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Annual leadership and workforce summit 2025: moving from surviving to thriving
The evidence is clear that developing a culture where staff can flourish, underpinned by leadership that is compassionate, inclusive and collaborative, is crucial both to the physical and mental health of staff, and to the health and care system’s ability to deliver high-quality care.
But what stops leaders and systems from developing and sustaining such cultures and from tackling the bullying and discrimination that continue to harm staff and impact the care they can offer? How do we transform our workplaces to properly support those who choose to work in health and care, so that staff are not just surviving their day jobs but are truly able to thrive and grow?
This event will explore what is needed to ensure people and leaders are better enabled, encouraged in their professional development, and consistently supported to deliver and support the three fundamental shifts outlined by the Prime Minister in a recent speech at The King’s Fund: a move from analogue to digital, from hospitals to communities, and from sickness to prevention.
Conference sessions will delve into how to achieve greater equity in the workplace to ensure the health and care system provides genuinely inclusive places to work, fostering belonging and supporting staff wellbeing and development. We will examine the role of those working and leading in health and care, as well as patient and community leaders, in making this happen, and how old power (held by a few, closely guarded and inaccessible) is colliding with new power (enabled by people with agency at a grassroots level), the tension this creates, and how to work effectively with both types of power.
Sessions will also examine:
how we can enable love and satisfaction to be the focus in our work, acting quickly and consistently to make the health and care sector a more attractive place to work
what it means to lead with compassion, empower staff and create agency
creating inclusive organisations and cultures that are fair and just for everyone who works in them
zombie leadership: burying the ideas that just won’t die
bringing activism into organisational development and change
harnessing the power of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector
the changing role of strategic clinical leaders.
Please join us and your peers as we explore how to move beyond survival and create a resilient, thriving future together. Our aim is to create a learning community on the day where you will have the opportunity to learn and to share your leadership and workforce experiences and ideas. Collaborate with experts and leaders from across the health and care system through interactive workshops, panel debates and keynote talks.
Speakers include
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Amanda Pritchard
Chief Executive, NHS England -
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Dr Navina Evans
Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer NHS England -
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Professor Kevin Fong
Consultant Anaesthetist, University College London Hospitals, and professor of public engagement and innovation, University College London -
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Chris Dzikiti
Interim Chief Inspector of Healthcare, Care Quality Commission -
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Vanessa Ford
Chief Executive, South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust -
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Nicci Briggs
Chief Finance Officer, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS -
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Oonagh Smyth
Chief Executive Officer, Skills for Care -
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Karen Bonner
Regional Chief Nurse for London, NHS England
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Programme
Wednesday 19 March 2025 Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Day one
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Ticket prices
Please note, there is a £20+VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is in addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is one invoice fee per order, not per ticket. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.
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Bursary tickets
We offer a limited number of bursary places for people with lived experience to ensure a balance of voices in the room. To apply for a bursary place please email us a short paragraph explaining why you wish to attend.
Community group tickets
For community groups or charities with an income of less than £100k, we are pleased to offer a new low rate of £95 +VAT.
People starting their career in health and care
If you're in the first three years of your career in health and care, you might quality for a reduced price ticket at £125 +VAT, please email us to request your promotion code.
Student tickets
If you are a student in full-time education, please email us for a promotional code, with a photograph of your valid student ID. Student tickets are £125 +VAT.
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