How to get Advice & Guidance right | Learnings from Primary and Secondary Care leaders

Published: 1st July 2025
Watch our NHS panel discussion exploring what it really takes to deliver Advice & Guidance (A&G) at scale across the NHS. Listen to speakers from ICBs, primary care, secondary care, and workforce planning experts as they share tools, tips, and real-world lessons from areas making A&G work and what others can do to follow their lead.
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About the panel discussion:

Watch our NHS panel discussion exploring what it really takes to deliver Advice & Guidance (A&G) at scale across the NHS. Listen to speakers from ICBs, primary care, secondary care, and workforce planning experts as they share tools, tips, and real-world lessons from areas making A&G work and what others can do to follow their lead.

With the recent release of NHSE’s Enhanced Specification Advice Framework, the panel explored how the framework impacts stakeholders across the system, from commissioning leads to hospital teams and GPs, and how reliable A&G can make a difference.

The panel included:

  • Jyothi Nippani, National Clinical Lead – Hospital Policy, Clinical Director – Emergency Care Improvement Support Team (ECIST), Elective & Emergency Care Improvement, NHS England & NHS Improvement
  • Keith Spratt, Head of Operational Contract Management at NHS North Central London ICB
  • Professor Michael Steiner (Mick), Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory Sciences College of Life Sciences University of Leicester, Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester
  • Dr Ross Cunningham, General Practitioner and GP Trainer at Evergreen Surgery, Enfield (ECN), Deputy Council Representative: North East London Faculty (RCGP), Pathways & Interface Lead: GP Provider Alliance (NCL GPPA), Clinical Lead for Place: ‘Age Well’ portfolio in Enfield Borough (NCL ICS)
  • Dr Stephen Cookson, NHS consultant cardiologist

If you have any questions about the panel discussion or how we can support your area, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01865 261467 or email info@consultantconnect.org.uk.

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