AI Digital and Data Readiness Across NHS Teams
October 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
with John O’Connell
This session looks at how ready NHS teams really are for a digital and AI enabled future, covering workforce readiness, data governance, and AI ready data. It is being refreshed for 2026 to bring in the latest developments in agentic AI, building on the version John delivered for HPCA and FEDIP in 2025. Grounded in real NHS SCW experience rather than hype, it gives a practical view of what genuine readiness requires.
What to expect:
– An honest look at the NHS wicked problems, multi morbidity, an ageing workforce, low prevention spend, and where AI genuinely helps
– The MELDS framework for building an AI ready mindset, and the missing middle where humans and AI work best together
– A practical view of data governance and what AI ready data means for 2026, including what changes with the rise of agentic AI
– Takeaways viewed through four lenses, organisational, leadership, management, and personal, so there is something to act on whatever your role
– A grounded, no hype perspective from someone doing this work day to day at NHS SCW