New for 2025! Join us for a focused, practical training day designed to equip you with ready-to-use strategies, actionable insights, and innovative approaches to your work
Whether you're working at step 2 or step 3, this is a must-attend event. Secure your spot now and meet other High-Intensity Therapists, Service Leads and Managers, Clinical Supervisors and Team Leads, and PWPs in Birmingham for a dynamic programme shaped by your priorities. You'll hear from leading experts and services, connect with peers, and explore how teams across the country are evolving to meet new challenges.
Thank you to our meeting sponsors:
Benefit from a healthy balance of theory and best practice, as well as clear guidance on how to apply it
You asked and this unique training day will deliver! Here’s what this inspiring and practical training day will focus on:
- Adapt to new KPIs with clear strategies for treatment and referral changes
- Boost productivity using AI tools, chatbots and digital solutions
- Tailor therapy for neurodivergence with practical, trauma-informed approaches
- Support neurodiverse staff through inclusive workplace adjustments
- Clarify LTC pathways with up-to-date research and guidance
- Implement suicide prevention standards with actionable insights
- Strengthen team dynamics with hybrid working tips and compassionate leadership
Education and networking designed to inspire
Join your peers in Birmingham for a day of networking, learning and innovation designed to help you navigate change and enhance care delivery:
- Connect with fellow professionals to share challenges, insights and solutions
- Refresh your approach with practical ideas to boost engagement and productivity
- Gain actionable takeaways from expert speakers and like-minded colleagues
- Reignite team purpose with ideas that strengthen wellbeing and leadership
Meet your sponsors
SBK Healthcare would like to thank SilverCloud by Amwell, Limbic and Koa Health for sponsoring this unique forum.
Opportunites to sponsor:
NHS Talking Therapies National Networking Forums enable providers of Talking Therapy technology and treatments to support healthcare professionals. If you would like to sponsor this forum please email Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.
| 8:30 |
Registration, networking and meet the sponsors
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| 9:00 |
Chair’s opening remarks and introductions
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| Boosting service productivity | |
| 9:10 |
Enhancing the clinical model in NHS Talking Therapies to further improve outcomes
Dr Adrian Whittington, National Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions, NHS England
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| 9:35 |
Key update: Providing assurance in the use of digitally enabled therapies
Rachel Heggart, Senior Project Manager, NHS England
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| 9:50 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 10:00 |
Interactive discussion: Incorporating AI and digital solutions to boost service productivity
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| 10:15 |
Feedback back from interactive discussion: Incorporating AI and digital solutions to boost service productivity
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| Industry partnership showcase featuring SilverCloud by Amwell, Limbic and Koa Health | |
| 10:10 |
How SilverCloud can support Talking Therapies to be innovative and reassuringly robust
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| 10:20 |
Industry presentation delievered by Limbic
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| 10:30 |
Industry presentation delivered by Koa Health
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| 10:55 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 11:05 |
Networking break and the opportunity to meet the sponsors
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| Clinical skills and guidance | |
| 11:25 |
Making reasonable adjustments and applying talking therapy materials for neurodivergence
Natasha Hickmott, BABCP Neurodiversity SIG, CBT Therapist and Supervisor, NHS and CBT for ADHD
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| 11:50 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 12:00 |
Interactive discussion: Supporting neurodivergence within your team
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| 12:15 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Supporting neurodivergence within your team
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| 12:25 |
Appropriate pathways and decision making for people living with long-term physical health conditions
Joanna Hudson, Psychologist, King’s College London
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| 12:50 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| 1:00 |
Networking lunch and an opportunity to meet the sponsors
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| 2:00 |
Making sense of and applying new best practice standards: staying safe from suicide
Dr Adrian Whittington, National Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions, NHS England
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| 2:25 |
Questions and answers with your speaker
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| Different ways of working | |
| 2:35 |
Interactive discussion: Improving cohesion within your talking therapies team
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| 2:50 |
Question and answers with your speaker
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| 3:00 |
Networking break and final opportunity to meet the sponsors
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| 3:20 |
Case study: Rethinking group sessions in talking therapies
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| 3:45 |
Applying compassionate leadership in your talking therapies service
Dr Deborah Lee, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Compassionate Leadership at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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| 4:10 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 4:20 |
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day
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Invitation to present
This day is being produced by Hope Frost. If you are interested in speaking, please contact Hope at hope.frost@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or by calling her on 01732 897788.
Check back here shortly for the speaker line-up.
Dr Adrian Whittington
National Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions
NHS England
Rachel Heggart
Senior Project Manager
NHS England
Natasha Hickmott
BABCP Neurodiversity SIG, CBT Therapist and Supervisor
NHS and CBT for ADHD
Joanna Hudson
Psychologist
King’s College London
Dr Deborah Lee
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Compassionate Leadership
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Join your peers for a dedicated day of learning and networking
This training and networking meeting has been designed for professionals working at step 2 and step 3 in talking therapies services. Book your place to join fellow:
- PWPs
- High-Intensity Therapists
- Service Leads and Managers
- Clinical Supervisors and Team Leads
- Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Psychologists
Educational forums for mental health in the NHS
Delivering high-impact events since 2013, we’ve used over a decade of experience to create conferences that meet and go beyond the needs of Talking Therapies services. We're excited to return with a bold new programme for 2025 – but don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what past attendees have said about our training:
Pricing structure
- £49 + VAT - NHS, Public Sector or Charity
SBK Healthcare is charging the nominal attendance fee of £49+VAT to ensure attendance. If you are in a situation where you do not have the funding, but would like to attend, please do contact Lucy Stonebridge on 01732 897788.
Commercial companies are invited to attend and sponsor this day. Please contact Sarah Kemm on 01732 897788 for further details.
Venue Details
Venue name: Birmingham City Football Club
Address: St Andrews Stadium Cattell Road, Birmingham B9 4RL
Tel: 0121 772 0101
Email: conferences@bcfc.com
Travelling to Birmingham City Football Club
Birmingham City Football Club is located a mile and a half from Birmingham City Centre and is easily accessible from main train stations, major road routes and motorway networks. Free parking is available on-site for all conference attendees, please head to the Kop Entrance, which is on Cattell Road. The Kop Entrance is also where the conference is taking place.
Nearest train stations:
Birmingham New Street: 1.7 miles (15-20 minute taxi)
Birmingham Moor Street: 1.6 miles (10 minute taxi)
Bus routes:
The Stadium is served by a number of bus routes. Buses which travel to St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park are the number 17, 60 & 97 buses.
Nearest motorways:
M5, M6, M40, M42
You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding
If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:
- Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
- Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Organisation details: name and address
Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team
Registration fees
You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk.
Cancellations and substitutions
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
Conference changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
Certificate of attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every attendee, as a record of continuing professional training and development.
Privacy notices
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Adding their unique perspectives, we are pleased to welcome our industry partners...
SilverCloud by Amwell a leading provider of evidence-based digital mental and behavioural healthcare solutions. Supporting 80% of NHS Talking Therapies Services, with up to 70% clinical recovery rates.
Global mental health services provider, Koa Health's digitally-enabled therapies to support PTSD, child anxiety, and Social Anxiety Disorder in adolescents and adults were developed in partnership with the Universities of Oxford and Reading and are available through select NHS services.
Limbic is the first UKCA-marked clinical assessment support tool for IAPT. Across 21 services, Limbic consistently frees up staff time, reduces costs, and improves patient experience and accessibility. Find out more from our founder, Dr Ross Harper on ross@limbic.ai.
Why sponsor at an NNF event
We believe in knowing our customers and working with them in tandem to create strategic and well-conceived solutions that provide all the necessary sales and marketing levers to achieve their objectives and deliver the required level of engagement across the event. It is widely accepted that sponsorship provides a great means of broadening your competitive edge by improving your company’s image, prestige and credibility. Aside from enhancing visibility and image it provides a level playing field.
Get involved...
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788
Interested in having your own event, managed by us?
SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an
in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions
may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk