2nd NHS Identity and Access Management Summit

Digital Infrastructure & Security

08:30 am
25 Sep, 2025
Leonardo Hotel, Milton Keynes, Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes, MK9 2HP

2nd NHS Identity and Access Management Summit

Digital Infrastructure & Security

08:30 am
25 Sep, 2025
Leonardo Hotel, Milton Keynes, Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes, MK9 2HP

Current Landscape

The landscape of Identity and Access Management (IAM) within the NHS continues to grow increasingly complex. By 2025, the NHS has expanded its digital services, incorporating a variety of platforms, from remote health monitoring tools and telemedicine to mobile health applications and electronic health records. This digital growth, while essential to modern healthcare, introduces new security and privacy challenges. The rise in sophisticated cybersecurity threats has heightened the need for advanced IAM solutions capable of managing identities, controlling access, and safeguarding patient data across diverse systems and devices.

In this evolving landscape, balancing rigorous IAM protocols with a seamless user experience is critical. Effective IAM solutions must not only protect sensitive patient data and meet stringent regulatory requirements but also provide an intuitive, efficient experience for healthcare professionals and patients. With the NHS committed to a digital-first approach, ensuring that healthcare staff can securely access essential information without compromising patient privacy is an ongoing challenge that demands innovative, patient-centric solutions.

Timeliness of the Event

The NHS Identity and Access Management Summit 2025 arrives at a crucial time. As healthcare organisations accelerate their digital transformation, they face mounting regulatory demands and ever-evolving security threats. The NHS, aiming to bolster its digital infrastructure and align with the UK’s cybersecurity strategy, recognises IAM as central to building a secure, resilient, and user-friendly healthcare system. This summit provides a timely platform to address these challenges, share best practices, and explore the latest advancements in IAM. By fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the event empowers NHS leaders and stakeholders to develop IAM frameworks that enhance both security and accessibility.

Key Event Subjects

  • Streamlining Clinical Access: Ensuring that healthcare professionals can quickly and securely access patient data is essential for quality care. This session will explore the latest IAM solutions for clinical access, such as single sign-on (SSO) and role-based access controls, to boost efficiency while upholding stringent security protocols.
  • Enhancing Patient Portals: As patient portals become integral to healthcare delivery, providing a secure and user-friendly experience is critical. This discussion will cover strategies for improving portal design, user navigation, and secure authentication, ensuring that patients can easily and safely access their health information.
  • Consent Management: With increasing focus on patient data rights, consent management has become a core component of IAM. This session will examine effective platforms and processes that empower patients to control their data, build trust, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, supporting transparency in healthcare interactions.
  • Integrating Emerging Technologies: Technologies like biometrics and AI have the potential to revolutionise IAM practices. This session will assess how these technologies enhance both security and user experience, making healthcare services more accessible, efficient, and secure.
  • Real-World Implementations: This session will feature case studies highlighting successful IAM implementations that balance clinical needs with user experience. Practical insights and lessons learned from these initiatives will provide a roadmap for future IAM projects within the NHS.

Why Attend

The NHS Identity and Access Management Summit 2025 offers invaluable insights from industry experts, thought leaders, and IAM practitioners on navigating the complexities of healthcare IAM. The event provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage with peers, stakeholders, and solution providers, fostering the exchange of ideas and building partnerships.

Attendees will gain practical takeaways, including actionable strategies, tools, and methodologies for enhancing IAM capabilities, improving security posture, and driving operational efficiency. The summit also provides an in-depth understanding of the latest regulatory requirements and compliance standards impacting healthcare IAM, ensuring that organisations align with best practices and meet regulatory demands while maintaining accessible, user-friendly access controls.

Headline Sponsor

Who will Attend

  • Chief Information Officer (CIO)
  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • IT Director
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
  • Data Protection Officer (DPO)
  • Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO)
  • Clinical Informatics Director
  • Head of IT Security
  • Risk Manager
  • Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
  • Director of Compliance
  • Director of Information Governance
  • Head of Digital Transformation
  • Director of Network Security
  • Director of Health Informatics
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO)
  • Director of Emergency Medicine
  • Director of Nursing Informatics
  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • Director of Health Services

Sponsors & Partners

The programme

08:30

Registration & Networking

Registration & Networking

09:30

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

Bharat Thakrar
CISO
CyberBTX

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

09:40

Building Trust at Scale: The Future of Identity in the NHS

As digital services grow across the NHS, so too does the responsibility to protect patient data and streamline clinician access. This keynote sets the scene by exploring how identity and access management will evolve in the face of increasing cybersecurity threats, national digital ambitions, and public expectations around privacy and trust.

(Speaker TBC)

10:00

From Policy to Practice: Making IAM Work Across the NHS panel discussion

This session brings together three leaders working across trust, regional, and national levels to discuss how IAM systems are being practically deployed and governed. Topics will include harmonising legacy infrastructure, the impact of the NHS Federated Data Platform, role-based access, and implications of the UK Cyber Strategy for healthcare.

Panellists:

  • Jerry Fishenden, Member of the Scottish Government's Digital Identity Scotland (DIS) Expert Group, The Scottish Government (Invited)
  • Danu Sivapalan. Identity and Access Management | Head of Partnerships, Women In Cybersecurity (Provisionally Confirmed)
  • Irina Bolychevsky, Former Director of Standards & Interoperability, NHSX; involved in open data and digital standards policy (Invited)

10:30

Headline Sponsor - AdminByRequest

Headline Sponsor - AdminByRequest

10:50

Morning Break & Networking

Morning Break & Networking

11:50

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

Bharat Thakrar
CISO
CyberBTX

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

11:55

Case Study - Imprivata

Case Study - Imprivata

12:15

Case Study - Bluefort

Case Study - Bluefort

12:35

Frontline Realities: Making Digital Identity Work for Clinicians and Patients

In this candid one-on-one conversation, Professor Joe McDonald reflects on three decades of experience driving digital change within the NHS—from pioneering the Great North Care Record to advising national strategy. Together, we’ll explore the real-world tensions between usability, safety, and regulation in identity and access management.

Key themes will include:

  • Why clinician trust and software usability matter as much as security
  • Embedding patient consent without adding friction
  • Lessons from failed programmes—and what the NHS is finally getting right

Speaker:

Professor Joe McDonald, Founder, Great Northen Care Record (Provisionally Confirmed)

12:55

Case Study - SailPoint

Case Study - SailPoint

13:15

Lunch & Networking

Lunch & Networking

14:00

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Bharat Thakrar
CISO
CyberBTX

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

14:05

Case Study - CMS

Case Study - CMS

14:25

Streamlining Clinical Access: Hampshire Hospitals’ SSO Roll-out

Neil led the implementation of a single sign-on (SSO) and privileged access management across a 450,000‑population urban‑rural Trust, improving login efficiency and cyber maturity.

Why it matters:

Earlier this year, the Trust led a high-profile Health Tech Now webinar on NHS password fatigue and access complexity—demonstrating practical advancements in security posture and staff satisfaction.

Their deployment involved integrating SSO with Imprivata, cutting login times by over 60% and supporting DSPT/Cyber Assessment Framework gains.

Speaker:

Neil Crump, Digital Strategy Director, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (Invited)

14:45

Case Study - ManageEngine

Case Study - ManageEngine

15:05

Presentation - From Access to Impact: Embedding Best Practice, Driving Innovation, and Solving Operational Identity Challenges Across NHS Diagnostics (Confirmed)

Estevao Bagi
Clinical Service Manager
Kings College Hospital

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a critical framework that governs how healthcare staff access digital systems, patient data, and clinical tools. It ensures that the right people have the right level of access at the right time, supporting safe, efficient, and secure care delivery across increasingly complex and integrated health systems.

In the NHS context, IAM encompasses the verification of user identities, role-based access controls, secure authentication, and audit trails that protect patient data and ensure regulatory compliance. IAM also plays a pivotal role in managing staff onboarding and offboarding, enabling locum flexibility, and supporting interoperability across multiple Trusts, systems (such as EPRs, RIS, PACS), and third-party providers.

As the NHS accelerates its digital transformation agenda—through EPR rollouts, cloud adoption, and regional service consolidation—robust IAM becomes a foundation for digital trust, clinical safety, and operational efficiency. Poorly managed access can compromise patient safety, while streamlined, role-aligned access supports front-line productivity, system resilience, and user confidence.

IAM is no longer just an IT issue—it is a strategic enabler of clinical excellence, workforce mobility, and digital maturity.

15:25

Trust, Risk and Transformation: Getting IAM Right in 2025 and Beyond Panel Discussion

A strategic session debating the tension between innovation and oversight in IAM. Where do we draw the line on automation, AI, and consent? And what does “trust by design” look like in a high-stakes environment like health?

Panellists:

  • Phil Booth, Coordinator, medConfidential (privacy and patient rights advocate) (Invited)
  • Danu Sivapalan. Identity and Access Management | Head of Partnerships, Women In Cybersecurity (WiCyS) UK & Ireland (Provisionally Confirmed)

15:45

Hot Buffet Food & Drinks

Hot Buffet Food & Drinks

16:45

End of Day

End of Day

Convenzisvents

Your Pass Includes....

  • Access to a leading conference speaker programme
  • Interactive Q&A sessions
  • Fireside interviews
  • Cross-sector best practice
  • Meet the supplier opportunities
  • Hot breakfast & Lunch included
  • Access to post event drinks reception and Street food

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