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A candid conversation on modern leadership

What does it take to be a leader in health and care today? How has leadership evolved, and what challenges do today’s leaders face? Join us for an informal discussion with five senior leaders - all with very different experiences leading in health and care.

Part of our 24-hour charity webathon - 24 incredible webinars for one great cause!
This session is free for NHS staff. But if you're able to, we’re raising money for four incredible health and care charities, so please donate below.

Date Thursday, 01 May 2025 19:00 PM - 20:00 PM
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What we'll discuss

Please join us for an informal conversation with a group of NHS leaders sharing their perspectives on modern leadership. We'll be joined by five senior leaders, including:

  • Kate Slemeck – CEO of the St George’s hospital site in London and Chair of the NHS Elect Advisory Board
  • Nichole McIntosh – Regional Head of Nursing and Midwifery in the Workforce, Training and Education Directorate at NHS England, London
  • Elliot Howard-Jones – CEO of Herts Community Trust and one of the HSJ 100 top CEOs
  • Ravi Baghirathan – Director of the System Strategy Unit at DHSC, and working on the 10 year plan. Previously Chief Transformation Officer at a large teaching hospital group.
  • Dr Vince Connolly – nationally known clinical leader and ex-CMO of an acute Trust and the Northern region of NHS England

The panel will talk about what it means to be a successful leader in health and care in 2025 and reflect on their leadership journey.

Hosted by our CEO, Caroline Dove and one of our Managing Directors, Piers Young, this will be a relaxing hour where you’ll have an opportunity to learn what has worked for others and share insights and reflections from your own leadership work and add these to the conversation.

Who is this webinar for?

Current and aspiring leaders in health and care. Join us for a candid chat about the realities of modern leadership.

Lead facilitators

Caroline Dove

Caroline has been CEO of NHS Elect since 2003, building a team of amazing people to provide high quality, in-house support to healthcare organisations across the country, and developing leaders to enable them to deliver improved services. Caroline joined the NHS on the National Management Training Scheme and has spent her entire career working as a leader in the NHS. She worked mainly in acute hospitals in operational and strategic management, including as an Executive Director at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Caroline has a passion for supporting NHS staff in delivering better care for our patients. In the 1990s she led the operational development of the UK's first treatment centre and has supported leaders for over 20 years in learning, developing and mentoring.

Piers Young

Piers Young is a Senior Manager and leader in healthcare, with a proven track recording in supporting NHS organisations, the Department of Health and NHS England in improvement and NHS operational management. Piers has experience at executive and board level and has worked at Chief Operating Officer level at a NHS acute provider. He has an extensive operational and service improvement background and is a graduate of the NHS management training scheme. He has overseen and been the SRO for the development and delivery of a system-wide recovery plan for elective care, which included the return to reporting for RTT and the delivery of RTT and cancer access standards. Piers has also worked for NHS England on national data quality improvement programmes, and he was part of the national 18-week programme when it was initial established.

As a director for NHS Elect, Piers leads on Quality Improvement and Strategy work in healthcare. He has led on change management programmes for members and network programmes for both elective and non-elective services. He has experience leading on national improvement programmes and he is the spinal surgery and vascular quality improvement associate for the specialised commissioning frailty network with NHS England.

Help us raise money for four amazing charities

This session is part of our special charity webathon, offering 24 hours of free learning for NHS staff as a thank you for everything you do.

If you’re able to, we kindly ask for a small voluntary donation. All the funds will go directly to four incredible charities supporting people through life’s toughest moments.

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