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Activities so far:
- Working closely with national WDES team – e.g. on WDES strategy, funding support
- Conference presentations – NHS Confederation, NHS Providers, NHS Employers Disability Summit
- NHS Leadership (Messenger) Review – DNDN Roundtable and EDI Roundtable with Sir Gordon Messenger
- Working with Leadership Academy (nationally and regionally) on Talent Management
- Work stream with Head Hunters (executive search firms)
- Disability History Month – national (NHS England) and local (trust boards) presentations, NHS Employers blog
- HSJ interview
- Website development (w. Royal Cornwall Hospitals)
- Logo design competition (North Lindsey College design students)
- DNDN Twitter account
- DNDN face-to-face and/or virtual conference 2023 – sponsor already arranged
- Good Practice Toolkit for recruitment and retention of disabled NEDs and execs
- Reasonable Adjustments work stream
- Mentoring for recently recruited disabled NEDs and aspiring NEDs (funded by NHSE/I)
Future events
DNDN meeting dates
Dates for DNDN main meetings between now and the end of 2023 have been arranged as follows:
2022
- 18 July – Keynote Speaker Chloe Smith MP, Minister for Disabled People
- 19 September – Keynote Speaker Lord Holmes
- 21 November – Keynote Speaker Vicky Foxcroft MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People
2023
- 16 January – Keynote Speaker Em Wilkinson Brice, Acting Chief People Officer NHS E/I
- 20 March
- 15 May
- 17 July
- 18 September
- 20 November
All meetings will be held on Microsoft Teams and will be from 5 PM-6:30 PM.
