Speaker Profiles

GP Partner at Thistlemoor Medical Centre

GP Federation Chairman

Previous Accountable Officer for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CCG

Dr Neil Modha is managing partner at Thistlemoor Medical Centre in Peterborough, caring for 30,000 patients from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS’s most challenged background. 80% of the patients speak other languages and many work in zero hour contracts prioritising their work over their health. HE is also a GP Trainer, co-clinical director of his Primary Care Network and has led work with Health and Wellbeing coaches, First contact practitioners and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Neil has worked at accountable officer level for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning group and is the clinical lead of the GP Federation. He also co-chairs the developing Place Based Care Board: The Northern Alliance, which, during the pandemic, has been working collaboratively across the system to try to ensure patients continue to get a service in outpatients and with diagnostics during the various lockdowns. This work has been shortlisted for two HSJ awards.

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Senior Clinical Advisor for Primary Care Provider Transformation at NHSE/I

Interim Director for Primary Care

Dr Ursula Montgomery is a GP and Senior Clinical Advisor for Primary Care Provider Transformation at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Prior to joining NHS England and NHS Improvement, she was Clinical Chair of East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group. 

Ursula has held a range of positions within healthcare including Associate Medical Director at University Hospitals of Leicester, a GP partner in Leicestershire and chair of Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Integrated Community board. These roles have supported teams across primary, community and acute settings in the NHS to transform care for patients. 

Gallup Accredited Strengths Coach- millerandmore.com 

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.

GP Partner at Victoria Park Health Centre

Clinical Director for Leicester City & Universities PCN

Aruna is a GP principal and trainer at the University Practice in Leicester and a clinical director of Leicester City and Universities Primary Care Network. Over the past nine years, she has held lead roles in her local GP provider company and federation. Her expertise lies in the development of partnership working and transformation of integrated pathways through digital innovation. Her most recent appointment to the ICS, as a representative clinical director, is an opportunity to unlock the potential of PCNs within ICSs, and play a greater part in scoping the footprint of PCNs within the system.

GP Partner at Holderness Health

RCGP Vice Chair (Professional Development) 

Margaret Ikpoh is a GP Partner at Holderness Health, a practice for 36,000 patients in East Yorkshire and has worked there for 12 years. She is the practice lead for research and has had previous roles with the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber as a research champion for First5 GPs and AITs.

She is also an Associate Director for Primary Care for Hull York Medical School and is a GP Trainer.

Currently she co-chairs the regional Primary Care Workforce Group with NHS England & Improvement for the North-East and Yorkshire Regional People Board.

At the RCGP, she has recently been elected as the Vice Chair for Professional Development, has been involved in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Task groups and was awarded Fellow of The Year at the 2021 RCGP Inspire Awards ceremony.

GP turned Executive & Team Coach

Founder of Wild Monday & The Shapes Toolkit

Red Whale Presenter

Dr Rachel Morris is a GP who grew so tired, after 15 years of seeing patients who were ill because of workplace stress, that she decided to do something about it.

Rachel taught General Practice at the University of Cambridge for several years before setting up and leading the ‘Doctor as Professional’ course. This got her interested in the leadership behaviour of professionals in high stress jobs and so she trained as an Executive and Team coach. Rachel founded Wild Monday and developed the Shapes Toolkit. She regularly lectures and delivers training around the country on wellbeing at work, resilience and productivity and is also a presenter for the Red Whale Lead. Manage. Thrive! Course for GPs. She is also on faculty for the PGCert in Medical Education at the University of Cambridge.

Rachel founded Wild Monday and works with a team of experienced associates to deliver authentic and relevant coaching and training focussing on changing behaviour. Unlike other companies who overwhelm with theory and concentrate on just one aspect of resilience alone, you will find this training focuses on helping you to make work a good place to be, as well as helping you to live well and respond to things in a resilient manner.