National NHS CCIO and CNIO confirmed as keynote speakers

Join two recently appointed national leaders at Rewired 2025 as they share their plans for the next stage of NHS digitisation.

Dr Alec Price-Forbes started his new role as national chief clinical information officer (CCIO) this month. His brief includes galvanizing the senior clinical community across various NHS programmes to deliver digital transformation at scale.

Alec is an NHS consultant rheumatologist and was the NHS’s first system CCIO for Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care System. He has held senior clinical roles for NHSE’s Digital Blueprinting Steering Group and 3M Healthcare. He is also the current clinical chair of Digital Health’s integrated care system (ICS) Digital Council.

Helen Balsdon has been appointed the new chief nursing information officer (CNIO) for NHS England, having taken the interim post in 2023. Hear how Helen plans to support the NHS’s nursing and midwifery workforce with digital tools and data science to deliver improvements in patient care.

Alongside nursing and midwifery, Helen’s leadership portfolio includes frontline digitisation, digital citizen and maternity and child health. The former Cambridge University Hospitals CNIO has been a Networks member since 2017, elected to its Advisory Panel and supported the next generation of CNIOs as a Networks mentor.

They join recently announced speakers, Phil Wood, CEO of Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Dr Joe Zhang, head of data science at the London AI Centre and Secure Data Environment, Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer at NHS England and Mike Bracken, founding partner of Public Digital.

Rewired 2025 is free for those in the NHS and public sector. Private sector tickets from: £495 +VAT. Register now and book your accommodation early to secure discounted rates.   

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