​The Healthcare Vision Exchange - By Heidi

​Join us for an exclusive in-person evening exploring one of healthcare’s most uncomfortable questions: will ambient voice technology and AI change the role of doctors forever?

​Hear from senior clinicians, NHS digital and regulatory leaders - including Professor Erika Denton, Dr Ari Ercole, Professor Alastair Denniston, Bruno Botelho, and Dr Arun Thiyagarajan - as they debate how AI is already reshaping clinical work, which specialities may feel the impact first, and where human judgement remains irreplaceable.

​This panel moves beyond hype to examine the realities of using AI in clinical practice, the cultural and regulatory barriers to adoption, and whether technology is truly freeing doctors - or quietly redefining what it means to be one.

​Stay after the discussion for drinks, food, and candid conversation with peers from across the NHS and digital health.

​General Information

• ​Date: 4th March 2026

• ​Format: In-person event (In-person places are limited and subject to approval. Confirmation will be sent by email.)

• ​Location: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London W1G 0AE

• ​Duration: 6:00 – 9:30 PM

• ​Catering & Drinks: Provided before and after the panel

​Programme

• ​6:00 – 6:45 PM → Arrival, welcome drinks & nibbles

• ​6:45 – 6:55 PM → Welcome remarks

• ​6:55 – 8:00 PM → Panel discussion & closing remarks 

• ​8:00 – 9:30 PM → Networking, drinks & catering

​What you’ll take away

​By the end of the panel, attendees will have explored:

• ​The evolving role of clinicians in an AI-augmented healthcare environment

• ​How clinical roles and specialties may change and which elements will endure

• ​Where AI adoption may differ across specialties, and why

• ​What happens if regulation struggles to keep pace, and how the system can future-proof innovation

• ​A realistic but optimistic view of how AI can restore joy in clinical practice and support safer, more human care

​Who should attend

​This event is for people working in healthcare who are shaping or affected by how AI is used in real clinical settings. Whether you deliver care, lead services, design systems, or regulate innovation, this event offers grounded insight from those actively shaping how AI fits into real-world clinical practice.

​The Panel

​Moderator

• ​Prof. Erika Denton – Former Medical Director for
  transformation for NHSE; Consultant Radiologist, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital; Honorary Professor, University of East Anglia

​Speakers

• ​Dr Ari Ercole – Interim Chief Clinical Information Officer, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Consultant in Neurosciences & Trauma Intensive Care Medicine

• ​Prof. Alastair Denniston – Professor of Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham; Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist; Director, CERSI-AI

• ​Bruno Botelho – Director of Digital Operations and Innovation, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Programme Director, North West London Federated Data Platform

• ​Dr Arun Thiyagarajan – Chief Executive Officer, Vitality Health UK; former Global Healthcare Transformation Director, Bupa