This popular stage is dedicated to developing and supporting highly capable leaders and their high-performing, engaged and responsive teams returns for 2025. The digital workforce is critical to the success of digital transformation initiatives of all sizes.

This stage will explore how new innovative technologies are being used currently by healthcare organisations; and how they will next provide a pathway to powerful and disruptive new innovation capabilities.

Through case studies, panel sessions, and keynotes, this stage will showcase the fantastic range of work underway to ensure nurses, midwives, AHPs, and pharmacists shape the development of digital tools and services for the benefit of all patients.

Cyber security and infrastructure underpin the safe and secure delivery of digital health services. Modern healthcare critically depends on reliable, effective digital infrastructure, playing a key contribution to productivity and efficiency as well as patient safety.

Digital health aims to empower patients by offering apps, portals, data, and tools for informed decision-making about their health. £70m is being invested in patient engagement, with a focus on showcasing successful case studies. In this Patient Engagement Stage, showcasing at Rewired25, health charities and patients will share their experiences with digital health.

Featuring fantastic innovation case studies, hear from the digital health start-ups and scales ups making waves across the NHS. As widespread adoption of innovation struggles across the NHS, how have they succeeded where other start-ups haven’t? The Start-up Stage will also host the live Pitchfest finals where start-ups will pitch for the chance to work with Chelsea and Westminster NHS FT to develop their solution.

Discover how digital teams from across the NHS are tackling the challenges of digital, data, and innovation across healthcare. Intertwined with sponsored case studies, you will gain actionable insights from digital NHS leaders and experts from industry transforming care services for healthcare workers and patients.

Start-ups will compete at Pitchfest for the opportunity to showcase their idea or solution to a unique audience of NHS leaders, investors and digital health programme directors. Applications are open until 23 August.