This session will provide a thought-provoking discussion on hidden disabilities and what further steps can be taken to make the NHS workplace more inclusive for people with hidden disabilities.

Our panel of speakers includes a range of disability experts and also those with first-hand experience of living with a hidden disability and working in the NHS.

Who should attend?

Anyone with a hidden disability or an interest in hidden disabilities.

Who will be speaking?

  • Paul Deemer – Head of Diversity and Inclusion, NHS Employers (Co-chair)
  • Emma Mendes da Costa – Inclusion Project Lead & Disability Network Chair, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (Co-chair)
  • Martin O’ Kane – Strategic Lead for Employment, RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
  • Anne Cockayne – Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Business School
  • Nicola Green – Capsticks
  • Debra Hall – Voluntary Services Manager, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
  • Michelle Healy – Data Integrity Officer, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust