2017 Inspired By People

Derek, was born premature at 25 weeks and weighing just over half a kilogram. As a result, Derek lost his sight and his development was affected too. By the age of four, he had taught himself to play the piano. His performances are energetic, with passion and are spellbinding.

Nick Harding with a compelling vision ‘ Healthcare without boundaries’, brings to the stage his grandfather’s original doctors bag and invites us to learn from and not settle for what has gone before. With his questioning mind Nick shares his passion for creating a sustainable future in healthcare.

Molly Watt born without hearing and later diagnosed with Usher syndrome resulting her being registered deafblind explores the notion of whether you are ever fully seen by society. Company Director and co-founder of Molly Watt Trust charity and now international Ambassador/ Advocate she shares her drive of living with her diagnosis, embracing technology to find her place in the world around her.

Sheldon shares how the digital platform his sons, with type 1 diabetes, are using is connecting people with their clinicians, he invites us to explore how people are at the centre digital revolution.“Connected Health IS Connected People.”

When Matt was 16 he thought his dreams of becoming a professional rugby player were coming true when he was signed to play semi-professionally for the London Broncos. In the first 20 seconds of his first match his life changed forever when a tackle went wrong, and he was left paralyzed from the neck down.

Jo shares her experience of working with healthcare support workers who are undervalued in many places. Jo highlights the potential for improving patient care and increasing staff fulfilment by reducing the hierarchical nature of healthcare and allowing healthcare support workers to get the recognition they deserve.

Reena is a mindful medic. She speaks about her experience as a junior doctor and the mental health issues that she struggled with. Through utilising her experience and knowledge of mindfulness Reena managed to recharge her batteries and battle her mental health issues.

There is power in changing yourself first. Simon Fleming is an orthopedic surgeon who has driven a national initiative to tackle behaviours like bullying, undermining and harassment. He explains that in order to change other first you have to change your own behaviours, and that this will ripple out to others.

Nicola spent many years of her life struggling with mental illness and unable to access the proper care. However, she chose to harness her experiences to help others and develop better treatment for others.

Chris is a surgeon who regularly volunteers in countries experiencing extreme poverty. On the surface this is an act of charity driven by his own personal values. However, Chris shares how the learning he has gained during these trips has benefited his practice in the NHS far more than his surgeries have benefited the communities he has visited.

Rama offers an insight into the experience of healthcare from the eyes of a product designer. From the sophisticated to the hiding in plain sight obvious, Rama demonstrates the importance of design in healthcare. He shows his audience we can all be designers.

Nadine has learnt from her own experience of living in an area of conflict that one must think laterally in order to achieve the even a ‘normal’ level of healthcare. In her TEDxNHS talk Nadine showcases how augmented reality can be used to transport expert surgeons into the operating rooms in hard to reach areas to support those clinicians and patients to benefit from excellent health outcomes.

Lance McCarthy served as CEO at Hinchingbrooke Hospital between 2015-2017, with a powerful story on leading the organisation from being rated ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’. Lance describes the journey of improvement in his organisation through the people that worked there with a plan for ‘good and beyond’.

Beth spent more than a year on the ultra-remote Concordia base as the European Space Agency’s research doctor. She thinks outside the box and in helping develop space research; also thinks about how to apply the impossible to possible in healthcare.

Breathe is an intensive therapy programme for young people with brain injury. Instead of traditional therapy approaches, that children find repetitive and tricky to complete the levels required; the Breathe programme gives them an alternative.