Programme Advisory Committee

The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare London 2024 Programme Advisory Committee provides insight into regional quality and safety needs, best practices, healthcare trends and policies.

The Programme Advisory Committee is instrumental in delivering a programme that showcases strategies from local experts and the international community, ensuring that it addresses regional needs and provides relevant learning to inform and tackle the region’s unique and universally shared challenges.

Chair Emeritus

Göran Henriks

Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation at Qulturum, Region Jönköping County; Sweden

Programme Co-chairs

Amar Shah

Chief Quality Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust; National Clinical Director for NHS Improvement, NHS England; National Improvement Lead for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, England

Helen Bevan

Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement, Warwick Business School; Strategic Advisor, NHS Horizons; England

Stream Chairs

Ian Leistikow (Safety)

Inspector, Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate; Professor, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management; The Netherlands

Aidan Fowler (Safety)

National Director of Patient Safety, NHS England; England

Bob Klaber (People)

Consultant General Paediatrician & Director of Strategy Research & Innovation, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; England

Emma Doble (People)

Patient Editor, The BMJ; England

Dominique Allwood (Populations)

Director of Improvement and Partnerships at UCLPartners; Senior Visiting Fellow at The Health Foundation; Deputy Director of Improvement and Strategy at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; England

Vibeke Rischel (Populations)

Deputy CEO, Head of HealthCare Improvement, Danish Society for Patient Safety, Denmark

Helen Bevan (Change)

Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement, Warwick Business School; Strategic Advisor, NHS Horizons; England

Göran Henriks (Change)

Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation at Qulturum, Region Jönköping County; Sweden

Amar Shah (Science)

Chief Quality Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust; England

Marianne McPherson (Science)

Senior Director, 100 Million Healthier Lives, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA

Pierre Barker (Science)

Chief Scientific Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA

James Mountford (Leading)

Health Strategy Officer, Galileo Global Education; Editor in Chief, BMJ Leader; England

Inge Kristensen (Leading)

CEO, Danish Society for Patient Safety; Denmark

International Forum London Programme Advisory Committee

Ajit Abraham

Consultant Trauma, HPB and Robotic Surgeon; Trust UG Dean; Group Executive Director, Inclusion & Equity; Barts Health NHS Trust

Aideen Keaney

Director of Health and Social Care Quality Improvement, Health and Social Care Quality Improvement (HSCQI) Northern Ireland

Bernie Flaherty

Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director, Adult Social Care and Health, Westminster city council

Caroline Clarke

NHS London Regional Director, NHS England

Cristina Serrao

National Lived Experience Ambassador, NHS England

David McNally

Community Engagement & Resuscitation Manager, Blue light Collaboration Lead at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

David Sloman

Chief Executive, The Royal Free NHS Trust

Elizabeth Bradbury

Director, AQuA

Emily Audet

Doctor in Adult Medicine in the NHS, National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow 22/23. Chair of the International Forum Next Generation Advisory Panel

Emma Doble

Patient editor, The BMJ

Frances Mortimer

Medical Director, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Frances Wiseman

Director of Improvement and Insight, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board

Gabrielle Matthews

Academic Foundation DoctorAcademic Foundation Doctor, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Helen Lee

Experience of Care LeadExperience of Care Lead, NHS England and NHS Improvement

Hesham Abdalla

Co-founder of Hexitime; Paediatrician and Head of Quality Improvement at Oxford University Hospitals

Hugh MacCaughey

Former National Director of Improvement and CEO at SEHSCT

Jamie Smyth

Public Health Specialist Trainee, National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow

Jane Clegg

Regional Chief Nurse, NHS England

Janet Evans

Business Manager at NHS North East London ICS

Jason Leitch

Clinical Directot, The Scottish Government

John Ashcroft

Director, NHS England

John Boulton

National Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/ Director of Improvement Cymru, NHS Wales

John Dean

Clinical Vice President Royal College of Physicians, Deputy Medical Director East Lancashire Hospitals Trust

Julian Hartley

Chief Executive, NHS Providers

Kathryn Perera

Director, NHS Horizons

Kenny Ajayi

Programme Director, Patient Safety; Associate Director Quality Improvement & Safety at Imperial College Health Partners; Nye Bevan Executive Leadership Programme Alumnus

Liz Maddocks-Brown

Senior Manager, Networks and Faculty, Sustainable Improvement Team, NHS England

Lyn Williams

Associate Director for Quality Improvement – Programme Lead for Trustwide Quality Improvement, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust

Marie Gabriel

Independent Chair at NHS North East London and the NHS Race and Health Observatory

Mark Dale

NHS Public Governor and Coproduction Advisor, Creator of Basildon Disability Equality Forum

Maxine Power

Director, North West Ambulance Service

Nora Colton

Director of the Global Business School for Health (GBSH) at UCL

Paul Gilluley

Chief Medical Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust

Pedro Delgado

Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Instructor, TH Chan Harvard School of Public Health; Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity

Penny Pereira

Q Managing Director, The Health Foundation

Philip Crowley

National Director of Strategy and Research, Health Services Executive, Ireland

Rachael Moses

Head of clinical leadership at the NHS Leadership Academy

Rachel Matthews

Learning and Leadership Development Coach, National Voices

Samantha Roberts

Chief Executive, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Serena Simon

Director of Communities at Westminster City Council

Shobhan Thakore

Associate Medical Director, Quality Management, NHS Tayside

Stuart Duncan

Deputy Director, The Scottish Government

Sue Holden

CEO, AQuA

Suzie Bailey

Director of Leadership and Organisational Development at The King’s Fund

Vinod Diwakar

Medical Director for Transformation and Secondary Care, National Medical and Transformation Directorates NHS England.

Will Warburton

Managing Director, The Shelford Group

Zina Etheridge

Chief Executive, NHS North East London

Next Generation Advisory Panel

Emily Audet (Chair), Internal Medicine Trainee Doctor, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK

Jamie Smyth (Co-Deputy Chair), Public Health Registrar, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Emma Tonner (Co-Deputy Chair), Clinical Fellow, National Institute of Health and Care Research, UK

Victoria O’Brien (Conference Content Co-Lead), Specialist Registrar in Geriatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

Tom Hine-Thomas (Conference Content Co-Lead), Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, Milton Keynes University Hospital, UK

Rachel Rajadurai (Network Lead), Internal Medicine Trainee Doctor, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals, UK

Gabe Cenzial (Events Co-ordinator), Associate Project Manager, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, USA

Raykal Sim (Comms Lead), Specialist Registrar in General Practice, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Maja Troj Larsen (Media Support), Medical Student and qualified Nurse, Aalborg University, Denmark