Most NHS organisations are treating ambient voice technology as a near-term tactical priority. But what is the strategic plan for this technology in two, four, or ten years?
At a time when AI is expanding what is clinically possible, what should NHS leaders be planning for — and what risks are they creating by not planning?
This session takes attendees through three horizons of ambient voice technology in the NHS. Hosted by Lyrebird Health, the panel takes a general approach and includes NHS leaders using different platforms.
Join our panel of forward-thinking NHS digital leaders as they explore the future of ambient voice technology in the NHS.
Host
Ruhin Miah
GTM Director, Lyrebird Health — facilitating the discussion
Dr Saif Ahmed
Chief Medical Information Officer
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Saif Ahmed is Chief Medical Information Officer at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Digital Transformation Lead at Health Innovation Manchester. A practising GP and senior digital leader, he has driven major NHS innovations in integrated care and patient outcomes. He played a key role in developing the Greater Manchester Care Record and led digital programmes across end-of-life care, frailty, dementia, and heart failure. Saif has advanced remote monitoring, Virtual Wards, and Electronic Patient Record implementation across Tameside and Stockport trusts. Nationally, he is recognised for leadership in AI governance and advocates for clinically led, patient-centred digital innovation with measurable impact.
Pip Hodgson
Group Digital Transformation Specialist
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Pip Hodgson is a senior NHS digital leader and clinician specialising in practical, patient-centred innovation. At University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group, she leads digital and AI programmes including ambient voice technology, automated booking systems, and AI governance. With a background in frontline nursing, Pip brings a human-centred approach to innovation, ensuring AI tools are safe, supportive, and seamlessly integrated into clinical care. Her work focuses on adoption, clinical safety, and technical assurance, helping NHS trusts scale AI responsibly while maintaining trust, usability, and patient safety.
Liam Cahill
Digital Advisor to NHS organisations
Together Digital
Liam is a healthcare strategist, advisor and the founder of Together Digital. Liam previously co-founded an impactful, nationally respected social enterprise supporting the NHS to improve care around medicines and prescribing. Over the years, he has advised a range of national bodies, local systems, arm's-length bodies, frontline providers and healthtech companies. Liam supports health and social care organisations navigate the wider impact of digital and conditions needed for innovation, and advises a number of healthtech companies around navigating the NHS.
A one-hour discussion about the future of ambient voice technology in the NHS.
