Jonathan Brotherton (Picture offered by College Hospitals Birmingham NHS Basis Belief)
Jonathan Brotherton, chief govt at College Hospitals Birmingham NHS Basis Belief, and Rachel Energy, chief govt at The Sufferers Affiliation, are the primary keynote audio system to be introduced for Digital Well being Rewired 2026.
The pair will present invaluable insights from their experiences in main digital initiatives for safer care and improved affected person outcomes.
Digital Well being Rewired, the largest commerce present connecting all elements of the UK well being IT sector and digital well being neighborhood, returns for 2026 with new levels, new present options and an expanded exhibition space.
The present, happening on 24-25 March 2026 on the NEC in Birmingham, connects well being care suppliers and planners, researchers, lecturers, established business leaders, suppliers, start-ups and sufferers all for how digital instruments can enhance healthcare.
The occasion will broaden its focus of AI and knowledge with twin levels exploring all facets of use of AI and knowledge throughout well being and care.
New for 2026 are:
- AI – as this generational expertise begins to scale throughout the NHS, uncover how pioneers are utilizing AI to help scientific and administration groups, with case research and panel discussions.
- Digital and Information – with periods targeted on the usage of knowledge for analysis, info sharing, AI enablement and user-centred scientific software program.
- Digital Frontline – exploring how multidisciplinary and scientific groups, together with representatives from nursing, midwifery, AHPs and pharmacy, are mobilising digital to help a strained workforce in high-pressure environments.
- EPR Implementation and Optimisation – sponsor and NHS 40-minute case examine periods that take a more in-depth look into classes learnt from implementation journeys in the direction of advantages measurement.
Returning common levels are:
- Digital Transformation
- Built-in Care
- AI
- Cyber and Infrastructure
- Digital Management
Finest Observe Showcase will host shows from NHS organisations and companions on delivering digital programmes benefitting workers, sufferers and carers.
Key themes embody imaging, software program, apps, analytics/reporting, communications, effectivity, productiveness, innovation, plus examples from worldwide well being techniques.
Pitchfest, the UK’s hottest digital well being start-up competitors returns the place entrepreneurs will pitch their thought or resolution in entrance of NHS leaders, VCs and accelerator representatives for an opportunity to win help to scale their innovation throughout the NHS.
Rewired 2026 headline sponsors are The Entry Group and Optum, who additionally sponsor the Built-in Care and Digital Transformation levels respectively.
Karl Grundy, managing director at Digital Well being, mentioned “With the NHS dedicated to transferring decisively from analogue to digital Rewired will showcase what this implies in apply.
“The exhibition and programme will allow attendees to discover the dual left shifts of the 10-year plan: from hospital to neighborhood; and from illness to prevention.”
Registration is free for NHS, public sector, charities and schooling. Begin-up tickets are £149 and industrial suppliers £769.
Suppliers all for collaborating on the present are invited to attend an upcoming webinar on 25 June 2025 to be taught extra about talking alternatives, viewers breakdown and sponsorship and exhibition choices.
