GOVERNANCE & CLINICAL LEADERSHIP
Board of Advisors
The MediConferences UK Board of Advisors comprises distinguished healthcare leaders, senior clinicians, and academic authorities who provide strategic oversight and ensure the clinical integrity of our conference portfolio.
Clinical Advisory Network
We are currently establishing an independent advisory network to support programme development, ensure clinical relevance, and uphold evidence-led standards across our events.
Dr. Koyes Ahmed
Dr Koyes Ahmed is an NHS GP and Urgent Care Doctor in Bristol, and Founder & Chief Medical Officer of DutyDoctor, a private online GP service he successfully exited soon after launch while continuing in a leadership role.
His interests span clinical entrepreneurship, leadership, private and international healthcare, and digital health.
FOCUS AREAS
Clinical Entrepreneurship • Leadership • Private Healthcare • International Work • Digital Health
Dr. Sheikh Mateen Ellahi
Dr Sheikh Mateen Ellahi is a GP Partner and a senior advisor in digital health and primary care transformation. Alongside his frontline clinical work, he serves as Clinical Director and Clinical Safety Officer at CheckUp Health, provides consultancy to practices on governance and operational improvement, and speaks internationally on healthcare innovation.
FOCUS AREAS
Leadership • Digital Health & Clinical Innovation • Operational Improvement • Preventative & Global Care
Dr. Camille Hirons
Camille is an NHS GP with a specialist interest in Health Equity and Lifestyle Medicine.
Alongside her clinical practice, she works in NHS innovation and transformation as Clinical Lead for an Integrated Neighbourhood Team.
Camille is also the Vice President of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine
FOCUS AREAS
Lifestyle medicine • Health equity • Innovation and Transformation
Dr. Adrian Rees
Dr Adrian Rees is a GP partner in a large NHS practice in Leeds and a medicolegal expert with extensive experience across clinical practice and expert report work.
He combines frontline medical insight with rigorous, evidence based analysis to deliver clear, balanced, and defensible opinions.
FOCUS AREAS
Clinical quality • Programme relevance • Outcomes focus
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Interested in Contributing?
If you’re a clinician, researcher, or NHS leader interested in helping shape our programmes, we’d welcome a conversation.
Enquiries are routed to the appropriate team member.
Role of the Board
Strategic oversight ensuring clinical excellence and professional relevance
Agenda Development & Oversight
The Board reviews and approves all conference programmes to ensure they address current clinical priorities, incorporate evidence-based content, and reflect the latest developments in medical science and practice. Members identify emerging topics, recommend expert speakers, and validate the educational value of each session.
This rigorous oversight process guarantees that delegates receive content that is both academically robust and immediately applicable to their clinical work.
Clinical Relevance & Standards
Advisors ensure that all educational content aligns with national clinical guidelines, Royal College recommendations, and NICE guidance. They assess the practical applicability of presentations and workshops, ensuring that theoretical knowledge translates into improved patient outcomes and enhanced professional competence.
The Board maintains our commitment to delivering conferences that directly support better patient care and clinical decision-making.
Quality Assurance & Accreditation
Members work closely with professional bodies and accrediting organisations to ensure that MediConferences UK events meet the stringent criteria required for CPD certification. They review evaluation data, delegate feedback, and speaker performance to drive continuous improvement across our conference portfolio.
This quality assurance framework underpins our reputation for delivering consistently high-standard educational events.
Professional Integrity & Independence
The Board safeguards the independence of our educational content, ensuring that commercial interests do not compromise clinical objectivity. Advisors review all industry partnerships and sponsorship arrangements to maintain transparent relationships that support, rather than influence, the educational mission.
This commitment to integrity ensures that delegates can trust the impartiality and credibility of all conference content.
Governance & Integrity Statement
MediConferences UK operates under a framework of clinical governance designed to uphold the highest standards of educational integrity, professional conduct, and patient-centred care. Our Board of Advisors functions as an independent body, free from commercial influence, ensuring that all conference activities align with regulatory requirements and professional ethics.
We maintain full transparency in our relationships with industry partners, clearly distinguishing between educational content and commercial promotion. All potential conflicts of interest are declared and managed in accordance with GMC guidance and the standards set by relevant Royal Colleges.
Our governance principles include:
- Independent clinical oversight of all educational content
- Rigorous peer review and quality assurance processes
- Transparent declaration of funding sources and partnerships
- Compliance with CPD accreditation standards and ethical guidelines
- Regular review of governance procedures and advisory board composition
This governance structure ensures that MediConferences UK remains a trusted partner for healthcare professionals seeking high-quality continuing professional development, and provides assurance to regulatory bodies, accrediting organisations, and the wider medical community that our conferences meet the most exacting standards of clinical and educational excellence.
Clinician input
PROGRAMME QUALITY
Independent oversight
INTEGRITY
Evidence-led
STANDARDS
Open to interest
EXPRESSIONS WELCOME
We are currently establishing a clinical advisory network to support programme development and uphold quality standards across our conferences. If you’re interested in contributing, we’d welcome a conversation.