Hear from individuals who have moved from practice into industry and are applying their clinical, analytical and other transferable skills in the sector. Presentations will include developing toolkits to translation of language and communication skills for all patients. Learn how to harness AI and multimedia to promote patient understanding, self-management and reduce health inequalities.
Chair: Ben Jeeves
associate chief clinical information officer and clinical safety officer, Midlands Partnership University NHS FT
I am currently an Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer (ACCIO), Combined with CSO duties, and additionally hold the roles of; Allied Health Professional (AHP) professional Lead, and remain clinically active as an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in an integrated MSK service at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation trust.
Caroline McCallum
clinical lead speech and language therapist, Homerton Healthcare NHS FT and co-Founder of Verbo
Caroline has worked as a children’s Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) in London for almost fifteen years, her work has been with across the NHS, Local Authorities and Independent Practice. Experience has included working in mainstream and special primary and secondary schools with a clinical specialism in Autism.
As co-founder of Verbo, Caroline has collaborated with Blum Health Ltd. and successfully secured four grants which have resulted in the development of a Speech and Language Therapy platform to provide: screening, interventions & activities and training for early years, schools, post-16. Verbo provides instant access to a toolkit that upskills education professionals with resources to support Children and Young People. Responding to the nationwide shortfall of SaLTs, the platform also aims to build capacity and increase efficiencies for therapists.
Gary Martin
service improvement lead, Bedfordshire Hospital Trust and MD, AHP Toolkit
Gary is a physiotherapist who qualified in 1997. He has also worked in software development for the past two decades with the simple aspiration of making clinical lives easier and patient lives better.
Nicola Coventry
CNIO, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Nicola is the chief nursing information officer at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has worked closely with the digital, nursing and therapy teams transforming documentation using structured data flows and following the workflow. Digital interests include user-centred design, workflow improvements, patient held records and reducing the documentation burden on staff.
Laura Moss
lead AHP for digital, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Laura is new in post as Lead AHP for Digital. As a Physiotherapist by background, and experience in Team Manager roles, Laura has a keen interest in opportunities that will help reduce documentation duplication and burden for staff. Digital interests include systems to increase information access for staff and patients, aiming to improve understanding of conditions and care, and digital data collection to support recording service impact and quality.