26.02.25

COMET 2025: Unprecedented challenges – demand powerful partnerships.

“Without concerted and immediate action, the NHS will face a workforce gap of more than 260,000–360,000 staff by 2036/37”

[Source: NHS England long-term workforce plan]

Unprecedented demand + changing candidate aspirations + equity of pay + increasing global competition + economic and societal changes + a need for more innovative and effective strategies designed to attract, motivate and retain.

Indigo Healthcare Recruitment has a long track record of fostering and developing collaborations with transformational thinkers and leaders within the clinical healthcare space.

For coming up to a decade - our Managing Director of International Talent Strategy, Priyen Potnis - has been at the vanguard of the need for more innovation, better collaboration, a shared mission and common goals.

Priyen will play an important role at COMET 2025 – SACTEM’s (Society of Acute Care, Trauma and Emergency Medicine) first annual conference – in Lucknow, UP, India.

Lokenndra Gupta - Founder and President of SACTEM:

Lokendra is a UK/NHS experienced clinician, now living in India – his personal mission:

“To elevate Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care, unite international communities and amplify awareness for better pre-hospital care during critical moments - prioritizing life-saving practices at the core of healthcare.”

Priyen Potnis – MD of Indigo International and head strategic partnerships

Worked with the NHS for close to a decade and helped Trusts to improve their services, their clinical effectiveness and save costs by connecting them with top clinical talent from the Indian subcontinent, UAE, Canada, Australia, EU and Africa.

Priyen's passions and specialisms include:

  • Connector of talented people, innovators and gamechangers.
  • Consulting with NHS Trusts to solve long term workforce challenges via International Partnerships.
  • Passionate advocate – advising and enabling Drs on their whole of career/life journey.

COMET 2025 will be hosting over 600 international delegates – including clinicians, executives and leadership teams from major hospital groups, associations, educators/students preparing for MRCP – with aspirations of developing their careers in acute medicine, heads of EM depts – across India and wider, sub-continent.

Priyen and his team will be enthusiastically advocating for the NHS and supporting the next generation of clinicians to develop own person/professional career strategies – promoting opportunities within the UK/NHS – via our VIP career launchpad initiative.

Working harder and smarter in the NHS and UK healthcare community

Indigo Healthcare Recruitment has brokered a similar partnership with other advocacy groups and thought leaders within psychiatry and wider mental health specialities.

Our Mission:

To demonstrate, facilitate and enable the successful delivery of the aims, goals and objectives of our NHS Trust partners. Indigo is fully aligned to the NHS ‘must achieve’ agenda and objectives.

Our purpose and objectives:

Get in contact with Priyen at:

🌐 www.linkedin.com/in/priyenpotnis/

πŸ“§ priyen@indigohealthcare.co.uk

πŸ“ž +91 887 9252151