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Discover how homecare providers play a vital role in strengthening Neighbourhood Health at this insightful conference session. Explore collaborative approaches, community impact, and innovative practices that connect care, improve outcomes, and support local wellbeing. Gain fresh perspectives to help your organisation lead integrated, person-centred care close to home starting today.
Tom completed medical training at Guy's Hospital, London in 1993. He has been a Consultant Geriatrician at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals since 2003 and gained his MBA from Nottingham University Business School.
In 2009, Tom undertook a Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellowship at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, USA and on his return to Sheffield developed the role of Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement. He completed his MPH at Harvard University in 2011. In 2013, Tom was appointed Honorary Professor at Sheffield Hallam University.
Tom has facilitated the redesign of acute frailty care in Sheffield using improvement method. The geriatric medicine team have designed and, in 2012, launched a seven-day multidisciplinary Frailty Assessment Unit achieving significant reductions in length of stay and mortality. Subsequently, Tom coached the transformative redesign of discharge of older patients with frailty, innovating the concept of ‘Discharge to Assess’. This delivered an improved patient experience while reducing hospitalization by thousands of bed days.
Tom works clinically as an Interface Geriatrician in Sheffield and took up the role of National Clinical Director for Older People at NHS England in 2024.
Iain became Senior Advisor on Social Care Delivery to the Permanent Secretary at DHSC and the Chief Executive of NHS England on 11 May 2026. Previously he served as Strategic Director of Adult Social Care, Health & Housing for Bradford Council and as Director of Integration for Bradford District Care NHS Trust. Prior to this Iain was Director of Adult Care Services for Hertfordshire County Council.
Iain started work as a civil servant for the Benefits Agency (as was). He then worked for Social Services in his home town of Barnsley in both Children's and Adult's Services. After moving to Hertfordshire in 1999, he spent five years working for the Probation Service, returning to Adult Social Services for the London Borough of Barnet and became Assistant Director of Adult Care Services for Hertfordshire in 2008. He became Director in 2013.
Iain was a Trustee of the national Association of Directors of Adult Social Services as Honorary Treasurer from 2019 – 2026 and chaired ADASS networks on commissioning, digital and resources.
Nicola is a senior leader at NHS England, currently serving as National Head of Policy and Strategy - Neighbourhood Health. She has over two decades of experience leading national transformation programmes that shape health policy and practice. Nicola has led major initiatives including the Personalised Care Demonstrator Programme, which informed the NHS Long Term Plan, and the national rollout of social prescribing, supporting thousands of link workers across England.
