Name: techUK Health and Care Summit 2025
Start: 2025-10-01T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-10-01T23:00:00.000Z
Location: London

About this event

We were excited to host the third annual Health & Care Summit, a cornerstone event uniting our work across digital health, social care, and life sciences. This in-person gathering will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and public sector stakeholders to explore the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the sector.

We were delighted to welcome that Sir Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS England, for the first keynote address.

What to Expect:

Inspiring keynotes from senior policymakers shaping the future of health and care
Interactive roundtables and deep-dive panel discussions on AI, social care, life sciences, and more
Valuable networking with peers from across the tech and public sectors

Event details

Location: Central London

Timings: 09:00-17:00 (Timings are subject to change as the agenda is being finalised)

Ticket prices:

techUK member ticket: free to attend
Public sector: free to attend (if you have any issues registering please contact
Flagship Events Team
)
Non-member ticket: £150.00 + VAT

We are limiting spaces to one per company initially. If we are able to open up additional places, we will notify all attendees.

Please note: a refund will be given on cancellations received in writing 6 weeks prior to the event. Regrettably no refunds can be given after this date. Full terms and conditions can be viewed here.

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Agenda

Thursday 2 October 2025

09:00–10:00
Breakfast & networking
11:00–11:30
Coffee break
13:00–13:50
Lunch break
15:20–15:35
Between Ambition and Delivery: Implementing the Government’s Life Sciences Sector Plan
15:05–15:20
Coffee break
11:30–12:15
Evidence Pack Discussion Panel: How can SME members realise the ambitions of the 10 Year Plan (sponsored by Mills & Reeve)
As the health and care system looks to the future, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a critical role to play in driving innovation, agility, and transformation. This panel will explore how the ambitions of the 10 Year Plan can be realised through meaningful engagement with SMEs – ensuring they are not just participants, but key partners in shaping the system.
Panellists will discuss the evolving relationship between SMEs and the NHS, the importance of creating clearer and more consistent pathways to market, and how collaboration – across sectors, regions, and borders – can unlock new opportunities. The conversation will also reflect on the structural and cultural shifts needed to support sustainable innovation, and challenge both industry and system leaders to think differently about how we work together.
12:15–13:00
Analogue to Digital: The NHS App; how to make the App a world leading digital tool
The NHS App has become the digital front door to healthcare for millions across England, offering patients access to services from booking appointments to ordering prescriptions. But as digital health continues to transform care systems worldwide, how can the NHS App evolve into a truly world-leading platform?
This panel will bring together NHS leaders, industry experts, and innovators to explore the future of the NHS App and what’s needed to unlock its full potential. Discussion will focus on how the App can deliver an improved, inclusive patient experience, integrate seamlessly across the wider health and care system, harness innovation in AI, data, and digital health tools, and build confidence and adoption among both patients and healthcare professionals.
10:30–11:00
Opening Keynote Speech by Sir Jim Mackey , Chief Executive of NHS England
13:50–14:25
Social Care: can a more integrated approach to technology improve people’s lives, reduce pressure on the NHS and save costs?
Health and social care services have traditionally operated in silos, but the need for closer integration has never been greater. As the population ages and demand increases, increased collaboration between health and care services is seen as essential to meeting these challenges. This panel will explore whether a more integrated approach to technology in social care can directly improve people’s lives, ease pressure on the NHS, and generate cost savings. Incorporating digital solutions in social care, from electronic care records to assistive and remote monitoring tools, presents an opportunity to better coordinate with the health system and shift care from reactive to proactive support.
16:00–16:30
Closing Remarks and Closing Keynote Speech
10:15–10:30
Sponsor keynote
10:00–10:15
Opening Remarks
13:50–14:25
Artificial Intelligence – how can AI reduce costs and increase productivity within the healthcare ecosystem?
14:30–15:05
The Single Patient Record: where can industry help?
15:35–16:00
Life Sciences Working Group: How industry can help realise the ambitions set out in the Life Sciences Sector Plan
The UK Government’s Life Sciences Sector Plan sets out bold ambitions to drive innovation, improve patient outcomes, and cement the UK’s position as a global leader in life sciences. But success will rely on effective collaboration between government, the NHS, academia, and industry.
This panel will focus on the actions identified by techUK’s Life Sciences Working Group as most critical to our members, including:
• Establishing the Health Data Research Service to support innovation at scale.
• Reducing bureaucracy and standardising contracts to cut clinical trial set-up times to under 150 days by March 2026.
• Substantially enhancing the NIHR offer to SMEs, with new digital connectivity to enable real-world evaluation of AI and other innovations.