Partnering for better NHS outcomes

Technology partners are critical to delivering the NHS’s digital ambitions, but realising their full value depends on effective collaboration. 

Technology providers who aspire to be commercial partners of the NHS frequently say they find it bureaucratic, slow and complex, while the NHS is under pressure to tune out technology hype and focus on impact. 

To maximise the value of significant digital investment, the NHS and the private sector must work together to ensure innovation delivers measurable benefits. 

This panel will bring together NHS leaders and private sector partners to discuss what they need from one another to ensure digital investment delivers better outcomes for patients, staff and the wider health system. It will examine where current approaches are falling short, what needs to change, and how both sides can work together to accelerate adoption and scale. 

Topics will include: 

• Building partnerships that deliver better patient, workforce and system outcomes  

• Aligning procurement with innovation, value and long-term impact  

• Creating the right balance between national standards and local flexibility  

• How the NHS and industry can better understand each other’s priorities, constraints and incentives  

• Supporting innovation while ensuring value, interoperability and trust  

• What needs to change to accelerate adoption and scale