Speaker Profiles

GP Partner

PHM Clinical Advisor NHSE

Clinical DIrector for The Vale Network PCN

Former North Dorset Locality Lead

Simone has been a GP at the Blackmore Vale Partnership for the last 24 years specialising in substance misuse and addiction treatment, psychiatry and women's health. She is clinical lead for Action on Addiction. In 2013, with the introduction of clinical commissioning groups, she became involved representing the North Dorset population as deputy lead, and then as locality lead for North Dorset up until the transition into PCN development. Simone is the clinical director for The Vale Network, covering 39,000 patients. 

Simone says that she loves the variability and unpredictability of her work and the chance to work with people from all walks of life. With 2 children and 5 horses, her greatest challenge is juggling home, family, work and hobbies – whilst ‘never judging and always smiling’.

GP Partner

Former Chair of Warrington CCG

CMO of Push Doctor

Clinical Director of WIN

Dan is clinical director of Warrington Innovation Network (WIN) in Warrington, Cheshire and lead GP at a new and expanding surgery in Chapelford. He has an interest in innovative models of care delivery and digital healthcare.

Gallup Accredited Strengths Coach- hellosidekick.co

Hannah Miller is a speaker, trainer and coach, who combines her own personal experiences of leadership with a tried and tested focus on people’s Strengths. Her fundamental belief in the importance of developing the individual and investing in the team, and her passion for progress is evident in all she does.

She has worked with teams and professionals in all sectors, large and small organisations to charities and universities. Whatever the brief, whatever the size, the focus is always the same – focus on where you are strong and build from there. Understanding who you are, how you lead, and how you think is key to both self development and the team around you.

Hannah knows that an investment in people’s strengths will in turn impact upon engagement, productivity and efficiency – some of the key issues facing leaders today.

Hannah is a Gallup Accredited Strengths Coach, and has worked with a wide variety high profile clients.

In a nutshell: Hannah is a business graduate, trained teacher, previous assistant head teacher, charity founder, senior leader of education, Gallup-accredited Strengths coach, SSAT trainer, experienced mentor and public speaker.

Deputy Medical Director of Primary Care, NHS England & NHS Improvement

Dr Raj Patel has been a GP partner in Greater Manchester since 1993 and has held senior clinical leadership positions in the NHS at a local, regional and national level since 1997 as well as holding a GP advisor role at the Department of Health. He is currently the Deputy National Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement and was formerly Medical Director of NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester as well as Director of Commissioning for Lancashire. 

A Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Raj is a graduate of Manchester University Medical School and now sits on the General Assembly of the university. He was appointed to the General Medical Council in February 2020 and was awarded an MBE in The Queen’s Birthday honours list 2019 for services to healthcare. 

RCGP President

Medical Director of the GP Health Service and Practitioner Health Programme

Former RCGP Chair

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​Clare Gerada is a London-based GP and in 2010 became the first female Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 50 years. 

Clare qualified at UCL Medical School in 1982 and then trained in psychiatry, working at the Maudsley Hospital on substance abuse. She started work in general practice in South London in 1992, where she has stayed ever since.

Clare was awarded an MBE in 2000 "for service to medicine and to drug misusers" and made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020 for "services to General Practice". She has also been Director of Primary Care for the National Clinical Governance Team, Senior Medical Advisor to the Department of Health, Director of RCGP Substance Misuse Unit and Chair of Clinical Board, Primary Care Transformation, NHS England. She was Medical Director of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme (www.php.nhs.uk), which is a pioneering programme providing confidential services to doctors and dentists with mental health or addiction problems.

GP & Occupational Health Doctor turned Coach & Trainer

Shapes Coach & Shapes Toolkit Trainer

Head of Training and Coach at Joyful Doctor

Katya is a GP and Occupational Health Doctor turned Coach & Trainer.She loves encouraging others in her work as a Joyful Doctor and Shapes Coach and as Head of Training at Joyful Doctor.

She focuses on Leadership, Career Development & Wellbeing coaching to empower overloaded professionals to thrive. Having journeyed through Burnout, she resolved to help people like her avoid the mistakes she made. This passion drove her to set up The Working Well Doctor where she uses her professional expertise and personal experience to deliver inspiring and enabling coaching to groups and individuals.

Katya believes solutions are most effective when evidence-supported approaches are tailored to the needs of teams and individuals.

She has worked at the Mayo Clinic, USA & in the UK as a GP for both civilians & the Armed Forces, as well as in Occupational Health.

She loves a good natter on a podcast & writes for the BMJ & Medic Footprints and is often found sharing ideas with her Thrive Well email community.