24 November 2026 | Hilton London Metropole
WEBINARS
Critical Conversations – The Nursing Leaders Webinar Series
Ahead of Nursing Leaders 2026 this November, our free webinar series explores the key leadership challenges shaping health and social care today. Across three sessions, senior nurse leaders will discuss digital decision-making, system redesign beyond hospitals, and leading under pressure.
Each webinar offers practical insight into the judgement, influence, and resilience required of modern nurse leaders, directly linking to the themes of the November event. The series builds momentum towards Nursing Leaders 2026, where the conversation continues in person with senior leaders from across the NHS, local authorities, and independent social care.
Watch the From Analogue to Digital webinar on demand Beyond the Hospital Walls Webinar Holding the Line Webinar
As care moves closer to home, the shift is not just operational — it is political, financial and relational. Moving activity out of hospital settings requires influence across boards, commissioners, local authorities and community partners. It requires nurse leaders to navigate power, negotiate trade-offs and secure alignment beyond their own organisations.
This webinar focuses on how nurse leaders influence system redesign across boundaries. The discussion will explore how leaders build coalitions, shift resource, challenge hospital-centric norms and sustain momentum when structural and cultural barriers resist change.
Key discussion points include:
- Influencing resource allocation and strategic priorities across systems
- Navigating partnership with local authorities, ICBs and voluntary sectors
- Challenging entrenched hospital-centric models
Who should attend: Nurse leaders across acute and community settings, system and place leaders, policy influencers and partners supporting place-based care.
Speakers include:
Donna Keenan , Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery & AHP Services, Western Health & Social Care Trust
Heidi Kennedy, Head of Complex Care, Bluebird Care
Sarah Hanbridge, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior nurse leaders are often at the forefront when organisations face serious quality failures, regulatory action or public inquiry. These moments test judgement, credibility and resilience in ways that routine operational pressure does not.
Drawing on concluded cases, speakers will share practical lessons from leading through scrutiny, including the leadership behaviours that made a difference, how they sustained personal and team resilience under pressure, and the concrete actions that helped strengthen assurance, rebuild trust and maintain safe, compassionate care.
Key discussion points include:
- The leadership behaviours that sustain trust and credibility during external scrutiny
- Maintaining personal resilience and supporting teams under sustained pressure
- Practical actions to strengthen governance, restore confidence and improve patient safety
Who should attend: Senior and emerging nurse leaders, heads of nursing, matrons and system leaders accountable for quality, safety and governance, including those responsible for preventing failures and leading organisations through regulatory scrutiny or public inquiry
Speakers include:
Pat Hobson , Co-Director/Independent Consultant, PMH Consultancy and Education Ltd.