Programme

The conversation around AI has moved on. The question is no longer whether AI has potential, but how it can be implemented safely, responsibly and at scale. Bringing together NHS leaders, national bodies and industry experts, the HSJ AI Implementation Forum will explore the practical lessons, evidence and governance needed to support successful adoption across health and care.

Time	Session
08:30	Registration & coffee
09:00	Opening keynote: From AI ambition to NHS delivery: Where AI in the NHS actually stands today  Setting the scene for the day by examining where the NHS currently stands on AI deployment, the progress made to date, and the gap between national ambition and implementation on the ground.
09:30	Opening panel: The NHS AI investment landscape: What the next five years look like  With significant national investment and new procurement routes now in place, this session explores where investment is being directed, how organisations should prepare, and what successful AI deployment will require over the coming years.
10:10	Morning break & networking
	Track 1: Operational	Track 2: Clinical	Track 3: Workforce & Safe Adoption
10:40	Deep-dive case study: AI-enabled patient flow & capacity management - what trusts have actually achieved	Deep-dive case study: Ambient voice, documentation & diagnostic AI in practice - the clinical evidence so far	Deep-dive case study: Building AI literacy at scale - lessons from inside and outside the NHS
	Solutioning tables: A focused, one-to-one session pairing a single partner with NHS attendees around one named problem - direct, curated engagement with the people who own that problem.
11:10	Solutioning table: From pilot to trust-wide scale - what's actually blocking operational AI rollout?	Solutioning table: Keeping the clinician in the loop - defining human oversight that actually works	Solutioning table: Closing the training gap and tackling automation bias - practical workforce models
12:10	Lunch & networking
13:10	Debate: Who's accountable when the algorithm gets it wrong?  A clinician-led debate testing where responsibility should sit across developers, providers and clinicians when an AI system contributes to a poor outcome.
14:40	Panel: Data, consent and trust - can patients trust an AI-enabled NHS? (includes patient/public voice)  With a patient and public voice on the panel, this session confronts data governance, consent and transparency directly - the conditions the public say must be met before they extend trust to AI-enabled care.
15:20	Afternoon break & networking
	Workshops: The track reconvenes to turn the day's insight into a published top five problems brief - sponsor visibility tied to the day's lasting output, not a repeat of the morning's conversation.
	Workshop 1: Operational	Workshop 2: Clinical	Workshop 3: Workforce & Safe Adoption
15:50	Workshop: Removing the barriers to scaling operational AI	Workshop: Keeping clinicians in control of AI	Workshop: Preparing the NHS workforce for everyday AI and beyond
16:50	Closing plenary/panel: From discussion to deployment  Using the day's discussions and workshop outputs, senior NHS leaders agree the practical actions, priorities and partnerships needed to accelerate safe AI deployment across the NHS. The session concludes with the launch of HSJ's AI Deployment Priorities, capturing the key recommendations from the forum.
17:30	Event close