Clinical coding
Wed 30 Apr 2025 09:00-16:20
Leonardo Royal Hotel Oxford, 5 CPD Hours

Are you feeling overwhelmed with the upcoming updates and changes in clinical coding? Would you like to receive invaluable advice from the national experts on how to prepare?

Join this immersive clinical coding conference, taking place in Oxford and designed to give Clinical Coders clarification and practical guidance in this crucial time of change. Hear from the experts at the forefront who will empower you with confidence, so you will return to your team equipped with the right strategies to prepare for ICD-11, electronic classification, AI, retention and remote training. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to network with like-minded trusts and receive worthwhile direction on the future of clinical coding.

Don't forget to book your place by Friday 21st March to receive the early bird discounted rate! Click here for full details

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National Clinical Coding Roadmap
Face-to-face 5 hours From £249+VAT

Latest updates and different approaches: how to overcome your clinical coding challenges

Do you feel out on a limb? Would you benefit from talking with your peers and gaining a fresh insight? 

Now in its second year, the National Clinical Coding Roadmap enables you to come together with NHS Clinical Coders from across the country, benchmark your challenges, share solutions and identify what is accessible and what is doable, so that you go back to your workplace with a clear plan, fully prepared for the changes to come.

Gain new perspectives and experiences: your questions answered

Led by Clinical Coding experts and supported by your peers, this is a great way to learn together and find out how the ideas and answers, work in practice. 

You asked these questions:

  • What direction is clinical coding going in?
  • How can I prepare for significant clinical coding service changes?
  • What does transitioning to remote coding workforce look like?
  • How will adopting AI coding work in practice?
  • How can we future proof the clinical coder role?

Featuring interactive discussions, presentations from the experts, your questions will be answered by the thought-leaders of the coding field.

With thanks to our sponsors

SBK would like to thank CHKS, Greys Recruitment, PharmaDirect and Woodward Associates for sponsoring this Clinical Coding forum. 

               

Invitation to sponsor

This face-to-face nation forum is designed to enable Clinical Coding providers to support healthcare professionals. If you would like to sponsor this forum, please email Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.

Invitation to present

This day is being produced by Victoria Batchelor. If you are interested in speaking, please email Victoria or call her on 01732 897788.

9:00
Registration and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Sue Eve-Jones, Clinical Coding Specialist Consultant
National update
9:40
Clarifying the future: what is the direction of clinical coding?
  • What’s next for clinical coding: understanding the national position
  • How mission ready can we be for major change such as ICD-11 implementation?
Sue Eve-Jones, Clinical Coding Specialist Consultant
Preparing for classification changes
10:05
Managing the effects of significant classification updates in clinical coding
  • Exploring how Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing for change
  • Understanding the infrastructural impact of service developments
  • How to balance workload pressures and training needs during major changes like OPCOS-4
Joy Phillips, Deputy head of Clinical Coding – Operations and Improvement, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
10:30
Questions and answers with your speakers
10:40
Sponsored presentation delivered by Woodwards Associates
Carolyn Cooper, Data and Analytics Specialist, Woodward Associates
10:50
Sponsored presentation opportunity
If you are a Clinical Coding provider and are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting on the day, please contact vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk
11:00
Questions and answers with your sponsors
11:10
Networking break
Incorporating AI and automation
11:30
Overcoming the challenges of implementing AI coding into your service
  • Assessing the present and future potential: understanding the role of AI and automation
  • AI in practice: exploring the requirements and overcoming the restrictions of AI
  • Managing the impact: navigating the relationship between coders, automation and AI
Kathrine Howarth, Independent Clinical Coder, previously Clinical Coding Manager at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11:55
Preparing for service changes: transforming your coding approach through AI and automation collaboration
  • From pilot to deployment: reflecting on Northamptonshire’s AI roadmap implementation
  • Creating positive change: how technology is supporting coders and streamlining their workload
  • Considering the potential of ICD-11 in the context of automation in the clinical coding landscape
Christian Bennett-Evans, Group Head of Clinical Coding, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group
12:20
Incorporating technology into your service: exploring Mersey and West Lancashire (MWL) Teaching Hospitals current automation bot project
  • Exploring MWL’s journey to leveraging automation to overcome retention and growing workload challenges
  • Practical guidance for integrating bot automation into your service
  • Looking ahead: navigating the future of combining AI with automation
Matthew Garner, Senior Information Analyst, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12:45
Questions and answers with your speakers
12:55
Networking lunch
1:55
Roundtable discussion: Exploring clinical coding systems that have been implemented across the country
  • Share what platforms/process you have recently implemented into your organisation
  • What challenges have you experienced and how have you overcoming these challenges?
2:10
Feedback from roundtable discussion: Exploring clinical coding systems that have been implemented across the country
Transitioning to remote coding
2:20
Adopting remote coding: supporting a remote coding workforce whilst managing significant service changes
  • Navigating the pitfalls and the benefits of remote coding in a rapidly changing service
  • Building a remote workforce: strategies for improving your recruitment and retention rates
  • Meeting your team’s needs: overcoming the work and wellbeing challenges of remote coding
Jawad Basharat, Joint Deputy Head of Clinical Coding, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
2:45
Questions and answers with your speakers
2:55
Networking break
Implementing recruitment strategies
3:15
Adapting your recruitment strategies to meet a changing workforce
  • Evaluating your diverse workforce: how Maidstone & Tunbridge meet the need of their coders
  • Guidance on successfully providing remote training and increasing your retention
  • Future proofing the clinical coder role: how to create a sustainable job role
Katie Campbell, Strategic Clinical Coding Lead and Head of Clinical Coding & PBR Assurance, Kent & Medway ICB and Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
3:40
Questions and answers with your speakers
3:50
Roundtable discussion: Examining the national landscape for increasing retention
  • What strategies have you implemented to increase the retention of your workforce?
  • Other than financial what schemes and benefits, what have you implemented to meet your workforce needs?
4:10
Feedback from roundtable discussion: Examining the national landscape for increasing retention
4:20
Chair’s closing remarks followed by close of day

Your confirmed speakers:

Sue Eve-Jones
Job Title:
Clinical Coding Specialist Consultant
Organisation
Biography

Sue is a specialist with over 30 years of experience in training, audit, standard setting, classification authoring, mapping, organisational change, mortality data review, data analysis and research. She has worked at hospital, regional and national level and in the commercial sector in the UK and overseas. 
Joy Phillips
Job Title:
Deputy head of Clinical Coding – Operations and Improvement
Organisation
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Carolyn Cooper
Job Title:
Data and Analytics Specialist
Organisation
Woodward Associates
Biography
Kathrine Howarth
Job Title:
Independent Clinical Coder
Organisation
previously Clinical Coding Manager at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Christian Bennett-Evans
Job Title:
Group Head of Clinical Coding
Organisation
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group
Biography

Christian has 11 years experience across Clinical Coding services in the public sector and is currently the UHN Head of Clinical Coding.

He holds a BSc in Biomedical Science and has a particular interest in driving efficiency and innovation in the coding industry, identifying opportunities for process optimisation and implementing data-driven solutions.

His fundamental approach is to support the professional development of his teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
Matthew Garner
Job Title:
Senior Information Analyst
Organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Matthew Garner has over 15 years of experience within the NHS, having contributed to a variety of departments, including Medical Records, Patient Access, Endoscopy Scheduling, Clinical Coding, and Business Intelligence and Performance. In his current role as a Senior Information Analyst at Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Trust, Matthew leverages his strong foundation as a nationally qualified clinical coder to deliver data-driven insights and solutions. Matthew is also an RPA Developer and Solution Designer, leading innovative automation projects, with a primary focus on creating and implementing automated clinical coding solutions that enhance efficiency and accuracy. His expertise and dedication to modernizing NHS processes continue to generate groundbreaking approaches that bring substantial benefits.
Jawad Basharat
Job Title:
Joint Deputy Head of Clinical Coding
Organisation
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Biography
Katie Campbell
Job Title:
Strategic Clinical Coding Lead and Head of Clinical Coding & PBR Assurance
Organisation
Kent & Medway ICB and Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Biography

Pricing structure

  • Early bird: £249+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place before Friday 21st March
  • £349+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place after Friday 21st March

You or a colleague can claim the group NHS discount, for booking places across this and any other subsequent event, providing the same pricing structure applies. Click here to view the full list of up coming events.

For group bookings of five or more people, please contact our delegate support team for further details:

enquiries@sbk-healthcare.co.uk

01732 897788

Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.

Venue details

Venue name: Leonardo Royal Hotel Oxford

Address:  Godstow Road, Wolvercote, Oxford OX2 8AL ·

Tel: 01865 489988

Click here to view the location and travel details via the Leonardo Royal Hotel website

Directions: Click here to plan your journey using Google Maps

What happens once you have made your booking?

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking and you will be sent a formal confirmation. If you have not received this within 48 hours of making your booking please check your junk folder and then email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788. .

Approximately one week prior to the conference you will be sent an email which will include all the final details for attendance on the day, including a final agenda and venue information.

Please inform us by writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk if you have any special dietary or other requirements.

Reservations

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This informative and national conference has been designed for coding teams who are preparing for the next steps in classification and new technologies. Network and meet with clinical coding professionals. This includes but is not limited to:

  • Head and Deputy Head of Clinical Coding
  • Clinical Coding Managers, Service Managers and Team Leads
  • Senior Clinical Coding Analysts and Clinical Coding Trainers
  • Clinical Coding Auditors

Past attendee feedback

Since 2014, SBK Healthcare’s Clinical Coding training events have been highly successful, receiving excellent feedback from attendees, who have gained useful and valuable insights to implement within their trusts. Check out some of our amazing feedback over the years:

"Excellent opportunity to network with other coders and see other ways of working"

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Clinical Coding: Meet the Clinicians, 2023

"Very useful day. Gained a great deal from all"

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Enabling the Digital Future of Clinical Coding, 2022

“I found this course to be interesting and has given me lots of ideas/things to think about and to take back to my Trust”

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Coding Meet the Clinicians, 2021

"It was a great first experience of an online conference. I found it user friendly and easy to navigate. Instructions were nice and clear"

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Clinical Coding National Networking Forum, 2020

"Varied and diverse speakers, excellent transference of knowledge"

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Coding National Networking Forum, 2019

"Engaging open discussion – very practical. Enjoyed examples from practice"

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, SNOMED-CT in Practice, 2018

"I thought that the talks by all guest speakers were excellent"

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Coding National Networking Forum, 2017

“I found this course to be interesting and has given me lots of ideas/things to think about and to take back to my Trust”

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Coders National Networking Forum, 2016

"The whole day was enjoyable – well organised and good presentations. Very informative”

Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, How to Conduct a Mortality Audit, 2015

"A really valuable day – all speakers provided useful learning"

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Progressive Clinical Coding, 2014

"A really valuable day – all speakers provided useful learning"

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Progressive Clinical Coding, 2014

View further comments on SBK Healthcare events on Trust Pilot.

Confirmed sponsors:

CHKS are the UK's largest independent provider of healthcare clinical coding services, offering AI and remote coding, training, and support. Our focus is delivering accurate, scalable and efficient coding for excellent data quality and reliable, timely results.


       

Greys is a specialist clinical coding recruiter, we work across the UK within the public and private sectors helping people gain permanent, contract, weekend and evening work. We work with both our clients and candidates to provide a bespoke service specific for them. To find out more contact us on 01908 382501 or click here to visit their website.


    

Pharma Direct specialise in the recruitment of Clinical Coding professional across the UK, professionals are supplied on a contract, fixed term or permanent basis to all manner of public and private sector companies. Click here to view their website. 


As the UK’s leading clinical coding solutions provider, Woodward delivers clinical encoding, clinical audit and auto-coding solutions to more than 100 Trusts. Our integrated solutions deliver unprecedented clinical data accuracy and ensure optimal revenue reimbursement to hospitals for care provided.

Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Interested in having your own event, managed by us?

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Vanessa Pearce

Contact: 01732 897788 

Email: vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk