Why attend
The 2024 Nursing Times Workforce Summit will attract over 250 attendees from across NHS, acute, community, mental health and independent healthcare providers. Delegates join us at the summit to build their network, share challenges with their peers and to be empowered to support their workforce through highly interactive sessions.
In addition, there is an Online companion, which took place on 15 November 2023, you can register to view content on-demand.
Key reasons to attend the 2024 event include:

Senior leaders
Hear from some of the country’s most senior nursing and midwifery leaders so you can better understand and plan how to address workforce challenges in your organisation.

Award-winning work
Learn more from our award winners and be inspired to implement similar initiatives.

More discussion and debate
Benefit from thought-provoking discussion panels with advice and guidance that can better support your workforce planning and management

Your choice of content
The physical event will feature streams that you can choose from focused on recruitment and retention and workforce development. The perfect reason to bring a team with you to benefit from all the content on offer.

Your choice of event
We’ve embraced virtual and we want to offer the best of both. So now you can choose between the physical which will include the virtual companion event or a virtual only option that will include highlights from the physical and exclusive new content.
Key features
The Nursing Times Workforce Summit is exclusively tailored to address the needs of nursing managers and workforce leaders, providing a unique platform for dialogue, collaboration and transformative impact in the nursing profession.
Embrace this opportunity to gain valuable insights from seasoned experts, collaborate with industry peers and find solutions to the workforce challenges that matter most to your organisation.
Engage in dynamic interactive workshops specifically designed to facilitate knowledge exchange and idea generation. Collaborate with experts and peers to explore various workforce priorities, such as:
Interactive round tables/ideas exchange workshops
Each session will feature
- An introduction panel to the topics
- Workshop
- Feedback panel
This is a great opportunity to offer insight into your own initiatives and challenges, while learning from expert facilitators.
Keynote session panel
- Enhancing public perception of the nursing profession
- Ensuring safe staffing: A crucial step towards quality care
Book Launch
Meet the Authors
(Meet the authors at lunch time in the exhibition area.)
Professor Gemma Stacey, deputy chief executive officer, Florence Nightingale Foundation
Professor Natasha Phillips, founder of Future Nurse, School of Health & Society, University of Salford, Manchester
Dawn Dowding, Professor in Clinical Decision Making, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
Book Title: Digital Technology and Data for Nursing Practice
This book will enable nurses and midwives to maximise the opportunities that digital transformation presents for the progression of practice. It will also support readers to navigate the challenges associated with engaging with large scale, system wide change which will impact on every nurse and midwife, across all sectors, setting and specialities.
Programme panel discussion
Unpacking the NHS long term workforce plan.
Key topics
Education and preceptorship: Optimise your organisations education and preceptorship programmes to nurture the next generation of nursing professionals
Recruitment (Domestic and International) Discover successful recruitment strategies to attract and retain diverse nursing talent, both domestically and internationally
Retention – Wellbeing, CPD and EDI: Develop comprehensive retention plans that prioritise staff wellbeing, continuous professional development and embrace equality, diversity and inclusion
Featured speakers 2023
Prof Jane Ball
Professor of Nursing Workforce and Policy Speakers
School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton
Juliette Cosgrove
Chief Nurse and Director of Clinical Governance Virtual Event Speakers
NHS Professionals
Nonny Nze
Director Speakers
IELTS Medical LTD
Dr. Natasha Philips
Chief Nursing Information Officer
NHSE
Lisa Plotkin
Head of Policy and Influence Speakers
Florence Nightingale Foundation
Patricia Ezechie
Career, Resilience and Wellbeing Expert Speakers
Patricia Ezechie Coaching and Consultancy
Dr Ruth Oshikanlu
QN Chief Executive Officer Speakers
Goal Mind Limited
Emily Browne
Head of Education and Training
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
Stuart Tuckwood
National Officer for Nursing
UNISON
Prof. Gemma Stacey
Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Director of FNF policy unit
Florence Nightingale Foundation
Jess Sainsbury
Head of Nursing and Midwifery Engagement Virtual Event Speakers
Florence Nightingale Foundation
Professor Dawn Dowding
Professor in Clinical Decision Making Speakers
School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
Sreekanthan Gobalakrishna
Chairman & Managing Director
Ebek Language Laboratories
Reasons to attend
Speakers
Hear from some of the country’s most senior nursing and midwifery leaders so you can better understand and plan how to address workforce challenges in your organisation
Award-winning work
learn more from our award winners and be inspired to implement similar initiatives.
More discussion and debate
benefit from thought-provoking discussion panels with advice and guidance that can better support your workforce planning and management
Your choice of content
the physical event will feature streams that you can choose from focused on recruitment and retention and workforce development. The perfect reason to bring a team with you to benefit from all the content on offer
Your choice of event
we’ve embraced virtual and we want to offer the best of both. So now you can choose between the physical which will include the virtual companion event or a virtual only option that will include highlights from the physical and exclusive new content.
Who attends?
