Independent Healthcare Advisory
Senior advisory at the intersection of clinical practice, national policy, implementation and safe AI adoption.
Credentials
Felipe Castro Cardona
MSc · RM · FRCM
Former NHS England
National midwifery workforce leader
22+ years
Across nursing, midwifery and public health
MSc
Public Health & Health Economics
FRCM
Florence Nightingale Scholar · Windsor Leadership Fellow
Services
Senior counsel to help leadership teams prepare for transformation, regulation and reform — so change lands.
Learn more →Clinical and policy input on medical affairs, immunisation strategy and partnership with public health bodies.
Learn more →Practical guidance to evaluate, deploy and govern digital and AI tools safely in clinical settings.
Learn more →Specialist advice on safe staffing, maternity service design and women's health pathways.
Learn more →Keynotes, panels, roundtables and facilitated sessions that move complex conversations forward.
Learn more →Have something that doesn't fit a neat category? Let's talk about how I can help.
Get in touch →Who I work with
Senior counsel for executive teams navigating reform, regulation and workforce pressure.
Clinical perspective for medical affairs, immunisation and patient-pathway programmes.
Safe-adoption guidance for products entering live clinical environments.
Independent insight to inform decisions, diligence and governance in healthcare.
About the founder
Felipe is a senior healthcare adviser with more than two decades of frontline clinical, operational and national leadership experience across nursing, midwifery and public health — including a national workforce leadership role at NHS England.
He partners with healthcare organisations, life sciences teams and health technology companies to make innovation and change clinically credible, system-ready and safe to implement — bridging national policy, implementation realities and the safe adoption of digital and AI tools.
Advisory available in English and Spanish
Insights
A practical framework for clinical leaders evaluating AI tools — covering governance, validation and frontline trust.
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Why national policy stalls at the trust level — and the conditions required for credible, system-ready change.
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Reflections on safety, service design and the cultural shifts needed across maternity and neonatal care.
Read more →How leaders can build sustainable nursing, midwifery and clinical workforces in a system under pressure.
Read more →Speaking & Expert Input
Available for select speaking and expert input across healthcare, life sciences and technology audiences.
Headline talks on healthcare leadership, safe AI adoption and the future of the NHS.
Available on request →Considered contributions to industry, academic and policy panels — chaired or panellist.
Available on request →Facilitated working sessions for boards and teams navigating clinical or system change.
Available on request →Structured discussions that move sensitive, complex conversations toward decisions.
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Get in touch
Whether you're considering an advisory engagement, a speaking invitation or a confidential conversation, I respond personally to every enquiry.
71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ