Rewired 2025 offered a timely and valuable touchpoint for a healthcare sector still absorbing the shockwaves of seismic reform and uncertainty. Speakers struck a careful balance between optimism about the future and realism about what is possible in a resource-constrained environment.

CQC report highlights shortfalls in mental health services, with young people, people from ethnic minority groups, and people from areas of deprivation facing the biggest barriers to accessing care.

Judy Sealey, Clinical Solutions Specialist at Altera Digital and former nurse, health discusses the evolving role of digital nurses in health and care and explores why their roles are so important.

A major workforce optimisation programme has started at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with workforce planning specialists, SARD.

AXREM, the trade association representing the suppliers of diagnostic medical imaging, radiotherapy, healthcare IT and care equipment in the UK held an event to mark International Women’s Day.

Ageing medicine specialist, Dr Oskar Wenbar, explores the impacts of the UK's hesitancy to tackle age-related health conditions, and what can be done to stem the flow of ageing medicine PhDs seeking opportunities abroad.

Survey of public sector workers in the UK suggests that 93 per cent of NHS organisations are hindered by substantial process inefficiencies, while most are confident that AI and automation will help to ease administrative burdens.

By Michele Wheeler, International Health and Life Sciences Director at Lexica

A trial of Pi AI software, already in use in the NHS, has shown high accuracy in analysing MRI scans to distinguish clinically significant prostate cancer.

Toolkit has driven significant reductions in reliever inhaler usage among asthma and COPD users, with biggest improvements seen in socioeconomically deprived areas.

The expansion of the Universal Care Plan will see new planning sections added for patients with dementia, frailty, learning disabilities and autism, boosting choice and personalised care for patients in the capital.

Piyush Mahapatra, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and chief innovation officer at Open Medical, considers the latest consultation on the future of the NHS, and argues that what is needed is not a new vision, but a plan for delivery – and some radical new thinking on the role of healthcare technology.

AI and digital simulation are reshaping healthcare education, offering new opportunities for efficiency, training, and patient care. At the Council of Deans of Health’s Digital Summit 2025, experts explored the promise and challenges of AI integration, from regulatory concerns to the ethical implications of its use in clinical decision-making.

Building trust, empowering teams, and balancing innovation with patient care are key to successful digital transformation in healthcare, writes Janet Dodd, Chief Nursing Information Officer at Sheffield Children's NHS FT, who will speak at Digital Health Rewired 2025