2024 PROGRAMME

Explore the festival programme

The UK’s #1 digital health event, Rewired 2024, returns 12-13 March, at the NEC, Birmingham with an unmissable CPD-accredited programme, digital NHS best practice presentations and multiple networking opportunities.

Conference Programme

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STAGE

The Digital Transformation Stage is focused on showcasing the best examples of how digital is enabling health service transformation at scale in the NHS and internationally. Learn lessons from NHS CEOs and other systems leaders who will share their experiences of implementing successful digital transformation programmes. To include international health system speakers and wider UK healthcare sector.

INTEGRATED CARE STAGE

Integrated Care Systems are pioneering new ways to deliver integrated health and social care. On the Integrated Care Stage you’ll hear from pioneering teams making integrated and connected health and care a reality, with examples of work from across the country on delivering shared care records, population health, patient portals and remote care at scale.

DIGITAL LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS

Developing and supporting highly capable leaders and teams is critical to the success of digital transformation initiatives of all sizes. Through case studies and panel discussions the Digital Leadership and Teams stage will explore how to be a successful digital leader in healthcare and how to develop and support high-performing, engaged and responsive teams.

AI, DATA AND ANALYTICS STAGE

The rapid evolution of AI, Data and Analytics technologies and services, such as ChatGPT, are creating a powerful range of infrastructure and linked capabilities. The AI, Data and Analytics stage will explore how these technologies are being used currently by healthcare organisations; and how they will next provide a pathway to powerful and disruptive new innovation capabilities.

DIGITAL NURSING SUMMIT

The Digital Nursing Summit 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 all patients. Through a series of case studies, panel sessions and keynotes the programme will showcase digital nursing leaders, teams and initiatives from across the NHS and wider UK health and care.

SMART HEALTH STAGE

Smart networks and infrastructure provide the essential foundations for digital health and care. Software, data and sensors are increasingly ubiquitous, and embedded into networked medical equipment and physical fabric of healthcare buildings and facilities.

CYBER SECURITY STAGE

March 2023 saw the publication of the NHS Cyber Security strategy that stressed the need for all NHS organisations to invest in developing cyber secure networks and recovery strategies, with ICBs taking a lead role. Major trusts to have been hit with cyber security attacks in 2023 so far include Barts and St Thomas’ and Manchester. The Cyber Security stage will explore national and local strategies, responses and experiences.

PATIENT ENGAGEMENT

A key promise of digital health is to provide the apps, portals, data and tools that meaningfully put power into the hands of patients to make informed decisions about their health. Some £70m is currently being invested into patient engagement. The patient empowerment stage will focus on case studies detailing how this is being achieved, with health charities and patients talking about their experiences of digital health to date.

INNOVATION STAGE

The Innovation stage returns to Rewired to showcase the best in digital health innovation, highlighting the innovation journeys of innovators and entrepreneurs. The innovation stage will also explore the mechanisms and opportunities available to help support and scale innovation in the NHS. Across a mix of panels and case-studies you’ll hear from start-ups, scales-ups, investors and accelerators from the UK and internationally. The Innovation stage will also host the final of the Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest competition.