Spotlight on the NHS 10-Year Plan: What to Expect at HETT

Intrigued about the NHS 10-Year Plan? Unsure how it will impact your role, your organisation, or the system around you? 

This year at HETT, we’re proud to host a focused series of sessions dedicated to unpacking the NHS’s 10-Year Plan, from national policy to frontline practice. Each session will offer insight into the plan’s ambitions, explore the opportunities and challenges ahead, and give you a clearer view of what it all means for you and your work. Here's a preview of the powerful conversations you won’t want to miss. 

Key Sessions Focusing on the 10 Year Plan at HETT Show 

The Future of Patient Safety: Impact and opportunity of the 10 Year Plan, Dash Review and Leadership changes at NHSE and ICBs 

In this timely and compelling session, Helen Hughes, Chief Executive of Patient Safety Learning, will explore the patient safety implications of the 10-Year Plan’s three strategic priorities.  

With system-wide changes underway and the scale of avoidable harm on the rise, Hughes will address how we can ensure that safety remains a core purpose, not a casualty, of transformation. She will challenge us to consider how unsafe care impacts productivity, and what action is needed to embed patient safety into every layer of NHS reform. 

The 10-Year Plan: Navigating the New Normal – How Will The System Adapt and Change? 

Chaired by Avi Mehra, Associate Partner and Clinical Safety Officer at IBM, this high-profile panel will consider how the health and care system will respond to and implement the 10-Year Plan.  

Sam Roberts, Chief Executive of NICE, Sonja Marjanovic, Director of Healthcare Innovation, Industry & Policy at RAND Europe, and Sally Warren, Director of the 10-Year Plan at the Department of Health and Social Care, will discuss how different parts of the ecosystem will work differently, the first changes we can expect to see, and which factors will emerge as real levers of change. With the backdrop of years of post-pandemic reorganisation, this session also explores how to deliver reform without destabilisation.

Keynote Address: Transforming the Relationship between The Patient and The State: Delivering the 10 Year Health Plan 

In this keynote session, Vin Diwakar, Interim National Director of Transformation at NHS England, will offer key insights into the activation and delivery of the 10-Year Plan.

With a focus on how it will reshape the relationship between individuals and the health system, Diwakar will discuss what the plan means for patients, the public, and professionals. Expect to hear how national transformation efforts will be brought to life at local level and how care can be redesigned around people, not just process.  

Changing Mindsets, Changing Outcomes – Creating a Culture of Prevention to Support the Health and Care System 

Chaired by Helen Gillivan, Interim Director for Adults & Integrated Commissioning at Kent County Council, this thought-provoking session explores how a prevention-first model can help rebalance the system and improve population health.  

The panel, featuring Ali Connell from Our Future Health, Oonagh Turnbull from Tesco, John Maingay and Stephen Armstrong from the British Heart Foundation, and Reena Patel, Principal Pharmacist and Strategy Consultant, will look at how prevention can drive public engagement, tackle health inequalities, and support digital and health literacy.  

Together, they’ll explore the influence of wellness culture, the role of the third sector, and how personalised health data and emerging technologies can empower people to make informed decisions about their wellbeing. 

Achieving a Neighbourhood Blended Care Model: The Reality of Shifting Acute to Community 

With health and care services under pressure, the shift from hospital to community-based care is more than an aspiration, it’s a necessity. In this session, Robbie Dedi, Chief Medical Officer at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, joins Ragu Rajan, GP and PCN Clinical Director at NHS Sussex ICB, Damian Brady, Managing Director at Sutton PCN, and Abigail Swindail, Clinical Informatics Lead at Digital Health & Care Wales, to discuss how neighbourhood-level models can deliver more personalised, preventative, and integrated care.  

Together, they’ll explore how ICBs are realigning funding and workforce strategies, the role of general practice in a preventative model, and how blended care hubs can become the new frontline. 

The Road Ahead – Powering the 10-Year Vision With Data and Infrastructure 

Chaired by Videha Sharma, Clinical Innovation Lead at the University of Manchester, this future-focused session explores the data and digital foundations needed to power the NHS’s long-term vision.  

Matt Hennessey, Chief Intelligence & Analytics Officer at NHS Greater Manchester ICS, Sonia Patel, CIO at NHS England, Lucie Laker, Chief Data Officer at Somerset ICS, and George Lawton, Head of Healthcare at GS1 UK, will examine the progress and potential of the Federated Data Platform, the roadmap to a Single Patient Record, and how AI, analytics, and digital architecture can support prevention, integration, and improved outcomes across the system. 

Why These Sessions Matter 

The NHS 10-Year Plan is bold, far-reaching, and full of promise, but turning that promise into progress will depend on how well we implement and deliver it. These sessions at HETT are designed to bridge that gap. With contributions from policymakers, system leaders, technologists, and frontline professionals, you’ll gain the insights you need to shape the future of care in your organisation and beyond. 

Join us at HETT (7-8th October, ExCeL London) and be part of building the next chapter of the NHS.