We hope you can join us on 22nd May for an all-day learning event about how the NHS can achieve more successful system change across a range of clinical areas, learning the lessons from reconfiguration of stroke care in London and Greater Manchester.

With the NHS in its most austere decade since its inception, the need for transformative, system-wide change has never been greater.

However, does the NHS have the ability to deliver the level of change required of it? How can its leaders learn the lessons – the must-dos, and the elephant traps – from past attempts of system change?

The event will explore the implications of the reconfiguration of stroke services in London and Greater Manchester for system-wide change in the NHS in England, including new findings from research led by University College London on how to make and sustain major system change. The event aims to share learning across a wide range of clinical areas and perspectives, helping participants deliver change for the better, better.

The event is 10am-4pm on 22 May at Union Chapel, Islington, London, N1 2UN. Speakers joining us include:

* Tony Rudd, National Clinical Director for Stroke, NHS England

* Charlotte Augst, Partnership Director, Richmond Group of Charities

* David Clark, Architect of the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme

* Naomi Fulop, Professor of Health Care Organisation & Management, UCL

* Shaun Danielli, Director, Healthy London Partnership

* Steve Morris, Professor of Health Economics, UCL

* Warren Heppolette, Executive Lead, Strategy & System Development, Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership

The event series is designed for all those leading change, both related to stroke-care, and across the NHS, including leaders of sustainability and transformation partnerships, integrated care systems, clinical reconfigurations, and more.

The events are a partnership between the Department of Applied Health Research at UCL, and Kaleidoscope Health & Care, a social enterprise set up to bring people together to improve health and care. They are funded by NIHR.

Achieving successful system change: lessons from stroke reconfiguration