Future of Primary Care Webinar – April
Register for April’s Future of Primary Care webinar with NELFT’s Deputy CEO, Dr Mohit Venkataram and Director of the Primary Care Network at NHS Confederation, Ruth Rankine!
Join Dr Mohit Venkataram in conversation with Ruth Rankine on Wednesday 16 April at 7pm on Zoom, where they will be discussing:
Building Primary Care infrastructure at par with Acute services
We are really looking forward to bringing Ruth and Mohit together to create and undertake a conversation surrounding the building primary care infrastructure.
This session will appeal to many, in all sectors, so please do share this with your teams and networks, far and wide!
We hope you’ll join us for the event, and we look forward to virtually welcoming you on the day!
Webinar details:
📅 Wednesday 16 April 2025
⏰ 7pm – 8pm
💻 Via Zoom
Please email any questions ahead of the webinar to: communications@nelft.nhs.uk
Biographies of speaker and host:
Ruth Rankine is Director of the Primary Care Network at NHS Confederation, the national membership organisation which represents the whole of the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. She joined the Confederation in December 2019 to set up the PCN network, expanding it to become the Primary Care Network reflecting the need for inclusivity across the whole of primary care. In her role in the Confed, Ruth has also strengthened links into ICSs through the establishment of primary care focused forums with our partner ICS network.
Prior to joining the Confed, Ruth worked in a range of strategy and operational leadership roles in the NHS and Government. She was Deputy Chief Inspector for general practice, online services and military health at the Care Quality Commission and Director of Strategy and Planning at NHS Direct. Ruth began her career in the NHS in the North East, moving to the NHS Executive where she worked in a variety of policy roles. She undertook a range of secondments to NHS organisations latterly as Director of Urgent and Emergency Care Transformation in Leeds. She was then appointed as Principal Private Secretary to the NHS Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary in the Department of Health where she worked on a range of high-profile national policy issues, gaining cross government exposure to No 10 Downing Street.
Dr Mohit Venkataram was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive at North East London NHS Foundation Trust in March 2024 having previously been the Executive Director of Commercial Development at East London NHS Foundation Trust.
Mohit has extensive strategic and operational management experience in acute Trusts, community Trusts, and social care and mental health organisations. Mohit was the former Deputy Managing Director for Newham Health and Social Care Services across Newham Primary Care Trust and the London Borough of Newham. He has also worked as a practicing clinician in the private and statutory health sector abroad.