2026 Speakers

Carol Stonham MBE, NHS England SW
Respiratory Nurse Specialist
NHS England SW

Following 26 years nursing in general practice for 10 years Carol was Gloucestershire ICB Respiratory Clinical Programme Group and is CYP Asthma Clinical Lead. Carol is co-clinical lead of the NHSE Southwest Respiratory Network.

Carol is past Executive Chair of PCRS – the first non-doctor and first female to take the chair. She is current a trustee of the charity.  She is vice chair of the Lung Health Task Force and also co-chairs the Taskforce early and accurate diagnosis group. Carol received Queen’s Nurse award in 2007 and in 2016 was awarded an MBE for Services to Nursing and Healthcare.

Darush Attar-Zadeh, West & North London ICB, Executive Chair Primary Care Respiratory Society, NHS RightBreathe
Respiratory Pharmacist
West & North London ICB, Executive Chair Primary Care Respiratory Society, NHS RightBreathe

A Clinical Fellow Pharmacist in North West London with a keen interest in preventative medicine. He has a real passion in respiratory and chairs and supports various societies in the UK and internationally. Darush helped develop NHS RightBreathe. In 2019 Darush was awarded PCPA GP Pharmacist runner up and his team highly commended at the HSJ awards in 2017 and 2024 

Michaela Nuttall RGN MSc, Smart Health Solutions
Director
Smart Health Solutions

Michaela has worked in prevention for more than 30 years and now has a portfolio career as Director of Smart Health Solutions, Associate in Nursing at C3 Collaborating for Health, and former Clinical Advisor for CVD Prevention at OHID. In 2020, she founded Learn With Nurses CIC, which has provided free training to almost 38,000 healthcare professionals across 88 countries. She chairs HEART UK’s Healthcare Committee and contributes to the British and Irish Hypertension Society. Her career highlights include writing for WHO, presenting at the American Heart Association, and serving as a Trustee of PoTS UK.

Ravijyot Saggu, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, London
Lead Pharmacist, Medicine & Respiratory (portfolio role)
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, London

Ravijyot is an experienced respiratory specialist pharmacist and recognised leader committed to transforming care. A former Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow and Population Health Fellow, she has led national system readiness for biologics and contributed to a range of cross sector workstreams including respiratory/sustainability guidelines/frameworks nationally and globally. She sits on key national groups (NHSE, NICE, NRAP, UKCPA), including as BTS Biologics Co Chair, and is an honorary clinical lecturer with various publications. Her expertise spans leadership, policy, health economics and medicines optimisation, shaping value based healthcare. A coach, QI practitioner, NICE Prescribing Associate and ALUK council member, she advocates for inclusive sustainable, personalised care to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities