# Event Details - **Event Name**: NHS Curse or Cure? - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am – Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: Where Communities Speak Truth — and Systems Must Listen. From Lived Experience to Systemic Change.About this EventNHS Curse or Cure?Understanding Community Lived Experiences and Improving Health EquityThis is NOT an NHS event.This is a community-led, NGO-driven conference where lived experience speaks first — and systems are invited to listen.For too long, conversations about health equity have happened about Black and Brown communities, rather than with them. This event flips the script.NHS leaders, clinicians, commissioners, policy-makers, and partners are invited — not to lead — but to listen, reflect, and engage with what communities and NGOs are saying.This is a space for truth, accountability, courage, and change.Why This Conference ExistsBlack and Brown communities continue to experience:Avoidable illness and premature deathDelayed diagnosis and unequal treatmentStructural bias embedded in systems and practiceDeep mistrust born from lived experienceDespite policy, pledges, and programmes, too many voices remain unheard.This conference centres those voices.No defensiveness.No tokenism.No performative equity.Just honest, community-led truth-telling and a demand for better.What Will Happen on the DayCommunities and NGOs speak openly about lived experienceHealth professionals hear directly from those most affectedDifficult conversations are held with respect and integrityEvidence, insight, and solutions are sharedAccountability begins with listeningThis is not about blame.It is about responsibility.Powerful Voices. Real Experiences.Keynote SpeakerDr Chidi NgwabaAward-winning Health & Wellness Expert | Media Medic & Commentator for Sky News and Good Morning Britain. Known for challenging medical orthodoxy and empowering communities to reclaim their health.Other Speakers & Contributors IncludeRuth South – CEO & Founder of CARE | Co-Author, AKIP Police Stop & SearchImran Mahmood – CAMHS Service Development Lead (Health Equity & Community Participation)Dr Jacquie Halliday-Bell – MBChB, FFOM, MD and Co-author of 100 Black British DoctorsDr Matilda Chongwa – Chief Executive Director, Global Diabetes InitiativesClaudette Mitchell OBE – Founder Director, Sickle Cell Care & Social ActivityJunior Hemans – Chair, Prostate Cancer UK Black Men’s Health Advisory GroupVal Orr – Val Orr -Health Consultant, Women’s Health and Director of VEO Wellness ServicesElsie Gayle – Midwife and Honorary Fellow, The University of WolverhamptonOlivia Horgan – Health Inequalities Strategy & Delivery Manager (PCREF)Patient and Carers Race Equality FrameworkAlicia Spence – Director of ACCI -African Caribbean Community Initiative, Mental Health ServiceWinston Lindsay – Wellbeing Social Worker & DirectorHosts:Adrian Roberts and Esther DouglasSpecial Contribution:Poetry by Selina Toussaint-Peterson — lived experience, spoken without apology.What Else Is Included✔️ Speakers’ panel with audience Q&A✔️ FREE blood pressure and diabetes checks (pre-booking required, email info@care1brp.com)✔️ Wellbeing and health advice✔️ Book sales and promotional stalls✔️ Space for connection, reflection, and learningWho This Is ForCommunity organisations and NGOsCarersOut-patientsPeople with lived experienceActivists and advocatesSocial WorkersNHS staff, leaders, and commissioners ready to listenPolicy-makers and decision-makersResearchers, students, and alliesWhy the NHS must attendHealth equity cannot be achieved without listening to those most affected by inequality. This community-led conference offers NHS leaders, clinicians, commissioners, and decision-makers a rare opportunity to hear unfiltered lived experience from Black and Brown communities and the NGOs that support them. Attendance is not about visibility or reassurance — it is about accountability, reflection, and learning. Those serious about reducing disparities, rebuilding trust, and delivering equitable care must be willing to listen when communities speak. This event provides that space — openly, honestly, and without defensiveness.Why Marginalised & Underserved Communities Must AttendThis conference exists because of you, and for you . Too often, decisions about health, care, and services are made without the voices of those most affected. This space is about reclaiming that voice. By attending, you help shape the narrative, challenge harmful systems, and ensure that lived experience leads the conversation. This is a place to be heard, supported, informed, and empowered — to connect with others who understand your journey, to access health advice and checks, and to stand together in demanding fairness, dignity, and equity in healthcare. Your presence matters. Your experience matters. Your voice matters.If you believe equity starts with listening — this is for you.Event Details? Venue:The AuditoriumUniversity of Wolverhampton – Science Park Technology CentreGlaisher Drive, Wolverhampton, WV10 9RU? Date: Monday 30th March 2026? Registration: 9:30 AM? Start: 10:00 AM☕ Onsite café (card only)? Multiple offsite food outlets? Onsite parking available? FREE EVENT – REGISTRATION REQUIRED? CALL TO ACTION ?If you are a community member, NGO, or advocate — your voice matters.If you work within the NHS or public systems — your presence matters.If you care about equity — your action matters.⚠️ Do not come to speak over communities.Come to listen.Come to learn.Come ready to change.? 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