Last Updated on October 7, 2025
The National Care Forum (NCF) invites not-for-profit care providers to visualise care for the future at its Leadership Summit next week. NCF, together with headline sponsor, Marr Procurement, will welcome senior leaders from across its membership on Tuesday 14th October at Convene 22 Bishopsgate in London. According to NCF, the event will have a strong focus on creating a clear pathway for care and support providers towards care for the future that meets the needs of the sector around staff efficiencies and cost savings.
The event agenda brings together a range of speakers from across Government, academia, technology providers, social care providers and international experts. Speakers include Amy Carmichael, Head of Digital Strategy and Innovation - Adult Social Care and Emma Donnelly, Strategy Lead - Adult Social Care Technology and Data Policy at the Department of Health and Social Care. Also speaking at the Summit are Liz Ashall-Payne, Founder of The Organisation for the Review of Health and Care Apps (ORCHA), Dr Annemarie Naylor, Director of HealthTech and Innovation Growth at the University of Liverpool Civic Health Innovation Labs and Katie Thorn, Digital Project Lead at Digital Care Hub.
Commenting on NCF's ambitions for the Summit, Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chief Executive Officer at NCF, said, 'Together with the NCF team I’m looking forward to getting together with our not-for-profit care and support provider members to visualise the digital future of care and support. We have spent many years building partnerships with technology suppliers and developing international connections to help us understand how the digital agenda is transforming care across the globe.
'These connections are essential in understanding what future opportunities for care and support might look like for us here in the UK. We have included many of these insights into the programme for the Leadership Summit which will help our members visualise their organisation’s digital transformation, or to expand on the digital plans they may have already started.
'We’re delighted to have so many expert speakers joining us and are particularly excited to be welcoming Liz Ashall-Payne, founder of ORCHA. Liz will deliver an exciting session where she will share practical strategies for building confidence in digital and AI solutions and help providers explore how transparent evaluation, ethical data use and clear communication create a chain of trust that drives adoption, improves outcomes and unlocks the full potential of technology.'
Christoph Marr, Managing Director at Marr Procurement, said, 'We are proud to be headline sponsor for the National Care Forum’s Leadership Summit. This follows an extremely rewarding 10-year relationship with NCF. NCF’s Annual Conference is well attended by a large number of care and support sector decision makers and this year’s event is vital as providers visualise the digital future of care and support. Given the significant cost pressures facing care providers, we will be sharing practical ways to reduce operating costs without compromising on care or quality.'
For more information about the Leadership Summit and to view the agenda, visit NCF's website.
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