B.I.D.E Workforce Summit

Healthcare can only thrive when trust is strong — yet for too many marginalised communities, that trust has been eroded.

The B.I.D.E Workforce Summit 2025 is here to change that. On 25th September in Central London, join us for a powerful day of ideas, action, and collaboration that will shape the future of inclusive healthcare.

This year’s theme, “Dismantling Barriers, Rebuilding Trust: The Future of Inclusive Healthcare,” challenges us to:

  • Tear down the systemic barriers that create inequality in health
  • Demand accountability for real inclusion at every level
  • Rebuild trust with patients through fairness, equity, and action

This is more than a conference — it’s a movement. If you care about the future of healthcare, you can’t afford to miss it.

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Healthcare can only thrive when trust is strong — yet for too many marginalised communities, that trust has been eroded.

The B.I.D.E Workforce Summit 2025 is here to change that. On 25th September in Central London, join us for a powerful day of ideas, action, and collaboration that will shape the future of inclusive healthcare.

This year’s theme, “Dismantling Barriers, Rebuilding Trust: The Future of Inclusive Healthcare,” challenges us to:

  • Tear down the systemic barriers that create inequality in health

 

  • Demand accountability for real inclusion at every level

 

  • Rebuild trust with patients through fairness, equity, and action

This is more than a conference — it’s a movement. If you care about the future of healthcare, you can’t afford to miss it.

AGENDA

Date

Thursday 25th September 2025
– 10.00 AM- 4:30 PM

Location

Leonardo Hotel, St Paul’s,  

10 Godliman St,

London, EC4V 5AJ

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Registration and Networking

Kick off the day by connecting with healthcare leaders, policymakers, and change-makers.

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM | Welcome Address

Opening remarks from our event host and key partners 

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM | Opening Keynote

Joy Warmington MBE, CEO Brap

Leading with Courage: Building Trust Through Equity and Action

 

11:10 AM- 11:40 AM | Cross-cultural Communication

Tista Chakravarty-Gannon, Head of Outreach National Engagement, GMC

Fairness, Standards and Accountability: What Regulation Can Teach Us About Trust

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM | Inclusive Leadership in Practice

Pav Akhtar FCIPD, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, NHS Blood and Transplant

Culture Change from the Inside Out

12:25 PM - 13:00 PM | - Innovation, Inclusion and the Future of Work

Innovation, Inclusion and the Future of Work

Hosted by Pav Akhtar
Panelists:

  • Dr Melissa Carr, Director of EDI, Henley’s World of Work Institute
  • Jideofor Charles Agbo, AI Product Development Leader
  • Dr Elizabeth Shaw, Founder, Ethical AI Initiative

From AI to organisational design: how innovation can drive (or derail) inclusion.

13:00 PM- 13:45 PM: LUNCH & Networking

13:50 PM – 14:10 PM |Workforce Strategy in Action: Leadership in the NHS

Marcus Riddell, Chief People Officer at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Shaping staff morale, trust, and culture.

14:10 PM – 14:30 PM | Leading Social Care Through Change

 Nadra Ahmed CBE, Chair, National Care Association

Accountability, Trust and Leadership in the Care Sector

 

14:30 PM – 15:00 PM | Workforce Futures

Nandi Simpson, Director of Implementation, NHS Race and Health Observatory

Designing Fairer Careers in Health & Care

15:15 PM - 15:45 PM | Tackling Inequalities in Practice

Dr Aziza Sesay, GP/Medical Advisor – Menopause Research & Education Fund

 

Breaking Barriers in Patient Care

 

15:45 PM - 16:15 PM | Closing Keynote

Cherron Inko-Tariah MBE, Founder – The Power of Staff Networks

 

Networks as Change-Makers: Belonging, Influence and Legacy

 

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