Midlands and East SPF conference 2024
Working in partnership to tackle health inequalities and promote equality, diversity and inclusion
Following the success of our 2023 event, we are returning to Eastwood Hall in Nottingham for the annual in-person partnership conference for the Midlands and East region.
Join us as we consider how to work in partnership to address health inequalities and promote equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
This event is for staff side and HR colleagues working across the Midlands and East.
There will be the opportunity to network and share best practice for effective partnership working to support the NHS workforce across the Midlands and East of England.
Topics
We have an exciting agenda exploring topics including:
- Bridging pay gaps: How unions and HR can partner to close intersectional pay gaps.
- Increasing the number of refugee healthcare professionals joining the NHS workforce.
- Partnership working to address race equality and LGBTQ+ health inequalities.
- Influencing positive change in the EDI and health inequality space.
Conference chairs
The conference will be co-chaired by:
- Alice Sorby, Director of Employment Relations, The Royal College of Midwives and NHS Staff Council EDIG staff-side chair
- Ali Koeltgen, Chief People Officer, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Elizabeth Cooke, Director of HR and OD, Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Speakers
Conference speakers will include:
- Danny Mortimer, Chief Executive, NHS Employers
- Michelle Gyimah, Founder of Equality Pays
- Dr Aisha Awan, Director of REACHE (Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre for Healthcare Professionals Education)
- Anne Marie Archard, Senior Consultant, Leadership and OD, The Kings Fund
- Tendai Ndongwe, Head of Patient Experience, Northamptonshire Foundation Trust
- Harprit Hockley, Director of Culture and OD, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Farhana Ahmedabadi-Patel, Senior Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, University Hospitals Northamptonshire
Your registration
If for any reason you cannot use your place, please do let the team know as soon as possible by emailing eventbookings@nhsconfed.org.
