Digital Transformation: AI, EHRs, and Data Interoperability

Dr Faris Al-Ramadani is an award-winning GP, PCN Clinical Director, and HealthTech consultant dedicated to enhancing patient care through technology and innovative clinical pathways. As a GP Partner, his practice, St Wulfstan Surgery, was named HSJ Primary Care Provider of the Year (2024) and in 2023 ranked number one in England for patient satisfaction for practices with more than 10,000 patients. His leadership at Warwickshire East PCN also led to a shortlisting for PCN of the Year (2024).

To further bridge the gap between innovation and real-world application, he founded and leads the St Wulfstan Digital Accelerator, a pioneering initiative that pilots cutting-edge digital health solutions within a primary care setting.

A respected thought leader and keynote speaker on digital transformation, Dr Al-Ramadani advises HealthTech companies through his consultancy, One Health. He is passionate about redesigning clinical pathways, particularly in mental health, and fostering collaborations that successfully integrate new technologies into clinical practice to deliver tangible benefits for both patients and providers.”

An Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner by background, Linda Vernon is Head of Digital Empowerment at Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

Passionate about how technology can empower individuals, communities & our workforce to thrive, and the principles of user-centred design & co-production, Linda leads the digital citizen portfolio across Lancashire & South Cumbria, as well as the overarching digital and data strategy for the wider digital portfolio.  She also drives the digital, data and AI literacy agenda for the ICB, and is passionate about empowering our workforce and our citizens to access and benefit from digital tools.  She is an ‘upstreamist’ with a focus on how we can better support the prevention and population health agendas.

Linda enjoys climbing fells in the Lake District, playing guitar, ukulele and singing, and believes the health of the planet and her inhabitants are mutually dependant.

Split persona, working with some of the leading names in both the property and healthcare industries, building a property portfolio in Yorkshire that provides investors with secure, stable returns; whilst also supporting some of the largest healthcare organisations both in the UK and internationally to achieve their goals.

Accomplished leader with a high record of achievement in the NHS, managing multidisciplinary teams in excess of 200 people, and multi-million pound budgets. Dedicated individual with the ability to create a collaborative vision, garner appropriate buy in and take through to implementation. Able to not only build the strategy but carry it through to full application.

Most recently, the Lead for the Scan4Safety Programme across the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of 6 acute Trusts with a shared vision to provide the best patient outcomes through innovation. Previously responsible for delivering the largest public sector open source software & infrastructure programme in the UK whilst at HSCIC (now NHSD); Spine 2.

Truly passionate about successful delivery, looking to work with forward thinking organisations that embrace new technology and practices.

- PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, Qualified Professional Scrum Master and Agile Project Management Practitioner
- Agile coach with experience in all aspects of software delivery
- Digital business analyst with sound understanding of open source technologies

Francesca has been working in the remote monitoring space for the London Region Digital team since the start of the pandemic. Francesca supported London ICBs to stand up remote monitoring programmes in Care Homes and respiratory pathways as part of the Covid response through the Regional Scaling Programme; growing to include LTC, VWs and MH RM by the end of the programme.   

Working closely with a wide range of stakeholders from health, care, academia and Industry on planning, implementation, change management, workforce, delivery, evaluation and benefits at pace over the pandemic; Francesca has a quickly developed a wealth of knowledge and wide network of relationships in the digital healthcare sector. 

As part of the London VW Programme team, Francesca provides digital transformation and technology expertise to London ICB VWs leads and engages with Industry to influence and support clinically driven innovation.   

I am CCIO and Consultant Stroke Physician at the Neuroscience Division at Queen's hospital, London and North East London Stroke Network Lead. I have gained postgraduate training in London. I have pursued my dedication to Stroke with sub-speciality Stroke at Cambridge and Southend. I am an innovator of HOT-TIA which has been awarded me with Hospital Hero and team with EHI award, HSJ award and NHS Innovation challenge prize of £100,000.

I am also the recipient of the Outstanding Clinician Award by EMS for the year 2016 and the Excellence Award as rated by patients on Iwantgreatcare in 2018. My team has won the Future NHS Award of 2018 at BHR Trust.