Speaker Profiles

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Clinical Director for Stort Valley and Villages PCN

Member of the NHS Confederation Leaders Panel

Sian has been a GP partner for the last five years in Bishop Stortford at a practice with 17,000 patients. She is also the clinical director of Stort Valley and Villages Primary Care Network, which has five practices and 62,000 patients. Sian is also mental health lead for her locality. 

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National Clinical Advisor NHSE/I Chair National Self-Care Strategy Group

NHS Assembly

Dr Graham Jackson has been a GP partner at Whitehill Surgery in Buckinghamshire since 1991 and still thoroughly enjoys the challenge that primary care provides. Currently, he is the National Clinical Advisor at NHSE/I, the chair of the National Self-Care Strategy Group, and is a member of the NHS assembly.

In his previous role as Chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners, he led work to develop a primary care offer across the wider NHS Confederation Group, bringing both clinical and local expertise to bring the PCN agenda to life. He also sat on a number of national working groups on primary care for NHS England.

Graham is the former Clinical Chair of Aylesbury Vale CCG (2012-2018), and was also the clinical lead for Bucks ICS until April 2019 which was one of the first NHS England recognised integrated care systems in England in an area that has a strong track record of working collaboratively with all partners across health and care.

From 1992 to 2003 he was a Hospital Practitioner in Psychiatry and chaired Neurolink (a national board of mental health experts providing educational material) for several years. Dr Jackson has been involved in commissioning and health service provision in Buckinghamshire for a number of years having previously been Managing Director of Bucks Urgent Care and a member of the Medicines Management steering committee. In 1993 he brought together a group of local colleagues to found AYDDOC, an Out of Hours GP co-operative, of which he was Medical Manager for 10 years. He has been an LMC (Local Medical Committee) member since 1995 and is a former Vice Chair of Buckinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board.

Gallup Accredited Strengths Coach- hellosidekick.co

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.

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Clinical Director for The Bridge Primary Care Network

Primary Care member BLMK ICB Board

Member of the Milton Keynes Health and Wellbeing Board

Dr Tayo Kufeji is an enthusiastic and innovative GP partner at Newport Pagnell Medical Centre, the largest practice in Milton Keynes. He is the GP lead and Clinical Director for The Bridge Primary Care Network (PCN), incorporating two practices in Milton Keynes and covering over 28,000 residents. Dr Kufeji is a board member of the Milton Keynes Urgent Care services (MKUCS) provider. He has previously served as a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) GP board member for four years and currently sits on the board of the Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board as the primary medical services partner member. Tayo also serves on the Board of Trustees for two local charities in Milton Keynes, helping to serve the community with his skills and experience.

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President of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Former BMA GP committee chair in England and GPC UK

College’s Patient and Carers Participation Group Member

Dr Richard Vautrey has been elected as the President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He took over the post from Dame Clare Gerada, whose two-year term came to an end in November.

Dr Vautrey has been a GP partner in a training practice in Leeds for nearly 30 years and has worked as a GP in urban and rural settings in Nigeria. His previous leadership roles include BMA GP committee chair in England and GPC UK, and he has been a member of the GPC negotiating and executive team from 2004.

A graduate of Manchester University, he completed his GP training in Rochdale and Manchester, obtaining MRCGP in 1994. He has been a member of the College ever since. He has 13 years of experience as a member of RCGP Council, being a GPC observer between 2005-10, a nationally elected member from 2010-17 and again since 2022. He attends Yorkshire Faculty meetings and has recently been appointed to the College’s Patient and Carers Participation Group.

GP & Occupational Health Doctor turned Coach & Trainer

Shapes Coach & Shapes Toolkit Trainer

Head of Training and Coach at Joyful Doctor

Katya is a GP and Occupational Health Doctor turned Coach & Trainer.She loves encouraging others in her work as a Joyful Doctor and Shapes Coach and as Head of Training at Joyful Doctor.

She focuses on Leadership, Career Development & Wellbeing coaching to empower overloaded professionals to thrive. Having journeyed through Burnout, she resolved to help people like her avoid the mistakes she made. This passion drove her to set up The Working Well Doctor where she uses her professional expertise and personal experience to deliver inspiring and enabling coaching to groups and individuals.

Katya believes solutions are most effective when evidence-supported approaches are tailored to the needs of teams and individuals.

She has worked at the Mayo Clinic, USA & in the UK as a GP for both civilians & the Armed Forces, as well as in Occupational Health.

She loves a good natter on a podcast & writes for the BMJ & Medic Footprints and is often found sharing ideas with her Thrive Well email community.