Agenda

Please see below the schedule of timings for the two days:

Please note that this is subject to change at any point.

Wednesday, December 2, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration and Refreshments

In Hotel Lobby 

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
Welcome and Housekeeping
 
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
Presidential Address

Saima Ashraf MBE, Interim President, Police Staff, Merseyside Police 

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Opening Address

Assistant Chief Officer Andrew Price, Derbyshire Constabulary, NPCC Lead for Disability

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
More Than a Diagnosis: Gynaecological Cancer, Disability and the Power of Early Detection

Courtney Parsonage, Lead Macmillan Gynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Northern Care Alliance

11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
Refreshment Break

Served in the Exhibition Area

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Cancer – My Journey

Former Chief Inspector John Haywood, Greater Manchester Police

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Early Detection Saves Lives

Jane Naylor, Force Interview Advisor, Greater Manchester Police

12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Q&A Panel Session with Morning Speakers

Please submit your questions on Slido

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch and Networking
 
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM
Living and Working with Long Covid

Mike Dearden, DPA Vice President (Officers)

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM
The One Arm of the Law – Operational Policing as an Amputee

Chief Inspector Jon Sherlock, Cumbria Constabulary  

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
Are we still talking about Menopause in the workplace?

Chief Inspector Lisa Ledder, Merseyside Police

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
Refreshment Break
 
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM
All About Diabetes

Abdul Rais, Diabetes Champion, Diabetes UK

3:15 PM - 3:35 PM
Study to Measure Real Time and Real-World Noise Levels in a Small Sample of Police Officers

Claire Lomax, Laboratory Director, National Institute of Airborne Acoustic Metrology, University of Salford

3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
Don’t Waste Brains

Caroline Turner, CEO, Creased Puddle Ltd

3:55 PM - 4:15 PM
Refreshment Break
 
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
Reforms in Policing and Policing White Paper
 
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Q&A Panel with Afternoon Speakers
 
4:55 PM - 5:00 PM
Close of Day 1
 
6:45 PM - 7:15 PM
Pre-dinner Drinks Reception
 
7:15 PM - 11:00 PM
Conference Dinner and Disability Champions Award Ceremony

Dress Code: Optional Black Tie or whatever you feel comfortable wearing for a night of celebration

Dinner in association with

Thursday, December 3, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Refreshments

In Hotel Lobby

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Welcome to Day 2
 
9:05 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote Address
 
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
How HMICFRS Addresses Culture and Discrimination within PEEL Inspections

HMI Kathryn Stone OBE, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Q&A
 
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Refreshments and Networking
 
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
PTSD
 
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Access to Work

Sarah Marshall, Disability Services Advocacy Manager & Johanna Logan, Advocacy Manager for Central England, Department for Work and Pensions

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Oscar Kilo
 
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
Comfort Break
 
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
From Commitment to Culture – Disability Confident and Beyond

Rebecca Elliott (MSc, Assoc CIPD, fCMgr), Lead Disability Business Partner, Business Disability Forum

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Q&A with Morning Speakers
 
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch Break
 
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM
Sickle Cell, The Met and Me

Abenaa Anncou, Digital Forensic Manager and Metropolitan Police Service

1:35 PM - 2:30 PM
Get Back Up, Climbing Through the Storm

Jamie McAnsh, Disabled Adventurer

2:30 PM - 2:35 PM
Close of Conference