Ming Tang to headline Summer Schools 2025 as national keynote

Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer (CDIO) at NHS England, will headline Digital Health Summer Schools 2025 as national keynote.

Tang has co-chaired a 10-year health plan working group and led the federated data platform (FDP), one of the NHS’ major transformation programmes.

Her participation includes a plenary morning keynote where she will address more than 400 digital NHS leaders.

Tang began her role as interim CDIO at NHS England on 1 April 2025, following the departure of John Quinn. She also remains chief data and analytics officer at NHSE.

She joins Helen Balsdon, chief nursing information officer (CNIO) at NHSE, and Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, who are the first confirmed speakers for Summers Schools 2025, with more speakers being announced on a weekly basis.

In the face of a major organisational restructure, Balsdon will share the national direction for arming the country’s 500,000 nursing workforce with the digital tools, data and analytics to support high quality care and better patient outcomes.

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer announced plans in March 2025 to bring NHSE back into the Department of Health and Social Care with the aim of ending the duplication resulting from two organisations doing the same job.

Grafton will provide an insider perspective on the NHS 10 year health plan, where she is part of the ‘People’ working group which is strategising on how best to develop a digitally enabled NHS workforce.

Attendees can join senior NHS IT leaders for the two-day residential Summer Schools, taking place on 17-18 July 2025 at the University of Warwick, featuring leadership breakout sessions; topic workshops spanning AI ethics, clinical safety, benefits realisation; and NHS digital leadership case studies.

The Digital Health Awards, organised by Digital Health Networks, will also take place at the event, celebrating innovation, dedication and excellence across the healthcare landscape, and recognising the achievements of senior NHS IT leaders and upcoming trailblazers who are driving transformation.

Judges will be looking for examples of leadership, innovation, and measurable impact in each of the following categories: chief clinical information officer (CCIO) of the year, CIO of the year, CNIO of the year, clinical safety officer (CSO) of the year, and rising star.

Nominations are now open and will close on 9 May 2025.

Tickets for Summer Schools start from £385. Bringing the team? Get 20% off group bookings of four or more people.

Register here to attend.