Insights

The techUK Health and Social Care programme delivered a series of events throughout June, bringing together industry leaders, government stakeholders, and NHS decision-makers to tackle critical digital health challenges.

Three interconnected projects represent the most significant modernisation of genomic medicine infrastructure in the NHS's history. The move from paper-based processes to fully integrated digital workflows will create new market opportunities while requiring substantial adaptation from existing suppliers.

To engage with new members or new joiners across the network, the HSC programme hosts quarterly overview sessions to explain in detail our work and upcoming opportunities.

The UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, published yesterday (Monday 23 June), outlines a long-term plan for national economic renewal. techUK sets out a summary of the Industrial Strategy published on Monday 23 June. It is accompanied by eight sector-specific plans, including one dedicated to Life Sciences – a sector that the Government has positioned as central to both the UK’s economic and health priorities. Click here for our analysis of the Digital and Technologies sector plan. While the full Life Sciences Sector Plan (LSSP) is yet to be published, the Industrial Strategy sets out some key commitments for the sector.

There’s a real opportunity with future housing design to not only make homes warmer and sustainable but to build in digital technologies that can make them safer too, leading to improvements in health and wellbeing for residents.

The NHS has launched its 2025/26 Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Plan with a bold, system-wide vision to stabilise and transform frontline services ahead of winter with the ambition not only to deliver a better winter service for patients and staff but to lay the groundwork for long-term productivity and public trust in emergency services.

Guest blog by Martin Warden, Delivery Principal at Thoughtworks

This roundtable was convened to facilitate a conversation between techUK members, and Phil Huggins, Director of Cyber Policy and Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Health and Social Care on the growing cyber risks facing the NHS supply chain.

On 3 June 2025, techUK hosted a member briefing in partnership with legal firm Mills & Reeve to unpack the implications of the Procurement Act 2023 for the health and care technology sector.