Programme 2022 - Digital Health Summer Schools

A platform for senior healthcare figures to communicate strategy and progress. The National Policy Stage programme will focus on the challenges of digital leadership in the NHS, with inspirational international and UK keynotes, workshops and leadership masterclass sessions.

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Thursday 14th July
Session 1: Keynotes 09:15 - 09:50 09:15-09:20 Welcome from the Chair Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc. 09:20-09:50 In discussion with... Simon Bolton - Interim CEO, NHS Digital Speaker biography Simon is Interim CEO of NHS Digital, the executive body of the Department of Health and Social Care which provides information, data and IT systems for health and social care nationally. Prior to joining NHS Digital Simon was the Chief Information Officer at NHS Test & Trace, and has held a number of executive technology leadership roles at companies including CIO of Jaguar Land Rover and CIO of Rolls-Royce’s Land and Sea Division. Simon was appointed as an Independent Member of Governing Council for The University of Derby in April 2019 and is also on the Board of Tech Partnership Degrees, an employer-led and not for profit organisation that unites employers and universities to improve the flow of talent into the digital workforce. Simon is also a Member of the Board of Advisors for Armis, a computer and network security company based in California. Session 2: How will Integrated Care Systems reduce health inequalities through digital transformation? 09:55 - 10:45 09:55-10:00 Welcome from the Chair Dr Shera Chok - Chair, Shuri Network & Deputy Chief Medical Officer, NHS Digital Speaker biography Shera is a GP in East London and is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at NHS Digital. She is an experienced Medical Director and CCIO and also worked at Barts Health as Director of Primary Care for six years, helping to improve patient pathways across organisational boundaries. She co-founded the Shuri Network in 2019 as she is passionate about increasing diversity, innovation and safety and to encourage other BME women to lead and engage with digital transformation. She has worked at a national level on health policy as a clinical advisor on new models of care and Integrated Care Systems with NHS England and as member of the NHS Independent Reconfiguration Panel for seven years. She is a member of the Sciana Network for European health leaders, sponsored by the Health Foundation. Shera has volunteered as a clinician in countries including Sudan, Laos, Indonesia and Greece with NGOs working in war and disaster zones and with displaced populations. She studied at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and the Harvard School of Public Health, focusing on quality improvement, community engagement and leading change and was seconded by the NHS to work with Crossrail. She has completed an M.B.A., M.A. in Inter-professional Education and a Nuffield Trust Fellowship on cross-organisational learning with Sunderland Athletic Football Club. 10:00-10:30 Panel discussion Dr Tim Ferris - Director of Transformation, NHS England & Improvement Speaker biography Dr. Tim Ferris is the inaugural National Director of Transformation at NHS England and NHS Improvement and previously a Non-Executive Director on the Board. Tim was most recently CEO of the Mass General Physicians Organization (2017-2021) and was formerly the Senior Vice President for Population Health at Mass General Brigham overseeing performance for one of the largest accountable care organizations in the US. He founded the Center for Population Health, which reaches over one million patients annually, focusing on prevention and data to improve health, reduce inequities and save lives. Tim trained in medicine and public health at Harvard University, and remains on the staff of Mass General. He was awarded numerous NIH and foundation grants and co-authored over 130 publications on health care quality measurement, health disparities and health IT. Tim became a professor at Harvard Medical School in 2018 and continues as an adjunct Professor. Patricia Miller - Chief Executive Designate, Dorset Integrated Care System Speaker biography Patricia is the Chief Executive Officer Designate for Dorset’s Integrated Care Board. Responding for overseeing complex health services and health improvement programmes for local communities. Patricia has over 30 years’ experience of working in the NHS and holds a Masters degree in Health Care Management. She is a graduate of the East of England Aspiring Directors Programme, the ‘Breaking Through’ Leadership Programme, the Athena Leadership Programme for Executive Women, and the Collaborative Leadership Programme at the Kings Fund. Whilst working in the NHS Patricia has remained passionate about improving the lives of patients and staff in ways that matter to them. Patricia has a strong focus on equality, diversity, inclusion, and health inequalities. She is currently co-chair of the provider Chairs and CEOs network, and member of the NHS England’s Health Inequalities Oversight Group. Patricia is a member by distinction of the Faculty of Public Health and has been a member of the NHS Assembly since its inception. Patricia was named as one of 25 Rising Stars of the NHS in 2013, one of the top 50 CEOs in 2019, was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to the NHS and was named amongst the top 50 BAME figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the NHS and health policy in 2020. Trish Hughes - Director of Nursing (Professional Representation) / Deputy Director of Nursing and AHP Workforce - North West, NHS England and Improvement Speaker biography Rushownara Miah - Head of Business Intelligence, Pennine Care NHS FT Speaker biography I have been working within the NHS for the past 6 years, having 7 years’ experience within the private sector prior to working in the NHS. I started out as a SQL Developer at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and I am now Head of Business Intelligence at Pennine Care. 10:30-10:45 Panel Q&A

Session 3: Paths to convergence panel 11:30 - 12:15 11:30-11:35 Welcome from the Chair Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc. 11:35-12:00 Panel discussion Adrian Byrne - CIO, Southampton University Hospitals NHS FT Speaker biography As a CIO for one of the large university teaching hospitals I have promoted the concept of open platforms and interoperability for over 20 years. Aside from being DH AP Chair, 2010-2021, I have acted in an advisory capacity to KLAS and a number of suppliers to the NHS and INTEROPen As chair of the CIO network I feel we have had good engagement from the national teams in NHSD/X and have had opportunity to voice an opinion which I believe has occasionally influenced a product, policy or direction. A member of the BCS and accredited CHCIO status. Georgina Duncan - CCIO, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography 12:00-12:15 Panel Q&A Session 4: Speed meets 12:25 - 13:25 Speed Meets are a fun, informal, fast paced and lively activity to help break up the regular conference format. This is your unique opportunity to meet a large number of people you perhaps wouldn’t normally be able to speak to and create new connections.


Session 5: Breakout sessions 1 14:30 - 15:30 Introduction to AI - everything you ever wanted to know about AI in health but were afraid to ask Panellists Haris Shuaib - Head of Clinical Scientific Computing, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT Speaker biography Bio to come. Dr Umang Patel - CCIO, Microsoft UK Speaker biography Umang has a proven ability to develop, lead and scale propositions in digital health. He has worked across commercial and public sectors in healthcare both from payor and provider perspective. An NHS Leadership Academy Fellow and practising clinician at Frimley Health, Umang joins us from Babylon Health to become Chief Clinical Information Officer for Microsoft UK. Dr Susheel Varma - Head of AI and Data Science, Information Commissioner's Office Speaker biography Dr Susheel Varma is Head of AI and Data Science at the Information Commissioner’s Office within the Technology and Innovation directorate. His team’s remit is to anticipate, understand and shape the impacts of AI and Data Science, including responsible data use and AI within TREs on people and society through clear, purposeful and actionable guidance. In his past role as HDR UK’s Chief Technology Officer he provided technology leadership and delivery of all technology infrastructure projects in HDR UK including the Health Data Innovation Gateway (Gateway) and the development of a network of federated Trusted Research Environments (TRE) in healthcare through the NHS and research through UKRI. Achieving Digital Maturity on a shoestring Chair Darren McKenna - Director of Digital - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT Speaker biography Darren has 30 years experience working in Digital Health and for the past 20 years has held senior informatics leadership roles within specialist Mental Health Trusts leading the delivery several large scale and innovative developments. Outside of the organisation, he has worked at a regional and national level. Darren currently co-chairs the NHS Providers Digital Board Leaders Network and chairs the North East CIO Network. He was voted eHealth Insider CIO of the Year 2017. Panellists Andy Callow - Group CDIO, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Speaker biography Andy is Group Chief Digital Information Officer at Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals and was ranked #14 in the CIO 100 2021 list. He has been responsible for big changes in the way technology enables care during the time he’s been at the hospitals. Prior to joining Kettering, Andy worked at NHS Digital and was the Programme Director for the NHS App, which went from a concept to availability in the App stores in little over a year. Andy previously was Head of Technology Delivery for NHS.UK, the national website for the NHS in England, which receives c40m visits a month. Andy oversaw the technology refresh of the site during which time NHS.UK had the highest period of availability and reliability in its 10-year history. Andy is a passionate public servant who sees massive potential to improve patient and staff experience using technology but starting with understanding their user needs. He’s a believer of working in the open and seeks to tweet and blog regularly to share learning and strive to build a better NHS. Dr Constantin Jabarin - CCIO, Altera Digital Health Speaker biography Dr Constantin Jabarin, International CCIO for Altera is a senior experienced clinician who continues to practice medicine. He was initially a paediatrician but following a stint in paediatric emergency medicine, he retrained in adult medicine and continued a clinical career in emergency medicine. He currently practices at weekends in Gloucester & Cheltenham Hospitals as a Locum ED Consultant. He also has over 12 years of IT experience, having worked both as an independent consultant, as well as an NHS CCIO and for other healthcare companies. In Altera, he runs an International clinical team that manages clinical conversations with new and existing clients around the globe. Shuri - the little Network that roared: what's next for our members and how to be a good ally Panellists Dr Ayesha Rahim - CCIO, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT & Clinical Lead for Digital Mental Health, Transformation Directorate NHS England & Improvement Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Year of the Digital Profession Panellists Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Digital inclusion and health inequalities Panellists Daniel Hallen - Head of Digital Technology and Digital Urgent & Emergency Care Lead – North West, NHS England & Improvement Speaker biography Bio to come. Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography

Session 6: Breakout sessions 2 16:15 - 17:15 Enabling Staff Movement through improved onboarding This session will outline the work being done by a collaboration of local and central NHS teams and industry partners to address known challenges within organisations around staff movement and digital/physical access. Hear from the front line about how better access can improve the experience of both our people and our patients. See the to-be user journey and a demonstration of the components such as digital staff passports, digital identity, improved provisioning and authentication capability. Gain a deeper understanding of the NHS vision for using technology to enhance the experience for our people and how you can get involved. Panellists Phil Graham - Digital Programme Director, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, CIO Editorial Panel Member, Digital Health Networks; Director and Treasurer, INTEROPen. MBCS. Speaker biography Philip is currently substantively employed as a Digital Programme Director at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTH) and has held senior posts in healthcare technology for over twenty years including Chief Information Officer, or equivalent. He is currently working with NHSE/I on various commissions involving Workforce Solutions, Digital Identity, Provisioning, Staff Access and Digital Passports. Andrew Temple - Digital Programme Manager, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT Speaker biography Andrew is a Digital Programme Manager at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has had several roles during his 13 years in the NHS. Andrew graduated in Politics and International Relations at the University of Lancaster and as a Postgraduate studied Teaching, and undertook several roles in the private sector before joining the NHS. Andrew is currently working with NHSE/I and ICS’ on several Digital People Programmes, including Interoperable Collaborative Banks, Provisioning and Systems Access and Digital Staff Passports. During the Covid-19 pandemic Andrew worked on the development, deployment and product management of the NHS COVID-19 Digital Staff Passport Programme, which was rolled out to over 100 trusts which has been nominated for several awards, recently winning the European Identity and Cloud Conference award in the Verifiable Credentials and Decentralised Identity category. Helena Palin - Deputy CCIO, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT Speaker biography I am a Nurse of some 20+ years at this Trust working across a number of specialities. Whilst based at our Community Hospital I collaborated on a project with our local hospice to develop a Virtual Clinic for patients on a Palliative pathway. Following the success of this nurse led digital clinic (we won a 2019 Nursing Times Award), I seconded to the Digital Health team to look at digital inclusion, safety, and new ways of working. Connecting capabilities at scale in health Welcome from chair Shan Rahulan - Director of Platforms – Core Services, NHS Digital Speaker biography The Platforms team aims to make it easier to build health tech products, with Shan’s focus being the use of common tools and services. Panellists Interoperable products Jill Sharples - Director of Platforms - Clinicals, NHS Digital Speaker biography Mark Burton - Delivery Lead Spine Futures, NHS Digital Speaker biography Integration Tony Heap - Product Owner, API Management, NHS Digital Speaker biography Tony Heap is the Lead Product Owner for API Management at NHS Digital. An ex-developer-turned-product-person, he has spent much of his 25+ year career grappling with integration and APIs. His mission is to “make integration easier” for people building health and care software. Stewart Fishman - Product Lead, Demographics, NHS Digital Speaker biography Social Care as part of digital strategies of ICSs Panellists Mark Nicholas - Chief Social Worker, NHS Digital Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Levelling-up and convergence: ICS Digital Strategy Panellists Andy Williams - Interim CDIO, Humber & North Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership Speaker biography Bio to come. Dr Paul Jones - CDIO, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Vice-chair of the CIO AP Speaker biography Paul is the Chief Digital & Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust where he is part of both the Executive Team and the Board. Paul is also the CIO for the West Yorkshire ICS. He re-joined the NHS in November 2019 having spent eight years in the private sector with global roles at Serco and Bupa. Previous to that he was the CTO for the NHS in England from 2005-2012 where he was responsible for the national design authority and was senior responsible officer for N3 and The Spine. Paul holds a PhD in Computer Science, is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Chartered IT Professional. Shauna McMahon - CIO, Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS FT Speaker biography Bio to come. Dylan Roberts - CDIO, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) Speaker biography Dylan has worked as a CIO or equivalent for 22 years. He is the newly appointed CDIO at BCUHB, with the remit of transforming the service and the use of Digital across the whole system in North Wales. This builds on his pioneering work as City CDIO for the City of Leeds, the Leeds Care Record, 100% Digital Literacy Leeds, the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record and the turnaround work at York and Scarborough Trust. Dylan has made significant contributions to National Policy over the years on behalf of Local Government, championing a joined up approach to health and care delivery, digital literacy, smart cities and shared services across public sector providers with a people driven approach focused better outcomes for people and places not outputs for individual organisations. The work across the City of Leeds and Yorkshire resulted in him being placed in the Top 10 of cross sector CIO 100 for 2018, 2019, 2020 years an award that recognises the most transformative and disruptive CIOs in the UK. Dylan recognises that he still has a lot to learn and values interactions with colleagues to do that which is why Summer School is a priority date in his diary. Lee Rickles - Yorkshire & Humber Programme Director and Chief Information Officer, Humber Teaching NHS FT Speaker biography He is a fellow of the BCS, FEDPI Leading Practioner, CHIME Certificated Health Chief Information Officer and alumnus of the Digital Academy. He has three decades of transformation and programme management experience. His first decade focused on UK military aircraft projects and for the last two decades he has focused on digital transformation in the NHS. He is currently leading the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record development to provide an open platform shared care record and population health systems. He is the Senior Responsible Owner for the mental health digital transformation of Humber & North Yorkshire ICS. He is also the CIO of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust who have recently been award the status as a project innovator as part of the NHS digital aspirant plus programme. Lee is a reader, a keen runner and a children’s football coach and referee. Shared decision making: a leadership challenge Panellists James Brown - Group CCIO, Mid Essex Hospitals and Royal College of Surgeons Speaker biography Alistair Firth - EIDO Healthcare, Lawrence Mudford Centre for Peri-Operative Care Speaker biography Nilesh Bharakhada - Clinical Director, PRSB Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography

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Friday 15th July
Session 1: Keynote 09:15 - 09:50 09:15-09:20 Welcome from the Chair Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc. 09:20-09:50 In discussion with... Matthew Taylor - Chief Executive & Chair, NHS Confederation Speaker biography Matthew joined the NHS Confederation as its chief executive in June 2021, having been chief executive of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) for 15 years. During his tenure, Matthew transformed the RSA into a global institution, with 30,000 fellows and a high profile and influential research programme. Session 2: 09:55 - 11:15 09:55-10:00 Welcome from the Chair Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc. Achievements of note include: founding the UK CCIO movement, from launch of CCIO campaign in 2011 to development and growth of CCIO Networks and community; the development of Digital Health Networks – centred on CCIO and CIO Networks - as the leading independent online best practice community of NHS IT professionals – 5,000+ members as of November 2020; plus growing Digital Health Summer Schools into the premier health IT leadership event in UK; and launching Digital Health Rewired in March 2019 as the most dynamic and compelling Expo in digital health space. 10:00-10:20 Building a culture of success in Wales Helen Thomas - CEO, Digital Health & Care Wales Speaker biography Helen Thomas became the CEO of Digital Health and Care Wales in May 2021 and is focused on leading the adoption of national digital and data servcies to connect and transform services for healthcare staff and patients. 10:20-10:40 Introducing the Phillips Ives Review Dr Natasha Phillips - CNIO, Transformation Directorate, NHS England Speaker biography Dr Natasha Phillips is a clinical academic; a nurse who started her career as a nursing assistant at the North London Hospice before going on to train at Middlesex University. She went on to follow a career in critical care nursing and obtained a BSc Critical Care Nursing from King's College London. Natasha has held a number of operational and strategic leadership positions in the NHS. She has led a large number of transformational programmes of change, involving the use of digital technologies and informatics; most recently the implementation of an enterprise wide electronic health record at University College London. She is currently the Chief Nursing Information Officer at NHS Transformation Directorate. Natasha is an honorary Research Fellow at University College London, her research interests include digitally enabled nursing, organisational design and clinical leadership. Natasha is passionate about developing nurses with the skills to lead in complexity; her thesis on ward leadership highlights the need to develop the skills of reflexivity amongst nurse leaders to support their leadership practice.. Natasha is an Alumni of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and a qualified organisational development practitioner. 10:40-11:00 Year of the Digital Profession Sonia Patel - System CIO & Director for Levelling-Up, Transformation Directorate, NHS England Speaker biography Sonia’s key priorities are to provide a clear vision for 'What Good digital transformation Looks Like’ for the nation; support in the best way possible the levelling-up of digital foundations for front-line organisations; supporting local board's ownership of digital transformation; building a digitally confident workforce to provide new and meaningful ways to empower citizens health and well-being through the use of technology and data. She brings 20 years of healthcare sector experience, her breadth and wealth of knowledge makes her an authentic leader that has proven to deliver digital innovation even in the most challenging of circumstances. She’s passionate about diversity, equality and inclusion and a big supporter of the Shuri network and stemettes and also actively mentors up and coming talent. 11:00-11:15 Panel Q&A


Session 3: Breakout sessions 1 12:00 - 13:00 AHP digital leadership Panellists Euan McComiskie - Health informatics Lead, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Speaker biography I qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2007 working in clinical roles before my journey with clinical informatics began in 2012. I worked at regional and national level in Scotland before moving to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in 2018. My role at the CSP is to improve physiotherapists’ informatics knowledge and skills and to drive informatics inclusion in policy and strategy. I am a member of the PRSB Advisory Board, Digital AHP Steering Group, Clinical Genomics Leads Group, and International AHPs Digital and Data Collaboration. I am a Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics. Melissa Andison - AD of Clinical Digital Experience and Associate CCIO, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT Speaker biography I'm an Occupational Therapist with a diverse clinical background, having worked across acute and community health care settings, and was an independent digital health consultant for five years for start-ups, local and regional transformation programmes. Currently, I'm the Associate Director of Clinical Digital Experience and Associate CCIO for a mental health organisation in the South East. As an AHP and women's digital health leader, I am proud to hold these roles. I'm a BCS, RITTech and FCI Associate Member and NHS App Ambassador. Graduate of Cohort 1 Minerva Programme and NHS Digital Health Academy Cohort 3. I'm undertaking an MSc at Imperial College London and studying digital clinical safety practices. Future Digital Nursing Leaders Panellists Helen Balsdon - Florence Nightingale Foundation Digital Fellow, NHS Transformation Directorate Speaker biography Helen is a digital fellow on secondment to NHS Transformation Directorate. Helen is leading on the development of an interoperable nursing standard. Prior to joining the NHS Transformation Directorate team, Helen was CNIO at Cambridge University Hospitals, a strategic role working across the organisation providing clinical leadership for all aspects of informatics, including implementation and use of the electronic patient record, Epic. Sarah Hanbridge - CCIO, The Christies NHS Foundation Trust Speaker biography Sarah is a Registered Adult Nurse & Practice Lecturer/Practitioner predominantly working within Acute Medicine with 26 years of clinical and leadership experience. Her current role is a Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) Nursing & AHP The Christies NHS Foundation Trust in 2019. Sarah attained one of the first Florence Nightingale Digital Scholarships in 2020, during the pandemic Sarah set up the Northwest Regional CNIO/Mid-wife and AHP network. Sarah is the CNIO Chair of the Digital Health Network Sarah’s and CHIME UK advisory member her passion is digital transformation to improve patient care. Sarah Newcombe - CNIO, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital Speaker biography Sarah has been CNIO at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital for the last 4 years, she was privileged to lead the clinical teams through a Trust wide implementation of an enterprise EPR, which led to HiMMS level 6/7 accreditation. Prior to that she held clinical leadership roles within the Trust where her passion for digital Transformation began. Sarah has been part of the Digital Health CNIO network since 2017, joining when she was awarded the Digital Health London Pioneers award for Digital Leadership. This year Sarah has completed the NHS Digital Academy and has been appointed CNIO NHSE/I London region. Sarah is keen to support our diverse workforce to use data and incorporate technology to improve the way they deliver care. Growing the next generation of CCIOs Panellists Dr Hiba Sher Khan - Deputy CCIO, The Hillingdon Hospital Speaker biography Dr Hiba Sher Khan is a junior doctor specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in London and Deputy/Divisional Chief Clinical Information Officer at Hillingdon Hospital, making her one of the youngest in the NHS to be appointed to the CCIO panel. She has extensive professional experience in digital health having worked in health tech previously and now as an Advisor to scaling startups, with a particular interest in FemTech. Following her recent appointment, she is now also joining NHS X / NHS England as Obstetric Clinical Lead advising on the national Digital Child Health and Maternity Transformation Programme. Ramandeep Kaur - Lead EPMA Pharmacist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Speaker biography I am an enthusiastic individual, who is passionate about digital innovation, clinical informatics, patient and medicines safety and developments in technology. My passion stems from my first role as an EPMA Pharmacist in 2014 and I am currently the Lead EPMA Pharmacist at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust (BHRUT). I have completed the Digital Health.London Pioneer Fellowship Programme and on Cohort 4 of the Digital Health Leadership Academy. I am proud to be Co Vice Chair of the CCIO Digital Health Network, a member of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics and Shuri Network. Sarah Thompson - CCIO, Stockport NHS FT Speaker biography Sarah Thompson is a Pharmacist and CCIO at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. Specialising in EPMA deployment in 2011, Sarah has worked on both Trust and supplier side and, following a number of years as the clinical lead for EPR & digital optimisation, was appointed as CCIO in 2021. James Freed - CDIO, HEE Speaker biography James Freed is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for Health Education England. His career has taken him through Cancer Research, Change Management and Standards development. As well as being a CIO, he is currently the Deputy SRO of a Programme responsible for delivering digital readiness to the three million staff in Health and Care in England. What is future role of CIO in ICS landscape? Panellists Lisa Emery - CIO, The Royal Marsden NHS FT Speaker biography Lisa has been CIO at the Royal Marsden since August 2018, overseeing a comprehensive programme of digital transformation, having previously been CIO at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust from 2014. She started her career in the NHS as a Biomedical Scientist (Microbiology) before moving into a variety of technology roles within healthcare, including a stint in Dubai. Dr Graham Evans - Chief Information and Technology Officer/SIRO, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT & Chief Digital Officer, NENC – ICS Speaker biography Professor Graham Evans is the Chief Information and Technology Officer (CITO) for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, Graham is currently the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS). Panellist tbc Speaker biography

Session 4: Breakout session 2 14:00 - 15:00 Role of CIO in ICS landscape Paul Charnley - Digital Lead, Healthy Wirral Partners Speaker biography Paul is currently Digital Lead for Healthy Wirral Partners and a Co-Chair of the NHSX Blueprinting Steering Committee. Before that he was Digital Lead at Cheshire and Merseyside ICS. He has more than 35 years’ experience in health informatics having worked in senior roles at National, Regional and Trust Level. He also worked for 5 years for Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar leading their strategic Informatics programme. 35 under 35: future digital leaders Panellists Andrew Griffiths - CEO, FEDIP Speaker biography Andrew is the CEO of the Federation for Informatics Professionals in health and care (FEDIP). FEDIP was established by the professional bodies, with the dual-core purposes of Voluntary registration/regulation and Developing the Health and Care Informatics profession. Andrew was the CIO for NHS Wales for over ten year having previously been instrumental in establishing a national organisation to develop and implement the Welsh digital strategy – Informing healthcare. He began his career in the NHS after graduating with a degree in computing unaware that the NHS needed technology people, after completing the general management scheme he returned to managing technology services in acute and mental health services along with a period working for the private sector. Adam Ansell - Delivery Lead, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Speaker biography Adam is the Product Lead and non-clinical Product Owner for both the self-built patient portal and electronic health record at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Following studies in Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, Adam has worked for several years in data management and data capture design, leading the low-code/eforms team on a programme of data capture solutions across several clinical areas of the trust. Now, as Product Lead, alongside the CCIOs, he is now responsible for outlining the future of EHR development and growth in line with The Christie’s openEHR commitment to data capture. Sam Coffey - Lead EPMA Pharmacist, University Hospitals Sussex Trust Speaker biography Rushownara Miah - Head of Business Intelligence, Pennine Care NHS FT Speaker biography Rush has been working within the NHS for the past 6 years, having 7 years’ experience within the private sector prior to working in the NHS. She started out as a SQL Developer at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and is now Head of Business Intelligence at Pennine Care. Harriet Roostan - Advanced Technical Solutions Analyst (Software Engineer), University Hospitals Southampton NHS FT Speaker biography Harriet is an Advanced Technical Solutions Analyst at University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). She has worked for UHS for over 10 years in a variety of roles ranging from secretarial to software development. She is passionate about making useable software which improves both our clinicians and clerical teams ability to do their jobs. At UHS she worked on Digirounds (HSJ Awards Finalist 2020:Connecting Services and Information) and in-house tools designed to help clinicians gain a greater oversight on their waiting lists. Sarah Homewood - Nursing Lead for Digital Health, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Speaker biography Matthew Lee - FY3 Doctor, King' College London (MSc Healthcare Technologies full-time), Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (part-time) Speaker biography Phillips Ives Review Panellists Judith Dando - Nursing & Midwifery Review, Digital Readiness Education Programme, HEE Speaker biography Ian Bell - Project Support Officer, HEE Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Colette Fretton - OD Programme Manager - HR, OD & Workforce Development, NHS South, Central and West CS Speaker biography Digital and reducing harm to patients - EPMA and patient safety Panellists Ann Slee - Associate CCIO (Medicines), NHS England Speaker biography Ann is the Associate CCIO (Medicines) for NHSX leading work in the Digital Medicines arena. She is a former Director of Hospital Pharmacy having worked at all levels in this sector. She has led various local and national initiatives around Digital Medicines and ePrescribing with experience in the development, deployment and evaluation of digital technologies. She has held several honorary academic appointments and was a member of the advisory board for the Wachter review and the Scottish Digital Strategy. She is a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics and is the current vice chair of the education subgroup. Dr Sam Patel - Consultant, Physician NHS Lanarkshire Speaker biography Dr Sam Patel is a clinical eHealth Lead for NES Technical Service, a national health board charged with delivering key strategic digital infrastructure for health and care. Medicines and digital delivery have been his focus over the past decade, and he is currently co-leading NHS Scotland’s EPS programme whilst pressing the need to develop a CMR in Scotland. He is a founding fellow of the Faculty of Clinical informatics and a practising respiratory physician. Dr John Payne Speaker biography Why NHS cyber security is about patient safety Panellists James Norman - EMEA Health & Life Science Director, Pure Storage Speaker biography Daniel Johnston - Clinical Workflow Specialist & Clinical Safety Officer, Imprivata Speaker biography Mike Fell OBE - Executive Director or Cyber Operations, NHS Digital Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography Paul Charnley - NHS Cyber Security Ledaer of the Year, NHS Wirral PIC & BIOG Speaker biography Paul is currently Digital Lead for Healthy Wirral Partners and a Co-Chair of the NHSX Blueprinting Steering Committee. Before that he was Digital Lead at Cheshire and Merseyside ICS. He has more than 35 years’ experience in health informatics having worked in senior roles at National, Regional and Trust Level. He also worked for 5 years for Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar leading their strategic Informatics programme.
Session 5: Preventing the brain drain 15:10 - 16:15 15:10-15:15 Welcome from the Chair Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc. Panellist Melissa Andison - Deputy CCIO, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Speaker biography I'm an Occupational Therapist with a diverse clinical background, having worked across acute and community health care settings, and was an independent digital health consultant for five years for start-ups, local and regional transformation programmes. Currently, I’m the Associate Director of Clinical Digital Experience and Associate CCIO for a mental health organisation in the South East. As an AHP and women’s digital health leader, I am proud to hold these roles. I'm a BCS, RITTech and FCI Associate Member and NHS App Ambassador. Graduate of Cohort 1 Minerva Programme and NHS Digital Health Academy Cohort 3. I’m undertaking an MSc at Imperial College London and studying digital clinical safety practices. 15:15-16:15 Panel discussion Dr Paul Jones - CIO, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Speaker biography Darren McKenna - CIO, Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT Speaker biography Darren has 30 years experience working in Digital Health and for the past 20 years has held senior informatics leadership roles within specialist Mental Health Trusts leading the delivery several large scale and innovative developments. Outside of the organisation, he has worked at a regional and national level. Darren currently co-chairs the NHS Providers Digital Board Leaders Network and chairs the North East CIO Network. He was voted eHealth Insider CIO of the Year 2017. Panellist tbc Speaker biography Panellist tbc Speaker biography 15:55-16:05 Panel Q&A 16:05-16:15 Closing remarks Jon Hoeksma - CEO, Digital Health Speaker biography Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc.

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I have been working within the NHS for the past 6 years, having 7 years’ experience within the private sector prior to working in the NHS. I started out as a SQL Developer at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and I am now Head of Business Intelligence at Pennine Care.

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The Platforms team aims to make it easier to build health tech products, with Shan’s focus being the use of common tools and services.

Tony Heap is the Lead Product Owner for API Management at NHS Digital. An ex-developer-turned-product-person, he has spent much of his 25+ year career grappling with integration and APIs. His mission is to “make integration easier” for people building health and care software.

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Helen Thomas became the CEO of Digital Health and Care Wales in May 2021 and is focused on leading the adoption of national digital and data servcies to connect and transform services for healthcare staff and patients.

Sarah Thompson is a Pharmacist and CCIO at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. Specialising in EPMA deployment in 2011, Sarah has worked on both Trust and supplier side and, following a number of years as the clinical lead for EPR & digital optimisation, was appointed as CCIO in 2021.

Professor Graham Evans is the Chief Information and Technology Officer (CITO) for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, Graham is currently the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS).

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