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    Nations and Regions Hub Economic growth and productivity is reliant on digital investment in our nations and regions.
    Digital regulation techUK lead the industry to inform and shape how Government approaches new regulation so that we can build a better digital society.
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Social Care Working Group

The Social Care Working Group brings together members of the Local Public Services and Health & Social Care Programme and others from across this ecosystem to interrogate the challenges the social care market faces.

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This group is open to techUK members only. Find out more about the benefits of techUK membership, on our Become a Member page.

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techUK's Social Care Working Group brings together techUK members and representatives from across the social care ecosystem to interrogate the challenges the social care market faces. The Working Group is facilitated by techUK's Local Public Services and Health & Social Care Programmes. 

The Working Group's key focus areas include:

  • Building on techUK's Five Point Plan for CareTech
  • Engagement and collaboration with local and national social care organisations and professionals
  • Integration between social care and the NHS
  • Evaluating the use of technology and data in social care
  • Interoperability in social care, including standards

If you would like to learn more, or are a techUK member interested in joining the group, please get in touch with the team (details at the bottom of this page).

Chair and Vice-chair

Helena Zaum

Helena Zaum

Chief Commercial Officer for Sentinel Partners & Chair, techUK's Social Care Working Group, Sentinel Partners

Helena Zaum

Helena Zaum

Chief Commercial Officer for Sentinel Partners & Chair, techUK's Social Care Working Group, Sentinel Partners

Helena has over 20 years experience working within the technology sector, aligned to public sector and health and social care.  Helena’s work has a specific focus on ensuring services are collaborating effectively to support better outcomes for people in their day to day lives – as they move through services provided by various different agencies.  Helena is currently the Chief Commercial Officer for Sentinel Partners (a data and AI specialist), prior to which she worked for Microsoft and Accenture.  Helena firmly believes that the future health and wellbeing of the NHS and the population of the UK as a whole depends on much better integration with social care services, local government and local communities. 

Angus Honeysett

Angus Honeysett

Head of Global Market Insights, Tunstall

Angus Honeysett

Angus Honeysett

Head of Global Market Insights, Tunstall

With over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, including 11 years specialising in technology-led social care, I specialise in market insights, public affairs, finance, service design, delivery and development. My career highlights include leading award-winning projects across the UK and Europe, demonstrating expertise in business growth, project management, change management and leading debates on social care reform. As Head of Global Market Insights at Tunstall, I am dedicated to leveraging technology to deliver preventative care across health, housing, and social care, with a strong focus on improving outcomes for citizens. My work includes service redesign, stakeholder engagement, and driving sustainable, impactful change.  I bring a strategic perspective to reviewing, delivering, and developing client services, underpinned by my qualifications as a Chartered Accountant, together with an MSc in Business Management. My goal is to align innovative technology solutions with diverse stakeholder needs, delivering meaningful, lasting improvements in social care.

Member 'Show and Tell' videos

Watch presentations given by our social care members on their work to techUK's Social Care Working Group.

 

 

Upcoming events

21 May 2025

Local Public Services Innovation Summit 2025

London Summit
28 May 2025

techUK x Tussell: The state of Local Government tech procurement

Online Market briefing
4 June 2025

The Local Government Technology Conference 2025

London Partner event
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For more information please contact:

Georgina Maratheftis

Georgina Maratheftis

Associate Director, Local Public Services, techUK

Georgina is techUK’s Associate Director for Local Public Services

Georgina works with suppliers that are active or looking to break into the market as well as with local public services to create the conditions for meaningful transformation. techUK regularly bring together local public services and supplier community to horizon scan and explore how the technologies of today and tomorrow can help solve some of the most pressing problems our communities face and improve outcomes for our people and places.

Prior to techUK, Georgina worked for a public policy events company where she managed the policy briefing division and was responsible for generating new ideas for events that would add value to the public sector. Georgina worked across a number of portfolios from education, criminal justice, and health but had a particular interest in public sector transformation and technology. Georgina also led on developing relationships across central and local government.

If you’d like to learn more about techUK, or want to get involved, get in touch.

Email:
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Health and Social Care Programme activities

techUK is helping its members navigate the complex space of digital health in the UK to ensure our NHS and social care sector is prepared for the challenges of the future. We help validate new ideas and build impactful strategies, ultimately ensuring that members are market-ready. Visit the programme page here.

Remote healthcare and virtual wards: Transforming patient care

Join us for the inaugural session of techUK's Industry Technology Spotlight Series, where we showcase our members' innovative technologies and their transformative impact on the health and care industry. This panel discussion features healthcare innovation leaders as they explore the future of remote healthcare delivery and virtual ward solutions.

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Cyber Security Standards in the NHS Webinar

Join techUK on Tuesday 3 June, 14:00 to 16:00, for a discussion on Cyber Security Standards in the NHS with special guest Phil Huggins, Director of Cyber Policy and Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Mills & Reeve briefing on the Procurement Act: Impact on the Health and Care Industry

In the session, procurement law specialist Shailee Howard and health tech lawyer Charlotte Lewis will provide an outline of the key changes resulting from the major overhaul to the UK's public procurement regime under the Procurement Act 2023.

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Upcoming events

3 June 2025

Cyber Security Standards in the NHS Webinar

Online Webinar
3 June 2025

Mills & Reeve briefing on the Procurement Act: Impact on the Health and Care Industry

Online Industry Briefing
5 June 2025

ANS Partner Event: Tackling Major Social Care Challenges

The Shard, London Partner event

Latest news and insights 

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15 May 2025

NHS England launch Cyber Security Charter

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15 May 2025

Event Round Up: NHS London Procurement Partnership Webinar

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13 May 2025

Publication of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government

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