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#HPMA2022 Conference Highlights

#HPMA2022 Conference Highlights

Last month we hosted our first national in-person event since 2019, the HPMA 2022 Conference! Attendees from across the U.K. came to spend two days of keynotes, breakout sessions, and exhibitions at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham between 8th – 9th September.

Whether you missed out on your ticket this year, or just want to re-live the magic, here’s a run-down of what we got up to during the conference!

Past Presidents dinner

The night before our conference began, we invited all past HPMA presidents to come together and honour the rich history of HPMA’s work with a celebration dinner.

As part of this celebration, we commissioned a past presidents brochure which includes photos and personalised biographies for each president’s term with HPMA. It was such a thrill to have so many wonderful characters in a room together and they each got a limited edition hard-copy of the brochure to take home with them!

Day 1 – opening speeches

Registration began at 9am with attendees checking in and receiving their conference goodie bags! The bags included free water bottles courtesy of our gift-sponsor Tribepad, making sure attendees stayed hydrated throughout the busy conference.

Our HPMA Deputy President, Janet Wilkinson, gave a warm welcome with her opening remarks at 10am, and sent some virtual love to our Executive Director, Nicky Ingham, via the live-stream of her remarks as Nicky was unfortunately having to stay at home with Covid!

This was shortly followed by HPMA President, Dean Royles’, President’s address, where he spoke about the letter he had recently written to Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State, adding “I have urged the new secretary of state not to make the mistake of undervaluing those who work in support of front-line care.” He argued for an increase in apprenticeship pay, vowed to stand with trade unions, and noted that a change of behaviour would be needed for NHS staff to succeed – “We have been trained as hunter gatherers competing for patients and competing for staff – we need to unlearn these behaviours.”

Dean has since turned his well-received opening speech into a blog post for those who may have missed it!

The President’s address was followed by a heartfelt keynote, ‘looking back with pride, looking forward with hope and conviction’ by Professor Em Wilkinson-Brice, National Director for People at NHS England.

The HPMA Strategy 2022-25 has LAUNCHED!

During Dean’s President’s address, he officially launched our 2022-25 Strategy, which includes our values, aspirations, and mission statement for the next chapter of the HPMA. You can read the full strategy here.

Stream sponsor break-out sessions

Our stream sponsors, NHS Professionals, Good Shape, CMP, and Mills & Reeve hosted and sponsored a range of break-out sessions throughout the day. Each sponsor designed sessions surrounding their chosen theme and attendees could choose which sessions they wished to attend. These sessions gave us the opportunity to host a range of inspiring speakers and we were thrilled with the positive response we received from attendees!

Sessions included:

11:45 – Understanding your flexible workforce to recruit and retain successfully. Melanie Simmonds, Director of Bank Member Engagement, NHS Professionals @MelSimSimmo

11:45 – Wellbeing best practice: The measures of success at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amanda Manser, Chief Experience Officer, GoodShape and Karon Hart, Deputy Director for HR; Workforce and Wellbeing, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

11:45 – A critical assessment of employee relations in the NHS in the ‘new normal’ Nicky Ingham, HPMA Executive Director @nickyinghamICTP Dr Anthony Bennett, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for research on organisations work and employment (iROWE), University of Central Lancashire Dr Adrian Wright, iROWE Team Lead – Deputy Head of the School of Management, University of Manchester and Director of Institute for Research into Organisations, Work and Employment (iROWE)

11:45 – What a year! Equality Law Update Jog Hundle, Partner @HundleJog Rebecca Pallot, Partner Stuart Craig, Partner @StuartCraig_M_R Mills & Reeve LLP

13:30 – How a change in strategy and the right tech can help you recruit and retain the best people Kerry Crompton-Harris, Director of People and Resourcing at Compass Group and James Pratt, Business Development Manager, Tribepad

13:30 – Blurring the Boundaries: Where does the role of the employer start and end? Tanya Carter, Chief People Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust @Tanyamcarter

13:30 – Implementing a Just and Learning Culture Richard Peachey, Just Culture Lead, CMP. Rhiannon Windsor, Head of Organisational Development and Inclusion, Health Education and Improvement Wales @rhi4nnonwindsor Emma Thomas, Just Culture Project Lead, Swansea Bay UHB

13:30 – Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion: Creating a working world where all minds belong Aidan Healy, Chief Executive and Nina Parson, Director of Psychology, Lexxic @Aidan_Healy

Exhibition stands

Our exhibition hall housed 20 brilliant stands offering a variety of advice, information, freebies, and prize raffles for attendees to enjoy.

Exhibition stands included: RLDatix Allocate, CMP, NHS Professionals, HFMA, Boo Coaching & Consulting, Finegreen & Morgan McKinley, Hempsons, HST, Castlefield Recruitment, KPMG, Liaison Group, Patchwork, Social Partnership Forum, MLC Partners, Rest Less, Think Learning, Salary Finance, NHS Shared Business Services, Softworks, and Workpal. Click on a business’ name to view our live-tweet from their stand during the conference!

The art of the possible

After a break for lunch and plenty of exhibition stand browsing, attendees came together for the ‘Integrated Care, the art of the possible’ panel session, including:

Rob Webster CBE, Chief Executive-Designate, West Yorkshire Integrated Care System @NHS_RobW

Alan Lofthouse, National Officer, UNISON @loftyfubar

Julie Rogers, Deputy CEO & Director Workforce & OD at Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW) @Juliemrog

Janet Wilkinson, Chief People Officer, NHS GM Integrated Care and HPMA Deputy President

Chaired by Clare Teeney, Chief People Officer, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust @clareteeney

The future of the People Profession

This was followed by a ‘future of the People Profession’ keynote by the wonderful Thomas Simons, Chief HR & OD Officer, NHS England @TomSimons_NHS

Event Partner panel session – Allocate Workforce Technology from RLDatix

Our event partner Allocate Workforce Technology from RLDatix closed day 1 of the conference with their Can an organisation ever balance safety, staff experience and productivity? And what advantages do ICSs have to make this happen? The session included:

Darren Kilroy, Medical Director, International, RLDatix,

Leigh Malyon, Head of Medics, RLDatix,

Elizabeth Nyawade, Chief of People & Culture – Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust,

Dean Royles, HPMA President.

Change of plans

It was an action-packed first day and one sentiment in particular seemed to echo amongst attendees, speakers, and exhibitors alike – how amazing it was to finally be in a room together! It was a day to be cherished and we can’t wait to see everyone again soon.

Sadly, due to the heart-breaking news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen at the close of day 1 of the conference, we made the decision not to go ahead with our HPMA Awards ceremony or with day 2 of the conference, as the nation entered a period of mourning.

Rescheduled awards

Since the cancellation of the HPMA Awards Ceremony (and day two of the conference) on news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our teams have been working hard to find a suitable location and date to reschedule the event for our finalists, judges, sponsors and wider community.

Here is the plan which we think colleagues will feel is fair and fitting for our association and charity. We appreciate that it is a challenging time for many, but we hope that you agree that to celebrate the achievements of our finalists remains important.

  • An awards ceremony and dinner celebration will be held in Birmingham on Thursday 1 December at The ICC: The International Convention Centre (Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EA).
  • If you are an awards finalist, or your organisation purchased a ticket for you to attend the original event as you were part of the shortlisted team, HPMA is honouring your investment and offering you a free ticket to the rescheduled event.
  • If you are a category sponsor, HPMA offers you four tickets for your team and shortlisting judge, free of charge. In addition, you are able to purchase additional tickets for any of your original guests at a reduced price.
  • If you are one of our brilliant category judges who generously took part in our virtual judging panel sessions, we would also like to extend to you a free ticket to the rescheduled ceremony.

You can find out more about our upcoming rescheduled awards celebration here.

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