Who's attending in 2026

Nursing Leaders 2026 will convene senior decision-makers responsible for strategy, workforce, quality, digital transformation and service delivery across the public and private health and care sector.

Below is a sample of the types of attendees and organisations who have already registered for 2026.

Leadership Layers	Focus Areas	Job Responsibilities	Job Titles of Attendees	Mapped Bands (% of audience as of May 2026)
System Leadership	Strategy & Policy	Workforce planning, system-wide transformation, regulatory alignment, cross-organisational governance	CNO, ICS / System Nursing Director, Chief Clinical & Quality Officer	Band 9 (22%)
Organisational Leadership	Governance & Quality	Quality oversight, performance management, financial and workforce accountability, delivery of board strategy	Executive / Director of Nursing, Deputy DoN, Associate Director of Nursing	Band 8D (16%)
Divisional Leadership	Service Delivery	Advanced & Consultant Clinical Leaders (Including ePMA, Oncology, Cardiovascular, IPC etc.), Operational management, workforce deployment, clinical governance, transformation at service or divisional level	Head of Nursing, Divisional Nurse Director, Nurse Consultant	Band 8C (27%)
Operational Clinical Leadership	Frontline Leadership	Day-to-day service delivery, programme execution, adoption of new solutions, team leadership (including Community, Hospitals, adoption and transformation, Infection Control and Tissue Viability etc)	Matron, Lead Matron, Lead Nurse, Senior Clinical Lead, Clinical Nurse Manager	Band 8A/B (21%)
Cross-Sector / Influencing Leadership	Education, Policy & Innovation	Research, education, policy influence, standards development, cross-sector innovation	Professor, Professional Body Director, Independent Sector Leader	Other (14%)

See who attended our March event

The organisations who attended the inaugural LGC Summit on LGR in March included:

District Council

Basingstoke & Deane BC
Blaby DC
Braintree DC
Breckland Council
Brentwood BC and Rochford DC
Castle Point BC
Colchester City Council
Crawley
Dacorum BC
Dartford BC
Dover DC
East Hampshire DC
Elmbridge BC
Folkestone & Hythe DC
Great Yarmouth BC
Guildford BC and Waverley BC
Harborough DC
Havant BC
Huntingdonshire DC
Lichfield DC
New Forest DC
Newark and Sherwood DC
North Kesteven DC
Oxford City Council
Peterborough City Council
Rother DC
South Derbyshire DC
South Kesteven DC
South Staffordshire Council
St Albans City & DC
Swale BC
Tandridge DC
Test Valley BC
Thanet DC
Tunbridge Wells BC
Uttlesford DC
Wealden DC
West Lancashire BC
West Lindsey DC
Winchester City Council

County Council

Derbyshire CC
Essex CC
Hampshire CC
Norfolk CC
Oxfordshire CC
Warwickshire CC

Central Government and National Body

MHCLG
CIPFA
Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods
Leadership Centre
LGA
Local Government Information Unit
National Association of Local Councils
Socitm

Unitary Council

Brighton & Hove City Council
Buckinghamshire Council
Medway Council
North Yorkshire Council
Nottingham City Council
Somerset Council
Torbay Council