| 19 P R O G R A M M E Professor Frankie Swords National Medical Director, Department of Health and Social Care Professor Frankie Swords was appointed the National Medical Director of NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care on 1st June 2026. Professor Swords has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS. She was Executive Medical Director at NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, having previously held Executive Medical Director roles at both NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and NHS Suffolk and Northeast Essex Integrated Care Board. Alongside this, she works as a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is an Honorary Professor to Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia. Earlier in her career, she was Medical Director at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, and held multiple medical leadership positions at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, after completing her training in Oxford and London. Will Warburton Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy, Innovation, Research and Life Sciences Strategy, NHS England Will Warburton is Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy at NHS England. He co-leads the NHS England Innovation, Research and Life Sciences team, with responsibility for Horizon Scanning and HealthTech Innovation. Will was previously Managing Director of the Shelford Group, Director of Improvement at the Health Foundation, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London. Will is a Trustee at Tommy’s, the pregnancy health charity. NHS CEP is something quite magical — harnessing creativity, knowledge and passion and turning it into something that can truly change the world.
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