Who's attending in 2026

Nursing Leaders 2026 will convene senior decision-makers responsible for strategy, workforce, quality, digital transformation and service delivery across the public and private health and care sector.

Below is a sample of the types of attendees and organisations who have already registered for 2026.

Leadership Layers	Focus Areas	Job Responsibilities	Job Titles of Attendees	Mapped Bands (% of audience as of May 2026)
System Leadership	Strategy & Policy	Workforce planning, system-wide transformation, regulatory alignment, cross-organisational governance	CNO, ICS / System Nursing Director, Chief Clinical & Quality Officer	Band 9 (22%)
Organisational Leadership	Governance & Quality	Quality oversight, performance management, financial and workforce accountability, delivery of board strategy	Executive / Director of Nursing, Deputy DoN, Associate Director of Nursing	Band 8D (16%)
Divisional Leadership	Service Delivery	Advanced & Consultant Clinical Leaders (Including ePMA, Oncology, Cardiovascular, IPC etc.), Operational management, workforce deployment, clinical governance, transformation at service or divisional level	Head of Nursing, Divisional Nurse Director, Nurse Consultant	Band 8C (27%)
Operational Clinical Leadership	Frontline Leadership	Day-to-day service delivery, programme execution, adoption of new solutions, team leadership (including Community, Hospitals, adoption and transformation, Infection Control and Tissue Viability etc)	Matron, Lead Matron, Lead Nurse, Senior Clinical Lead, Clinical Nurse Manager	Band 8A/B (21%)
Cross-Sector / Influencing Leadership	Education, Policy & Innovation	Research, education, policy influence, standards development, cross-sector innovation	Professor, Professional Body Director, Independent Sector Leader	Other (14%)

Organisation representation

Our audience spans councils across the UK - organisations already registered include:

District Council

Blaby DC
Breckland Council
Brentwood BC & Rochford DC
Canterbury City Council
Chelmsford City Council
Cherwell DC
Dacorum BC
Derby City Council
East Herts DC
Epping Forest DC
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk BC
Lichfield DC
Maldon DC
Melton BC
New Forest DC
Rochdale BC
Rushmoor BC
South Cambridgeshire DC
South Kesteven DC
South Oxfordshire DC
Swale BC
Swindon BC
Thanet DC
Watford BC
Wealden DC
Wokingham BC
Wychavon DC

Combined Authority

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CA

Councils from Northern Ireland and Wales

Antrim & Newtownabbey BC
Cardiff Council

County Council

East Sussex CC
Essex CC
Gloucestershire CC
Hertfordshire CC
Lancashire CC
Oxfordshire CC
Staffordshire CC

London Borough

Brent LBC
Camden LBC
City of London Corporation
Croydon LBC
Hackney LBC
Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
Hillingdon LBC
Hounslow LBC
Islington LBC
Kensington & Chelsea RBC
Kingston upon Thames RBC
Lambeth LBC
Lewisham LBC
Merton LBC
Newham LBC
Redbridge LBC
Richmond LBC & Wandsworth LBC
Tower Hamlets LBC
Wandsworth LBC
Westminster City Council

Metropolitan Borough Council

Birmingham City Council
Calderdale MBC
Sandwell MBC
Stockport MBC
Sunderland City Council

Central Government/National body

Local Government Association
London Councils
LOTI
MHCLG
National Association of Local Councils
Socitm
TechUK

Other

West London Alliance
Environment Agency Pension Fund

Unitary Council

Bracknell Forest Council
Brighton & Hove City Council
Central Bedfordshire Council
Cheshire East Council
Dorset Council
Durham CC
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Hull CC
Milton Keynes City Council
Peterborough CC
Reading BC
Southampton City Council
Thurrock Council