About this Event
Welcome to Mental Health Innovation - Different Voices, Shared Purpose! Join us at Hale House on January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM (London) for a day of learning and collaboration. Let's come together to explore new ideas and perspectives on mental health. This event aims to showcase diverse voices and find common ground in our shared goal of improving mental well-being across different settings: workplace, clinic and high street! We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Arrival & Coffee
🕑: 09:45 AM - 09:55 AM
Welcome to MHIN & Hale House
Host: Aahuti Rai
Info: Overview of MHIN mission and community and the Harley Street Health District
🕑: 09:55 AM - 10:15 AM
It has to start with Inclusion!
Host: Dr Maja Golf-Papez
Info: Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Sussex.
Maja addresses how to ensure digital mental health innovations genuinely serve diverse populations without creating new barriers to access. Her research-to-practice approach helps innovators and commissioners design inclusive solutions.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
The Policy Landscape Matters!
Host: Rebecca Gray
Info: Director, Mental Health Network, NHS Confederation.
Rebecca offers critical insight into NHS needs, system-level challenges, commissioning processes, and current policy priorities—essential context for anyone working to innovate within or alongside the NHS.
🕑: 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM
Why Workplace has a role perhaps more than Clinics ?!?
Host: Will Lankston
Info: Managing Director, Timpson Direct,
Timpson demonstrates that workplace culture and inclusive employment practices can be therapeutic and commercially smart. Will offers practical insights on mental health support beyond traditional clinical settings.
🕑: 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Why we can't get obsessed with Digital.
Host: Shazna Khanom
Info: Head of Remote Mental Health, Bupa UK. Remote and face-to-face mental health services on the High Street, can complement each other, addressing diverse patient needs while scaling access without compromising quality
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Ultimately what matters to payors?
Host: Yasmin Baker
Info: Senior Digital Transformation Leader at NHS North West London ICB. Yasmin brings a commissioning and digital transformation lens to mental health, linking strategy, funding and digital pathways with what actually happens for patients and communities in North West London. Her perspective connects innovation and real-world implementation, particularly around equitable access, neighbourhood models, and how data and digital tools can support better mental health outcomes.
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
General Q&A with All Speakers
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Networking
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hale House, 76 Portland Place, London, United Kingdom
GBP 12.50
