Connected Health and Care Summit 2025 Agenda
| Day 1 – Tuesday 21st October 2025 | ||
| Times | Stream and location | Sessions |
| 09:00-09:40 | Registration, exhibition and networking | |
| 09:50-10:00 | Plenary (Monarch) | Host Welcome |
| 10:00-10:40 | How to be Human in a World of Machines? Adam Rutherford | |
| 10:40–11:20 | Solution Keynote – RLDatix Product Leadership Team Barbara Staruk Simon Courage | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Panel: Health and Care 2025 to 2035 – Ready for The Future Prof. Mark Radford, NHS England Nic Chambers-Parkes, HCRG Care Group The Right Honourable Damien Green Social Care Foundation | |
| 12:00-12:25 | Remarkable Partnerships – Welcome to TeamRLD Paul Sanders, President UK & Ireland, RLDatix | |
| 12:25-13:30 | Lunch and Networking | |
| 12:40 – 13:20 | Lunchtime fringe session (Library) | LFPSE Today and Tomorrow: Our Journey Together Hannah Daziel, RLDatix |
| 12:40 – 13:20 | Lunchtime fringe session (Arden) | The key to Job Planning Adoption: Examples of Engagement and Outcomes Sola Makinde, Whittington Health NHS Trust Melissa Kamara, Whittington Health NHS Trust Sally Gray, Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust Samantha Hooper, Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust |
| 13:30-14:10 | People (Monarch) | Workforce Solutions Lab – uncover what’s new and what’s next Richard Kitchen, RLDatix Jess Beardmore, RLDatix |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Making Insight and Data the Backbone for Safety and Quality Dr Marcos Manhaes, PhD, MSc, BSc, NHS England | |
| Social Care (Library) | The Budget and Beyond: Finding a Sustainable Funding Model for Care The Right Honourable Damien Green Nikki Walker, RLDatix | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Salis-Wells) | The Good, The Bad and AI of Safe Staffing – Part 1 Karen Swinson, RLDatix Michaela Dalison – RLDatix, Customer Support Prof. Davina Allen, University of Cardiff Dr. Christina Saville, University of Southampton Talia Emmanuel, University of Southampton | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | Job Planning for Capacity and Demand Jyothi Nippani, National Clinical Lead, NHS England Tom Bird, RLDatix Joel Tempest-Routledge, RLDatix | |
| Hive | Transforming clinical governance: a collaborative and coordinated approach to patient safety at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHNFT) Tracy Church, Clinical Governance and Compliance Manager and Patient Safety Specialist, BHNFT Natasha Geldart, Deputy Head of Midwifery, BHNFT | |
| 14:20-15:00 | People (Monarch) | How is Allocate Optima supporting Priory’s mission to provide workplace wellbeing Alex Ares, The Priory Group Jonny Newsham, Chair |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Global Approaches to Safety and Quality Dr. Mustafa Abdelwahab, Department of Health Abu-Dhabi Dr. Maya El Mallat, SEHA Abu-Dhabi (Pure Health) Fatima Ali Alhajeri Margeret Wright, Chair | |
| Social Care (Library) | Unseen, Unheard, Unmanaged: The True Cost of Pain in Health and Social Care – Painchek Nikki Walker, RLDatix Philip Daffas CEO Amran Sanghera, Senior Business Development Manager at PainChek UK | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | Data, Information, Insight – Delivering Intelligence from Point of Care to Board David Mulligan, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Carl Muir, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust Eunice Arnold, Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | Empowering Emergency Department Consultants Through Digital Self-Rostering Hanna Kelly-Peberdy, Royal Surrey NHS FT Kerry Steele Leigh Malyon, Chair | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Salis-Wells) | The Good, The Bad and AI of Safe Staffing – Part 2 Karen Swinson, RLDatix Michaela Dalison – RLDatix, Customer Support Prof. Davina Allen, University of Cardiff Dr. Christina Saville, University of Southampton Talia Emmanuel, University of Southampton | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Refreshments and Networking | |
| 15:30-16:10 | People (Monarch) | SafeCare: From Huddles and Handovers, to Nursing and Pharmacy Mags Cantley, NHS Lothian Kevin Dickson, NHS Lothian Katie Miligan, Chair |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Regulating the Future Chris Day, Care Quality Commission Liz Jones | |
| Social Care (Library) | DatixWeb and DCIQ Contact Management Hannah Dalziel, RLD Jodie Conlon, RLD | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Salis-Wells) | Optima: Set Up for Success – Costings, Budgets and Demand Kiri Hargreaves, RLD NEED EMAIL | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | AI Solutions Lab – uncover what’s news and what’s next Simon Courage, RLDatix | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | 95% Reduction in Agency Staffing and a 43% Drop in Bank Usage Through Safe Staffing Frances Bellingham, Matron for Safe Staffing, University Hospitals of Leicester Polly Hargreaves, Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Data Analyst Anna Rothwell, Matron for Safe Staffing – Children’s Leigh Maylon, Chair | |
| Hive | Behavioural science in the workplace: tap into human nature to boost productivity Emily Trant, Chief Impact Officer, Stream Claire Brown, People Systems and Reporting Manager | |
| 16:20-17:20 | Plenary (Monarch) and close from Liz | Look Outside and Look Up – Lessons in Operational Excellence, Customer Focus and Safety from Aviation Liz Jones Tracie Burton, Operation Director, Jet 2 Matt Lindley – Human Factors |
| 19:15-00:00 (Monarch) | RLDatix Awards Dinner and Celebration 2025 | |
| Day 2 – Wednesday 22nd October 2025 | ||
| Times | Stream | Sessions |
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration, Breakfast and Networking | |
| 08:30-09:10 | People (Monarch) | Securing Talent Through Great Graduate Onboarding and Experience Claire Harris, George Eliott Hospital Claire Lloyd, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Karen Swinson |
| Patient Safety & Quality/Social care/Out of Hospital care (Arden) | Patient Safety and Integrated Governance Legal Update – Health, Care and Social Care Duncan Astill, Mills and Reeve LLP Liz Jones | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | AI in Health and Care: The Opportunity and the Risk Kevin Freely, Ramsey Healthcare Alex Kefatz, Health Technology and Quality Advisor | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | A safe, happy, and productive workforce: top tips for tomorrow that you can start to use today Dr Darren Kilroy, RLDatix | |
| Hive | eRota Masterclass and update on exception reporting Tom Bird, RLD Lucy Bell, RLD | |
| 09:20 – 09:45 | Plenary (Monarch) | RLDatix Leadership Team 2030 Q&A Dan Michelson, CEO, RLDatix |
| 09:55-10:35 | People (Monarch) | Staff Engagement Solution Lab – including unlocking the power of Loop across health and care Lisa Harries, RLDatix |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Patient Safety Solutions Lab – uncover what’s news and what’s next Mark Linggood, RLDatix | |
| Social Care (Library) | AI Transforming Social Care Nikki Walker, QCS Chris Cox, QCS | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Salis-Wells) | Anaesthetics Workshop Chris Bond, RLD Katie Millighan, RLD | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | The Who, Where and When. From Time Clocks to Loop Locate Sara Roper, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Jess Beardmore, RLDatix Paul Scandrett, Chair | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | From Risk to Reward – Delivering Real-Time Absence Integration at Scale: How MFT Streamlined Absence Reporting, Saved Managers Hours, and Improved Staffing Decisions Sarah McDermott-Lennon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | |
| 10:45-11:25 | People (Monarch) | Learning from Maternity and Neonatal Investigations Dr Rosie Bennyworth, Health Services Safety Investigations Body Karen Swinson, Chair |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | Productivity and Efficiency Solutions Lab – uncover what’s new and what’s next Leigh Maylon, RLDatix | |
| Hive | Version 12 Locum Management Alex Martin, RLD | |
| 11:25-11:55 | Refreshments and Networking | |
| 12:00- 12:40 | Plenary (Monarch) | Safety in a Post Pandemic Health and Care System Zero. Mistakes Happen, But No One Deserves to Be a Statistic The Right Honourable Sir Jeremy Hunt, MP Liz Jones (co-chair) Andy Cowper (Co-Chair) |
| 12:40-12:45 | RLD Reflections and Thanks Liz Jones | |
| 12:55- 13:35 | People (Monarch) | People Systems at Scale, Collaboratively and Across Boarders Jason Saridis, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Gareth Rowley, Chair |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | DatixWeb Customer Lessons and Insight Simon Bates, Birmingham Community NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Social Care (Library) | Reforming the Interface Between the NHS and Social Care ADASS & NHS Confed | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Salis-Wells) | Case Study: Digitally Enabled Productivity in Community Settings Salli Pilcher, North Cumbria Gemma Kerr-Moonie North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust Rebecca Simpson, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trus | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | Automation for the Back Office: Where Should You Start? Gareth Jones, North London Partners Shared Services Paul Sanders, Chair | |
| Efficiency and Productivity (Pavilion) | Wales Quality Standards in Wales – Hind chasing Jonathan Webb | |
| Hive | Getting Started with Activity Manager Lucy Bell, RLDatix | |
| 13:35-14:20 | Lunch and Networking | |
| 14:20-15:00 | People (Salis-Wells) | Team Based Rostering All Staff Groups and All Settings Kellie Delargy, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Anthony Pierre, Cromwell Hospitals Leigh Maylon, Chair |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Enterprise Risk and Intelligence Mark Rogers, Royal Devon NHS Foundation Trust Robert Mann, Royal Devon NHS Foundation Trust Darren Kilroy, Chair | |
| Social Care (Library) | The Quality Standard in Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Care Gerry McMurdie, Dementia Specialist, QCS Damaris Daniels, Chair | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Pavilion) | NHS Professionals and RLDatix discussion group | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | AI Solutions Lab – uncover what’s news and what’s next Simon Courage, RLDatix | |
| Hive | Exploring SafeCare Michaela Dalston, RLDatix | |
| 15:10-15:50 | People (Pavilion) | The Future of Temporary Staffing Panel Richard Kitchen, RLDatix |
| Patient Safety & Quality (Arden) | Safety Culture – Practical Steps Locally and Regionally – Interactive Discussion Groups Helen Hughes, Patient Safety Learning Karen Swinson, Chair | |
| Social Care (Library) | Staff Engagement in Social Care – What Works? Damaris Daniels, QCS | |
| Out of Hospital Care (Salis-Wells) | Staff Engagement Solution Lab – including unlocking the power of Loop outside of the hospital setting Lisa Harries, RLDatix | |
| Digital and Data Revolution (Chur-Glad) | New Systems and Old Data. It’s Not Stored Data. It’s Clinical Readiness. It’s patient safety. Bob Downey, CTO Simon Biles, Chair | |
| 16:00 | Conference Close – See you in 2026 | |
