NHTeams 2026: The Convenzis Neighbourhood Teams Conference

Workforce & Care Integration

08:30 am
01 Jul, 2026
etc.venues, Prospero House, 241 Borough High St, London SE1 1GA

NHTeams 2026: The Convenzis Neighbourhood Teams Conference

Workforce & Care Integration

08:30 am
01 Jul, 2026
etc.venues, Prospero House, 241 Borough High St, London SE1 1GA

All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate

Transforming Care Outside Hospitals with Neighbourhood Teams

The NHS is at a pivotal moment. Hospitals are facing record-breaking demand, long waiting times, and increasing workforce pressures, while a large proportion of care, particularly for chronic conditions, rehabilitation, and mental health, could be more effectively delivered in community settings. Shifting care closer to home is no longer optional; it is essential for improving patient outcomes and system resilience.

The NHS 10-Year Plan marks a strategic pivot towards preventative, digitally enabled, and community-focused services. Integrated Care Systems are being restructured, and the development of Neighbourhood Health Centres is creating a tangible framework for operational change.

Summit Focus:

The NHTeams 2026: The Convenzis Neighbourhood Teams Conference is a premier event for sharing best practices and innovations, designed to help NHS professionals move from awareness to applied implementation. Delegates will gain hands-on frameworks, tested delivery models, and peer-derived insights on embedding safe, equitable, and sustainable transformation within their services.

Dedicated Skill Clinics provide practical tools, checklists, and implementation templates for designing, funding, and operating Neighbourhood Health Centres and extended-access hubs. Lessons Learned Sessions offer candid reflections from NHS leaders on real-world challenges, including workforce alignment, funding shifts, and patient flow redesign.

This is not a showcase of what to achieve, but a skills exchange on how to achieve it, translating national ambition into measurable improvement.

This year’s event is structured around clear outcomes. Delegates will leave understanding:

  • Service Redesign Alignment: Understanding service redesign in line with the NHS 10-Year Plan
  • Community Hubs & Health Centres: Insight into the impact of community hubs and neighbourhood health centres.
  • Team Capability: Strengthened multidisciplinary collaboration and workforce resilience.
  • Safety & Governance: Embedded safety, governance, and interoperability in community care.
  • Patient Flow & Efficiency: Knowledge to improve patient flow, elective care, and A&E demand.
  • Equity & Experience: Approaches to enhance equity, outcomes, and experience for underserved populations.

What’s New for 2026:

  • Morning & Afternoon Skill Clinics: immersive sessions with actionable tools, checklists, and templates for immediate local implementation
  • Lessons Learned Sessions: real-world reflections from NHS leaders on challenges, adjustments, and successes
  • Peer Learning Circles: facilitated exchanges to explore shared problems and co-design practical solutions across ICSs
  • Action-Driven Case Studies: insights into both the results achieved and the processes and workforce innovations that enabled them

Why Attend:

  • Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
  • Build professional confidence through applied, hands-on learning
  • Access ready-to-use frameworks for governance, workforce transformation, and care delivery redesign
  • Hear practical experiences from peers and leaders driving NHS improvement
  • Leave with toolkits, templates, and actionable plans for local rollout
  • Join a community of NHS leaders committed to sustainable service transformation

Who Would Benefit:

This conference is ideal for clinical, operational, and digital leaders driving NHS transformation, including ICS and ICB teams, Chief Nurses, AHP leads, CCIOs, CIOs, service managers, and transformation directors. Community providers, GP leaders, workforce planners, and patient experience teams will also gain practical guidance on scalable, equitable models of care.

Suppliers, digital partners, and academic collaborators will gain insight into implementation priorities, workforce skill gaps, and the operational enablers shaping the next decade of NHS transformation.

The programme

08:30

Registration & Networking

Registration - Open from 8:30 am - Closes at 11:00 am

All delegates must complete their registration process before the 11:00 AM cut-off time. Please arrive in a timely manner to allow for registration and to avoid any inconvenience. Delegates who arrive after the registration deadline will be refused entry to the event.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain the event's schedule and ensuring that everyone can fully participate in the Conference. If you have any questions or require assistance, our event staff will be available to assist you with the registration process.

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to an insightful and productive event together!

09:30

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

09:40

Session to be announced...

Dr Minal Bakhai
Director for Primary Care and Community Transformation & the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme NHS England
| NHS GP | UK rep for Health Innovation | Health Exec in Residence UCL GBSH | Board Trustee

We are delighted to welcome Dr Minal Bakhai MBE to Neighbourhood Teams 2026. As the National Director for Primary Care and Community Transformation and the Senior Responsible Officer for the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme, Minal plays a central role in shaping how integrated, community-based care is delivered across England. 

A practising NHS GP and one of the leading voices in modernising primary and community services, Minal brings deep expertise in:

  • Neighbourhood-level transformation and multidisciplinary working
  • Embedding prevention, personalisation and community assets in routine care
  • Supporting local systems through the “eyes-on, hands-off” national approach
  • Data, insight and improvement methods that drive real change
  • Empowering frontline teams through testing, learning and rapid improvement cycles

Full session details will be announced shortly.

10:00

Morning Skills Clinic - Leading Change at Scale - Building Sustainable Models for Digital and Clinical (Speakers TBC)

Session Overview:

This interactive Skill Clinic will explore how NHS leaders can move beyond pilots to design and deliver sustainable, scalable interoperability programmes. Drawing on her experience as a GP Federation CEO, NHS Non-Executive Director, and former strategy consultant, Jyoti Mehan will guide delegates through the practical, commercial, and cultural enablers that make digital transformation stick.
 
Learning Outcomes:
  • Understand how to align interoperability programmes with organisational strategy and system priorities.
  • Explore funding and partnership models that sustain digital innovation in primary and secondary care.
  • Learn approaches for engaging diverse stakeholders and securing lasting change across ICSs.
  • Take away tools for translating vision into actionable, measurable delivery plans.

Speakers:

  • Jyoti Mehan, Chief Executive Officer, Health Care First Partnership & Non-Executive Director, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (Provisionally Confirmed)

10:30

Main Sponsor

Main Sponsor

10:50

Morning Break

Morning Break

11:50

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

11:55

Case Study - Evondos

Case Study - Evondos

About us:

Evondos Group is a health-tech company that provides automated medication-dispensing robots designed for use in people’s homes within the community. The system ensures patients take the right medicine at the right time, supporting safe and independent medication management without the need for physical visits, while enabling remote monitoring for caregivers to improve safety, independence, and care efficiency.

12:15

Case Study

Case Study

12:35

Leadership Lessons from the Front Line - Keeping Digital Innovation at the Heart of Neighbourhood Care (Confirmed)

Tara Donnelly
Founder
Digital Care

Session Overview:

As the NHS strengthens its focus on integrated, neighbourhood-based models of care, there is a growing risk that digital innovation may slip from view amid operational and workforce pressures. In this discussion, Tara Donnelly, Founder of Digital Care and former Chief Digital Officer at NHS England/NHSX, will explore why maintaining digital momentum is critical to the success of Neighbourhood Teams. Drawing on examples from virtual wards, proactive home care, and digital triage, Tara will highlight how technology can improve safety, efficiency, and patient experience, and how local systems can translate national digital ambitions into real-world delivery.

Drawing on examples from virtual wards, proactive home care, and digital triage, Tara will highlight how technology can improve safety, efficiency, and patient experience , and how local systems can translate national digital ambitions into real-world delivery.

12:55

Case Study

Case Study

13:15

Lunch and Networking

Lunch and Networking

14:00

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Dr Gurnak Singh Dosanjh
GP
LLR ICB

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

14:05

Case Study

Case Study

14:25

NHS Deep Dive - Designing for Equity: Human-Centred Interoperability in the Next Generation NHS (Speaker Provisionally Confirmed)

Session Overview:

While technical interoperability connects systems, human-centred interoperability connects people, practice, and purpose.
 
In this session, Dr Lia Ali explores how design thinking and equity-driven innovation can reshape the way we build and implement connected systems.
 
She will share insights from her work across NHS England, SLaM FT, and Root & Branch Collective on designing safe, inclusive digital ecosystems that genuinely serve patients and staff.
 
Key Discussion Themes:
  • Designing interoperability that reflects lived experience, not just technical logic.
  • Embedding equity and inclusion principles into data and design frameworks.
  • The biopsychosocial model and its relevance to digital integration.
  • How human factors and co-design improve trust, usability, and adoption.
  • Lessons from mental-health transformation and applying them system-wide.

Speaker:

  • Dr Lia Ali, Doctor | Digital Health/Innovation Strategist | CCIO Advisory Panel (Provisionally Confirmed)

14:45

Case Study

Case Study

15:05

Afternoon Skills Clinic - Equity & Experience: Enhancing Outcomes for Underserved Populations (Panellists TBC)

Afternoon Skills Clinic

This interactive skills clinic will explore practical approaches to improving equity, outcomes, and patient experience for underserved populations. Participants will engage in case-based discussions, reflective exercises, and evidence-informed strategies to identify barriers to care and implement solutions that address health disparities. The session will highlight successful initiatives, innovative tools, and collaborative practices that ensure all patients receive high-quality, person-centered care. Attendees will leave with actionable techniques to integrate equity-focused interventions into their daily practice, fostering improved health outcomes and enhanced patient experience across diverse communities.

15:35

Hot Buffet food and drinks

Hot Buffet food and drinks

17:00

End of Day

End of Day

Convenzisvents

Your Pass Includes....

  • This conference is CPD accredited. Attendees will be eligible to gain 8 CPD points upon completion of the event.
  • Access to a leading conference speaker programme
  • Interactive Q&A sessions
  • Leadership Lessons from the Front Line
  • 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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