PCPN 2026 Agenda

12 - 13 May 2026, Radisson Blu, Heathrow

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08:00
  1. Registration Desk
    45 mins
09:00
  1. Main Room
    40 mins

    The public and patients view the healthcare sector and NHS as one consistent entity. Conversely, it is fragmented and siloed into several different components and collaboration is not seamless. The Government has called for collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem which will be a “culture shock for the NHS” all in the aims to establish an optimised NHS fit for patients and the future.

10:00
  1. Main Room
    40 mins

    Our signature ‘Dragons’ Den’ session provides each solution provider with an opportunity to deliver a 60 second pitch, explaining why they are here and how their services can help tackle some of the sector’s ongoing challenges.

10:45
  1. Networking and business meetings
    Networking Area
    75 mins

    15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.

12:05
  1. Main Room
    20 mins

    Hear from a senior primary care leader on the pressing challenges faced by the primary care workforce and organisations.

12:50
  1. Main Room
    20 mins
    Main room and breakout room presentations
    Interested in sponsoring?
13:10
  1. Networking lunch
    Main Room
    40 mins
13:55
  1. Main Room
    40 mins

    Digital innovations are transforming patient access and care delivery across the NHS. Triage, the NHS App, and AI are opening the digital front door at scale, enabling smarter, faster, and more personalised patient pathways. Join the panellists as they outline how digital technologies can streamline services, improve patient experience, and support scalable, digital-first care.

14:40
  1. Main Room
    20 mins
    Main room and breakout room presentations
    Interested in sponsoring?
15:05
  1. Main Room
    20 mins
    Main room and breakout room presentations
    Interested in sponsoring?
15:30
  1. Networking and business meetings
    Networking Area
    75 mins

    15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.

16:50
  1. Main Room
    40 mins

    With the calls for the expansion and implementation of neighbourhood models across the system, the last thing patients want to hear is infighting over who gets contracts and commissioning of neighbourhood care. Join this closing panel discussion to hear from system leaders on how to collaborate for the patients interest to produce an optimised neighbourhood system.

19:30
  1. Drinks reception and networking dinner
    Main Room
    150 mins
10:35
  1. Main Room
    20 mins
    Main room and breakout room presentations
    Interested in sponsoring?
11:00
  1. Networking and business meetings
    Networking Area
    60 mins

    15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.

12:05
  1. Breakout Room 2
    30 mins

    Hear from representatives from the MHRA and CQC on how to confidently navigate the complex regulatory environment governing innovation in primary care, from approval processes to practical compliance considerations.

  2. Main Room
    30 mins

    Join this session to hear discussions on how to get the best out of the next GP contract and what we would like to see in it.

  3. Breakout Room 1
    30 mins

    Explore how to strengthen the nursing workforce through education, leadership opportunities, and supportive practice environments.

  4. Breakout Room 3
    30 mins

    Shoreditch Park and City PCN will demonstrate the community engagement projects assisting the PCN strategically manage their population’s health. 

12:40
  1. Main Room
    45 mins

    Join this closing panel of leaders across all of primary care as they discuss establishing and maintaining strong ties necessary for a fully realised neighbourhood care model. These leaders will discuss how do they begin to integrate and partner with other organisations across primary care and what we can all take back to our organisations to improve ways of working straight away.

13:30
  1. Networking lunch
    Main Room
    45 mins

Frequently Asked Questions

The agenda covers the most pressing challenges facing primary care leaders today, including working as one healthcare system, opening the digital front door at scale, neighbourhood health and community care optimisation, workforce readiness and the nursing workforce, the GP contract, regulatory navigation for new technology and medicines, AI and innovation in primary care, and enhancing access and collaboration across the system. Sessions are shaped directly by delegate priorities.

PCPN 2026 runs across two days at the Radisson Blu London Heathrow on 12–13 May 2026. The programme includes keynote panels in the main room, breakout sessions, Dragons' Den speed presentations, one-to-one meetings with solution providers, and a networking dinner on the first evening. The format is designed to balance structured learning with meaningful peer connection and supplier engagement.

Yes. Breakout sessions are selectable across multiple rooms, so you can build a programme that reflects your organisation's priorities. Your one-to-one meetings with solution providers are scheduled around the main agenda to ensure you don't miss the sessions most relevant to you.

Yes. All delegates receive a conference guide on arrival, and digital copies of presentation materials are made available after the event. This means you can focus on the conversation in the room, knowing you'll have everything you need to share insights and act on takeaways when you're back at your organisation.

We strongly recommend attending both days to get the full benefit of the programme — including the networking dinner, which is where many of the most valuable conversations happen. That said, if your schedule only allows for one day, please let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate you.