Meet our Team
The People Behind Future Nurse
Future Nurse is driven by a small, passionate team with deep roots in nursing, digital health, NHS innovation and healthcare commercialisation. Together, we bring clinical insight, strategic thinking and real-world experience to everything we do — united by the belief that nurses should be at the heart of digital transformation in healthcare.
Professor Natasha Phillips – CEO and Founder
Natasha is the Founder of Future Nurse, a network that aims to bring nurses and tech closer together to help solve healthcare’s biggest problems.
As the first Chief Nursing Information Officer at NHS England, she led the development of What Good Looks Like for Nursing, the National Digital Clinical Safety Strategy and the Phillips-Ives Review on nursing skills needed for the digital age.
Natasha led the successful enterprise wide EPR implementation at UCLH and is a Professor of Digital Health at the University of Salford leading work on education and research in digital health.
You can read more of Natasha’s thoughts at the Nursing Times where she is a regular contributor: Author Page – Natasha Phillips.
Katherina Breen – Director
Katherina is a commercial consultant specialising in healthcare innovation, strategic partnerships and revenue growth. They help organisations grow, engage key audiences and develop sustainable commercial strategies.
As former Head of Commercial at the Royal College of Nursing Group, Katherina launched Nursing Live, the UK’s largest nursing exhibition and developed CPD webinars to support frontline healthcare professionals. Now, they work with Future Nurse to connect health tech innovators with nursing leaders, ensuring solutions align with clinical needs and drive real impact.
Rebecca Kenny – Future Nurse, Strategic Advisor, Innovation Lab
Rebecca is Strategic Advisor for the Nurse-Led Innovation Lab, a collaboration between Future Nurse, Cisco and The Lister Alliance that is empowering nurses and midwives to lead innovation and harness emerging technologies to improve health and care. Working at the intersection of nursing, leadership and technology, Rebecca brings together clinical expertise, industry partners and system leaders to develop solutions to real-world healthcare challenges.
A registered nurse, Darzi Fellow alumna and Executive MBA graduate, Rebecca has extensive experience leading healthcare transformation, including supporting the development of the National Rehabilitation Centre. She is also a passionate advocate for compassionate leadership, leading national initiatives that help leaders build cultures of kindness, inclusion and innovation across the charity, health and care sectors.
Jimmy Endicott – Director
Jimmy is a health tech consultant and advisor to Future Nurse. He works with clinical teams around developing technology and helps health tech entrepreneurs and startups go to market or get to the next stage of growth in the UK.
Leading on strategy development and pragmatic execution, his 25+ year career spans NHS innovation, health tech SMEs and scaleups, sales, marketing and commercialisable product development. He is a former winner of the NHS Innovation Challenge Prize and an alumni of NHS England’s Innovation Accelerator Programme fellowship.
Julia Hodgson – Head of Operations (Consultant)
Julia Hodgson supports Future Nurse as an independent consultant in the role of Head of Operations, leading operational delivery, digital transformation and business change initiatives.
With more than 15 years’ experience across the NHS, health technology and consultancy sectors, Julia has delivered complex transformation programmes for healthcare organisations nationwide. A qualified PRINCE2 Practitioner, ITIL Service Management Professional, Business Analyst, Business Change Specialist, Data Protection Officer and Monday.com Partner, she is passionate about creating efficient systems, improving ways of working and enabling organisations to achieve lasting impact.
Ann-Marie Burrage – Web Manager
Ann-Marie Burrage is Web Manager for Future Nurse, leading the ongoing development of the organisation’s website to create an engaging, accessible and user-focused digital experience. She ensures members can easily access the latest news, events, resources and opportunities while continually evolving the platform to support the growth of the Future Nurse community.
With over 25 years’ experience in marketing, digital strategy and website development, Ann-Marie is the founder of Purple Octopus Marketing, where she helps organisations develop integrated digital marketing strategies that connect websites, social media, email marketing and content to drive engagement and growth.
