Emma is a regular public speaker. She loves talking about co-designing services. She currently has two talks available and is always open to bespoke commissions.
Current talks.
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Design meets medicine
In 2024 Videha, a doctor and Emma, a designer joined forces to demonstrate the power of design by using it to pilot a new genetic testing service across the NHS, while influencing policy and commissioning decisions. The key to the success of this work was the combination of a designer working with a medical professional.
In this talk, Videha and Emma will illustrate how combining design skills with medical knowledge allowed them to navigate a complex system, uncover cultural barriers to progress and effectively implement a new national multi-organisational service.
This talk is delivered in collaboration with Videha Sharma.
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Designing inclusive healthcare services
Moving away from toxic misinformation about trans people, this talk tables a factual argument for designing healthcare services that are gender inclusive.
Drawing on personal stories, case studies and best practice it talks about both the why and the how, while highlighting the clinical risk of not doing this important work.This talk is delivered in collaboration with Lee Brown.