Event roundup: Single Patient Record industry briefing

Position statements on consumer wearables and digital therapeutics. Industry’s asks of Government and the NHS on regulation, evidence, adoption and funding.

Celebrating the winners of the techUK Transformation in Public Sector Awards 2026

In partnership with Barclays Innovation Banking, we brought together early-stage and scaling life sciences innovators, investors and ecosystem partners at Barclays Eagle Lab in Leeds on 17 September 2026. The forum explored the end-to-end journey of scaling a life sciences company – from building the right team and securing finance, to navigating regulation, generating clinical evidence and accessing markets in the UK, Europe and the US. The discussion was frank about the challenges, but equally clear that the UK has the infrastructure, capital and appetite for innovation to support companies with the ambition to grow.

By Martin Thomas, Head of Strategy at Orthopaedic Research UK and co-founder of the Joint Venture MSK Innovation Network

Angus Honeysett, Market Development Director at Tunstall, has been re-elected as Chair of techUK's Social Care Working Group (SCWG). The Group brings together techUK industry members, commissioners, local authorities and national bodies from across social care to examine the challenges the sector faces and how technology can deliver better outcomes for people, providers and the wider health and care system. Here, Angus explains how the Group works in practice and where it’s focusing next.