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Navigating a new era of accountability, integration and public trust in the NHS

The HSJ Provider Summit brings together over 100 of the NHS’s most senior trust leaders for two days of strategic dialogue, peer learning and solution-driven debate.

Against the backdrop of the 10-Year Health Plan and the first wave of Integrated Health Organisations and Neighbourhood Health pioneers, the Summit will address how boards can deliver sustainable improvement, financial resilience and renewed public confidence in the health service.

Delegates will explore how the NHS can shift from short-term firefighting to long-term transformation — through new funding models, workforce innovation, and accountable community care.

What will be discussed, and how has the landscape evolved over the past year?

  • Financial resilience and sustainable futures: How providers can move from deficit management to stability through multi-year planning, outcomes-based funding, and “year-of-care” models.

  • Neighbourhood care at scale: What the first 42 neighbourhood health pioneers are learning, and how trusts can lead accountable local partnerships.

  • The workforce of tomorrow: Building adaptable, AI-enabled teams and restoring morale amid workforce contraction and rising demand.

  • Governance in flux: Redrawing the Centre-Local contract after the DHSC–NHSE merger and the arrival of Integrated Health Organisations.

  • Transparency and legitimacy: Navigating new public “league tables” and live data scrutiny to strengthen trust and culture.

  • Digital and AI in the productivity equation: How to distinguish real efficiency gains from hype — and turn innovation into measurable results.

  • Prevention, inequality and public confidence: Moving from aspiration to accountability in tackling disparities and rebuilding the NHS’s social contract.

Mark your calendar for 16–17 April 2026 at the Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham — and be part of the debate shaping the NHS of the next decade. 

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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

Your event experience includes...

  • Invitation-only peer networking with 120+ NHS Provider leaders and system partners   
  • 1.5 days of high-level content - fireside chats, panels, and interactive discussion groups
  • Practical case studies from high-performing Trusts, neighbourhood pilots and national policy leads
  • Interactive Discussion Groups on financial resilience, data interoperability, capital investment, and future workforce
  • Networking dinner and drinks reception included on 16 April
  • No mandatory 1:1 meetings – space to engage in authentic, senior-level conversations 

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KEY THEMES FOR 2026

  • From financial firefighting to sustainable futures: New models for multi-year stability, productivity gains, and outcomes-based planning.

  • Neighbourhood care at scale: Delivering accountable local care in partnership with councils, GPs and communities.

  • Governance and autonomy: Understanding the implications of new transparency regimes and the DHSC–NHSE merger.

  • Rebuilding public trust: Engaging citizens in co-design and restoring legitimacy through openness and results.

  • Digital and AI-enabled efficiency: Turning innovation into productivity across diagnostics, workforce, and capacity management.

  • Workforce of tomorrow: Creating motivated, flexible teams aligned to national workforce policy.

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FORGE NEW CONNECTIONS

Each HSJ Summit hosts a 3-course networking dinner in the evening of Day 1, with pre-dinner drinks providing a distinctive opportunity for attendees to convene in a relaxed atmosphere. Following dinner, guests enjoy an inspirational and thought-provoking talk by a celebrity speaker which helps stimulates meaningful conversations among attendees.

These evenings are an integral part of the Summit experience, providing a unique way to connect and share insights in an informal setting, and forge connections that can lead to new collaborations and opportunities.  

Notable past speakers have included personalities such as Kevin Keegan, Steve Davis, Helena Langdon, Jon Culshaw, Simon Calder, Deborah Frances-White, Ann Daniels, Fergal Sharkey and Phil Hammond

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What our delegates say

What our delegates say

" Relaxed and enjoyable couple of days with fantastic colleagues, good speakers and expert facilitation "
Chief Medical Officer
NHS Surrey Heartlands
" An excellent opportunity to share and interact with NHS transformational leaders and suppliers of service "
Non Executive Chair
South East London CCG
" An informative, on topic opportunity to network and hear from well picked speakers under Chatham house rules "
Deputy Chief Executive
NHS Trust
" An informative event, very well hosted with effective facilitation and challenge to elicit honest and frank responses from NHS senior leaders "
Chief Operating Officer
NHS Trust

To find out more

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