Aaron was appointed Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in March 2018 after first joining in January 2014 as Director of Finance / Deputy Chief Executive.

An experienced and motivated professional, Aaron’s previous roles include Director of Finance / Deputy Chief Executive of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, and Director of Finance at Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust.

Aaron began his career in the NHS as a National Graduate Trainee in 2000 and has held a number of senior management positions in the acute and community provider sector during this time.

More recently, Aaron was chosen to take part in the National Leadership Centre programme to improve public services, and has also had involvement in the Covid-19 national test and trace programme. Aaron also sits on the Integrated Care System (ICS) Digital Portfolio Board.

Aaron has also held a number of national roles including chair of the Foundation Trust Network Finance Directors’ Forum and the Government ProcurementServices (GPS) Customer Board, as well as being a member of the National Procurement Council.

Chris Jones

Chris is a qualified accountant with previous experience in public and private sectors, including the NHS. He spent 7 years as the principal and chief executive of Calderdale College, and is a former member of the Calderdale Safeguarding Children Board.

He has a particular interest in leadership and governance, and the impact this has on service standards and organisational performance.

He is a non executive director at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS FT and Director at Chris Jones Consultancy.

He speaks here in a purely personal capacity.

Rachel and Dan are the founders of 15s30m.

15s30m (15 seconds 30 minutes) is a social movement to reduce frustration and increase joy in work. Co-founders Rachel Pilling & Dan Wadsworth encourage all staff, from chief exec to porter, to spend a few seconds on a task now, to save SOMEONE ELSE time and hassle later. It doesn’t take any set up costs, meetings or resources, just something you know will help other people, and patients.

By doing one little thing, you can feel that you have made a difference to someone else, and that’s what brings true joy in work.

Web; 15s30m.co.uk

Email; info@15s30m.co.uk

Twitter; @15s30m

Charlie is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS.

In previous roles, he has worked in Older People’s Mental Health services, dementia services, and Employee Wellbeing services.

He currently works in an Acute Hospital, where his role is to lead a clinical psychology service to support the quality of life of people with various long term health conditions.

He is a dad to identical twin boys.

Dr Calvin Moorley RN, PhD is an Associate Professor in Nursing Research and Diversity in Care, Adult Nursing Department at London South Bank University, with a background in public health and diversity in care. His research focuses on the interplay of gender, culture ethnicity and health. Since graduating from the University of Essex as an adult registered nurse, Calvin has followed a clinical/academic career, remaining close to clinical nursing, particularly in the critical care environment, and currently works one shift a week in an inner-city hospital in central London. He supports clinical nursing at the point-of-care through his role as a link lecturer for Barts Health NHS Trust.

Calvin has a keen interest in how health is theorized using social media platforms. He has published widely in nursing and social media and is developing an area on the use of social media to enhance research literacy of nurses. His most recent works include

Knowledge, attitude and beliefs on sex among Black Africans; Psychosexual Experiences of FGM survivors and Experience of Stroke among Caribbean populations in the UK. Calvin is well recognised in the field and this can be seen in his esteem factors which include: Guest Editor for a special issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing on LGBTI Health 2017; the Mary Seacole Prize for Leadership in Nursing 2013/14 by the Royal College of Nursing, and various editorships including Evidence Based Nursing Journal and Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Calvin collaborates nationally and internationally including working with teams in Trinidad, Jamaica and Australia. He publishes widely in various nursing journals, and has a current H-index of 6 (Google Scholar 2019). Calvin further serves the nursing community on various panels such as the Nursing Times Student Nurses awards; Edith Cavell Awards and Health Service Journal awards. A key objective of Calvin’s programme of work is to reduce the gap in health inequalities through developing and improving cultural competence and health literacy.