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In a recent industry briefing hosted by techUK, Helen Thomas, Chief Executive, and Ifan Evans, Director of Strategy at Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), shared DHCW’s Strategic Roadmap for 2026. The session explored how Wales is leveraging its unique context to deliver integrated, patient-centred services and create a digitally enabled health system that is secure, sustainable, and inclusive.

Guest blog by Jamie Innes, Product Director at Inhealthcare

As the NHS charts its course for the next decade, its ability to build and sustain a resilient, skilled, and adaptable workforce will define the success of its long-term health ambitions. techUK and its members have submitted a comprehensive response to the Government’s call for evidence on the NHS 10-Year Workforce Plan.

The Care Quality Commission’s State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2024/25 report paints a familiar but urgent picture of a sector under immense strain. Rising demand, financial pressures, and workforce shortages continue to define the adult social care landscape, but this year’s report also highlights growing optimism about the role of technology in transforming the system.

techUK is launching a new initiative to showcase how artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming public services, and we need your help.

techUK, representing its health and care membership, has submitted evidence to NHS England’s consultation on the 10-Year Health Plan to help shape a system that is more preventative, more community-based, and more digitally enabled.

We are submitting this evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee in response to its consultation on Life Sciences Investment.

On 3 November, techUK hosted an in-person roundtable with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to explore the development of its new compliance strategy for medical devices.

techUK’s quarterly Health and Care Policy Review brought members together on 13 October 2025 for a high-level overview of the latest developments shaping the UK’s digital health and life sciences landscape.

Guest blog by Lee Perkins, CEO at Civica