High on the agenda at EBME Expo 2026 will be the role of healthcare technology in enabling future models of care. Professor John Sandham, Chair of the EBME Expo, provides an insight into the hot topics that will be discussed at the event and some of the key challenges for the NHS.
The United Kingdom's health and care systems are traversing a period of profound structural metamorphosis. Driven by the exhaustion of traditional hospital-centric models, the NHS is pivoting toward integrated, technology-enabled eco-systems.
However, as we look toward a technology enhanced future, the critical constraint is no longer a lack of capital, but a deficit in cohesive decision-making architecture. True thought leadership in this space requires us to move beyond the procurement of "equipment" to the governance of "technology eco-systems."
The current acceleration of digital health is underpinned by a historic convergence of fiscal policy and technological maturity. As of 2026, the NHS is leveraging the cumulative impact of the £3.4 billion productivity investment1 and the landmark £10 billion digital transformation fund codified in the 2025 Spending Review.2
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