Annual leadership and workforce summit 2025 (in-person conference)

The evidence is clear that developing a culture where staff can flourish, underpinned by leadership that is compassionate, inclusive and collaborative, is crucial both to the physical and mental health of staff, and to the health and care system’s ability to deliver high-quality care.

But what stops leaders and systems from developing and sustaining such cultures and from tackling the bullying and discrimination that continue to harm staff and impact the care they can offer? How do we transform our workplaces to properly support those who choose to work in health and care, so that staff are not just surviving their day jobs but are truly able to thrive and grow?

This event will explore what is needed to ensure people and leaders are better enabled, encouraged in their professional development, and consistently supported to deliver and support the three fundamental shifts outlined by the Prime Minister in a recent speech at The King’s Fund: a move from analogue to digital, from hospitals to communities, and from sickness to prevention.

Conference sessions will delve into how to achieve greater equity in the workplace to ensure the health and care system provides genuinely inclusive places to work, fostering belonging and supporting staff wellbeing and development. We will examine the role of those working and leading in health and care, as well as patient and community leaders, in making this happen, and how old power (held by a few, closely guarded and inaccessible) is colliding with new power (enabled by people with agency at a grassroots level), the tension this creates, and how to work effectively with both types of power.

Sessions will also examine:

• how we can enable love and satisfaction to be the focus in our work, acting quickly and consistently to make the health and care sector a more attractive place to work
• what it means to lead with compassion, empower staff and create agency
• creating inclusive organisations and cultures that are fair and just for everyone who works in them
• zombie leadership: burying the ideas that just won’t die
• developing radical approaches to organisational development
• harnessing the power of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector
• the changing role of strategic clinical leaders.

Please join us and your peers as we explore how to move beyond survival and create a resilient, thriving future together. Our aim is to create a learning community on the day where you will have the opportunity to learn and to share your leadership and workforce experiences and ideas. Collaborate with experts and leaders from across the health and care system through interactive workshops, panel debates and keynote talks.

Yes. Please select your tickets and once you're through to the registration form, you can amend the 'payment method' from credit card to 'pay by invoice' . Please note, there is a £20+VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is an addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is one invoice fee per order, not per ticket. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.

Cancellations confirmed in writing more than 14 days before the first live session will be refunded in full via the same payment method. We regret that no refund can be made after that date, however, if you contact us before the event start, we can offer a transfer of your ticket to another event taking place in the following six months. Please email us at [email protected] with confirmation of your original booking to cancel or transfer your ticket. On completion of the confirmed booking the delegate and their supporting organisation are liable for the fees for the event (regardless of whether payment has been made).

If you have any questions about this event, please contact The King's Fund events team at [email protected].

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