The 25th annual BHF Conference – 4-8 July 2026
CONFERENCE THEME
This year’s theme, Facing headwinds – thriving in the unknown, captures the urgency, resilience, and ingenuity that define the sector at a time of profound change.
The theme recognises that the sector is operating in a period of economic pressure, policy uncertainty, rising healthcare costs, shifting disease burdens and increasing system complexity. Yet it also reflects the resilience of healthcare organisations that continue to adapt, make difficult decisions, protect member value and build more sustainable models of care. Thriving in the unknown is not about ignoring uncertainty. It is about leading through it with courage, evidence, innovation and collaboration.
DAY 1
Clinical Workshop |Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 09:00 – 16:00
Programme Director: Dr Ayanda Mbuli, Board Member, BHF and CEO, Private Health Administrators (PHA)
Venue: CTICC
Workshop theme: Decision-making, prevention and quality care in a changing health system
Workshop theme summary:
Aligned to the conference theme, Facing Headwinds – Thriving in the unknown, this clinical workshop explores how healthcare professionals can make sound clinical decisions and improve quality outcomes in an increasingly complex and resource-constrained environment.
The programme focuses on strengthening clinical decision-making through responsible innovation, understanding the evolving burden of disease, and applying prevention strategies that are both effective and appropriate. It will examine the balance between early intervention and overdiagnosis, alongside emerging priorities in vaccination and overlooked drivers of disease.
Emphasis is placed on improving healthcare quality through clinical audit, multidisciplinary care, and coordinated approaches that enhance accountability and reduce risk.
Who needs to attend this session:
Medical professionals: doctors, medical advisors, nurses, specialists and other healthcare professionals seeking to advance their clinical skills and stay informed and up to date about the latest advances in healthcare.
Dr Fatima Hoosain’s time and topic
10:30 – 11:00
Breast cancer in clinical practice: burden of disease, screening decisions and the risk of underdiagnosis Dr Fatima Hoosain, Specialist Surgeon, Apffelstaedt, Hoosain & Associates
Equip clinicians with the ability to make balanced, evidence-based decisions on early intervention by understanding disease burden, applying appropriate screening and recognising underlying drivers of disease, while avoiding overdiagnosis and unnecessary cost or harm.
