2024 SPEAKERS

Danny is Associate Director of Business Development and Commercial at Imperial College Health Partners and the Commercial Lead for the new Discover-NOW London SDE. He is passionate about innovation and has a strong drive to make a meaningful impact to patients’ lives around the globe.

He has over 10 years of experience in driving transformative growth and innovation across Life Sciences and is equipped with deep scientific expertise and global business experience spanning startups to corporations. He is committed to paying forward by investing in the next generation of leaders as a Startup Mentor and Advisor for a range of accelerators, as Guest Lecturer at UCL Global Business School for Health and as an Angel Investor.

NHS whole working life, cardiology day job, R&D director local and national UKRD group, first CRIO at Royal Free passionate about research and all therapeutic innovations – drugs, devices (pacing and stents), diagnostics (biomarkers and wearables) and digital (AI predictive algorithms and data insights and clinical pathways).

Have 1st ever Cerner heart failure pathway to nudge diagnoses (3-8x increased) and guidance prescribing (now top 10% adherence) and reduced mortality in hospital with 41,000 patient journeys data. Published >120 papers and used to observation to interventional research studies. recently on predicting arrhythmias and heart failure and now CVD from retinal imaging.

Helen’s work seeks to ensure that nursing practice is supported by digital technology and data science and that nurses are equipped to work and lead in an digitally enabled environment. Helen is also responsible for the digital clinical safety strategy and interoperable medicines programme.

Prior to joining the team, Helen was CNIO/Head of Nursing at Cambridge University Hospitals. This was a strategic role working across the organisation providing clinical leadership for all aspects of informatics including adoption and use of new ways of working using technology.

Helen is passionate about using technology to support the delivery of high quality, evidence-based care and empowering patients in managing their own health record.

Louis has over 25 years’ experience in the public, private and not for profit sectors with extensive experience of leading transformational digital change. Louis has led digital transformation across health and social care enhancing discharge optimisation and transforming urgent & emergency care and is passionate about improving patients outcomes.

Victoria is an experienced NHS Operational Manager and Leader who originally trained in Occupational Therapy and has vast experience of working in a variety of clinical settings including a Military Hospital and Learning Disability Services before moving to an acute Trust to transform therapy services in A&E.

Victoria is adept at quality improvement and service development, particularly relating to patient flow and discharge pathways.

Prof Michael Crooks is a respiratory physician and academic working at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is Clinical Lead for the Humber and North Yorkshire Respiratory Network and chairs the Hull and East Yorkshire Respiratory Education Group.

He leads the Hull and East Yorkshire Integrated COPD Service and the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Respiratory Virtual Ward and is a member of the local asthma service. He undertakes applied health research relating to the diagnosis and management of airways diseases, such as asthma and COPD, and their exacerbations.

Stuart has over 30 years’ experience managing and delivering transformation programmes across the NHS. Joining the NHS in 1992 as a database specialist, he progressed through the stages of Programme Management leading the then QIPP and Digital Transformation agenda for Primary Care organisations across the Black Country.

He is currently the EPR Programme Director at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, deploying Sunrise EPR to underpin clinical transformation across the Trust. Ensuring digital technology improves patient outcomes is a passion.

Paul is currently the Digital Lead for Healthy Wirral Partners which works across the health and care sectors in his local area. Wirral is one of the “Places” in Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. His role supports the development of a local integrated digital strategy that fits within the ICS strategy. He is also the co-Chair of the NHS England Transformation Directorate Digital Blueprinting Steering Committee.

Prior to that, Paul transitioned from CIO at Wirral Hospital to the Digital Lead role in the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership (now ICS) to direct a set of shared programmes. These included a Longitudinal Care Record, Population Health Management, Personal Health Records, Digital Maturity in organisations and Infrastructure and Cyber Security. These were in response to national and regional strategic objectives funded by initiatives such as the Health Service Led Investment (HSLI) which Paul helped shape as a CIO at one of the Global Digital Exemplars. During the Pandemic, Paul took on the added roles of coordinating the digital response which included the shift to remote consultation and the testing and outbreak management using a population health management system and then vaccination.

He was very pleased to be voted CIO of the year for 2021 by DigitalHealth.com and was awarded the Cyber Leaders award by NHS Digital’s Cyber Associate Network in 2022.

Kimberley is a Registered Adult Nurse with a background of clinical work within Cardio-Thoracic Critical Care, Transplantation and the wards. She is now the Senior CSO for Bedfordshire Foundation Trust Hospitals. She is also the Regional Chair for the EoE Digital Shared Decision Making Council.

Tara Donnelly runs Digital Care, a boutique advisory firm that supports clients in the NHS and digital health innovators scale digital care, with a particular emphasis on digital home care.

Tara has worked in the NHS for 30 years with a career that has spanned a range of operational roles in hospitals across London including Director of Operations at the Whittington, Managing Director roles at University College London Hospitals and Chief Executive of the West Middlesex University Hospital. Her second Chief Executive position was leading the Health Innovation Network, the academic health science network for south London. Most recently she was the Chief Digital Officer for NHS England.

She is President of the Health CEOs’ Club, and a Trustee and Senior Independent Director of leading think tank, the Nuffield Trust. Her prior Trustee experience includes ten years on the Board of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Bishoy is the Chief Clinical Information Officer (Director for Clinical Informatics) for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is also the Vice – Chair for the CCIO Advisory Panel to provide a support and direction for the CCIO community nationally. He also has digital health start-up experience as the Chief Medical Officer of Lister, a task management application aiming to eliminate paper job lists for both Doctors and Nurses.

Bishoy is keen to utilise his skills in operational management, innovation and leadership to provide impactful change in the NHS to support staff to deliver better care for patients.

Pav Deagon is Lead Pharmacist for Pharmacy Informatics & Digital Medicines at NELFT. She has an extensive background working as a clinical pharmacist for the NHS.  From being lead EPMA pharmacist, her role has expanded to delivering a wider digital medicines programme across her organisation.. Pav is passionate about achieving positive outcomes for patients through clinical informatics, transformation, and innovation.

Emma-Jane is a researcher at the University of Bradford, a member of the Health Technologies for Quality and Safety Group and The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research. In her early career, she was ‘just a carer’ and proud of it! More recently, her drive and ambition sees her exploring the role of the Digital Midwife as transformational leaders driving forward the digital agenda for UK maternity services.

Mike has spent 15 years in range of security roles for the UK Government, and is currently Executive Director of National Cyber Operations for NHS Digital, with accountability for the security of NHS Digital’s data and systems, as well as supporting the resilience of the wider Health System in defending and respond to cyber attacks.

Prior to this, Mike spent six years as the Head of Cyber Security Operations and Deputy Chief Security Officer for HMRC. Previous roles have included leading HMRC’s anti-phishing efforts, work with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in Afghanistan, helping to secure the 2012 Olympic & Paralympics and voluntary work to help others protect themselves from cyber threats.

Sherif Gonem is a respiratory physician in Nottingham with a research interest in applications of AI and big data in medicine. He is currently investigating the use of AI-based scoring systems and wearable technology for detecting patient deterioration in hospital. He is the recipient of an MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership award and has recently received a grant from the NHS Transformation Directorate to introduce wearable respiratory rate monitors at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Will Goodwin is the Assistant Director of Digital Maturity and Capabilities within NHS England’s Transformation Directorate’s multi-billion pound Frontline Digitisation programme. He is an experienced digital leader with over a decade in the technology industry and led the What Good Frame work which defined the digital ‘north star’ for ICS and NHS Trusts. He is currently delivering the digital maturity assessment of the NHS in England which will support local systems to level up.

Will has a proven track record of delivering large-scale digital transformation initiatives and has led multi-disciplinary teams in the development and implementation of complex technology programs. He has extensive experience in managing the complete lifecycle of digital projects, from strategy and planning to execution and delivery.

Throughout his career, Will has demonstrated his ability to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency, resulting in significant cost savings. He has a deep understanding of digital technology and is passionate about using it as a transformational enabler to improve health and care outcomes.

Proximie founder and CEO Nadince Hachach-Haram is a practicing NHS Surgeon, lecturer and award-winning clinical entrepreneur. In developing Proximie, Nadine drew on her passions for innovation, education and, most significantly, improving access to safe surgical care worldwide to create a solution that CNN has dubbed the “Future of Surgery”.

Sarah is a Registered Adult Nurse & Practice Lecturer/Practitioner predominantly working within Acute trust with 28 years of clinical and leadership experience.  Her current role is a Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) Nursing & AHP Leeds teaching  hospital Sarah was previously a Regional CNIO Northwest. 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 & INTERPenAPI Board member her passion is digital transformation to improve patient care.

Dr Kechagioglou is the Chief Clinical Information Officer, deputy Chief Medical Officer and Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. She is Vice-Chair of the Digital Health Networks CCIO Advisory Panel, with research and professional interest in healthcare innovation, digital health and leadership.

George is a highly experienced and successful individual in Product and Business Management with a demonstrable history of working effectively within the NHS and Private sectors.

George has worked with NHS Foundation Trusts throughout the UK and successfully facilitated shared strategy to improve outcomes and reduce health inadequacies within healthcare organisations in Gibraltar, South Africa, Australia and throughout the UAE.

George joined ORCHA at the beginning of August 2019 with the intention of using his knowledge and experience of Primary and Secondary care to assist ORCHA’s customers to experience the full benefit of the ORCHA solution through digital Healthcare.

Additionally, George’s goal is to ensure that the very best reviewed and accredited Health and Care applications are made available to all Healthcare professionals as well as to the digital community worldwide.

Jennifer has been a Midwife for 17 years, working in various roles both in the NHS and private sector. The majority of her career has been within the community setting, and this is where her passion for the safe use of digital systems grew and was further cemented during whilst working as a risk Midwife. Her interest in the digital Maternity roles bought her to Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust where she has been working as the Senior Digital Midwifery Informatics Lead for over 3 years.

In this pivotal role, she leads on the digital programme within Maternity, ensuring the safe use of safe digital technologies, enabling exceptional care and excellent user experiences for both our staff and the families we support.

In addition to her role at Oxford University Hospitals, Jennifer also chairs the South East Region Digital Maternity Expert Reference Group, working with other Digital Midwives and people working within the Maternity arena, contributing insights and leadership to shape the future of digital maternity care across the region and also links in with other regional Chairs as part of the national chairs group.

Jonathan has 30 years’ experience in senior NHS leadership roles delivering transformational change in complex systems. Passionate about innovation and finding solutions to challenging problems, Jonathan has been Programme Director for several successful national transformation programmes spanning health and social care and currently leads the Digital Solutions function in an NHS Care System Support Organisation.

John has enjoyed over 20 years in the NHS Health Space, working within Primary Care, CCG, ICB and Support Services arenas.

A champion for connected systems and data, John is keen to empower clinicians and patients by ensuring that they have access to the right information to support their requirements.

Miss Natalie Nunes is a consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust and West Middlesex Hospital since 2013. She is the Lead for the Early Pregnancy Unit and is an advocate for utilising #FemTech to improve #womenshealth and #patientexperience.

Natalie completed the inaugural Horizon Fellowship in 2023 at CW+ and DigitalHealth.London where she launched a Virtual Ward and app for women experiencing excessive nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. With her colleague, she has also won funding for project Eirene for the Use of Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets by patients having Outpatient Management of Miscarriage by Manual Vacuum Aspiration.

Simon has worked with clinical informatics for the past 20 years and leads a team of informatics nurses, working collaboratively with clinical, technical and organisational services. Simon is a member of the CNIO advisory panel for Digital Health, he is also on the Faculty of Clinical Informatics working groups for Professionalism, the Office of the CCIO, the FCI Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Panel, and contributed toward the What Good Looks Like Nursing Guidance, participating in the launch at Rewired in 2022.

Dr Crystal Oldman CBE is Chief Executive of The Queen’s Nursing Institute (“The QNI”).

Crystal was awarded a CBE in 2017 for services to community nursing and her leadership of The QNI. Crystal is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and a Trustee of the Nuffield Trust.

Louis is a Lead Pharmacist with over 25 years’ experience in mental health within NHS Trusts. He is passionate about the development of mental health services and promotes innovation in this area. He is currently leading the Community Transformation Agenda for Pharmacy within South West London and St Georges Mental Health.

James has led the Population Health Management programme in Surrey Heartlands since 2022. He joined the NHS from the MoD in 2020, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in leading operational teams and integrated planning.

Since then, he has worked on Population Health, the Covid vaccination programme and in his previous role managed two Primary Care Networks. He is passionate about developing a shared purpose and bridging the gap with colleagues across the local health and care partnership.

Experienced leader and CNIO. Registered general nurse for twenty six years. Women in Tech Excellence Award ‘Digital Leader of the Year 2020’, Florence Nightingale Digital Scholar 2021, and CNIO influencer. Experienced nurse and leader with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry. Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Professional Practice from the The University of Northampton. Currently studying Healthcare Analytics and Artificial Intelligence MSc at Sheffield Hallan University. Chair of the Midlands CNIO network. Thrilled to have recently received CNO Silver Award for services to digital nursing from Ruth May.

He is a member of the CIO advisory board, a CHIME Certificated Health Chief Information Officer and alumni of the Digital Academy. He has three decades transformation and programme management experience. His first decade focused on UK military aircraft project for the T-45 Goshawk, Sea Harrier, AV-8B and Nimrod. During the last two decades, he has focused on digital transformation in the NHS, Information Technology services and Business Intelligence for NHS organisations. He has also had significant experience in the development of change strategies; digital developments and procurement of Information Technology Services and systems.

He is currently is leading the development of the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record, Digital transformation of Humber Coast & Vale ICS and the CIO of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Amrit is an experienced Orthoptist and currently working in a dual role as Digital Transformation Project Manager at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Orthoptic Clinical Educator. She previously completed the Darzi fellowship, where she led on the agenda of digital exclusion for Moorfields, working towards solutions for digital inclusion for patients and staff.”

Seema Shah is the Chief Pharmacist at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust with over 16 years’ experience in mental health. Seema has a keen interest in co-developed digital solutions to improve safety and patient experience, quality improvement, medicines safety and is a trained Clinical Safety Officer.

Dr Rob Simister is a consultant in Stroke Medicine and Neurology. He has been Clinical Director for Stroke and Acute Neurology at UCLH Foundation Trust since 2016 and service lead since 2012. Dr Simister’s service development and research interests are focussed on the application of new technology to improve the efficiency of stroke clinical networks and to transform the experience of living with stroke for stroke survivors and their carers.

Dr Simister is the lead clinician for the MyStrokeCompanion digital support platform.

Helen was appointed as the CEO of Digital Health & Care Wales in 2021, having spent the previous year as the Interim Director of the NHS Wales Informatics Service, leading the organisation’s impressive response to the Covid-19 pandemic, supporting the NHS in Wales to adopt data and digital advances at pace and scale, whilst at the same time leading the organisation as it transitioned to a Special Health Authority on 1st April 2021. She joined the NHS Wales Informatics Service as Director of Information in 2017 and has been instrumental in supporting the improved quality and use of data in healthcare and the development of the new National Data Resource – the NDR.

Previously, she was the Assistant Director of Information at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board, with responsibility for setting the strategic direction for data and digital and providing the information needed to evaluate service delivery and to support service improvement and transformation. Helen began her career in the NHS over 30 years ago, initially working in finance, moving into health information in 2000, gaining wide health informatics experience across a number of senior roles over the last 20 years. Helen has an MSc in Health Informatics from Swansea University and is a leading practitioner of the Federation of Informatics Professionals, a fellow of the British Computer Society and a Professor of Practice at University of Wales Trinity St David.

Helen was named Digital Health Digital NHS CEO of the year 2022.

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Mala is an NHS clinical leader with multilevel insights from her local, regional, and national roles. Mala is a longstanding GP Partner in Cheltenham and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners; Gloucestershire’s Integrated Care System Clinical Digital Lead and Clinical Lead for Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health, and Inequalities; and Clinical Advisor for NHSE.

Mala’s passions centre on neuroinclusive approaches, coproduction, user-centred design, and the human beings at the heart of services.

Mala is also an NHS Digital Academy alumnus and completed independent research around the NHS App, contributing to a Master’s in Digital Health Leadership.

Martin Wildman is a pulmonologist trained in Public Health & Health care evaluation at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Martin is National Director of CFHealthHub Learning Health system, a long term condition exemplar that has secured £10 million in investment and delivers habit formation medicines optimisation & health technology assessment.

Greta has been the CEO of the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) since September 2019 but joined the FNF as the Chief Operating Officer in 2017. She is a Registered Nurse and a Florence Nightingale Foundation Alumna (2012 Leadership Scholar). Greta qualified as a nurse in 1983 and a midwife in 1987. She completed a PhD in Nursing in 2010. Greta’ career has spanned general nursing, midwifery, clinical genetics, and clinical academic roles. In 2021, Greta was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List 2021 for services to Nursing and Midwifery.

Gang is a clinical Nephrologist and Deputy Medical Director at University Hospitals of Leicester, one of the largest acute care trust in England. His passion is helping to realise the potential benefit digitalisation can bring to patient care in the NHS. His worked on deploying a new ePMA system at the trust with NerveCentre, as well as working with NHSX and Roke, a UK based Ai company to help develop new clinical decision tool to identify deteriorating patients.