
Group Chief Technology Innovation Officer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University Hospitals Northamptonshire -
Cara Afzal
Programme Director for Digital and Data
Health Innovation Manchester -
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 -
Gemma Cooke
Clinical Service Manager
Derbyshire Community Health Service -
Lucy Plant
Lead Community Specialist GP
Chesterfield and Dronfield PCN -
Richard Stubbs
Chief Executive
Health innovation Yorkshire and Humber -
Kathryn Kaboutian
Group Deputy Chief Digital Information Officer
North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust -
David Walliker
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
