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Digital health and AI conference 2026
AI is reshaping health and social care, but progress is uneven. Join us to cut through the noise and explore what's working, what isn't and what it takes to scale trusted, inclusive digital health solutions.
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Technology plays an increasingly important role in our health and care system. This shift towards technology can, and should, be positive; technology can drive change, facilitating better outcomes and experiences for people and communities. Yet technology still presents challenges for patients and staff, such as having multiple apps with siloed records, variation in adoption and use, a lack of digital options, and insufficient accessibility features.
With the government outlining its ambition to shift from analogue to digital, and with exciting developments in technologies (such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality and miniaturisation of diagnostics), the use of data and digital technology in our health care system is only going to grow. But how can we make this ‘tilt towards technology’, in a way that is inclusive, engages people and communities and builds public confidence in, and support of, digital solutions?
This conference provided an opportunity to consider what is needed to achieve the 10-year vision for a digitally enabled and transformed NHS where all areas of the health system in each part of the country is digitally mature, able to share data, and using technology to improve patient outcomes. We explored how to support and develop the skills and confidence of the health and care workforce, build leadership capabilities to deliver change, put people and communities at the heart of digital transformation, share best practice and innovation, reduce national variation, and plan and building capabilities for embedding future innovation.
About our 2025 event
Through interactive workshops, panel debates and keynote talks, we explored the potential of digital transformation. We considered how we can make change happen now in a way that works for those who work in and rely on health and care services and supports the need for transformational shifts in how health and care services are planned, delivered and accessed.
Sessions included:
understanding the national and local priorities for digital transformation and innovation, and what they mean for those who work in and rely on health and care services
putting people and communities at the heart of digital transformation
making the most of the potential of digital technology and virtual wards to move care closer to home
making change happen in a highly constrained environment
exploring what developments in AI mean for health and care
case studies of how digital innovation and technology are changing the game in NHS and social care
understanding the innovations and technologies shaping tomorrow’s health and care through the lens of women’s health
what developments in technology mean for the workforce
analogue to digital – moving from vision to reality.
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2025 speakers included
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Dr Vin Diwakar
National Director of Transformation, NHS England -
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Professor Susan Shelmerdine
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Associate Professor at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Royal College of Radiologists -
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Ming Tang
Interim Chief Digital and Information Officer, and Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England -
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Dr Malte Gerhold
Director of Innovation and Improvement, Health Foundation -
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Dr Sue Mann
National Clinical Director in Women’s Health, NHS England and Consultant and Women’s Health Lead, City and Hackney -
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Dr Gurnak Dosanjh
GP and Clinical Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care, and Clinical Lead for Home First, Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board -
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Eve Roodhouse
Director of Strategy and Policy, Local Government Association -
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Professor Hatim Abdulhussein
GP and Chief Executive Officer, Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
2025 programme
Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025
The day included panel discussions, speeches and opportunities to network with peers and exhibitors.
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