Each year the Network delivers a programme of highly informative and engaging events. Our events include:
In Person Conferences
These sessions highlight key findings from the data collection year, with guest speakers sharing good practice and time set aside for your questions about toolkits and reports. Held between September and December, each event runs for around two hours and offers valuable insights and practical takeaways.
Project Drop-in Sessions
Got questions about your project? These informal sessions are your chance to ask anything - no need to book. They usually run throughout the data collection and validation period, so you can get the support you need when it matters most.
Benchmarking Findings Events
These sessions highlight key findings from the data collection year, with guest speakers sharing good practice and time set aside for your questions about toolkits and reports. Held between September and December, each event runs for around two hours and offers valuable insights and practical takeaways.
Project Launch Events
Have Questions? We’re Here to Help
These sessions are open to all users who have questions about the project specification or submission process. Drop in for quick answers, guidance, and support—no appointment needed.
Lunch & Learn Sessions
Exclusive to our members - Join us for a quick Lunch and Learn session where you'll gain insights on a specific project from our Network Support Team. Bring your lunch and your curiosity—this is a great opportunity to learn something new and connect with peers, all within your lunch break.
Events List
Lunch & Learn: International Eating Disorder Reflections from Stephen Watkins
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
11:30
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12:30
Join us for an insightful session with Stephen Watkins, Associate Non‑Executive Director at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, former Director of NHS Benchmarking Network and 2024 Churchill Fellow, as he shares his international research on tackling the widening treatment gap in eating disorders care.
Drawing on decades of experience supporting national mental health policy through the NHS Benchmarking Network, Stephen’s recent fellowship took him to Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden to study how countries with established national strategies are improving access, strengthening early intervention, and embedding lived experience into service design. His findings highlight the stark contrast with the UK, where adult eating disorder services continue to operate without a national strategy despite rising prevalence and demand.
Stephen will discuss what he learned from systems that have embraced clear political commitment, structured care pathways, digital therapy innovations, and culturally responsive approaches and how these insights could inform a transformative, achievable strategy for the UK.
The NHS Benchmarking Network are pleased to offer this rare opportunity to hear first‑hand evidence from global leaders in eating disorders care and to consider what meaningful change could look like for patients, carers, and services across the UK.
This event is open to both members and non-members.
Learning Disability Specialist Services Findings Event
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
13:00
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15:00
Benchmarking Findings Webinar: Learning Disability Specialist Services Findings Event.
Join us at the 2025/26 LDSS project findings event, Wednesday the 18th March, from 13:00 - 15:00. In addition to our presentation of the findings from this year's benchmarking, we have guest speakers to talk about how their trusts have planned, developed and implemented best practices for providing care for those with learning disabilities.
Open for registration for both members and non-member organisations. Please register using the buttons below.