Digital Well being Rewired 2026 attendees could have an opportunity to see a dwell demonstration of humanoid robots that would revolutionise NHS affected person care.
Miroki robots are being deployed to help sufferers and medical employees as a part of a collaboration between Man’s and St Thomas’ NHS Basis Belief (GSTT) and King’s Faculty London.
At Rewired 2026, Denis Lafitte, chief digital data officer at GSTT, and Dr Oya Celiktutan, AI and robotics professional at King’s Faculty London, will focus on early use circumstances from the deployment at GSTT, which is the primary hospital web site within the UK to make use of the expertise.
They will even share in regards to the newest work within the adoption of humanoid robotics within the NHS and the broader classes on the ability of partnerships between the NHS and universities.
Developed by the corporate Enchanted Instruments, Miroki is designed to cut back anxiousness in younger sufferers, enhance their cooperation throughout therapy periods, and finally contribute to raised total care by offering consolation, distraction, and emotional connection.
GSTT’s preliminary deployment focuses on robots supporting logistics, together with reception wayfinding and transporting gadgets from the pharmacy to wards or sufferers. In time, it will broaden to extra personalised patient-facing interactions all through the therapy journey.
In September 2025, Miroki was formally authorised to accompany kids inside radiotherapy rooms throughout therapy periods in France – a world-first in paediatric oncology.
In the meantime, NHS England administrators Rachel Hope and Liz Clow have additionally been confirmed for Rewired 2026, the place they may focus on the event of nationwide digital merchandise shaping the shift to prevention.
The pair will current on the Digital Transformation principal stage on 24 March 2026, revealing the priorities for the Digital Prevention Service following the latest £45m contract award to enhance entry to vaccinations and screenings by the NHS App and speed up the supply of personalised care.
Rewired 2026 is the UK’s main digital well being convention, happening on 24-25 March on the Birmingham NEC.
The co-headline sponsors for Rewired26 are The Entry Group and Optum, who additionally sponsor the Built-in Care and Digital Transformation levels respectively.
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