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TimeSession and speaker
8:45Registration & Welcome Refreshments
9:00
9:05
9:30
9:45
Welcome & Introduction from the Conference Director
Theodore Roberts, Senior Conference Producer, LaingBuisson
The Relationship Between the NHS and the Private Sector
David Hare, Chief Executive, IHPN
Overarching view of volumes
Dr Chris Smith-Brown, Clinical Advisor, PHIN
What Can We Learn from Patient Self-Pay Data?
Liz Heath, Consultant and Author, LaingBuisson
10:00
10:15
10:25
The Evolving Landscape of Private Medical Insurance: What Claims Data Is Telling Us
Richard Aris, Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs, Healthcode
10 things your patient expects in 2026 and beyond
Dr Suman Saha, Co-Founder & Medical Director, Doctify
Speakers Q&A
Richard Aris, Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs, Healthcode
Dr Chris Smith-Brown, Clinical Advisor, PHIN
Liz Heath, Consultant and Author, LaingBuisson
Dr Suman Saha, Co-Founder & Medical Director, Doctify
10:40Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
11:00
11:20
Innovation in Practice - Utilising Technology to Enhance the Patient Experience
Barry Nee, Chief Information Officer, Practice Plus Group
Harnessing Technology to Improve the Patient Experience
Alex Fairweather, Account Executive at Motics, Motics
Brett Lambe, Partner, Bevan Brittan
Christoph Lippuner, Co-founder and CEO, Semble
Benedict Heaver, Managing Director, Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing
Katie Baker, Director, Tandem Health
12:00Lunch and Networking Break
TimeSession and speaker
13:00
13:05
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Tim Read, Director of Research & Consultancy, LaingBuisson
Occupational Health
Louisa Chaves, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Jodie Sinclair, Senior Partner, Bevan Brittan
Fari Gora, Founder, We Are Eden
Jon Clover, Managing Director, Spire
13:50Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
Marketing / Patient Acquisition: How to Get and Retain Patients
Richard Gregory, Director of Healthcare Strategy, Chrysalis Finance
14:05
Ollie Capel, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Medico Digital
Syed Arfen, Innovation Investment Strategy & Ops, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jon Twinn, Managing Director, iWantGreatCare
14:50Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
15:10
15:30
Chair’s Welcoming Remarks
Theodore Roberts, Senior Conference Producer, LaingBuisson
GLP-1 Inhibitors
Alistair Murray, Chief Operating Officer, Phlo
Dr Katie Tryon, Commercial Director, Health, Vitality
Dr Laura Falvey, Executive Clinical Director, Reset Health
Julie Charlton, Partner, Bevan Brittan
NHS/Private Sector integration
Elizabeth Barron, Director of Operations for Private Healthcare, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Patrick Dawkes, Head of TradingHospitals & Primary Care, Nuffield Health
Chris Flemming, Partner, Public Digital
John Hopgood, Head of Acute Care Policy, IHPN
16:15
The Changing Nature of Cancer Treatment
Karol Sikora, Medical Director, Cancer Partners International
Developments in Cancer Technology
Kelly McCabe, CEO & Founder, PerciHealth
Annabelle Neame, Vice President New Markets and Innovation, HCA Healthcare UK
Theodore Roberts, Senior Conference Producer, LaingBuisson
Professor Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer & CEO, Check4Cancer
Closing remarks
Theodore Roberts, Senior Conference Producer, LaingBuisson
16:20Drinks Reception
Speakers
Syed Arfen / Innovation Investment Strategy & Ops, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Syed Arfeen is currently a clinician at the Wellman Clinic in Marylebone focusing on Men’s Health and Longevity and serving as Chief Strategy Officer for a chronic disease management technology company. Syed has 20+ years’ experience across clinical, consulting and commercial roles in healthcare in the UK, US and UAE including as a management consultant for McKinsey & Co, a senior executive at leading US academic hospitals and patient facing technology scale ups in the UK market such as Perspectum, Medbelle and Medicspot. He had a medical degree from Kings College London, is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, a MBA from INSEAD and a Diploma in the Philosophy of Medicine. Syed brings a front-line perspective on how providers can evolve to meet rising patient expectations, drawing on his experience across clinical practice, digital health, and strategic advisory with a combination of clinical insight and commercial acumen to the evolving landscape of patient-centred care.
Richard Aris / Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs at Healthcode
Richard Aris is Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs at Healthcode, with a background as Head of Business Development. His role is increasingly customer facing, focused on working closely with insurers, providers, and partners to identify strategic opportunities as the private healthcare landscape evolves. He works with both new and existing customers to help them navigate change, helping organisations respond to shifting funding models, increasing complexity, and rising expectations around efficiency, transparency, and patient experience across healthcare.
Dr Katie Baker / Director UK & Ireland at Tandem Health
Dr Katie Baker is Director UK & Ireland at Tandem Health, the clinical AI assistant. With 8+ years in health tech spanning CEO, co-founder, and C-suite roles across the UK, US, and Europe, and over a decade as a practising NHS GP, she brings a rare combination of executive commercial experience and frontline clinical credibility.
Elizabeth Barron / Senior Leader at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Beth Barron is a senior leader in private healthcare development at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the UK. She leads the Trust’s Private Patient strategy, focused on delivering high-quality, sustainable services that complement NHS provision and respond to growing demand from the private medical insurance market.
Beth brings over 22 years of NHS experience, including more than three years at LTHT working as the Operational Director across Oncology, Abdominal Medicine and Surgery (AMS), Pathology, Radiology, and Trauma Related Services (TRS).
This NHS-focused background gives her a strong understanding of clinical pathways, operational pressures, and elective care recovery, which she applies to designing commercially viable and patient-centred services.
Oliver Capel / Managing Director & Co-Founder of Medico Digital
Ollie Capel is the founder and CEO of Medico Digital, a specialist healthcare digital marketing and communications agency. Since founding the company in 2015, he has worked with many of the UK’s leading private healthcare providers, helping organisations such as hospitals, specialist clinics and healthcare groups attract, convert and retain patients online. With a background working directly with patients and healthcare professionals, Ollie focuses on the changing “digital front door” of healthcare. His work explores how providers can adapt to shifts in patient behaviour, from search and AI-driven discovery through to pricing transparency, digital infrastructure and long-term patient engagement. He regularly advises healthcare leadership teams on digital strategy and speaks on how emerging technologies, including AI, are reshaping how patients choose providers and access care.
Speakers
Julie Charlton / Partner, Bevan Brittan
I specialise in clinical negligence and medical malpractice litigation, mental health and human rights law. I am a NHS Resolution nominated partner and have considerable experience managing high value and complex cases with a focus on brain injury, neurosurgical and anaesthetic claims. I advise a broad base of NHS Clients as well as a wide range of private healthcare insurers. I have experience in prison health matters and Disability Discrimination Act claims. My practice also extends to advising on general healthcare and mental health matters. I also undertake many private medical malpractice claims for a number of insurers, focusing on cosmetic and aesthetic surgery claims. I am a non-executive director for the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses.
Louisa Chaves / Partner at L.E.K. Consulting
Louisa Chaves is a Partner at L.E.K. Consulting in London and a leader in the firm’s European Healthcare Services practice. She advises corporate and private equity clients on growth strategy, M&A and value creation across healthcare services, with particular expertise in UK social care and occupational health. She works closely with investors and management teams to scale platforms, navigate system complexity, and deliver improved outcomes for patients and workforce populations, particularly in fragmented and capacity-constrained parts of the market. She holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from London Business School.
Jon Clover / Managing Director at Spire Workplace Health
Jon Clover is the Managing Director for Spire Workplace Health, having worked across a variety of roles in both private and NHS organisations for over 25 years. He has overseen the integration of Spire’s Occupational Health provision with both preventative and treatment services, enabling customers to benefit from end-to-end Workplace Health provisions, from employee onboarding to retirement.
Maria Davies / Head of Content at LaingBuisson
Maria has more than two decades’ experience as a business and financial journalist. She has specialised in writing about the UK’s private and voluntary healthcare sector for the last 15 years.
Maria covered the historic ‘Condordat’ signed by the NHS and independent healthcare providers, which paved the way for the Labour government’s radical market-based reform of the NHS at the turn of the Millennium. Since then, she has tracked the key trends in independent healthcare from the advent of patient choice and the emerging NHS market to multi-million-pound flotations and game-changing deals.
Patrick Dawkes / Head of Trading - Hospitals & Primary Care at Nuffield Health
Patrick is an experienced healthcare leader and Head of Trading at Nuffield Health, with over 12 years driving performance across hospitals and primary care. He is passionate about translating commercial strategy into improved access, better patient experience and outcomes, and achieving meaningful social impact.
Alex Fairweather / Account Executive at Motics
Alex is a health-tech leader specialising in the commercialisation and strategic deployment of technology and automation across healthcare. Combining formal business education with experience across logistics, business and corporate development, operations, and market strategy, he drives transformation that aligns innovation with revenue growth, operational efficiency, and improved patient outcomes. He is a regular writer on healthcare innovation and adoption strategy for Laing Buisson and Healthcare Today, with a focus on technology-led change. Alex is recognised for his ability to translate emerging technologies into enterprise-wide impact and sustainable competitive advantage.
Dr Laura Falvey / Executive Clinical Director at Reset Health
Dr Laura Falvey is the Executive Clinical Director at Reset Health, a digital health company specialising in chronic condition management. Laura’s clinical leadership bridges healthcare and digital innovation to deliver real-world patient impact. With expertise in governance, commercialisation and digital health integration, she has driven key collaborations across NHS and private sectors, including NIHR-funded research. She holds an MBBS and a BSc in Advanced Anatomy and Human Biology from King’s College London, and has served as a CQC Registered Manager and Clinical Safety Sponsor supporting DTAC compliance.
Chris Fleming / Partner at Public Digital
Chris Fleming is Public Digital’s health and care sector lead. Chris helps healthcare organisations use digital technologies and ways of working to better achieve their potential, elevating their digital products and services, and delivering better value for their service users and customers. His deep experience of research, design, and development of digital services alongside wider organisational and operating model transformation enables him to support leaders in setting the right conditions for successful digitally enabled change. He works with organisations to understand their team’s maturity and capability, and supports them on their journey to high performance. Chris works extensively with the NHS, including supporting NHS England in the development of a new operating model, and of its integrated care boards. He provides digital leadership coaching on the NHS Providers Digital Boards Programme, coaching the executive leadership teams of NHS trusts in how to create the conditions for digital transformation. As such, Chris has an expert understanding of what NHS clients need to enable them to thrive in a highly networked, digitally enabled world. Alongside his work with the NHS, Chris has also supported clients in local authorities, the private and charity sectors, including leading pharmaceutical companies or national scale charities providing key services such as addiction support. Prior to joining Public Digital, Chris led product and delivery for a number of national platforms for the NHS including the NHS App, 111 online and the NHS’s vaccine trials registry, He also supported the UK government to build its data science capability.
Farirai Gora / Founder of We Are Eden
Fari is a multi award winning global speaker and founder of We Are Eden. We are Eden has an AI native innovation tackling the UK’s £20B reproductive health at work support gap. After 13 years driving change in the corporate insurance sector (specializing in regulatory compliance and operational resilience), Fari now dedicates her focus to making sustainable reproductive health for the UK and global workforce an actioned deliverable. Fari is a lay advisor to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Advising the college and it’s members on policy and how to achieve health equity. With a background in biochemistry (Queen Mary University), Fari brings both scientific literacy and real-world experience. Working directly with multinational insurers, global universities and professional women’s networks. Featured on Insurance Business UK’s Elite Women list. And women in banking and finance’s technology leader shortlist. Fari is passionate about equity, ethical AI, cultural inclusion, and the intersection of health and legal duty in the workplace. As a speaker, Fari distils complex AI, private healthcare, social, and health themes into actionable insights for leaders and teams. Her aim is always to shift mindsets and make the business, legal, and human case for supporting reproductive health – because it is essential for retention, wellbeing, and productivity. Farirai has worked with leading organisations to align health initiatives with business goals, and is committed to building workplaces where every employee feels seen, supported, and empowered.
Richard Gregory / Director of Healthcare Strategy at Chrysalis Finance
Richard spent the early part of his career working for the Allianz Group. Firstly, in the UK before moving to Paris as Group Sales and Marketing Director and then to Japan as managing Director of a new subsidiary. He moved back to the UK in 2005 and set up a national practice management company for Consultants in private practice before moving into the UK private healthcare market working for Nuffield Health as Commercial Director and then at Circle Health as Market Engagement Director. He specialised in self-pay growth, propositions and strategy; leading the corporate and local teams in establishing consistently high growth. In 2019 he set up a boutique healthcare advisory company and Chrysalis Finance is now his major client, where he is responsible for healthcare strategy and C-suite relationship building.
Speakers
David Hare / Chief Executive of IHPN
David joined the organisation in 2014 as Chief Executive and has gone on to build the single representative body - the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) across the UK private healthcare industry, consolidating industry representation and growing membership from just over 20 members to 100 today. Before joining IHPN, David helped to establish a top 10 UK political communications company and he has also been the Director of Strategy for a major trade association in the healthcare infrastructure sector. David regularly contributes to the policy debate about the role of private healthcare in the UK through the media and Parliamentary Select Committee appearances and engages extensively with government, Non[1]Departmental Public Bodies and regulators across all four nations of the UK on behalf of IHPN members. David was awarded an MBE in the 2023 New Year’s Honours for services to healthcare, particularly during Covid. David was also recognised for the ‘outstanding contribution’ award at the 2022 Laing Buisson Awards for his ‘overwhelmingly positive influence in the health and care sector’.
Liz Heath / Consultant & Report Author at LaingBuisson
Liz Heath is a marketing and communications professional with extensive experience in the independent and public healthcare sectors. She is a recognised researcher, author and commentator on key private healthcare markets including self-pay, cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry and NHS private patient units. Liz also has board experience as a non-executive director of an acute hospital Trust including roles as Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director. Liz spent 13 years with BMI Healthcare, ultimately as divisional marketing director. She has spent nearly 30 years in consultancy working with clients in the health and care sectors including some with national and international profiles.
Benedict Heaver / Managing Director of Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing
Benedict Heaver is the Managing Director of Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing, leading the company’s mission to revolutionise healthcare software for private and NHS sectors. Recently recognised as One to Watch in the LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders, featured in The Times, Benedict has been instrumental in securing the company’s B Corp certification, demonstrating his dedication to sustainability and ethical business practices. He is committed to fostering a learning-focused workforce and believes in using business as a force for good, ensuring both innovation and social responsibility.
Brett Lambe / Partner at Bevan
Brett Lambe is a Partner at Bevan Brittan, with over 15 years’ experience as a Technology & IP lawyer with particular expertise in Healthcare and Digital Health.
Brett has advised businesses on a range of commercial, technology and IP matters including outsourcing, digital transformation projects and launching health tech products. This has involved negotiating contracts for bespoke software development, licensing arrangements and the provision of software and hardware systems for health organisations. More recently, Brett has advised clients on the development and deployment of AI tools, including usage rights, ownership of IP and use of training data. Brett frequently acts for both technology vendors/ suppliers and customers, advising major clients in the technology and health sectors as well as successfully integrating with in-house legal teams, acting as dedicated legal counsel to the business for day-to-day matters as well as overseeing and managing specific projects. Brett has been recognised by Legal 500 over the last 10 years as a recommended lawyer in the areas of Commercial, Technology (TMT) and Health, as well as being listed as a Rising Star in IP.
John Hopgood / Head of Acute Care Policy at IHPN
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Christoph Lippuner / Co-Founder and CEO of Semble
Christoph Lippuner is Co-founder and CEO of Semble, an open, interoperable EHR and practice management platform used by over 1,700 healthcare organisations in the UK and France. Semble connects and orchestrates the end-to-end patient journey, allowing providers to streamline operations, reduce fragmentation and deliver high-quality care at scale. The company was recognised by TIME as one of the World’s Top Healthtech Companies in 2025. Before Semble, Christoph cofounded foodtech start-up Orogo, which was later acquired by Just Eat plc. He previously spent 11 years in investment banking as an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan in New York and London.
Kelly McCabe / CEO and Co-Founder of Perci Health
Kelly McCabe is the CEO and co-founder of Perci Health, the UK’s largest virtual cancer clinic combining early detection and comprehensive cancer management before, during, and after a diagnosis. Previously a registered oncology dietitian with NHS experience and former COO of the UK’s largest private cancer hospital, Kelly has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by cancer patients and their care teams. She is committed to redefining cancer care by bridging critical healthcare gaps and empowering patients to live well beyond diagnosis.
Alistair Murray / COO of Phlo
Director and COO of Phlo, a Scottish health tech company headquartered in Glasgow with premises in Manchester and London. A registered pharmacist and independent prescriber, he sits on the board and leads operations, clinical, fulfilment, patient care, and technology. He was a founding clinician at Echo, the digital pharmacy later acquired by McKesson as LloydsDirect, having started his career in community pharmacy. Phlo has scaled 40x over the last three years through D2C and white-labelled B2B services anchored by a GLP-1-led weight loss offering. The next chapter is international expansion and broadening the clinical and technical scope of what Phlo delivers.
Annabelle Neame / Vice President New Markets and Innovation at HCA Healthcare UK
Barry Nee/ Chief Information Officer at Practice Plus Group
Barry Nee is Chief Information Officer at Practice Plus Group, where he has worked for over 13 years, leading all aspects of IT strategy, delivery and transformation across the organisation. He is currently focused on transitioning IT platforms following the 2025 acquisition of Practice Plus Group Hospitals by Narayana Health, ensuring systems, services and teams are aligned to support the company’s next phase of growth. Barry specialises in driving efficiency, organisational change and large-scale IT transformation, skills built during his career at Accenture. His work is centred on progressing digital capabilities to improve outcomes for patients, enhance staff experience and strengthen collaboration with industry partners. Barry is widely known for building highperforming teams, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, and delivering technology solutions that create measurable impact across complex healthcare environments.
Speakers
Tim Read / Director of Research & Consultancy at LaingBuisson
Tim Read is the Director of Research & Consultancy at LaingBuisson. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the production of LaingBuisson’s Market Reports and consultancy engagements. This includes worked across Fair Cost of Care projects, market assessments for older people’s care services, producing a Specialist Care Conference, and writing LaingBuisson’s and Children Services and National Private Acute market reports. Tim routinely speaks at conferences, and has also featured on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours, and is regularly quoted in national media articles on social care topics.
Tim has nearly 20 years’ health and social care experience across the public and private sector. Previously, he was Managing Director of Marwood Group, a health, social care and life sciences consultancy specialising in policy, regulation and reimbursement for national and international clients, working for CQC to develop their strategic priorities and deliver a national thematic report on mental health crisis care, as well a background in local government and becoming a Visiting Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford to explore how user experience could drive improvements in care quality.
Dr. Suman Saha / Doctify Co-Founder & Medical Director at Doctify
Dr. Suman Saha is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Doctify, a leading healthcare review platform that connects patients with trusted specialists, helping them make informed decisions about their care. Formerly a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, he is dedicated to improving healthcare transparency.
Professor Karol Sikora / Medical Director of Cancer Partners International
Professor Karol Sikora is the Medical Director of Cancer Partners International. He was the founding director of Rutherford Health, a network of cancer centres with proton facilities. He was the founder of Cancer Partners UK which has created UK’s largest independent UK cancer network with private equity and now part of Genesis Care. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cancer Medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine and is still Consultant Oncologist at Hammersmith Hospital, London. He was seconded to be Director of the WHO Cancer Programme in 2000.
Jodie Sinclair / Senior Partner at Bevan Brittan
Jodie is Bevan Brittan’s Senior Partner and is part of an award-winning multi-disciplinary healthcare legal team at Bevan Brittan, which includes regulatory, governance, competition, corporate and commercial specialists. Jodie leads the Firm’s Employment, Immigration and Pensions team and is a health and social care employment law specialist, supporting employer organisations across the sector, on the wide-ranging workforce issues, challenges and opportunities which they continue to navigate.
Dr Chris Smith-Brown / Clinical Advisor at the Private Healthcare Information Network
Dr Chris Smith-Brown is a Clinical Advisor at the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), where he works at the intersection of health informatics and market insight. Originally trained as an NHS anaesthetist, Chris brings frontline clinical experience together with a background in healthcare strategy and analytics. At PHIN, he plays a leading role in the development of national private healthcare datasets and reporting, with a particular focus on activity trends, outcomes measurement, consultant practice patterns and data-led transparency across the independent sector for patients. Chris works closely with providers, consultants and policymakers to translate complex operational and clinical data into practical insights for decision-makers. His work spans market-facing analysis, method development, and the design of new data products that help the sector understand demand and emerging areas of growth.
Jon Twinn / Managing Director of iWantGreatCare
Jon Twinn is the Managing Director of iWantGreatCare and UK lead for the Top Doctors Group’s tech and B2B solutions. Originally from a Department of Health background, he has played pivotal roles in several health tech startups. He is passionate about how technology can help drive improvements and transparency in healthcare, creating value for patients, providers and healthcare professionals. He is an expert in patient experience, a judge for the PENNA awards, and has recently worked on a major new AI-powered version of the iWGC platform that is capable of theming thousands of patient comments in real time, more accurately than a human!
Dr Katie Tryon / Commercial Director, Health, Vitality
Dr Katie Tryon is the Deputy CEO for Vitality Health in the UK. In this role she is responsible for strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement, operational management, commercial partnerships, and member health journeys of the Vitality Health business. Prior to this, Katie lived in Kenya for 7 years where she served as the Head of Health Strategy for IBM Africa and then more recently the Head of Strategy and New Projects for CarePay, a health tech financing platform for Africa. Before leaving the UK for Kenya, Katie was the Head of Technical Marketing and Clinical Vitality for PruHealth (which subsequently became Vitality). Earlier in Katie’s career she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey, and prior to this trained as a medical doctor at Oxford University and Imperial College London. Katie is passionate about the development of sustainable healthcare systems around the world and continues to pursue this through the Vitality model. Katie is also an enthusiastic sportswoman that loves to turn her hand to any sport offered to her, a trait that is luckily shared by her husband and three children.
Professor Gordon Wishart / Founder, Chief Medical Officer and CEO of Check4Cancer
Professor Gordon Wishart is the founder, Chief Medical Officer and CEO of Check4Cancer, a Cambridgebased, award-winning and tech-enabled early cancer detection company that provides cancer risk assessment, screening, diagnostics & genetics to insured, corporate & self-pay markets in the UK. Professor Wishart currently holds Visiting Professorships at the University of Essex and Anglia Ruskin University and, is the former Director of the Cambridge Breast Unit from 2005-2010. He has a strong track record in clinical cancer research & innovation, with more than 200 peerreviewed scientific publications, and in 2010 he led a team of clinicians and scientists that developed the PREDICT breast cancer treatment and survival model, now used worldwide. More recently, Professor Wishart has led a collaboration with the University of Essex to build the SKINTEL® AI model for skin cancer detection that has resulted in multiple national and international presentations and publications.
Bevan Brittan is the market-leader in the provision of legal, governance and regulatory advisory services to businesses delivering and providing health and social care services within the UK.
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The latest edition features data up to year-end 2025, providing an in-depth analysis of the UK health cover market, now valued at £8.64 billion.
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Perci Health is the UK’s largest virtual cancer clinic, combining technology with specialist, multidisciplinary care from prevention through to recovery.
CQC-registered and backed by leading oncologists and Macmillan, we help insurers reduce cancer risk, improve outcomes, enable earlier diagnosis, and support people to live well after cancer.
Top Doctors helps patients find the best specialists in each field. With a rigorous selection process, only 1 in 5 doctors meets the high standards required to join our network. We aim to build an efficient and user-friendly ecosystem through digitisation and technological solutions, enhancing the global healthcare delivery process.
Streets Heaver is an industry-leader in innovative, private hospital EPR & PAS solutions.
For almost 40 years, our future-proofed solution, Compucare®, has been trusted by health organisations of all shapes and sizes, delivering a robust system that cuts cost and time, whilst maximising productivity through smarter processes.
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Phlo Connect is a UK-based digital pharmacy technology provider, offering API-driven solutions that enable healthcare providers to deliver end-to-end prescribing, fulfilment, and patient engagement. With a clinician-led, scalable infrastructure, Phlo Connect empowers partners to modernise patient care and unlock new revenue streams, all while maintaining clinical excellence and regulatory compliance.
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Healistic is a leading healthtech platform empowering clinicians with a safe, secure, and highly efficient solution for issuing private e-prescriptions.
Their technology enables healthcare professionals to prescribe medications in a matter of seconds, with prescriptions seamlessly fulfilled through Healistic’s nationwide network of trusted pharmacy partners. Medications are delivered directly to patients’ homes within hours, ensuring timely access to treatment and enhancing patient care.
Hunter Healthcare was built on a vision to raise the profile of the recruitment industry and become a global resourcing partner of choice for health and life sciences organisations.
Our success is rooted in a simple mission: to create genuine partnerships and long-term growth by putting people at the forefront of everything we do.
Patients Know Best is the leading patient portal and personal health record platform integrated with the NHS App.
Uniquely, we offer coordinated data sharing among patients, the NHS, and the independent sector - unifying appointments, documents, test results, questionnaires, care plans and patient-generated information in one record.
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Private healthcare is moving faster than ever. GLP-1 and preventative medicine, virtual care, specialist services delivered beyond the clinic.
The providers building for this future need a prescribing and pharmacy technology partner that moves with them.
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Pharmacierge is a private prescription pharmacy based in the Harley Street Health District, supporting over 4,500 GP, consultant, and specialist users.
Its state-of-the-art dispensary features an automated dispensing robot and processes private e prescriptions received directly from clinicians, with medications delivered to patients via same or next day delivery. The business is co owned with leading clinicians and supported by proprietary technology, including the mPrescribe® mobile app, a portable e prescription platform.
As the UK’s largest provider of positive behavioural support, we understand how to deliver high-quality, person-centred care that transforms lives.
We provide specialist support to help private healthcare organisations deliver safe, effective complex care for children and adults with autism, learning disabilities, and complex behavioural or wellbeing needs.
At Psychiatry UK, we believe that everyone deserves fast, expert mental health diagnosis and support without long waiting lists or unnecessary barriers.
With over 400 GMC-registered psychiatrists, we are the UK’s leading online psychiatry service, providing a range of services for both adult, children and young people.
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Established in 2011, Hunter Healthcare was built on a vision to raise the profile of the recruitment industry and become a global resourcing partner of choice for healthcare organisations.
Since then, we have grown year-on-year into a team of over 100 dedicated individuals specialising in:
Board & Management Search Interim Management Search Clinical Appointments Data Solutions
We support healthcare organisations to appoint leaders, secure critical talent, and scale teams quickly in response to growth and demand.
Tandem Health builds an AI medical assistant for European clinics, embedded directly into clinical workflows to help clinicians document, decide, and act in real time.
Used by 5,000+ care organisations across 10+ markets, Tandem integrates with 100+ health record systems and meets top European standards for compliance, security, and clinical safety.
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions is a leading provider of flexible clinical capacity, delivering high quality, technically advanced solutions at pace, including operating theatres, wards, endoscopy treatment and decontamination, ambulance decant, and discharge units.
A modular facility can be open within weeks and a modular facility within months. Exhibitors
The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS)
The MDDUS is a medical defence organisation which protects doctors, dentists and corporate healthcare providers across the UK. Alongside indemnity solutions, our expert medico-dento-legal defence, advice, risk management education, and wellbeing support helps members navigate complaints, claims and regulatory challenges to maintain safe, high-quality patient care.
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First NameLast NameCompany
Job Title
RohanaAbeywardanaHill Dickinson LLP Legal Director
ArvinAbraham Goodwin Procter Partner
CraigAbrahamsCIL Strategy ConsultantsDirector
Joe Ali Mayden Business Development Manager
GregAllan Birketts LLP Partner, Head of Independent Healthcare
SherifAl-MarayatiPsychiatry UK Senior Primary Care Relationship Manager
MatthewAnderson RTN Mental Health SolutionsManaging Director
LucyAndow V12 Retail Finance LimitedNational Sales Lead
RammyArafa Stryker UK Senior Manager
NealArchbold PHLO Chief Business Development Officer
SyedArfen Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Innovation Investment Strategy & Ops
RichardAris Healthcode Director of Strategic Partnerships
RichardAris Healthcode Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs
JamesArmstrongAstraZeneca UK Private Healthcare Manager
JamesArmstrongAstraZeneca Private Healthcare Manager
KateArrow MDDUS Solutions Medicolegal Advisor
PhilipAshworth PatientSource Ltd Co-Founder
LucyAstill Source BioScience Market Development Manager
KateBackhouseScan.com Head of Partnerships
KatieBaker Tandem Health AI Director UK & Ireland
Dr KatieBaker Tandem AI Director
TonyBall KPMG Partner
BethBarron NHS Director of Operations for Private Healthcare
WilliamBasing Pharmacierge Head of Practice Support
KatherineBaskervillePositive Support Group Ltd Chief Operating Officer
ChloeBeresford MYA CEO
MattBlackmanGenesisCare Head of Partnerships
JonathanBolton Mediahawk Account Manager
KateBovell King Edward VII Hospital CEO
AdamBrenton Compass Associates Director
EmilyBrooks Cromwell Hospital Business Development Manager
NatashaBrown
Patients Know Best Senior Business Development Manager, Lead for Life Sciences
KristenBrown CBRE Associate Director, Healthcare Advisory
Jim Brown Cobalt Health CEO
Delegates
First NameLast NameCompany
Neil Brown
Job Title
Practice Plus Group HospitalsPartnerships Relationships Manager
NatashaBuchananPHLO
KeithBuckby Inizio Engage
Digital Marketer
Client Solutions Director
DanielBulkin Healistic Founder & CEO
MorganBullock Streets Heaver
Marketing Executive
VincentBuscemi Bevan Brittan Partner and Head of Independent Health and Care
AbbyCable
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
OliverCapel Medico Digital
Commercial Director
Managing Director
OllieCapel Medico Digital Founder & CEO
AdamCarter
CarlyCaton
Compass Carter OsborneSenior Partner
Browne Jacobson Partner
Lee CavendishLaingBuisson
Marketing Manager
LawrenceCavill GrantMediahawk Head of Commercial
Jon Cawley Benenden Health
Chief Operating Officer
JulieCharlton Bevan Brittan Partner
LouisaChaves LEK Consulting Partner
HelenClark Cochlear Europe
BethClarke Birketts LLP
Marketing Director
Business Development Manager
MichaelClifford Weightmans LLP Partner
JasperClouting IQVIA Director, Product Management and Strategy
Jon Clover Spire Workplace Health
WilliamCook
Managing Director
Tandem AI Commercial Partnerships
Jon Crawley Benenden Health Chief Operating Officer
SeanCregg Top Doctors Group Sales Manager
JamieCutts
Compass Associates Associate Director
MikeDavis Active Care Group
Business Development Manager
PatrickDawkes Nuffield Head of Trading
PascaleDay Semble Content Marketing Manager
SimonDevane PureSportsMedicne CEO
MirandaDodd Mayo Clinic Healthcare Executive Director
BelindaDowson Benenden Health
BelindaDowson Benenden Health
Senior Partnership Manager
Senior Partnership Manager
LangaDube-SayeniMayo Clinic Healthcare Director of Nursing
HollyDurrant
Patients Know Best
Senior Business Development Manager, Lead for
First NameLast NameCompany
MarieEdison Vitality
Job Title
Head of Medical Policy
AmyEgginton Psychiatry UK Head of Marketing and Propositions
AmyEgginton Psychiatry UK Head of Marketing and Propositions
JohnEtheringtonPureSportsMedicine Medical Director
Alex FairweatherMotics Account Executive
Dr LauraFalvey Reset Health Executive Clinical Director
Jo Farrow Psychiatry UK Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist
TomFellows SpaMedica Director
MatthewFenwick Perci Health Senior Client Account Manager
VictoriaFields Active Neuro (part of Active Care Group) Managing Directo
CorinneFitzgerald Christie & Co Research Lead
RebeccaFitzpatrickRebecca Fitzpatrick Partner
MorganFitzsimonsPerci Health Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer
TomFleet Medinet Group Limited Director of Commercial Development
ChrisFlemmingPublic Digital Partner
Nick Fox Imperial College HealthcareDirector, Private Care
mariaFuster furter employee
Tim Galliver Nightingale Hospital Commercial Director
RobbieGardner Hunter Healthcare Senior Relationship Manager
AnneGeorgi London Bridge HealthcareHead of Private Healthcare
ChrisGilbert Vitality Provider Management Director
Fari Gora We Are Eden Founder
BethGrayson LivingCare Diagnostic LtdHead of Clinical Development and Research
TomGreen Newmedica Director of New Private Business Development
Don Green Blueleaf Business Development Director
Louise Griffiths Priory Director of Strategy and Service Development
KarenHackling SearleCobalt Health Director of Clinical Operations
StuartHammondSt Josephs Hospital CEO
Dr. QuaziHaque IHCM Group CEO
LukeHarding MDDUS Solutions Business Development Executive
DavidHare IHPN CEO
ChrisHarp Vespa Capital Investment Director
IsobelHarrop Hunter Healthcare Lead Consultant - Medical
JamesHart Perci Health Business Development Manager
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First NameLast NameCompany
CraigHealy
Job Title
Dr Haus Dermatology -
GreebaHeard J&J Innovative Medicine Head of Private Sector
Liz Heath LB Consultant and Author
BenedictHeaver Streets Heaver Managing Director
BruceHellman Positive Support Group LtdAdvisor
MarkHesp
Cromwell Hospital Head of Contracts and Pricing
MarkHill IMS MAXIMS
Business Development Manager
Nick Hirst tp bennett Principal Director
MikeHope Stryker UK
Senior Manager
JohnHopgood IHPN Head of Acute Care Policy
LucyHubbard Diagnexia
JamHudson Benenden Health
Commercial Marketing Specalist
Research and Insight Manager
AdamHunter PHLO Chief Executive Officer
StuartHymers Streets Heaver Head of Commercials
Ben Iversen Psychiatry UK
Chief Strategy Officer
MohammedJafar Somer Health Ltd ta Somer Pharmacy Founder
StuartJarvis lundbeck
National Sales Manager
JohnJennings Pharmaceutical Press Sales Manager
DavidJohnson Doctify Head of Business Development
KlaudynaJohnstoneSource BioScience Commercial Director
AmandaJones
SpaMedica
Senior Commercial Manager Freedom Vision
Lisa Jordan SpaMedica Chie Commercial Officer
ChrisKenny MDDUS CEO
ZakariaKhan Healistic Development Lead
Dan Kiely Compass Carter OsborneDirector
LouiseKing Benenden Hospital Head of Marketing and Business Development
MelanieKite Smith + Nephew Senior Key Accounts Manager
PaulKrivosic Mills & Reeve LLP Partner
WilliamLaing LaingBuisson Executive Chairman
LesleyLaird PMP Head of Marketing
BrettLambe Bevan Brittan Partner
NathanLang Practice Plus Group HospitalsPartnerships Relationship Manager
Peter J.Lewis
Healistic
MillieLewis Doctify
Partnership Advisor
Customer Success Lead
First NameLast NameCompany
Job Title
CristophLippuner Semble Co-founder and CEO
Lin Li-Williams Sirkka Networks Limited/Sirkka Health Founder and CEO
MichaelLord Quest Commercial Director
PhilipLuce Cromwell Hospital CEO
Max Lymbery Pfizer Established Brand Portfolio Lead
TorstenMack Downing Investment Director
SamanthaMallinson Stryker UK Senior Director Enterprise Accounts
PaulManning Circle Health Group Chief Executive Officer
MerlynMarsden Imperial College HealthcareDirector of Operations
LawrieMarsh Marsh Farmer Principal Search Consultant
AnnaMatty Psychiatry UK Chief Commercial and Operating Officer
AnnaMatty Psychiatry UK Chief Commercial and Operating Officer
DanielMaude Chrysalis Finance Head of Marketing
KellyMcCabe Perci Health CEO
PaulaMcCloskeyMcLaughlin Harvey Bid Director - Health Sector Lead
CarolineMcGlynn Inizio Engage Head of Clinical Solutions
Ian McPhee RTN Mental Health SolutionsHead of Revenue and Growth
MalcolmMilwood LaingBuisson Account Manager
EmmaMimmackFurther Group Director of Sales UK
RupertMitchell Compass Carter OsbornePrincipal
ChristianMoroy Edge Health Co-founder
AileenMorrison Alliance Medical Limited Head of Strategic Partnerships - Private Patients
SteveMowbray Neo Health Hub Consultant
TrevorMugabi Pharmaceutical Press Account Manager
AlistairMurray Phlo COO
MarkMurray Broadlake Associate Director
CandyMussett Streets Heaver Head of Operations
NatashaNaeem LaingBuisson Events Manager
AnnabelleNeame HCA VP New Markets and innovation
BarryNee PPG CIO
KarenOgilvie LaingBuisson Account Manager
ClaireO'Neill Practice Plus Group HospitalsGroup Director
AndrewOpoku Nightingale Hospital Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
SiminaOprea Top Doctors Group Business Development Manager
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First NameLast NameCompany
Job Title
NaomiOsunde LaingBuisson Events Coordinator
Bea Oswell-WheelerMedinet Group Limited
Group Chief Commercial officer
JonahPain Streets Heaver Senior Customer Account Executive
TomParker Streets Heaver Customer Account Executive
Leanneparkinson Pfizer
Commercial Customer & Strategy Director
Jo Patterson Novocure UK Ltd Key Account and Marketing Manager
Luis Pedro Cromwell Hospital COO
Joe Perry LaingBuisson Manager of Consumer Healthcare
VictoriaPetrie AXA Health Senior Strategy Manager (Health)
OliverPhillips Cromwell Hospital Commercial Director
EdwardPickles Simple Online Healthcare Chief Strategy Officer
LeannePonte Cochlear Europe
Commercial Director
HarvinderPower Motics Co-founder and CEO
ElenaPreston-DavisHamilton George Care Partnerships Manager
Jo Price Horder Healthcare Head of Business Development
ChengetayiPswarayi Novocure UK Ltd Director, UK Market Access and Public Affairs
Neil Rees IQVIA Principal, Commercial Strategy & Insight
MartinRennison Spire Healthcare Group plcGroup Partnerships Director
Sofia Rhazi NextGen Strategy PartnersOperator
HannahRhind Vista Health Business Development Manager
HughRisebrow Latchmore Healthcare Associates LLP CEO
TheoRoberts LaingBuisson Senior Conference Producer
Dan Robinson LaingBuisson Head of Business and Client Relations
JenniferRobinson Active Care Group Group Business Development Director
HelenRobinson GordonBritish Medical AssociationHead of News and Media Relations
AmmarRose Tandem Health AI Commercial Partnerships UK & Ireland
MichaelRudman MDDUS Commercial Director
AlistairRussell Imperial College HealthcareDirector of Business Development
ChrisRylance Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing Customer Account Assistant
Dr SumanSaha Doctify Co-Founder & Medical Director
JessicaSandercock Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP Healthcare Intelligence, Corporate Finance
AdamScott Mansfield Advisors LLP Senior Partner
AnastasiiaSeliuk LaingBuisson Events Coordinator
LeonidShapiro Candesic Ltd Managing Partner
First NameLast NameCompany
Job Title
Mr AnilShetty Chase Lodge Hospital COO
KarolSikora Cancer Partners InternationalMedical Director
JodieSinclair Bevan Brittan Senior Partner
RobertSloan Healistic Head of Growth
SherzelSmith Doctors Hospital Health SystemExecutive Director, Outpatient Services
MarkSmith Nuffield Health Director of PMI
ScotSmith Active Care Group Chief Commercial Officer
Dr ChrisSmith BrownPHIN Clinical Advisor
JessieSoo-BanhamStreets Heaver Head of Marketing
DanielSquirell AstraZeneca UK Head of Private Partnerships
SimonSquirrell Vanguard Healthcare SolutionsUK Business Director
Dan Squirrell AstraZeneca Head of Private Partnerships
AbigailStapleton Cleveland Clinic London Chief Commercial Officer
MarkStephensonReframe Cancer CEO
SaraStiddard North Bristol NHS Trust Assistant Director of Financial Sustainability
BrendanStreet Vita Health Director of Customer Strategy
SerbanSuvagau Curzon Consulting Principal
MarcSycamoreNightingale Hospital Operations Director
SallyTaber ISCAS Director
OliviaTamlyn Bevan Brittan LLP Senior Clients & Markets Executive
KritikaTaneja IQVIA Engagement Manager, Commercial Strategy & Insight
TBC TBC British Medical AssociationTBC
EllenTeesdale CF Business Development Manager
Dr HakanTekin Chase Lodge Hospital CMO
JamesThorley V12 Retail Finance LimitedNational Sales Lead
CatherineTilson Toca.Health Business Development Manager
CheetanTrivedi Curzon Consulting Partner - Healthcare
JosephineTrotter Horder Healthcare Head of Marketing & Sales
Dr KatieTryon Vitality Health Commercial Director
AbbyTurner-AllenMYA Operations Director
Jon Twinn iWantGreatCare Managing Director
EdwardUngar Pharmacierge CEO & Co-Founder
Jordannavan Lint
Queen’s Park Equity Origination
Delegates
First NameLast NameCompany
SarahVander WagenCleveland Clinic London
DanielVerster Mayo Clinic Healthcare
Job Title
Senior Strategy and Project Manager
Operations & Business Development Director
NatalieWade Mills & Reeve LLP Partner
ChrisWalker Hunter Healthcare Head of Digital – Private
EmmaWard WPA
KateWhitling Dr Haus Dermatology
NiamhWhittaker Uniphar Medtech
MarkWilkinson Streets Heaver
General Manager, Clinical Team
General Manager
Commercial Business Analyst
Customer Success Manager
Tim Williams My Clinical Outcomes - digital PROMa CEO
CraigWilson HCA Healthcare UK
Ellie Wilson Mediahawk
Senior Contracts Manager
Account Manager
Letitia Winterflood-Blood Bevan Brittan Partner
GordonWishart Check for Cancer
Chief Medical Officer and CEO
RuthWozencroftVanguard Healthcare SolutionsGroup Head of Marketing and Communications
VictoriaWright Novocure UK Ltd
General Manager, UK & Canada
Dr IbrahimYahli Chase Lodge Hospital CEO