Before we see you in ACC Liverpool we have one final announcement to make. We are pleased to reveal that The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will be joining us at the event to deliver a keynote from our main stage.

In addition, there has been an update to the schedule for The Auditorium on Wednesday 15 June. The programme will now run as follows:

The Auditorium: Wednesday 15 June

9.40 – 10.00 Welcome: Lord Victor Adebowale, Chair, NHS Confederation and Richard Meddings, Chair, NHS England

10.00 – 10.45 Keynote: Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Executive

10.45 – 11.15 The future of health: digital and democratic: Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer - Google Health and Lord Victor Adebowale, Chair, NHS Confederation

11.15 – 11.45 Keynote: The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

12:00 – 13.00 Narrowing the gap: reducing healthcare inequalities

14.00 – 14.30 Keynote: Matthew Taylor, CEO, NHS Confederation

14.45 – 15.45 Making health and social care the best employer

16.00 – 17.00 Integration in action: how ambitious should systems be to achieve better outcomes for citizens?

Other changes to note:

The Forum, Wednesday 15 June

• Managing your ‘bank balance’ to tackle the backlog session, which was scheduled to be at 10.30 – 11.00, will now take place at 10.45 – 11.15.
• Reducing inequality in mental health access, experience and outcomes, which was scheduled at 11.15, will now take place at 12.00 – 13.00.

Please check the latest agenda online and in the app for all programme updates.