NHS Health and Care Expo (formerly NHS ConfedExpo) is supported by sponsors, including pharmaceutical companies. Sponsors have had no input into the event except where indicated.
New name, same conference
NHS Health and Care Expo is the new name for NHS ConfedExpo.
The name reflects where the system is heading, with health and care increasingly planned and delivered together.
More of the work now happens across organisational boundaries, between trusts, ICBs, primary care, local government and social care, and we’ll be building more of that into the programme over the coming years.
New name, same conference
NHS Health and Care Expo is the new name for NHS ConfedExpo. The name reflects where the system is heading, with health and care increasingly planned and delivered together.
The new name reflects where the system is heading, with health and care increasingly planned and delivered together. More of the work now happens across organisational boundaries, between trusts, ICBs, primary care, local government and social care, and we’ll be building more of that into the programme over the coming years.
New name, same conference
NHS Health and Care Expo is the new name for NHS ConfedExpo. The name reflects where the system is heading, with health and care increasingly planned and delivered together.
The new name reflects where the system is heading, with health and care increasingly planned and delivered together. More of the work now happens across organisational boundaries, between trusts, ICBs, primary care, local government and social care, and we’ll be building more of that into the programme over the coming years.
The event gives us the opportunity to see what is pending in the NHS and be a little ahead of the game. We have made some very impactful contacts through attending Expo for the past two years.
Expo gives me 3 benefits: 1. It stimulates my brain to think differently about current problems, 2. It boosts my confidence in my leadership and where I am at currently, 3. It helps me to build and maintain my networks across the health sector.”
Excellent networking. The event saved weeks in connecting elements of our programme of work.
2026 speakers included
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Anna Dijkstra
Director, Healthcare, Microsoft
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Sir Ciarán Devane
Chief Executive, The NHS Alliance
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Lord Victor Adebowale
Chair, The NHS Alliance
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Lord Tony Hall CBE
Former BBC Director General
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Dr Dominique Allwood MBE
Chief Executive Officer, Imperial College Health Partners
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Professor Ian Ashworth
Director of Population Health, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside
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Dr Birju Bartoli
Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Mike Bell
Chair, West and North London Integrated Care Board & Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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Dr Sarah Byron
Deputy Director for HealthTech and Programme Director for HealthTech Strategy and Development, NICE
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Prof Richard Stubbs
Chief Executive, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
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Dr Filipe Gracio
AI Engineer for Government and Healthcare, Google Cloud -
Philip Cave
Chief Finance Officer, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Arun Chopra
Interim Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission
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Ashley James
Broadcaster and Sunday Times Bestselling Author
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James Bethell
Former Minister of Innovation, The House of Lords
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Dr Kelly Cohen
Medical Director, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
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Anthony Cunliffe
National Lead Medical Adviser and the Clinical Adviser for London, Macmillan Cancer Support
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Sara Najjuma
Strategic Head of Equality and Inclusion, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Dr Dianne Addei
Director, National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme, NHS England
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Jacoline Bouvy
Deputy Director Medicines Evaluation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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Victoria Macdonald
Health and Social Care Editor, Channel 4 News
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Gary Jevon
Centre Manager, Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
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'Foluke Ajayi
Chief Executive, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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Amit Patel
Chief Executive, Community Pharmacy South West London
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Daniel Newman
Lived Experience Partner/Patient Engagement Consultant, National Voices and Trueheart International
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Sir Jonathan Van Tam MBE
Emeritus Professor of Public Health, and Independent Advisor, University of Nottingham School of Medicine
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Judith Dean
Transformation Director, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
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Dr Nighat Arif MRCGP Honorary FRCOG DRCOG DFSRH DL
GP, medical broadcaster and health content creator, NHS
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