Digital Health Rewired 2026 programme published

The Digital Health Rewired 2026 conference programme has been published, featuring 10 stages packed with sessions from national digital leaders, NHS CEOs, CIOs, CCIOs and CNIOs, pioneering clinicians and innovators.

Newly published stages are Digital Frontline, sponsored by PwC, Cyber and Infrastructure stage, sponsored by Cisco, Digital Leadership by BT, EPR Implementation and Optimisation by Altera Digital Health, Patient Engagement, and Best Practice Showcase. The full programme can be viewed here.

The first wave of Digital Transformation, Integrated Care, AI, and Data and Digital stages were published in December 2025. All sessions will be CPD accredited.

Highlighted sessions include a keynote on the Digital Transformation Stage on strategies and approaches for engaging with your CEO, by Raghuv Bhasin, interim chief executive at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Jonathan Brotherton, chief executive at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and Simon Constable, chief executive at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

In a session on the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Stage titled ‘The 10 year plan: is there a transition from patient to citizen safety?’, Chris Day, clinical lead for cyber security at NHS England, will examine the evolving threat landscape, lessons learned from recent attacks and what a shift from patient to citizen safety could mean for the NHS’s long-term cyber strategy and infrastructure resilience.

On the EPR and Implementation Stage, local digital leaders will share how the East Midlands Acute Providers (EMAP) Digital Design Collaborative is bringing the eight acute trusts together to implement a shared electronic patient record.

The Best Practice Showcase Stage will host the final of Pitchfest, Rewired’s annual entrepreneurial competition offering digital health startups the chance to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience.

A shortlist of 16 applicants, revealed earlier this week, will battle it out in virtual heats over the next few weeks to qualify for the live final.

More than 300 speakers are now confirmed for the event, including some of the most senior leaders in health IT. Those announced include:

• Beverley Bryant, chief digital officer, Dorset Providers
• Siobhan Harrington, chief executive, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Alastair Denniston, professor of regulatory science and innovation and honorary consultant ophthalmologist, University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Jessica Morley, postdoctoral research associate, Digital Ethics Center, Yale University
• Dr Joe Zhang, head of data science (London SDE), Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare
• Dr Alec Price-Forbes, national chief clinical information officer (CCIO), NHS England
• Helen Balsdon, national chief nursing information officer (CNIO), NHS England
• Rachel Hope, director, digital prevention services, NHS England
• Professor Ben Goldacre, director, Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
• Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

The Access Group and Optum are co-headline sponsors for Rewired 2026 and will also sponsor the Integrated Care and Digital Transformation stages respectively.

Digital Health Rewired 2026 takes place on 24-25 March at The NEC Birmingham. NHS, public sector, charities, research and education can attend for free. Commercial tickets start from £769+VAT.

Book your place here.