We asked the Digital Health Networks advisory panels and councils for their predictions for what’s in store for health innovation, technology and digital leadership in 2026.
Here are their predictions for the new year:
Chief Clinical…
The chairs of the Digital Health Network advisory panels, Hayley Grafton, Amy Freeman and Penny Kechagioglou, will keynote at Digital Health Rewired 2026.
The all-female panel of chairs, elected in June 2025, lead the national…
Leah Parry, chief X information officer: nursing, midwifery and AHPs at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (left) (Credit: Leah Parry) and Emma Jackson, chief AHP and nursing information officer at Norfolk…
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Siloes in the NHS and a lack of standardised data are barriers to the government’s digital health plans, according to a panel of experts.
A webinar, held by Digital Health Networks on 25 July…
An all-female line-up of Digital Health Networks advisory panel chairs has been elected for the first time, as the 2025-2027 term commences.
The advisory panels are groups of leaders who work collaboratively to shape the…
The government’s focus on a shift from ‘analogue to digital’ offers new promise for the world of NHS digital and technology in 2025. But questions remain unanswered around how this will work in practice,…
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In 2016 a CCIO network survey revealed that only 44% of CCIOs had the authority to carry out their roles effectively. Will the 2024 survey show improvement? By Penny Kechagioglou NHS frontline digitisation needs…
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Devesh Sinha, CCIO at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust, has told the Digital Health Rewired 2024 audience that trusts “need to create a clinical informatics team that mirrors the organisation and journey”.In…
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As staff and services feel the strain, digital leaders and teams are stepping up. Penny Kechagioglou, a speaker on the Leadership and Teams stage at Rewired in March, tells Digital Health News how digital…
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In a lively Digital Health Networks debate on the drive to standardise EPR systems and the risks of creating monopolies, the panel shared the view that currently there is not a monopoly in the…
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