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8:45 Registration & Welcome Refreshments
9:30
9:35
9:55
Welcome & Introduction from the Conference Director
Daniel Casson, Casson Consulting
The unfinished revolution: Why care reform still hasn’t arrived and how it could
Sir Andrew Dilnot, Fairer Funding for All
Devika Wood, Ayla Care
Simon Bottery, The King’s Fund
LaingBuisson’s facts and figures
William Laing, LaingBuisson
10:05 Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
The future of social care: ownership models, strategy and system change
Stephen Collier, Session Chair: The Bridge Care and Fortava Healthcare
Clare Connell, Connell Consulting
10:30
Anna Hart, DAC Beachcroft
James Tugendhat OBE, Formerly HC-One
Dr Andy Jones, Iris Care Group
11:15 Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
How predictive AI is reshaping value and outcomes in social care
Caroline Green, Session Chair: Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Isaac Samuels OBE FRSA, Social Care Institutre for Excellence (SCIE) Associate
11:35
Conor Channer, Teton
Richard Harding, The Hartree Centre
Bill Edwards, Impact Privacy
Kate Hamblin, University of Sheffield
12:20 Lunch and Networking Break
13:20
13:35
Keynote from Stream Chair
Amrit Dhaliwal, Walfinch
Homecare at breaking point: can the current model survive?
Martin Jones MBE, Session Chair: Homecare CEO
Fred Lloyd George, My Lighthouse Care
Raina Summerson, Agincare
Louise Watson-Jones, DAC Beachcroft
Lucy Campbell, Right at Home UK
Keynote from Stream Chair
Professor Martin Green OBE, Care England
Reimagining adult social care in the new investment era
Toby Hewitt, Session Chair: DAC Beachcroft
Rob Martin, Signature Senior Lifestyle
Rachael Shimmin, Anchor
Andrew Whelan, Westcott Care
Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care
Keynote from Stream Chair
Peter Kinsey, Iris Care Group
The rise of a new specialist care landscape
James Allen, Session Chair: National Care Group
Niki Wakelin, Big Life Adventure
Godfred Boahen, Westminster Council & Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Lara Bywater, LDC Care Co Ltd
Sarah Wakeling, Positive Support Group
Don Serratt, Glenholme Healthcare Group
14:20
InConversation
Trevor Brocklebank, Rise
Kam Gill, Walfinch Oxfordshire
14:40
15:00
Dementia and complex care: confronting the “sixth giant”
Sharon Lowrie, Session Chair: Be Caring
Dr Jane Pritchard, Home Instead
Nina Allen, Austen Allen Homecare & N-AbleUK
Alice Ainsworth, Alice Ainsworth Consulting
Sophie Chester-Glyn, Coproduce Care
15:45
15:50 Networking Drinks Reception
InConversation
Vishal Shah, Championing Social Care
Laura Perry, Berkley Care Group
Vinay Patel, easyResidences
The three As: AI, automation and ambition
Katie Thorn, Session Chair: Digital Care Hub
Barbara Staruk, RLDatix
Christopher Pearce, Person Centred Software
Julie Burton, Twinglobe Care
Cameron Thayan, Kingsley Healthcare Group
Alyson Scurfield OBE, TEC Services Association
InConversation
Angelina Morgan, Everyturn Mental Health
Jemma Gillson, DAC Beachcroft
Delivering more high acuity care: the risks and rewards of innovations
Gavin Maynard, Session Chair: The Hesley Care Group
Joanna Scammell, Community Integrated Care
Steffen Wulff Petersen, Sona
Jon Handcock, Leonard Cheshire
Jane Brightman, Skills for Care
Andrea Kinkade, Lifeways
Speakers
Alice Ainsworth / Digital Transformation Consultant - Alice Ainsworth Consulting
Alice Ainsworth is a digital transformation consultant specialising in social care and public service reform, with 20 years’ experience delivering large-scale change across the NHS, local government and the Department of Health and Social Care. She was formerly deputy director for adult social care technology at DHSC where she served as SRO for the Digitising Social Care programme.
Alyson Scurfield OBE / CEO - TEC Services Association
Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive of the TEC Services Association (TSA) and TEC Quality, leads with a collaborative approach to service transformation in digital health and care. She sets high service quality standards across the UK and Europe and advocates for inclusive ageing as Chair of AgeUK North Tyneside. Alyson champions co-production, placing people, families, and carers at the core of service delivery. Leading TSA’s future vision, she focuses on integrating health, housing, and social care. Through various strategic roles, Alyson works to ensure service transformation is driven by people’s lived experiences.
Amrit Dhaliwal / CEO - Walfinch
Amrit Dhaliwal brings together his commitment to quality, care sector skills and experience as an award-winning businessman as CEO of Walfinch, the parent company of the network of franchised Walfinch home-based care offices across the UK. As a history and economics graduate determined to run his own business, Amrit first transformed an Italian deli in Surrey into an award-winning Italian restaurant, then created a successful tea shop, again recognised with a prestigious local business award. His passion for excellent customer care, commitment to family and proven business skills naturally led him to the homecare sector. Within four years of becoming a franchisee of a domiciliary care, he grew the business from a standing start into a £1 million turnover business, developed a valued core team of 70, and won the Franchisee of the Year award. As CEO of Walfinch, Amrit is committed to delivering a national homecare service that is of a high quality by a team of motivated, dedicated carers. He has ambitious growth plans with the aim of becoming the UK’s leading quality care provider.
Andrea Kinkade / CEO - Lifeways
Andrea Kinkade is a dynamic transformation leader specialising in revolutionising healthcare organisations. With thirteen years’ leadership across learning disability services, complex homecare and neuro rehabilitation, she has consistently delivered operational improvements and sustainable growth. Since joining Lifeways in 2022, Andrea has led an ambitious transformation programme reshaping quality, organisational culture and service delivery.
Sir Andrew Dilnot / Principal Author - Fairer Funding for Al
Andrew Dilnot was Chair of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, 2010-2011. He has been Director of the IFS (1991-2002),Founding Presenter of BBC Raido 4’s ‘More or Less’ (2001-2007), Principal of St Hugh’s College Oxford (2002-2012), Chair of the UK Statistics Authority (2012-2017), Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford (2012-2024), and Chair of Oxford University Press (2023-)
Speakers
Andrew Whelan / Founder & Executive Chair - Westcott Care
Andrew Whelan is Founder and Executive Chair of Westcott Care, a UK care group developing scalable, values-led models of care delivery. He has over 25 years’ experience across health and social care as an operator, investor and adviser, including senior roles at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. Andrew has led care organisations through transformation and exit, advised government and investors on the future of health and care, and was the Founding Chair of Future Care Capital. He currently focuses on building integrated “Communities of Care” to improve outcomes and long-term sustainability in the sector.
Dr. Andy Jones / CEO - Iris Care Group
Dr Jones took over the role of Chief Executive Officer at Iris Care Group in January 2025. Andy has carved a high-profile global career in strategic planning and implementation in consumer and healthcare industries. Prior to joining Iris Care Group, Andy was the Head of Healthcare Asia for Aurelius having previously been the Global Chief Growth Officer for Australian-based international healthcare group Ramsey Health Care. His career has also included time as Chief Operating Officer at Nuffield Health, and Board Member and Chair of the Risk Committee at Ramsay Santé. Andy has been a policy advisor on the Public Services Improvement Group, and was also a Non-Executive Director of HotDoc, Australia’s largest patient engagement platform. Andy studied Medicine at the University of Leeds and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge.
Angelina Morgan / Director of Operations
& Partnerships, Everyturn
Mental Health
Angelina has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 24 years, mainly with NGOs. She has broad operational, strategic and commercial experience, leading and developing large support portfolio’s including Forensic Mental Health, Complex Care, Neighbourhood Mental Health Centres and Crisis Support as well supported housing for Children and Young People and people experiencing homelessness and domestic abuse. She is a Certified Life Coach, Qualified Counsellor and Trustee for a Kent based charity providing counselling services to adults and children. More recently, Angelina joined Everyturn Mental Health as their Director of Operations and Partnerships overseeing London and NHS National Talking Therapies.
Anna Hart / Partner - DAC Beachcroft
Anna is a Partner at international law firm, DAC Beachcroft, specialising in advising on regulatory compliance and enforcement within the health and social care sector. Anna is well versed in understanding CQC’s multi layered role as a regulator and in helping clients navigate and understand the law and the practical impact that it has on their organisation, including managing compliance risks in the context of investment and transactions.
Barbara Staruk / Product Management Executive, RLDatix
Barbara is an experienced product management executive with nearly 25 years of experience in mission-critical healthcare software. Barbara is passionate about leveraging technology to create a safer, more effective healthcare system for all. Barbara has led global efforts toward healthcare innovation across the US, UK, APAC, and Europe and is committed to building products that cater to the ever-evolving needs of clinicians worldwide. Prior to joining RLDatix, Barbara held leadership positions at companies like Tribal Group, where she served as Managing Director of Product and Development, and Optum International, where she led Global Product Management.
Dr. Bill Edwards / Digital Health Technology Leader - Impact Privacy
Dr. Bill Edwards is a digital health technology leader with a PhD in numerical modelling and over a decade’s experience working in regulated industries - defence, healthcare and life sciences. Working with Impact Privacy, he now applies that background to the practical challenges of delivering AI solutions in regulated environments - where the consequences of getting technology wrong are serious, and the bar for evidence is genuinely high.
That background shapes how he approaches AI: not as an advocate for its adoption, but as someone focused on what responsible deployment requires. Bill works with organisations adopting or delivering AI solutions into regulated settings, ensuring they can demonstrate - not just claim - that their systems are safe, effective, and trustworthy. He works to ensure that any system put in front of practitioners or people who depend on services can genuinely be trusted - grounded in clear intended use and supported by evidence that holds up under real-world scrutiny.
Cameron Thayan / Executive Director - Kingsley Healthcare Group
Cameron is an Executive Director at Kingsley Healthcare Group, one of the UK’s largest independent family-owned care home and home care operators, with 43 care homes and a goal of reaching 100, over 3,500 colleagues, and more than 1,800 registered beds nationwide. Kingsley is the UK’s first B Corpcertified large care group and back-to-back winner of Residential Elderly Care Provider of the Year (Large Group) at the HealthInvestor Awards in 2024 and 2025. The group also has a strong philanthropic mission through Kingsley Philanthropy, supporting communities both in the UK and internationally.
As part of the next generation of the founding Thayan family, Cameron’s remit spans finance, data, and AI innovation across the group. He is currently leading Kingsley’s AI adoption programme, driving the use of emerging technology to improve care delivery, workforce productivity, and decisionmaking at scale. Cameron is also the author of a research paper on AI in UK residential care.
Caroline Green / Director of Research - Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Dr Caroline Green is the Director of Research and Head of Public Engagement at the University of Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI, and leads its flagship Accelerator Fellowship Programme. A Senior Research Fellow in Social Sciences at Jesus College, her work spans AI governance, human rights, and gerontology, with a growing focus on the future of adult social care.
One of the UK’s leading voices on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in care, Dr Green collaborates widely with people who draw on care and support, family carers, professional care workers, care providers, technologists, policy makers and academics. She regularly speaks at and organises conferences and recently led the UK’s first cross-sector AI in Social Care Summit, convening over 150 participants – including people with lived experience, care workers, academics, civil servants and industry experts – to shape guidance for ethical, inclusive AI in care. She also leads the Oxford Project on the Responsible Use of AI in Adult Social Care, co-producing new tools and frameworks with the sector to ensure AI enhances – rather than undermines – the fundamental values of care. Her vision is clear: a future where technology supports caregiving, but the human remains at the centre. The University of Oxford has proudly shared a profile of her and her work in this field: “Dr Caroline Green is keeping social care human in the age of AI”.
Christopher Pearce / Director of Care Intelligence - Person Centred Software
Christopher Pearce is Director of Care Intelligence at Person Centred Software, leading product strategy for IQ, an AI-powered care intelligence and benchmarking platform that enables care providers to improve resident outcomes, optimise efficiency, and demonstrate value through data-driven insights. With over 15 years of product leadership experience across SaaS and data analytics platforms, Chris drives innovation at the intersection of AI/ML, predictive analytics, and care delivery. His work helps care home groups and individual facilities make evidencebased decisions that directly impact quality of care and operational excellence.
Chris combines technical expertise in AI and analytics with commercial acumen and a usercentred approach to product development. He is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex operational challenges in sectors where quality and compliance are paramount.
Chris holds a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Manchester University and is based in the home counties.
Speakers
Clare Connell / CEO - Connell Consulting
Clare is well known within the private equity and corporate finance world for her extensive knowledge of health, social care and education. Clare has worked in strategy consulting for 25 years and was voted Sector Specialist by her peers in the 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 HealthInvestor Power 50 for her knowledge of the sector.
Clare and her team at Connell Consulting have produced commercial due diligence on a large volume of substantial transactions in the healthcare, social care and special education markets. They also do strategic and operational consulting. Connell clients include private equity firms, operators, hedge funds, banks, REITS and infrastructure funds.
Conor Channer / Director of Business Development - Teton
Daniel Casson / Independent Consultant - Casson Consulting
Daniel Casson is an independent consultant specialising in transformation and innovation across health and social care. He helps providers, public bodies and technology companies apply practical innovation, with experience spanning digital strategy, AI adoption, data security and implementation. His work focuses on prevention, integrated care and community based models. He has authored national reports, co chaired policy work and founded Care England’s Digital SIG. He directs the Care Perspective Series (sponsored by the Access Group), is on the DHSCS Digital Social Care Advisory Group and co leads the AI in Social Care Alliance.
He is experienced in leading thought leadership forums in social care over many years. He is co-founder of the AI In Social Care Alliance (a collaboration of care providers, people who draw on care & support, care workers and tech companies). His focus is on how AI & technology can drive value in social care for all the people in the coproduction circle and for the health and care system, drawing on earlier leadership roles in UK and international organisations. He is also a governor of the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Devika Wood / CEO - Ayla Care
Devika Wood is CEO of Ayla Care, a Class I UKCA-registered medical device delivering Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) — the only non-pharmacological intervention recommended by both NICE and the WHO for dementia — at scale across UK care homes. Care homes using Ayla are reporting 100% cognitive stability in residents within seven weeks, alongside stronger staff retention and inspection-ready outcomes data.
Devika’s relationship with social care began long before her career. A young carer for twelve years, she experienced firsthand the gap between what good dementia care could look like and what was actually being delivered. That gap remains the driving force behind Ayla. Across more than thirteen years in digital health, Devika has worked at Google, Babylon, and AXA Health, founded Vida — one of the UK’s first tech-enabled care providers — and led digital health strategy at scale. She holds a Master of Public Health from Imperial College London and is a Forbes 30 Under 30 alumna, King’s Entrepreneur of the Year, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, and has been recognised by the Mayor of London and the United Nations #SheInnovates campaign. She is also Co-Founder of WEALTH: Women in Health.
Don Serratt / CEO - Glenholme Healthcare Group
Don Serratt is known for founding Lifeworks in 2003, which he developed into one of the UK’s leading private addiction treatment centres before its acquisition by the Priory Group in 2017. As CEO of Glenholme Healthcare Group’s Specialist Care Division, he has significantly expanded the organisation, transforming it from a single residential facility in North London into a network of over 20 residential and supported living services that support more than 140 individuals. Don’s focus on developing bespoke, high-quality properties has been central to Glenholme’s growth, providing exceptional care for individuals with learning disabilities, mental health problems, and complex needs.
Before entering the social care field, Don accumulated over 15 years of senior international corporate finance and management experience. He worked on mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market transactions across more than 15 industries and 20 countries, and played a pivotal role in structuring and raising venture capital, public equity, and debt investment funds. As Director of Strategic Development for Resort Properties in the leisure industry and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Creditanstalt Investment Bank (CAIB), he managed 120 professionals across 14 countries, contributing to CAIB’s rise as the leading investment bank in Central and Eastern Europe. Don’s career began at Bear, Stearns & Co in New York, where he was involved in numerous crossborder transactions in Latin America and Asia. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s in International Relations from Cambridge University.
Fred Lloyd George / Founder - My Lighthouse Care
Fred Lloyd George began his career in the Foot Guards, training at Sandhurst before serving in Afghanistan and acting as Equerry to members of the royal family. After leaving the army in 2015, he joined a home care tech start-up, leading strategic operations and growing the business from zero to over 600 customers. He went on to manage strategic delivery at NHS Digital’s Digital Adult Social Care team during the COVID-19 pandemic. These experiences, combined with supporting friends and family through care challenges of their own, led Fred to co-found Hamilton George in 2020 alongside ex-Army colleague Alex Hamilton. The agency delivers a highly personalised service for a select number of private clients across the UK. Fred has also co-launched My Lighthouse Care, a digital platform helping families find and hire carers independently.
Gavin Maynard / Director of Digital and IT, The Hesley Care Group
Gavin Maynard is Director of IT and Data at Hesley Group, a specialist social care provider in Yorkshire. He has over 20 years’ experience working across social care, higher education, not for profit and logistics, leading IT, cloud infrastructure, cyber security, systems implementation and data programmes in organisations that needed practical, lasting change. He is currently leading IT transformation, AI and data initiatives at Hesley Group, exploring how emerging technology can deliver real operational value in a complex, people-focused environment.
Dr Godfred Boahen / Head of Learning Disability and Autism, Westminster Council & Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Dr Godfred Boahen is Head of Learning Disabilities and Autism Services (Westminster City Council and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) and Co-Chair, Independent Advisory Group of the Social Care Workforce Equalities Standards. After a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, Godfred trained as a social worker at the University of York and earned a PhD at The Open University, researching the experiences of Global Majority people in integrated learning disabilities services. Godfred was the co-author of the BAME Communities Advisory Group report for the Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce and has written widely in professional practice. He is also currently a Visiting Fellow in learning disabilities at The Open University.
Speakers
Isaac Samuels OBE FRSA / Disability and Inclusion Leader Social Care Institutre for Excellence (SCIE) Associate
Isaac Samuels OBE FRSA is a nationally recognised lived experience leader, speaker, facilitator and changemaker working across health, social care, disability, mental health and community leadership. Their work is rooted in storytelling, co-production and social justice, with a strong focus on shifting power, improving inclusion and creating systems that genuinely listen to people’s lived realities. Drawing on both personal and professional experience, Isaac works with organisations, communities and national partners to help shape more compassionate, human and equitable approaches to care and support. Much of their work centres on amplifying voices that are too often unheard, particularly people who have experienced exclusion, inequality, trauma or barriers within services. Isaac is especially passionate about the intersection between care, humanity and social impact, helping organisations think beyond process and towards relationships, dignity, belonging and meaningful connection. Their work often explores how storytelling and lived experience can help reshape cultures of care, challenge inequality and build more emotionally intelligent and inclusive systems. Known for bringing honesty, warmth and thoughtful challenge into conversations around leadership, care reform and lived experience involvement, Isaac creates spaces where people feel safe to reflect, connect and think differently about the future of care and support.
Dr Jane Pritchard / Admiral Nurse - Home Instead
Dr Jane Pritchard is an Admiral Nurse (dementia specialist nurse) working for domiciliary care company Home Instead. She has over 20 years of experience of working with people living with dementia and their families in a variety of settings, and is passionate about improving quality of life, positive approaches to care, and enabling people with dementia to remain in their own homes.
James Allen / CEO, National Care Group
James Allen, whose career began in NHS roles responsible for social care transformation before moving into the private sector, joined National Care Group (NCG) in 2019 as Chief Executive Officer. His experience and exceptional leadership skills have been instrumental in shaping NCG into the fastest-growing social care provider in the UK and in securing the Specialist Care Provider of the Year title at the National Care Awards 2025. Now employing more than 2,900 colleagues and delivering carefully planned care and support to over 1,300 adults – enabling them to achieve their full potential and to live as independently as possible within the community.
James Tugendhat OBE / Formerly CEO - Formerly HC-One
James recently stepped down as the CEO of HC-One, the UK’s largest dementia, nursing, and specialist care home provider with a team of 20,000 working across Britain in c.280 homes.
James worked across a range of sectors, before settling into health and care. His early career was in strategy consulting, and then consumer goods and services. His health leadership roles have been at Bupa running both provision and commissioning businesses, and as CEO of Boston based Health Dialog. Prior to HC-One, he led the international division of US based Bright Horizons. James was also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust for 6 years and currently serves as Chair of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice.
Jane Brightman / Director of Workforce Strategy - Skills for Care
Jane Brightman is Director of Workforce Development at Skills for Care, where she led the development and implementation of the first adult social care Workforce Strategy for England. Jane has over 30 years of experience across the adult social care sector including frontline care, leadership, education, digital transformation and national policy. For 10 years she was Director of a private training organisation specialising in health and social care delivery before going on to national roles supporting training and development in social care. Jane spent two years at NHSX (now NHS England) in the blended Digitising Social Care programme as Assistant Director, leading and delivering on the White Paper commitments to support the adult social care sector to digitise. Jane facilitates an online network of leaders in social care with over 9000 members and has several trustee and NED roles. In 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Arden University for services to social care. She holds a number of NED and trustee roles across education, health and care.
Jemma Gillson / Partner - DAC Beachcroft
Jemma has over 10 years’ experience advising clients in the health and social care sectors including NHS commissioners and providers, independent operators of health and social care, providers of primary care services and voluntary sector organisations.
Jemma has broad regulatory expertise including serious incident investigations, organisational learning and improvement, representation at inquests and complex complaints.
Joanna Scammell / Managing Director for Technology Enabled Care
Joanna Scammell is the Managing Director for Technology Enabled Care for national social care charity, Community Integrated Care and its technology subsidiary, Ingle. In her role, she leads on the development and implementation of technology enabled solutions for people supported by the organisation and colleagues accessing care systems, across England and Scotland. With a passion for technology and a doctorate in research, Joanna led the development of a Virtual Care Centre, the deployment of an integrated care record and established a care coordination centre using workflow technology. Joanna also co-chairs the National Care Forum’s ‘Digital Transformation Forum’, encouraging shared learning and opportunities in digital, across the sector.
Jon Handcock / Director of Digital - Leonard Cheshire
Jon is Director of Digital at Leonard Cheshire and a long standing leader in digital transformation across charities, humanitarian organisations and welfare organisations.
Jon’s work is driven by a deep interest in human centred design, AI strategy and leadership, and supporting non profits to adopt digital tools in ways that are ethical, effective and grounded in real user needs. He brings a calm, collaborative and people first approach to digital change, helping organisations navigate complexity and deliver technology that genuinely serves communities. Before joining Leonard Cheshire, Jon worked as an independent Digital Strategy Consultant, advising charities on digital priorities, roadmaps and more agile, insight driven ways of working. This followed almost twelve years at the British Red Cross, where he held senior roles including Head of Digital, Head of Fundraising Innovation and Senior Technology Business Partner. Across these positions he led major digital engagement, platform development and service transformation programmes, and played a key role in aligning technology investment with organisational strategy.
Julie Burton / Head of Operations - Twinglobe Care Ltd
Julie is the Head of Operations at Twinglobe Care Ltd and the Nominated Individual for Azalea Court, bringing more than four decades of clinical and operational leadership across paediatrics, neonates, health, and social care. A former registered nurse with deep governance expertise, she leads strategy, digital transformation, and quality improvement across a complex care environment. She is recognised for driving intelligent, technology enabled care from implementing in room tablets for real time care and medication entry, to creating integrated digital pathways that connect residents, families, clinicians, and system partners. Her work blends operational excellence with human centred design, ensuring technology enhances autonomy, safety, and dignity.
Julie also leads sector facing innovation projects, including personalised QR code meal ordering and digital systems integration across clinical, hospitality, and operational teams. Her focus is on building mature digital ecosystems that strengthen decision making, reduce friction for staff, and improve outcomes for the people who live and work in care.
A vocal advocate for workforce development and the future of social care, Julie works with colleges, sector bodies, and community partners to reframe care as a skilled, respected, and technology enabled profession. She brings a direct, evidence based, and people first perspective to the conversation on digital maturity and intelligent care.
Speakers
Kam Gill / Managing Director & Registered Manager - Walfinch Oxfordshire
I’m Kam Gill, Managing Director and Registered Manager of Walfinch Oxfordshire. I came into care from a different world entirely. I graduated from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff with a BSc in Dental Technology in 2000, and that’s where my working life began. Then life took a turn. I got married, had my children, and lived in India, where I spent some wonderful years raising my family. When the kids reached school age, I came back to the UK, and I ran a paper shop in Wales before moving closer to my parents and going back to dental technician work.
After about four years, I started taking on a bit of care work on the side, for a change. I quickly realised it suited me far better than benches and crowns ever had. From there, I moved into recruitment in care, then a full-time role in the office doing various roles, and completed my Level 5 in Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care.
Today I run Walfinch Oxfordshire, and I’m working towards my Level 7. What I love most is supporting the people on my team to grow and progress in their own careers.
Kate Hamblin / Director - Centre for Care
Kate Hamblin is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Care and is part of the leadership of the IMProving Adult Care Together (IMPACT) evidence implementation Centre. She is also the Policy and Practice Liaison lead for the NIHR School for Social Care Research at the University of Sheffield. Her research has focused on technology and its role in the care and caring.
Katie Thorn / Director of Innovation - Digital
Care Hub.
Katie Thorn is the Director of Innovation for the Digital Care Hub. She has played a significant role in advocating for and implementing digital solutions in social care and is the co-convener of the Oxford Project on the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Adult Social Care. Her work focuses on ensuring that digital innovations in social care are used ethically and effectively. Her background includes working in nursing homes as both a carer and in operations. For the past decade she has worked on national digitisation programmes focussed on front line adult social care in the UK and interoperability between the NHS and social care.
Katie is a member of the UK Caldicott Guardian Council and sits on several academic advisory boards focussing on adult social care digitisation.
Katie has been recognised for her work supporting care providers by receiving The Woman in Tech award at the Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care (WAGS) awards (2022) and the NHS England Award in the Public Service Category of the National Cyber Awards (2023).
Lara Bywater / Managing Director, LDC Care Co Ltd
Lara Bywater is Managing Director of LDC Care Co Ltd, a family-run provider delivering specialist residential and supported living services for people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs across Kent and Medway. With more than two decades of experience in adult social care, Lara is recognised for her passionate and practical leadership, championing person-centred support that empowers individuals to live fulfilling and independent lives.
Working alongside her brother and the wider leadership team, Lara has helped grow LDC Care from a single residential service into a diverse organisation supporting individuals with increasingly complex needs through innovative and compassionate models of care. Her work focuses on creating environments where people are supported to thrive, while also building strong workplace cultures that prioritise staff wellbeing, inclusion, and professional development.
Lara is also an active voice within the wider social care sector. She is a Director of the Kent Integrated Care Alliance and The Outstanding Society, and regularly contributes to national conversations on workforce development, quality improvement, regulation, and human rights in care. She has spoken at industry-leading events including the Care Show and has contributed to sector-wide initiatives aimed at improving retention, wellbeing, and equality across adult social care.
At the LaingBuisson conference, Lara brings a frontline leadership perspective shaped by operational experience, innovation, and a commitment to improving outcomes for both people receiving support and the workforce delivering it.
Laura Perry / CEO - Berkley Care Group
With a strong background in care, leadership and business development, Laura leads with thoughtfulness and heart. She believes real change comes from empowering people, not just following process. Her leadership inspires teams to grow, lead authentically, and build communities where everyone feels a deep sense of belonging.
Louise Watson-Jones / Partner - DAC Beachcroft
Louise is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in complex contracting across the health and social care sector.
She advises NHS and social care providers on drafting and negotiating commercial arrangements, with a particular focus on risk, accountability and practical governance, including in relation to tech enabled and digitally supported care models.
Lucy Campbell / CEO - Right at Home UK
Lucy Campbell, CEO of award-winning Right at Home UK, brings together experience in franchising and senior business leadership. She leads with a clear focus on quality and culture, ensuring that every part of the network reflects the standards families would expect for their own loved ones.
Lucy is known for building strong, accountable teams and creating an environment where people feel supported to do their best work. Her approach combines commercial understanding with a genuine commitment to improving care, helping the organisation grow in a way that is consistent, sustainable and true to its values.
She also proudly serves on the board of the Homecare Association, contributing to wider conversations about the future of care and the standards that underpin it.
With a strong belief in the role of innovation, Lucy continues to guide Right at Home through change across the health and social care sector, keeping the focus where it matters most: delivering care that people can trust.
Professor Martin Green OBE / CEO - Care England
Martin Green has had an extensive career in NGO development, both in the UK and internationally, and is the Chief Executive of Care England, the largest representative body for independent social care services in the UK. Vice President of The Care Workers Charity, Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Chair of the TEC Services Association (TSA). In 2013, he was appointed Visiting Professor of Social Care at Buckinghamshire New University. In 2012, in his role as Department of Health and Social Care Independent Sector Dementia Champion, he led the development of the Dementia Care and Support Compact for the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. He is a former named Care Personality of the Year and was awarded an OBE for Services to Social Care in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He received the Health Investor Outstanding Contribution Award. Martin Green writes and broadcasts extensively on social care issues and is on the Editorial Board of Community Care Market News and Care Talk magazine.
Martin Jones MBE / Homecare CEO
Martin’s non-executive and Trustee roles (Chair of the Homecare Association; Chair of The Care Workers’ Charity; member of the Age UK Board; Chair of Home Instead Charities) place him in a unique position to understand the issues facing the social care sector and to campaign for change. He has a particular interest in the integration of health and social care and the role our homes will play as the hospitals of the future. Martin is also an advocate of the need to professionalise care work. He oversees a network of over 250 franchise offices, delivering quality, relationship-led care to ageing adults. Martin was awarded an MBE for services to older people.
Speakers
Nina Allen / CEO - Austen Allen Homecare & N-AbleUK
Nina Allen founded Austen Allen Homecare in 2011, growing it into an award winning community care provider employing over 120 staff across Kent and Medway, delivering services commissioned by local authorities and the NHS, with a fifth branch opening this year. She is a regular contributor to MP roundtables and sector panels, advocating for closer integration between health and community based care. More recently, Nina has become a health tech founder reshaping health and social integration through the development of a digital platform designed to empower people to regain independence faster and give commissioners clearer visibility of outcomes. She completed her MBA with Distinction in 2024 and serves as a director on the board of the Kent Integrated Care Association.
Niki Wakelin / CEO - Big Life Adventure
Niki Wakelin is CEO of Big Life Adventure, a purpose-built digital platform specifically designed to create safer, more connected and more aspirational lives for people with learning disabilities and autism. Passionate about inclusion and innovation, Niki is helping to reimagine what modern social care can look like through combining technology, community and creativity to expand opportunities and challenge expectations.
Before becoming CEO, Niki played a key role in shaping Big Life Adventure’s brand vision and identity through her work as Director of Brand Strategy within The Peak15 Group, a leading social care provider, the organisation who developed Big Life Adventure. Known for bringing together big-picture thinking with practical delivery, she has built a reputation for turning bold ideas into real-world impact while keeping people and relationships firmly at the centre. Big Life Adventure is beginning to gain national attention for its fresh approach to digital inclusion and social connection and was launched from Glastonbury Festival in 2025. Niki is a strong advocate for support that values independence, purpose, belonging and possibility, not simply care as maintenance and particularly passionate about amplifying the voices and ambitions of people with learning disabilities and/or autism and building cultures where people are encouraged to imagine bigger futures for themselves and their communities.
Oonagh Smyth CBE / CEO - Skills for Care
Oonagh Smyth CBE is Chief Executive Officer of Skills for Care, the strategic workforce planning and development body for adult social care in England. Since joining in 2020, she has led sector wide work to strengthen workforce capacity, capability, and sustainability, including leading the development of the first comprehensive Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy for England.
Oonagh holds an undergraduate degree in law, a Master’s degree in Human Rights Law from Queen’s University Belfast and Master’s degree in Executive Coaching from Ashridge Business School. She brings extensive experience in strategy, governance, and equality across adult social care, including eight years at Mencap as Executive Director of Strategy and Influence, and a period acting as Chief Executive. She works closely with national and local partners on system wide workforce reform and sits on several advisory groups, including Think Local Act Personal and Coventry University’s Vice Chancellor’s Health Advisory Board. Oonagh is a Non Executive Director at CU Health and Care Limited, a former Co Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, and an accredited executive coach.
Peter Kinsey / CEO - Iris Care Group
Peter is Iris Care Group’s Chairman and has over 35 years of health and social care experience, working across the sector. Most recently he was CEO of the Care Management Group/ Achieve Together, and has previously worked as a Director of Mental Health Services in the NHS and as a local authority Strategic Commissioning Manager. He has also chaired Care England’s Learning Disability Group and been on the board of Learning Disability England.
Rachael Shimmin, OBE / CEO - Anchor
Rachael joined Anchor as Chief Executive Officer in January 2026. Her distinguished career in public service leadership spans health, social care and local government transformation. She was appointed as the CEO of Buckinghamshire County Council in 2016 and led Local Government in the county through its formation and evolution into a billion-pound turnover organisation, merging five predecessor bodies and with more than 4,000 staff.
Rachael has served on a wide range of regional and national bodies and boards and is also a qualified Executive Coach. She was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Buckinghamshire New University in 2025 for her significant contribution in her professional field, which includes voluntary and community services, health, and education, both within Buckinghamshire and across the UK. She was awarded the OBE for services to social care in 2014.
Raina Summerson OBE / CEO - Anchor
Raina is the Group Chief Executive of Agincare, which delivers a range of care and support services in over 170 locations across the country, spanning care homes, supported living, extra care schemes, home care, live-in care, a not-for-profit children’s service and a housing charity, and employing some 5,500 team members. Since joining Agincare in 2004, Raina has overseen substantial, sustainable growth, leading the family-owned company to become a leading independent care provider, which continues to expand nationwide. Raina has worked in social care for over 35 years, including direct care work in various settings through social work roles and several years as a regulator prior to joining Agincare. She has long been involved with national bodies in respect of lobbying for social care and its workforce to gain better recognition and reform of the sector, including representation to government and health select committees. Along with other members of the Agincare senior management, Raina uses her skills and experience to support the local economy and community. She is Chair of the Portland Economic Vision Board, a Dorset Ambassador, Chair of Portland’s internationally renowned b-side festival and a Trustee on Eden Portland project.
Rob Martin / CEO - Signature Senior Lifestyle
Rob Martin is the CEO at Signature Senior Lifestyle, a luxury care provider. Previously Rob was the Managing Director at Anchor where he had responsibility for the running of their 121 care homes and had spent the previous twelve years. Rob has also been a board member with the National Care Forum and winner of ‘The most influential leader in Social Care’ award in 2024 by Care Talk. Rob began his career in the Armed Forces and then started his journey in Social Care as a Registered Manager, with now over 25 years of sector experience working in the sector.
Sarah Wakeling / Founder & CEO - Positive Support Group
Sarah Wakeling is the founder and CEO of Positive Support Group, a behavioural support organisation supporting children and adults with complex behaviour presentations. She is a psychologist and behaviour analyst and uses Positive Behaviour Support and Positive Psychology in her approach to behaviour change and improvement in quality of life. Her organisation has a team of approx. 80 PBS practitioners across England supporting care organisations providing care and support to this complex client group and partnering with the NHS and LAs to provide services directly to people and their families / carers.
Sharon Lowrie / CEO, Be Caring
I am passionate about creating a culture where people are valued and empowered to make a difference. With a background in finance prior to becoming the Chief Exec of Be Caring, I’m keen to ensure we maximise the use of our resources, to value our care workforce and create a great place to work.
Speakers
Simon Bottery / Senior Fellow - Social Care, The King’s Fund
Simon leads The King’s Fund’s work on adult social care, which includes the annual Social Care 360 report on the key trends in the sector and research areas including access to social care, the care workforce, the provider market, integration with health, and social care funding. He is chair of the School of Social Care Research’s advisory board.
Before joining The King’s Fund in September 2017, Simon was Director of Policy at the older people’s charity Independent Age. He has wide experience in policy, communications and journalism, including as Director of Communications at Citizens Advice. He has also worked for the development charity ActionAid, in the commercial sector for Guinness and in BBC local radio.
Sophie Chester-Glyn / Managing Director - Coproduce Care
Sophie Chester-Glyn is Managing Director of a local care organisation. Sophie is also director of Coproduce Care, a community interest company which aims at democratising the social care debate by supporting the care sector to influence care policy and law. Coproduce Care has also worked on projects for The Health Foundation, Health Education England and local care leaders. Sophie has also been part of various advisory groups on social care. These have included the BAME Communities Advisory Group to Sir David Behan’s COVID19 report, the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard and the Challenge Board to Sir Gordon Messenger’s report on Health and Social Care Leadership. She is currently on the Workforce Advisory Group to the Department of Health and Social Care and a Trustee for the Care Worker’s Charity.
Sophie is currently doing PhD research on patient experiences in mental health hospitals and has a passion for promoting the voices of those who draw on care services and work in the sector. Sophie is a mother of three and enjoys reading and country walks in her spare time.
Steffen Wulff Petersen / Co-Founder & CEO, Sona
Stephen Collier / Chair- HCRG Care Group & Genesis Care Holdings
Stephen is a non-executive director across public-sector and private-sector health and care organisations. He is Chairman of NHS Professionals, the Department of Health-owned flexible workforce provider. He is also Chairman of Healthcare Purchasing Alliance, a joint venture between Aviva and Vitality that negotiates on their behalf with private hospital providers, and Senior Independent Director and Chair of Workforce and Education at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
With his background in private-equity owned healthcare, Stephen has also become a goto advisor on UK healthcare to UK and international investors and operators and was also one of the Independent Advisors to the Paterson Inquiry which was reported last year.
Stephen practised as a barrister before choosing healthcare management as his executive career. That career saw him working internationally before being appointed as Group Chief Executive of BMI Healthcare, the UK’s largest private hospital company, a post he held for four years.
Trevor Brocklebank / CEO and co-founder - Rise
Trevor Brocklebank is CEO and co-founder of Rise, an innovative provider of adapted seated sports that helps more than 10,000 people each month stay active, connected and independent through fun, inclusive physical activity. Rise works across care homes, with home care providers, in community settings, schools, supported living services and the NHS, supporting healthier ageing and improved wellbeing.
A recognised leader in social care, Trevor previously co-founded Home Instead in the UK and, as CEO, led its growth from start-up to one of the UK’s leading home care providers, earning a Queen’s Award for Innovation. He is a former Chair of the Home Care Association and the British Franchise Association, and has held a number of leadership roles across health, education and economic development, including as a Non-Executive Director of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Vice Chair of Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. Having spent more than two decades building organisations that support people to live independently, Trevor is particularly interested in the role of prevention, physical activity and community connection in improving outcomes and reducing demand on health and care services.
Toby Hewitt /Partner - DAC Beachcroft
Toby is a partner in DAC Beachcroft’s banking and finance team with more than 20 years of experience providing legal advice on all types of debt and structured finance transactions, including acting for leading healthcare providers and other stakeholders in the health and social care sector. In addition, Toby has worked with various market participants including private equity sponsors, senior and junior lenders (including alternative credit providers) and strategic investors. Toby’s finance experience means he is well positioned to understand the key priorities which drive investors in the social care space.
Vinay Patel / Founder & CEO - easyResidences
Vinay is a senior barrister turned healthcare entrepreneur, founder of the multi-awardwinning KRG Healthcare and PredicAire, and CEO of easyResidences. With a unique blend of legal, operational, and entrepreneurial expertise, he has built and scaled organisations across healthcare, real estate, hospitality, construction, and technology.
Purpose-driven and future-focused, Vinay is reimagining social care through data-led decision-making, responsible AI-powered technology, and human-centred design. His work centres on creating modern, dignified and tech-enabled care environments that deliver better outcomes for residents, families and teams alike. Through PredicAire, he is advancing ethical, predictive intelligence to transform care delivery at scale, while easyResidences sets a new benchmark for affordably luxury, high-quality and next-generation care. Vinay is passionate about long-term value creation, sustainability, and redefining the future of care where innovation, compassion, and commercial excellence work seamlessly together for generations to come.
William Laing / Founder and Executive Chairman - LaingBuisson
William is an economist, and the driving force behind LaingBuisson. After graduating from the London School of Economics (BSc Econ) he began his career as an Economist with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. He subsequently moved to the ABPI sponsored Office of Health Economics where he was appointed Deputy Director. He left at the end of the 1970s to set up Laing & Buisson (now known as LaingBuisson).
William is viewed by many as the leading commentator on independent health and social care the UK. His comments on sector issues are regularly sought by the media, he is frequently invited to speak at conferences and to participate in ‘think tank’ committees and he has been called to give evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee on several occasions. William continues to edit several of LaingBuisson’s annual reports on social care markets, including Care Homes for Older People, Adult Specialist Care and Homcare and Supported Living. He is also actively engaged in consulting work for central and local government clients, providers and investors.
DAC Beachcroft is a leading international law firm delivering expert legal services across insurance, health, real estate, and commercial sectors.
With a strong presence in the UK and global offices, the firm is known for its client-focused approach, deep sector expertise, and collaborative culture. DAC Beachcroft advises businesses, governments, and institutions on complex legal matters, combining commercial insight with technical excellence. Its longstanding reputation in insurance and healthcare law makes it a trusted partner for its clients navigating risk, regulation, and transformation in fast-evolving industries.
Executive Partner
Person Centred Software works with more than 8,400 care homes across the UK.
Over 40,000 carers record care on our platform every day, generating 13 million care interactions in the process. For most residential care homes, our platform is simply part of how the day runs.
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Connell Consulting is a strategy consultancy specialising in health, social care, education, and NHS outsourced services.
The firm has produced over 600 commercial due diligence and strategic reports over the last decade and work on the majority of sizeable transactions in the sector. They won the LaingBuisson Management Consultant of the Year awards in 2019 and 2020. Executive
Executive Partner
RLDatix is a global leader in connected health and social care software, helping organisations improve patient safety, workforce wellbeing, compliance and quality outcomes.
Through intelligent automation and expert support, we partner with care providers across the UK and Ireland to reduce risk, enhance care delivery and build resilient services for the future.
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Exhibitors
Cygnet was established in 1988.
Since then, we have developed a wide range of social care services for adults with autism, learning disabilities and those requiring elderly care within the UK. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the individuals in our care.
Evondos Group is Europe’s leading provider of automated medicine dispensing services.
Evondos’ unique medicine dispensing service offers significant quality and cost benefits to care organisations. Our service ensures that users receive the correct medication at the right time, improving medication management quality and supporting independent living at home.
With over 30 years of experience in the care sector, we’ve seen just how complex it can be to find the right care accommodation and how important it is to get it right, quickly.
Our platform helps people across the UK find available care homes, nursing homes and supported living spaces, with real-time availability and a clear view of what’s on offer. Whether you’re a family searching for support, a care professional placing someone or a provider looking to fill a vacancy, we can make the process simpler.
Exhibitors
Earzz is a privacy-first, AI-powered acoustic monitoring platform that acts as the intelligence layer across care environments.
We interpret everyday sounds in resident spaces and convert them into real-time alerts and actionable insights that help care teams prevent incidents, respond faster, and deliver more proactive, person-centred care, without cameras, wearables, or audio recording.Unlike traditional monitoring tools, Earzz uses proprietary sound recognition AI to detect events such as bed exits, movement patterns, distress indicators, and changes in behaviour. These insights support fall prevention, early intervention, and improved well-being across care settings. Earzz does not replace existing care management systems. It strengthens them, providing the evidence, intelligence, and operational visibility modern care providers need to improve safety, efficiency, and quality of care while preserving dignity and independence.
Care Sourcer is a leading digital care marketplace, connecting decision-ready families with care providers.
Powered by KareHero, we work with major organisations including TSB, British Airways, and Live Nation, and support over 1 million families. We deliver fully qualified, financially resilient leads, matched to your criteria.
OneTouch is a multi-functional care management platform that enables care providers to manage all aspects of care delivery through a single system.
It connects care planning, rostering, reporting, recruitment, finance and HR, reducing administrative burden and helping organisations deliver higher-quality, more efficient care.
Featuring the latest market intelligence on the £23.7 billion care home market, with insight into fee trends, regional pricing differentials, leading operators and private pay dynamics.
This year’s edition explores the impact of fee inflation driven by National Living Wage uplifts and wider cost pressures, the growing North/ South divide in care home pricing, and the shifting competitive landscape following Care UK’s rise to market leader by bed capacity.
£4,299 Multi-user license plus Excel data workbooks
Well Care Home Services supports over 600 UK care homes, combining advanced digital efficiency with responsive local pharmacy care.
As the UK’s largest independent pharmacy, we deliver same-day processing, 99% accuracy, eMAR integration, tracking, and dedicated support you can rely on.
Zentar Healthcare is a leading recruitment company, as well as an established healthcare management service for VIP’s worldwide, and has been for over a decade. Patient care is at the heart of our business, putting quality candidates in the right roles and servicing our clients to ensure their healthcare needs are always met - because to Zentar, Patient Care of Paramount.
Care England is a registered charity and the leading voice of adult social care providers in England, representing members who deliver care to over 120,000 individuals. We support care for older people, those with long-term conditions, learning disabilities, mental health needs, and autism - advocating for a united, quality-focused, and independent care sector.
Membership gives you a voice through our lobbying, advocacy work, and special interest groups, while practical support through informative events, webinars, white papers, and exclusive savings and discounts via our Supporter Member Programme helps you to focus on delivering high-quality care.
Sona gives managers their time back.
Sona is the AI workforce management platform built specifically for social care, bringing scheduling, HR, payroll, communications, employee engagement, ATS, and LMS into one intelligent system. Sona applies AI across every part of your workforce operation including surfacing risks, automating decisions, and giving managers the clarity to act, because every manual workaround is time they aren’t spending with the people they support.
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Delegates
First Name
Name
Oliver Hucks Insider Pro Ltd
Job Title
Associate Consultant
Godfred Boahen Westminster Council - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Head of Learning Disability and Autism
Dame Donna Kinnair Zentar Director of Nursing and Community Services, and Registered Manager
Fahim Modak Zentar Director
Ryan Brummit Advance UK Executive Director of Support
Katie Summer Katie Summer Director and Trustee HFT
Siobhan Donlevy EY Partner
Ben Cant Sensio National Account Manager
Rob James Sensio Sales Development Manager
Anne-Marie Gregory, DAC Beachcroft LLP Legal Director
Josephine Trotter Horder Healthcare Head of Marketing & Sales
Dr Katie Tryon Vitality Health Commercial Director
Abby Turner-Allen MYA Operations Director
Jon Twinn iWantGreatCare Managing Director
Edward Ungar Pharmacierge CEO & Co-Founder
Jordanna van Lint Queen’s Park Equity Origination
Delegates
First Name
Sarah Vander Wagen Cleveland Clinic London
Daniel Verster Mayo Clinic Healthcare
Senior Strategy and Project Manager
Operations & Business Development Director
Natalie Wade Mills & Reeve LLP Partner
Chris Walker Hunter Healthcare Head of Digital – Private
Emma Ward WPA General Manager, Clinical Team
Kate Whitling Dr Haus Dermatology General Manager
Niamh Whittaker Uniphar Medtech
Commercial Business Analyst
Mark Wilkinson Streets Heaver Customer Success Manager
Tim Williams My Clinical Outcomes - digital PROMa CEO
Craig Wilson HCA Healthcare UK
Senior Contracts Manager
Ellie Wilson Mediahawk Account Manager
Letitia Winterflood-Blood Bevan Brittan Partner
Gordon Wishart Check for Cancer
Chief Medical Officer and CEO
Ruth Wozencroft Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Group Head of Marketing and Communications
Victoria Wright Novocure UK Ltd
General Manager, UK & Canada
Dr Ibrahim Yahli Chase Lodge Hospital CEO
Michael Maslinski
Author and former care home resident
A former care home resident, now campaigning for much needed changes to decision making processes in the care system. Michael lived in a care home for 9 years, to support his wife who had advanced dementia. His book, ‘What would Maggie do?’ is an account of his experience in battling against the system to ensure the best interests of his wife were not subordinated to standard processes and petty regulations. His book proposes significant reform of the culture, including 14 specific reforms, and is now being used for training and management in a number of care home groups. He is a former banker and strategy consultant.
