Digital Health Rewired 2026: Access Day One Picks and Exhibitors

Across health and social care, digital infrastructure, shared records, AI-enabled decision support and integrated neighbourhood models are starting to make a noticeable impact. Rewired provides a valuable opportunity to learn from early adopters, hear honest reflections from those delivering change and explore new tools that could support your organisation’s ambitions.

As co-headline sponsor of Rewired 2026, Access is once again hosting the Integrated Care Stage and contributing to sessions that explore how digital tools and better information flow can support joined-up, community-based models of care.

Below are our top session picks for Tuesday we think you’ll definitely want to catch.

Connecting Services and Communities

These sessions highlight integrated working, neighbourhood models and citizen engagement.

• How to integrate health and social care
  10:00 to 10:45, Integrated Care Stage
  Integration remains a key ambition for systems seeking to streamline pathways and improve continuity. This session shares lessons from organisations working to align health and social care through shared data, joint planning and multidisciplinary support.
• Keynote: Welcome to the Neighbourhood – making Integrated Care work through technology
  11:15 to 12:15, Integrated Care Stage
  Neighbourhood models are gaining traction as part of the shift towards more proactive and community-based care. Access’ Laura Thompson, Marketing Director for Public Sector, will take part in this keynote, alongside national transformation leads. The discussion will explore how integrated neighbourhood teams operate and how digital platforms can strengthen coordination.
• Innovating the digital shift to community services
  12:00 to 12:45, Digital Transformation Stage
  This session explores how community teams are using digital tools to support coordination, equity and youth mental health. It is a useful look at how innovation is being applied beyond hospital settings.
• Empowering patients through technology
  14:00 to 14:45, Patient Engagement Stage
  Technology is increasingly being used to help people understand their health and social care needs and avoid crises. This session shares examples of early identification, personalised support and risk reduction.
• Patient Engagement Case Study Session
  15:15 to 16:00, Patient Engagement Stage
  This case study session focuses on behavioural insights and personalised engagement approaches that reduce unnecessary service use and improve confidence in self-management.

Supporting Staff and Strengthening Safety

Teams are central to transformation and need tools, data and processes that support safety, efficiency and confidence.

• Clinical Copilots: supporting healthcare teams with AI
  15:15 to 16:00, AI Stage
  AI-based copilots are emerging as practical tools for reducing administrative burden and improving decision-making. Access’ Alan Payne, Group Product and Engineering Director, will join this session to share insight from real deployments and discuss how copilots are supporting productivity for clinicians and staff.
• Delving deeper: system challenges for patient data, integrity and safeguards
  10:15 to 11:00, Data & Digital Stage
  High-quality, secure and trusted data environments are essential for safe digital services. This panel explores the cultural and operational challenges involved in building resilience, integrity and confidence across systems.
• Virtual care and remote monitoring at scale
  15:30 to 16:00, Integrated Stage
  Virtual wards and remote monitoring models are helping staff intervene earlier, reduce pressure on acute services and support patients at home. This session shares insight from teams working on new care models that blend physical and digital support.
• Opportunities with the AI revolution
  12:30 to 13:15, Best Practice Stage
  External AI adoption is growing across the sector. In this session, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust showcase how speech-based AI and GenAI tools are being used in mental health services, alongside findings from a national survey of speech and language therapists. This is a valuable real-world example of how AI can support staff and enhance care pathways.

Building the Digital Backbone

These sessions focus on the core infrastructure and leadership needed to support long-term change.

• Welcome to Rewired 2026: Opening Remarks
  09:10 to 09:15, Digital Transformation Stage
  A short introduction that brings focus to the digital and organisational work shaping the future of health and social care. A good way to orient yourself before the day begins.
• Morning Keynote: Enabling digital transformation for a modern health service
  09:15 to 10:15, Digital Transformation Stage
  This keynote discusses how digital maturity, interoperability and investment are supporting improvements in access, productivity and service experience. It is particularly relevant for leaders working on 10-Year Plan delivery.
• Morning Keynote: An introduction to making AI work in practice
  10:45 to 11:30, AI Stage
  AI is beginning to influence diagnostics, documentation and care pathways, but safe adoption requires thoughtful governance and operational readiness. This session explores how to approach AI responsibly and in a way that supports clinical teams.
• Optimising EPR benefits through digital leadership
  14:15 to 15:00, EPR Stage
  Electronic patient records remain a cornerstone of digital transformation. This session covers how to maximise value from EPR rollouts through leadership, culture and consistent practices, rather than relying on technology alone.
• Keynote: The pragmatic path to NHS Innovation
  10:15 to 11:15, Digital Leadership Stage
  Innovation is often talked about but harder to deliver. This keynote provides practical insight into how leaders can support adoption, build digital capability and prepare teams to work with new technologies.
• The possibilities and realities of the Single Patient Record
  16:30 to 17:15, Digital Transformation Stage
  Shared records have the potential to improve quality, safety and continuity of care. This session examines what SPR deployment could look like in real life, and what needs to be in place for systems to build trust and deliver meaningful benefits.

The exhibition hall at Digital Health Rewired 2026 brings together a wide range of organisations driving forward digital transformation, patient engagement and integrated care. Here are the Day One exhibitor stands well worth dropping by for a coffee and a chat:

Access – Stand D20
Visit the Access stand for an interactive experience. Take part in our live treasure hunt, explore the neighbourhoods map model up close and chat with the team about real care pathways and how digital tools can support joined-up working across health and social care.

Apira, an IQVIA Business – Stand F35
Apira specialises in strategic consultancy and delivery support for digital programmes, including EPR strategy, procurement and implementation. Speak to the team about their experience helping organisations achieve safer, more efficient digital services.

CLEO Systems – Stand B50
CLEO Systems offers workflow and patient management tools that support urgent and emergency care, primary care and integrated clinical pathways. Their solutions focus on practical, clinician-centred design.

DrDoctor
DrDoctor’s digital engagement platform supports appointments, reminders, letters, remote monitoring and patient communication.

Epro
Epro provides a unified clinical platform for documentation, correspondence and workflow to help reduce administrative burden for clinicians.

Induction
Induction Healthcare offers secure communication tools that help clinicians access information and coordinate care more effectively.

Inhealthcare
Inhealthcare provides remote monitoring and self-management solutions that support people at home and reduce avoidable attendance at acute services.

Day One highlights how digital infrastructure, AI support and integrated neighbourhood models are taking shape across health and social care. Day Two continues this story with a focus on workforce capability, leadership and productivity, alongside further examples of innovation in practice.

Check out Access Rewired Day Two Picks to a full rundown of Wednesday’s spotlighted sessions, top exhibitors, and other need-to-know event info.