Publish date: 6 March 2024

The three North of England Clinical Senates were delighted to host their second joint virtual development session for the council and assembly members.  This follows the success of the inaugural session in 2023.  

Prof Martin Vernon opened the session and welcomed attendees from the councils and assemblies of the three constituent clinical senates. 

Prof John Browne (Professor of Health Sciences Research, Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cor, Ireland) gave a presentation on:

How to frame a policy dialogue for acute reconfiguration

Dr Catherine Monaghan (North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust) and Gordon Elder (Regional Chief Nursing Information Officer / Florence Nightingale Digital Scholar, NHS England North East & Yorkshire) gave a presentation on:

Understanding the benefits and risks of Digital Health Transformation

After a brief break, Dr Paul Stevens (Chair, South East Clinical Senate) and Emily Steward (Head of South East Clinical Senate) gave a presentation on:

Understanding emerging service interdependencies

The final presenters were Chris Kerr (National Director, We Can Talk) together with George Brewer and Jenny Harbottle, Young Advisors, We Can Talk) and they gave a presentation and overview of:

We Can Talk - Coproduced children and young people's mental health programme

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our speakers for giving up their incredibly valuable time to share their fascinating and thought-provoking expertise and insights. We would also like to thank our members for their feedback which was overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic.  Consequently, we will look forward to hosting our third event in 2025.