Online Registration
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Keynote: Updates from the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan: Retaining Staff in Healthcare
Em Wilkinson-Brice, National Director for People, NHS England (invited)
Keynote: Developing Wrap-Around Staff Wellbeing Support Systems: Turning Policy into Practice
Key Supporter Session
Questions and Answers
Comfort Break
Case study: Preparing Healthcare Students and New Recruits for a Successful and Fulfilling Career
Jessica Partington, Head of System Workforce Transformation, North Central London – Integrated Care (invited)
Case study: Optimising Workforce Planning Through Discrepancy Resolution and Comprehensive Project Implementation
Rachel Goldsworthy, Chief of Staff, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (invited)
Case study: Redesign Staffing Models, Workforce Roles and Training to Support the Delivery of Virtual Care
Faeem Lal, Interim Director of Human Resources, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (invited)
Questions and Answers
Lunch Break
Keynote: Boosting Retention Strategies to Deliver a Sustainable Workforce Fit for the Long-Term
Professor Nicola Ranger, Chief Nurse, Royal College of Nursing (invited)
Case Study: Adopting a Comprehensive Approach to Better Support Internationally Recruited Colleagues
Key Supporter Session
Questions and Answers
Breakout Networking: Partnership Working to Improve Overall Workplace Wellbeing Amongst Healthcare Professionals
This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face in creating a more inclusive and dynamic workforce while collaborating with other trusts. We encourage you to share strategies for addressing issues you encounter when initiating and creating wellbeing programmes within your trusts. Take this time to share your experiences and network with senior colleagues.
Comfort Break
Case Study: Best Practice Approaches for Tackling Fatigue Among Healthcare Professionals
Nancy Redfern, Consultant Anaesthetist, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust & Co-chair of Joint Fatigue Working Group (invited)
Case Study: Improving Staff Retention in Healthcare Through Data and Feedback-Driven Strategies
Lily Anstey, Deputy Chief People Officer, University Hospitals Birmingham (invited)
Questions and Answers
Chair’s Closing Remarks
People Wellbeing Lead
Sherwood Forest Hospital Foundation Trust
I have been in my People Wellbeing Lead role at Sherwood Forest Hospitals (SFH) since January 2022. I started my career as a Dietetic Assistant in Specialist Weight Management, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital back in 2011 after I had completed my degree in Nutrition, Health and Lifestyles. I have moved around the country taking on roles including delivering Weight Management and Stop Smoking services on the Wirral, working on Suicide and Self-harm prevention in Cheshire, delivering a Diabetes Prevention program across the East midlands, progressing the Smokefree and Alcohol Reduction agenda at SFH and Service Transformation in Flu and Mental Health in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. I lead and support a number of Colleague Wellbeing and Welfare projects including Mental Health, Physical Health, Financial Wellbeing and Menopause. This includes training managers and colleagues as well as co-ordinating events and campaigns like the World Menopause Day Event. I am passionate about improving the working lives of colleagues across Health and Social Care. I am a Mum to one precious human being born in lockdown 2020. I love countryside walks, swimming and food.
Director of Leadership Development and Delivery
NHS Leadership Academy
Director of Leadership Development and Delivery, NHS Leadership Academy
Caroline has over 30 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors in change management, people and organisational development. Her strong business background derives from operational roles, generalist human resource management experience and specialist development roles.
Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Emma Mendes da Costa (she/her) is the Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – one of the top NHS Trusts in the country for disability inclusion – and founder and Chair of the Southern Disability Support Network, which joins together over 100 NHS disability staff network leads and EDI professionals across the south of England. She has a background in magazine journalism, and specialises in accessible communications development, staff network community-building, reasonable adjustments provision and active allyship. Emma has profound bilateral hearing loss and is a passionate advocate for using her lived experience in her work, speaking openly about her hearing loss, eating disorder recovery, anxiety, and IVF journey. She has written for a number of charities including Scope, RNID and the National Deaf Children’s Society, and is a Trustee for Flourish Mentors, an LGBTQIA+ inclusive mentoring charity for young women in Brighton and Hove.
Senior Policy Adviser, Workforce, Training and Education
NHS England
Joseph Smith is Head of Policy and Strategy for the Workforce Training and Education Directorate in NHS England. He has worked on a number of large scale transformational strategies for the NHS, including the NHS People Plan and, most recently, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. Previous roles have spanned the breadth of health policy, both in NHS England and government. Joseph originally trained as a Pharmacy Technician and worked at the Maudsley Hospital in South London at the start of his career.
Attending the course has highlighted to me the options we in the NHS have to look to better retain our workforce and I have gained better insight into the services, people and resources available to do this today.
CAMHS Liaison NurseSussex Partnership Foundation Trust NHSIncredibly interesting and thought-provoking with the content perfectly reflecting the challenging times were are navigating. There was lots to take away for me to improve recruitment and retention in our procurement service.
Deputy DirectorNHS Lancashire Procurement ClusterThe event covered a wide range of topics and the speakers were knowledgeable and insightful.
Recruitment Marketing Manager Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustAn informative and insightful event. Interesting case studies prompted some good Q&A.
OD PractitionerCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustYour conference package also includes access to GE Insights, our cross-sector learning resource of case study focused videos, articles, lived experiences and more. Gain unlimited access to our online platform when you purchase your conference ticket.
Job Title Examples | Organisation Type Examples |
Nurse | NHS Trusts |
HR Director | Human Resources |
Recruitment Manager | Workforce Recruitment |
Senior Consultant | Community Care |
OD Practitioner | Healthcare Services |
Medical Director | Hospices |
Ward Manager | Social Care Trusts |
Head of Workforce | Ambulance Services |
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Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
Your delegate place at this leading conference gives you: Full access to the conference; E-guide; Networking opportunities during the day; Access to presentations post conference; 8 CPD Points.
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