The aim of the Women Leaders in independent Healthcare Network group is to achieve gender equality in both opportunity and access to the leadership of the independent healthcare sector.

For International Women’s day 2024, we asked members of the network to share their perspectives, experiences, and advice regarding being a leader within the healthcare industry.

In 2025, then IHPN’s Women Leaders Network Co-Chairs, Alex Ryan and Claire Damen, looked back at the highlights of the last year of the Network and its plans for the future.

In 2026, Alex Ryan, Chair of IHPN’s Women Leaders Network (WLN) and Group Director of Service Development at Acacium Group reflected on the progess that the WLN has achieved in the past twelve months