With the health system going through a period of significant transition, IHPN’s 12th Annual Summit will help independent healthcare providers make sense of the emerging healthcare landscape and what it means for their organisations.
When?
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
Where?
Royal College of General Practitioners, London
Programme
| 12:00 | Registration, lunch and networking |
| Opening remarks: Seema Kennedy OBE, Chair, IHPN | |
| Keynote address (TBC) | |
| Keynote address: David Hare MBE, Chief Executive, IHPN | |
| The Politics of the NHS James Lyons, Former NHS England and No10 Director of Strategic Communications Luke Tryl, More in Common Charlotte Pickles, Chief Executive, Re:State | |
| In conversation with Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Executive, CBI | |
| Break | |
| Breakout sessions 1. How will AI transform the delivery of UK healthcare? AI is increasingly being used across the healthcare service, as well as by patients themselves. This session will look at how healthcare providers, regulators and patients themselves are navigating this change and what we can expect in the coming years. 2. The changing NHS commissioning landscape This session will look at the latest changes in the NHS, including the near final abolition of NHS England, as well as the creation of NHS Online and the move towards larger ICBs and more regional commissioning – and what it will mean for the independent sector’s role in the NHS. 3. The changing face of cancer care This session will look at the rising numbers of people mixing and matching NHS and private cancer care and what more can be done to ensure as seamless a patient journey as possible. The session will also look at how the sector is supporting the delivery of the NHS cancer plan and what role it can play in helping reduce waiting times and improve access to care on a long term basis. | |
| Plenary: Perspectives from the sector With a new Government and Secretary of State in place, can the health service expect a period of continuity and stability in the next few years? To what extent is the 10 Year Plan still the guiding principle for the NHS? And how successful will the Government be in meeting its manifesto commitment to hit the 18 week target once again? Is the health service still one of the public’s top priorities for the new Government or has the cost of living crisis taken over? This session will look at the politics of the health service, including what we can expect in the run up to the next general election and what the rise of Reform and the Greens means for the healthcare debate? | |
| Closing remarks: Seema Kennedy, Chair, IHPN | |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Drinks reception |
Keynote speakers
Rain Newton-Smith
Chief Executive,
CBI
Confirmed speakers
David Hare MBE, Chief Executive, IHPN
Professor Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England
Seema Kennedy OBE, Chair, IHPN
James Lyons, Former NHS England and No10 Director of Strategic Communications
Charlotte Pickles, Chief Executive, Re:State
Luke Tryl, More in Common
Naser Turabi Director of Health Policy & Evidence Cancer Research UK
Tickets
Summit only
£349
All IHPN members are entitled one free Summit ticket per members organisation. For more information on how to redeem your free place, please contact [email protected]
£699
All Commercial Associates are entitled to one free Summit and Dinner ticket per organisation. For more information on how to redeem your free place, please contact [email protected]
£449
£799
Dinner
Places for the dinner can be purchased for £159*.
IHPN members can purchase dinner tickets for the reduced member rate of £99.
Partners and exhibitors
Main sponsor:
Exhibitors:
Credentially was founded to solve a critical problem in healthcare: slow, manual hiring processes were keeping skilled professionals out of work and increasing pressure on healthcare teams. Fast forward to today, and Credentially helps healthcare organisations automate pre-employment checks, track compliance, and reduce admin work, allowing them to hire and manage staff with ease. Proud partner of IHPN and its members.
Healistic is a market leading e-prescription and medication delivery platform built for private healthcare.
It is free for prescribers, giving doctors, clinics and hospitals a compliant way to issue private prescriptions and hand off everything that follows. Once a prescription is issued, Healistic manages fulfilment and delivery of medication directly to the patient – with 2-hour delivery in London, Birmingham & Manchester and next day delivery across the rest of the UK.
For independent providers this removes the operational burden of pharmacy logistics while improving the patient experience, so clinics can offer a seamless service from consultation to doorstep
For over 20 years, RLDatix has championed safety as our driving force.
We are the only organisation integrating data across risk, safety, compliance, and workforce management to provide decision-makers with the critical insights they need to enhance care quality and improve patient outcomes. We bridge the gap between planning and workforce operations, helping organisations to factor in the clinical activity, patient needs, patient data and other resources. This approach, which prioritises safety and outcomes for patients, workforces and organisations alike, is connected health and care operations.
This is safer health and care.
Pharmacierge pioneered the UK’s first electronic private prescription and has spent over a decade developing an integrated e-Prescribing and pharmacy platform that seamlessly combines clinical governance, dispensing and medication delivery. Our technology is deeply embedded within our regulated, inspected and insured pharmacy operation, creating a single end-to-end pathway that enhances safety, efficiency and patient experience.
Operating from a 5,500 sq. ft. robotically enabled dispensary in London’s Harley Street Health District, we support more than 4,500 clinicians with access to a vast range of medicines across every medical specialty, and partner with leading independent healthcare providers, including HCA Healthcare UK, Nuffield Health, Priory, The London Clinic and Welbeck Health Partners.
Semble began with two friends who shared a simple conviction: healthcare professionals deserved better tools and patients deserved better experiences.
After seeing first-hand how fragmented systems slow down the people providing crucial care to patients, Christoph Lippuner and Mikael Landau knew something had to change.
They were seasoned tech entrepreneurs, new to healthcare but united by a clear idea: a connected, intuitive platform could ease the daily pressures on clinical teams and improve patient care.
They immersed themselves in the realities of healthcare, working side-by-side with doctors and support staff, listening, observing and learning where their existing software fell short.
Those insights were the foundations of Semble. Today, Semble supports over 17,000 healthcare professionals across more than 80 specialities, helping improve the care experience for over 10 million patients.