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Lincoln Gombedza
Lincoln Gombedza graduated from Keele University as a Learning Disability Nurse and is now a multi-award-winning Learning Disability (LD) Nurse and Practice Educator at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. He is actively involved in working with partners across the NHS and beyond, bringing AI (Artificial Intelligence) and digital technologies into healthcare practices.
He has collaborated successfully with NHS Digital Decision-Making Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Speakers for Schools, CHIME International, Foundation of Nursing Studies, Florence Nightingale Foundation, Sigma Nursing, Daisy Foundation, and has been invited to speak at conferences and events such as Digital Rewired 2023, International Daisy Day Conference Why Nurses and Midwives Stay? And CHIME CIO Summit.Lincoln has demonstrated excellent collaboration and leadership skills that have led to measurable, data-driven improvements in healthcare. He has promoted the use of AI and digital technologies and his speaking opportunities have helped to accelerate their adoption.
He was the first student nurse to join NHS Digital Shared Decision-Making Council and proposed innovative ideas such as empowering nurses to be innovators, leverage low code such as Microsoft Power Platform. He has also volunteered with the "Speakers for Schools" program and reached over 300 pupils through community outreach, inspiring many of them to consider a future in
healthcare.Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln played a crucial role in the adoption of digital healthcare solutions. He supported telehealth and virtual consultations, making sure that over 10,000 patients received continuous care during the peak of the pandemic.
A key part of this digital transformation was working with other industry professionals to improve the quality and
accessibility of these virtual healthcare services.