Forums

• Chairs and chief executives from across NHS trusts, ICBs, community CICs, primary care collaboratives in England.
• The forum will meet twice yearly with all system leaders invited.
• There will also be two other yearly meets for sector-specific groups – e.g. NHS trust chairs and chief executives only, chairs and chief executives in Wales and Northern Ireland. 

Open to: 

• Digital and innovation leaders at board level across trusts and ICBs.
• Digital primary care senior leaders.
• Board-level non-statutory members providing NHS funded patient care. 

Designed for those with strategic oversight for the communications agenda for their organisation, this forum is an opportunity for communications leaders from across the country to reflect on common challenges, share insight and learning, and discuss how leaders can continue to show the importance of communications as a strategic leadership function. 

Taking place across the year both online and in-person, these interactive meetings are your opportunity to hear the latest innovative work within the sector, with previous meetings exploring diversity in NHS communications, updates from senior leaders, including colleagues from NHS England, AI within communications, training and development within the profession, and more. 

This forum is open to:

• Directors of communications and engagement across trusts, ICBs and other parts of the system. 
• Other senior communications leaders.

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• Chief finance officer
• Directors of finance
• Commercial and business development leads

This 'forum' is a series of webinars for board-level leaders on key issues relating to quality and safety. 

A national network for health leaders tackling record high levels of economic inactivity.

Open to:

• Broad ICB membership, including ICB work and health leads, strategy and workforce leads and chairs. 
• Non-ICB membership, including NHS trusts, local/strategic authorities, DWP, VCSE and national colleagues. 

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Designed for company and trust secretaries of NHS trusts and foundation trusts, with interim, acting, deputy and assistant directors also welcome. 

Chaired by NHS governance leaders, this network is for those with executive responsibility for corporate governance. It offers regular updates, peer discussion and the chance to share approaches to evolving governance guidance and any new or revised requirements. 

Meetings take place virtually and in person across the year. Previous agendas have explored topics such as the Insightful Provider Board, boardroom dynamics, governance of partnerships (including groups), and the fit and proper persons test, among others. 

Each session includes a policy and political overview to help contextualise your local work, and features expert speakers and examples of effective practice to support you in your role. 

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Open to directors, associate directors and high-level strategic leads for EDI or health inequalities within NHS organisations. 

This forum is open to primary care, acute, community, mental health and ICB neighbourhood health leads who are responsible for making neighbourhood working a reality at place and system. 

Open to: 

• NHs trusts, community trusts, primary care, and neighbourhood ICB. 
• Anyone involved with outpatient pathway design.

Meeting quarterly, this forum is open to anyone involved in urgent and emergency care pathway redesign and operational delivery.

This forum is open to black and minority ethnic leaders, aspiring leaders and allies from across the NHS. 

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Open to LGBTQ+ leaders, aspiring leaders and allies from across the NHS. 

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Open to women working at all levels across health and care. 

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More details will be available soon. 

Meeting quarterly, this forum is open to members who provide or commission services for people with a learning disability.