Nursing Live 2026

9 November 2026 – 10 November 2026

The NEC (National Exhibition Centre), Birmingham, United Kingdom

115 speakers

Organiser (1)

RCNi

Association Partner (1)

Digital Health & Care Alliance (DHACA)

Exhibitors (60)

Endometriosis UK · Serco Group PLC · HelloFresh · Patchwork Health · The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) · Elysium Healthcare · MedicAlert · Royal Navy · Alzheimer's Society · Marie Curie · Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) · Pengage Ltd · Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) · University of Sunderland · The Compassionate Mind Foundation · Five Areas Ltd. · London Central and West · BPP Buttercups · Flexicare · Nexus Fostering · Birmingham City University · University of Birmingham · Open University Press · Stream · RCNi · Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) · Dementia UK · The Open University · CQC · CP Develops - CPD · Healthcare Abroad · CoppaFeel! · Sole-Mates · Crohn's & Colitis UK · Tails.com · PFAS (Personal Functional Assessment Services) · ions therapy · Carnival UK · St John Ambulance · OUTpatients · NHS Retirement Fellowship · Elevate & Thrive · Aspect Healthcare · Diabetes UK · Dermal · Jude · Data4NHS · Haemochromatosis UK · Parkinson's UK · Connexica · InDependent Diabetes Trust · ETAC · Clinical Skills Ltd · Green Chef · Clarins · Learna · The Royal College of Nursing · Kiehl's Since 1851 · De Montfort University · Motorfinity

Supporting Partner (1)

OASIS Mental Health Support

Speakers (115)

• Gail Kinman Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Birkbeck University of London
• Zoe Fry OBE Executive Director, Outstanding Society
• Abdelrahman Elmetwaly Senior charge nurse, emergency department, Princess Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• Abigail Bartlett Assistant locality manager; chair of the RCN’s nursing in justice and forensic health care forum, Sirona Care & Health
• Abigail Swindail Clinical informatics lead for community nursing & children’s services, Digital Health and Care Wales
• Alex Ramamurthy Senior vice president – growth, Stream
• Amanda Jackson Associate chief clinical information officer and digital inclusion lead, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• Amber O’Brien UK professional lead for mental health, Royal College of Nursing
• Amy Carr Emergency department matron, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
• Anna Hancock Lead nurse for bladder and bowel care, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
• Anne Howard Deputy director of nursing, Peppy Health
• Beth Macalindin Deputy chief nurse information officer – education, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Beverley Baker Freedom to Speak Up guardian, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Bianca Ysabelle Esmeralda Senior nurse, critical care division, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Carmel O’Boyle Chair of Council, Royal College of Nursing
• Claire Picton Intuitive nurse coach, director and leader, CP Develops (CPD)
• Claire Pryor Professor in adult social care nursing, University of Salford
• Claire Shaw Nursing training development lead, Tavistock Education and Training, North London NHS Foundation Trust
• Clare Addison
• Clare Cable Chief executive, The Burdett Trust for Nursing
• Clare Lomas Career development editor, RCNi
• Claudia Tye Gynaecology advanced nurse practitioner, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
• Conor McGee Chief nursing information officer, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Daljit Athwal Chief nursing and midwifery officer, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
• Deborah Holder Diabetes specialist nurse, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dina Paoloni CEO, career coach and education lead; CNS in chronic pain, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, P&B service solution Ltd
• Dr Manju Pallam Senior lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Dr Nichola Ashby Director; trustee, TB Alert, Axis Culture Group
• Dr Siobhán O'Connor Senior lecturer, King’s College London
• Dr Zena Wehbe Head of research & development, Jude
• Edel Cogan Senior talent specialist, American Hospital Dubai
• Elisha Rowe Medical resourcing manager, Carnival UK
• Emma Hall NHS engagement & growth manager, Stream
• Faye Theobald Head of health protection (physical health, resuscitation and infection prevention and control), Cygnet
• Fiona Mills Chief nursing information officer, and vice chair RCN Digital Nursing Forum Committee, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Gemma Stacey Programme director, Nursing Now Challenge, Burdett Trust For Nursing
• Georgina Craig National director, The Experience Led Care Programme
• Georgina Turner Head of nursing, Priory
• Hannah Cadogan Lead nurse for lived experience & hospice nurse, St Luke’s Hospice, Harrow, Royal College of Nursing
• Hannah De la Salle Heart failure and cardiac sarcoidosis clinical nurse specialist, Royal Brompton Hospital (GSTT)
• Heidi Williams Clinical nurse educator, Liverpool John Moores University
• Helen Trippett CMSP director, NHS Supply Chain: Facilities and Office Solutions
• Ioulia Mariaki Lead nurse, respiratory virtual ward, Barts Health NHS Trust
• Ivy Tsetse Matron, nursing development and education, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
• Jacqueline Conaty Homeless and inclusion health nurse, Pathway – Inclusion Health Charity
• James Bird Chief nurse information officer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• James Ridley Director of adult social care and health (nurse consultant – RNLD), PRICE Training
• Jaskiern Kaur Deputy chief people officer and associate director of organisational development, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Jean Almond Programme manager – time critical medication, Parkinson's UK
• Jeni Caguioa, MBE Senior clinical manager, NHS England
• Jenna Stocks Mental health nurse, unit manager, Yarningdale, Exemplar Health Care
• Jo-Anne Wilson Head of operations, Royal British Legion
• Joanne Hanley Specialist adviser, Endometriosis UK
• Jodian Barrett Deputy chief nursing information officer, Northwest London Virtual Hospital & children's chief nursing information officer - West London Children's Healthcare, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust
• John McLinden Director of nursing and therapies, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• Joshua Pagden Chief nursing information officer, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group
• Karen Bonner Regional chief nurse for London, NHS England (London Region)
• Karen Payne UK nursing information officer, RCN Institute of Excellence
• Katharine Gale Founder and director; consultant nurse, certified coach and trainer, FluxState
• Katherine French Head of service improvement and grants, Parkinson’s UK
• Kim Ball Professional lead for primary care, Royal College of Nursing
• Kulwinder Kaur Senior lecturer in nursing/clinical nurse educator, Liverpool John Moores University
• Liessa Newnham Head of implementation and adoption, NHS Supply Chain
• Loraine Mahachi Founder and director of EndoNurseVR, Chenai Heart N Mind
• Louise Bringloe Lead nurse for quality and practice development, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Lovelyn Ndubuisi-Okoroezi Head of clinical education, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lucy Gillespie National professional lead for nursing, Skills for Care
• Lucy Muchina Associate director of nursing leadership, Royal College of Nursing
• Lynda Bruce Specialist community public health nurse – occupational health, iOH / Occ Pro Ltd
• Lynn Woolsey UK chief nursing officer, RCN
• Lynsey Ure UK deputy chief nursing officer, Royal College of Nursing
• Mandeep Lally Senior lecturer, De Montfort University
• Mandy Butler Lead bladder and bowel continence nurse specialist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Maria Eurton Respiratory nurse specialist and Asthma + Lung UK respiratory champion, Living Well Partnership
• Maria Symeonaki Professional lead for midwifery and women’s health, RCN
• Marimouttou Coumarassamy MBE Deputy chief operating officer; founder and chair, British Indian Nurses Association, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust
• Mark Coningsby Preceptorship academy & university lead, Elysium Healthcare
• Martina Sammut Functional specialist team manager, Capita
• Mehvish Shaffi-Ajibola Founder, HR consultancy; chair of the Anti-Racism Sub Group, RCN, Socially Inspired
• Mercy Nangwale Oncology staff nurse, Royal Stoke Hospital
• Michelle Bateman Deputy chief nursing officer for England, NHS England
• Ofrah Muflahi RCN professional lead for the nursing support workforce; director, British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association, RCN
• Olivia Crossing CEO/co-founder; surgical sister, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Worksights Ltd
• Pancy Jose Lead Freedom to Speak Up guardian and clinical operations site manager, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Paul Russell-Roberts Ostomy care education manager, Coloplast UK Ltd
• Peony Li Founder & CEO, Jude
• Philip Winterbottom UK head of safeguarding and protection; chair, RCN nurses in management and leadership forum; chair, Independent Sector Safeguarding Network; vice-chair, NHSE Safeguarding Adults National Network, Cygnet Healthcare
• Professor Nicola Ranger General secretary and chief executive, Royal College of Nursing
• Professor Nikki Cotterill Professor in continence care & clinical advisor, Jude, UWE Bristol
• Professor Tania E. Hart Professor of nursing and healthcare knowledge exchange and associate dean for innovation, De Montfort University
• Rebeca Kenny Head of the RCN Foundation Centre for Compassionate Leadership in Nursing and Midwifery, RCN Foundation
• Ryan Allen Registered learning disability nurse, Landermeads Nursing Home
• Ryan Longthorn Nurse, Fleet Medical Operations, Carnival UK
• Sadie Lavelle-Cafferkey Senior lecturer, University of Chester
• Sarah Endicott Clinical education and development practitioner, Leeds Teaching Hospital
• Sarah Hall RCN general practice nursing forum chair, RCN
• Sarah Pearse Lead nurse, North West London Virtual Hospital
• Sarah Wheatley Deputy director infection control, operating unit, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
• Shahissta Ratyal Member development, Hospital Medical Care Association
• Shella Sandoval Chief nursing information officer, East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
• Siân Annakin Deteriorating patient lead, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• Simon Noel Deputy chief nursing information officer, NHS England
• Sonya Allen Advanced nurse practitioner, Wight Primary Partnerships
• Sophie Blakemore Editor, Emergency Nurse and co-editor of Nursing Management, RCNi
• Steph Lawrence Chief Executive, Queens Institute of Community Nursing
• Stephanie Riley Head of product, Patchwork Health
• Suresh Packiam Head of Service/ strategic Lead; co-founder, British Indian Nurses Association, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
• Susie Lagrata Advanced headache nurse practitioner, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Temi Odeyemi Cluster lead nurse, Change Grow Live Warwickshire
• Tim James Clinical director and nursing executive; chair, RCN digital nursing forum, Oracle Health
• Tom Nicholson Assistant professor of mental health nursing, Northumbria University
• Trudy-Jane Guinan Immuno-oncology nurse consultant, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
• Vanessa Coelho Head of nursing leadership, Royal College of Nursing
• Victoria Heppell Early pregnancy bereavement nurse; research nurse, Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Wendy Wood Programme leader training adviser, Compassionate Mind Foundation