24 November 2026 | Hilton London Metropole
Driving real change across health and social care
Nursing Leaders 2026 is more than an event; it’s a turning point for the profession. In one day, you’ll connect with senior nurse leaders, policy-makers and innovators shaping the future of health and social care across NHS, local authority and independent settings.
This is the event where action, insight and influence converge, and where the next chapter of nursing leadership begins.
Attend Nursing Leaders 2026 to:
Gain insight into how you can help lead major system shifts
Gain insight into how you can help lead the major shifts transforming health and care, including the move from hospital to community, from sickness to prevention, and from analogue to digital.
Strengthen your leadership influence across the system
See how nurse leaders are shaping strategy and service transformation across acute, community and social care, and how you can increase your own influence.
Champion person-centred care in a changing system
Explore how you can ensure services remain person-centred as new care models, technologies and workforce pressures reshape how care is delivered.
Stay ahead of digital, AI and emerging technologies
Understand how AI, virtual wards, telemedicine, data and digital tools are transforming patient care and clinical decision-making.
Take away ideas you can apply in your organisation
Learn from real examples of service transformation and leave with practical ideas you can apply to improve care and workforce experience.
Build partnerships that help you deliver change
Connect with leaders across the NHS, social care, policy and industry to share ideas, tackle challenges and collaborate on solutions.
Who's attending in 2026
Nursing Leaders 2026 will convene senior decision-makers responsible for strategy, workforce, quality, digital transformation and service delivery across the public and private health and care sector.
Below is a sample of the types of attendees and organisations who have already registered for 2026.
| Leadership Layers | Focus Areas | Job Responsibilities | Job Titles of Attendees | Mapped Bands (% of audience as of June 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System Leadership | Strategy & Policy | Workforce planning, system-wide transformation, regulatory alignment, cross-organisational governance | CNO, ICS / System Nursing Director, Chief Clinical & Quality Officer | Band 9 (15%) |
| Organisational Leadership | Governance & Quality | Quality oversight, performance management, financial and workforce accountability, delivery of board strategy | Executive / Director of Nursing, Deputy DoN, Associate Director of Nursing | Band 8D (16%) |
| Divisional Leadership | Service Delivery | Advanced & Consultant Clinical Leaders (Including ePMA, Oncology, Cardiovascular, IPC etc.), Operational management, workforce deployment, clinical governance, transformation at service or divisional level | Head of Nursing, Divisional Nurse Director, Nurse Consultant | Band 8C (27%) |
| Operational Clinical Leadership | Frontline Leadership | Day-to-day service delivery, programme execution, adoption of new solutions, team leadership (including Community, Hospitals, adoption and transformation, Infection Control and Tissue Viability etc) | Matron, Lead Matron, Lead Nurse, Senior Clinical Lead, Clinical Nurse Manager | Band 8A/B (31%) |
| Cross-Sector / Influencing Leadership | Education, Policy & Innovation | Research, education, policy influence, standards development, cross-sector innovation | Professor, Professional Body Director, Independent Sector Leader | Other (11%) |
Organisation representation
Our attendance spans the full health and care ecosystem - organisations already registered include:
National System Leadership
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Anuerin Bevan Health Board
Department for Education, Westminster
Health Education Improvement Wales
Health Service Executive Ireland
HSE National Cancer Control Programme
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Metropolitan Police
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
NHS England
NHS England South East Region
NHS Scotland
NHS Wales
NIHR South East Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN SE)
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Quarriers
Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) Community Nursing
RCN Foundation
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Nursing Wales
Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance
South East Genomic Medicine Service
The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS)
The Highland Council
UK Health Security Agency
Unite- CPHVA ((Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association)
Integrated Care Systems / ICB
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
East of England Cancer Alliance
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB)
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
NHS Lothian
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Acute Trusts
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Barts Health NHS Trust
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Buckinghamshire Health Care Trust
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Charing Cross Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Frimley Health NHS Trust
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kettering General & Northampton General Hospital
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
London Northwest University Hospitals NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
North Bristol NHS Trust
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Trust
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Tallaght University Hospital
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
The South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC)
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Private Healthcare Providers
Bupa
CareADHD
Circle Health Group
Cleveland Clinic London
Cromwell Hospital
Cygnet
Elysium Healthcare
GenesisCare UK
HCA Healthcare UK
HealthHero
Integrated Health Care Management Group
Inuvi
Lloyds Clinical
London Bridge Hospital
Mimosa Midwives
Newmedica
Nuffield Health
One Stop Healthcare
Prestige Nursing & Care
Priory
Ramsay Health Care UK
St Clare’s School
St John’s Hospital
The Functional Gut Clinic
The London Clinic
The Wellington Hospital
Waverley Carers
WithYou
Universities & Academia
BPP University
Canterbury Christ Church University
De Montfort University
Hammersmith & Fulham GP Training Hub
London South Bank University
Mary Seacole Trust
Middlesex University
Nottingham Trent University
School of Health & Society
The Open University
University of East Anglia
University of Plymouth
University of Southampton
University of Wolverhampton
University of York
Wrexham University
Primary & Community Care
Community & Mental Health Trusts
Avon Local Medical Committee
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bromley Education and Training Hub
Bromley Healthcare Community Interest Company
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
City Health Care Partnership CIC
Cornwall Foundation Partnership Trust
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
East London NHS Foundation Trust
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Milton Keynes Urgent Care Services Community Interest Company
NCL Training Hub
NHS Humber Health Partnership
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Sirona Care & Health
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sussex Community Dermatology Service
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton Health and Care
Symphony Healthcare Services
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
The Chislehurst Partnership
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust
Community / Social Care / Hospice Providers
Avery Healthcare
Bennfield House
Bluebird Care
Catalyst Care Group
Cransley Hospice Trust
DHU Healthcare
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
Healios
Integrum Care Group
Marie Curie
Meadowview Nursing Home
Oakland Care
Princess Alice Hospice
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
Richmond Nursing Agency Ltd
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
St Joseph’s Hospice
St Luke’s Hospice (Harrow and Brent)
The Royal British Legion
Sanctuary Care
Venue and Event Timings
Nursing Leaders conference and exhibition will commence from 9am and conclude at 5pm.
In the evening we will have the Nursing Times Workforce Awards , where we will celebrate the industry's achievements. It will commence from 7pm with carriages and event close at 1am.
The address of the venue is:
Hilton London Metropole
225 Edgware Road
London
W2 1JU
Hilton London Metropole is located in the heart of London near the West End, just a 10-minute walk from Oxford Street and 15 minutes from Heathrow Airport. The venue is outside London’s Congestion Charge zone and has a secure car park with 183 spaces.
By Car:
The Hilton London Metropole is located to the North on the corner of Edgware Road and Harrow Road. The hotel is approximately half a mile north of Marble Arch, Oxford Street and Hyde Park and next to the A40(M), with easy access to M40, M1 and M25. The Heathrow Express terminates at Paddington Station, which is just 2 minutes by taxi from the hotel.
By Underground:
The nearest underground station is Edgware Road (Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Bakerloo lines), directly opposite the hotel.