Welcome from the Chair:

Jenni Middleton, Editor, Nursing Times

Keynote panel: The shape of the workforce and solving the recruitment dilemma

• What are we doing about the shortage of nurses?
• More nurses and more training - Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View
• Understanding the new staffing guidance across acute settings
• Learn how you can use complaints to improve the practice on your ward
• Exploring the Nursing Associate role

Panellists:

Jackie Smith, Chief Executive, Nursing & Midwifery Council

Janet Davies, Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing

Sue Covill, Director of Development and Employment, NHS Employers

Prof Mark Radford, Director of Nursing for Improvement, NHS Improvement

Liz Fenton, Nurse Advisor, Health Education England

Alternative ways to protect the front line: Nurse-led national procurement

• Why is it important that nurses get involved in procurement?
• What can be achieved?
• Why have a dedicated national team?
• Work to date and how to get involved

Mandie Sunderland, Chief Nurse, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

• The future of workforce: creating effective multidisciplinary teams
• How sharing learning across settings helps us improve our care
• The impact of STPs on the role of a nursing leader

Panellists:

Cllr Rebecca Charlwood, Executive Member for Health & Wellbeing, Leeds City Council

Clare Linley, Director of Nursing & Quality, Leeds North CCG

William Roberts, National Lead - Enhanced Care in Care Homes, New Models of Care Team, NHS England

Mil Milojevic, Director of Product Management, Allocate Software

• NHS Improvement's national priorities for patient safety
• What changes are ahead for safety investigation and processes
• Learning from our errors: the core lessons for healthcare
• Practitioner insights: What's working for us?

Panellists:

Dr Frances Healey, Deputy Director of Patient Safety (Insight) NHS Improvement

Jan Stevens CBE, Former Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Nichola Crust, National Investigator, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)

Russell Wernham, Deputy Chief Nurse, Ashford & St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust

13:30 - 14:00 NT Masterclass:

Telling your story: becoming an inspirational leader

• How storytelling is a key skill to inspire staff
• What to consider when telling your story in interviews: are you selling yourself short?

Deborah Sanders, Director of Nursing, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Whistleblowing: Learning from the past and planning for the future

This session will feature a presentation from the National Guardian, followed by a case study from York Teaching Hospitals. The session will feature live anonymous polling, interactive learning, followed by a period for questions and comments.

• How you can support creating an environment for people to speak out
• Developing and implementing a ‘freedom to speak up’ strategy
• What’s working, and how are the results so far?

Dr Henrietta Hughes, National Guardian for the NHS, Freedom to Speak Up

Beverley Geary, Chief Nurse & Lisa Smith, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Panel: Successfully leading a diverse workforce to improve patient outcomes

Live anonymous polling, interactive learning

• Communicating effectively, taking into account team members’ culture and age
• Improving the quality of discussion around ethnicity to improve patient care: understanding intersectionality
• Acknowledging your own prejudices: becoming a better leader

Panellists:

Karen Bonner, Corporate Head of Nursing, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Jeremy Dawson, Professor of Health Management, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield University Management School

Prof Uduak Archibong, Professor of Diversity & Director, Centre for Inclusion & Diversity, University of Bradford

• Effective collaboration and communication strategies
• What information you need to present to a nursing director to help them share the value of your ideas
• Understanding what a nursing director’s challenges are
• Improving working partnerships with senior colleagues

Panellists:

Diane Sarkar, Chief Nursing Officer, Mid Essex Basildon & Southend Hospital Services NHS Trust

Deborah Sanders, Director of Nursing, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Christopher Morley, Deputy Chief Nurse, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

In conversation with Jackie Smith, Chief Executive NMC and Jenni Middleton

Q&A on the new education standards, introduction of nurse apprenticeships, nurse associates and how this could impact preceptorship programmes.

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