The voices we heard - and those we didn’t: Reflections from Insights North East 2026

“Conversations about centring citizen’s voices in the implementation of innovation to help reduce inequalities and further the NHS mission towards prevention, were rich and thoughtful…”, writes our Head of Communications and Marketing Jule Coulson, who represented our senior leadership team at Insights North East 2026, “…yet there appeared to be relatively little representation from the private sector. For me, this raised a vital question.”