upcoming panel discussions 2025 – HTN Health Tech News

HTN Now is back for another year, covering a range of health tech topics across health and care settings, through a series of webcasts, webinars and panel discussions. Every session is completely free for NHS employees to attend and open for everyone to join.

Want to get involved? Find out more our upcoming events for 2025 here, or view our schedule below:

Cyber security in healthcare: sharing best practices

Join HTN and digital leaders for this panel discussion looking at best practices for cybersecurity in healthcare, including  some of the key considerations for NHS organisations in their approach to cybersecurity.

• Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• Nasser Arif, cyber security manager, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT cloud-based intelligence platform journey

NHS England and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust share their journey of migrating Hampshire & Isle of Wight’s cloud-based intelligence platform.

Exploring how NHS trusts are utilising communication tech

We’ll take a look at some examples of best practices when utilising communication tech in NHS trusts, as well as exploring the challenges around implementation across the health and care workforce and more.

What does the future of patient portals look like?

Join HTN and digital leaders for this panel discussion on the future of patient portals. Our expert panellists will discuss their own experiences with designing and implementing patient portals, what worked well, what failed and overcoming that failure, and debating the future of patient portals.

Post go-live best practices and learnings

This session will focus on post go-live best practices and learnings, reflecting on key areas of focus for consideration following go-live, unanticipated challenges, future directions, and more.

• Stacey Spence, EPR Programme Manager, Medway NHS FT
• Hayley Grafton, CNIO, University Hospitals of Leicester
• Fhezan Ashraf and Sally Mole, The Dudley Group

Approaches to optimising and adding value to EPRs

Join HTN and digital leaders for this panel discussion on adding value to EPRs.

• Ciara Moore, unified EPR programme director, Mid and South Essex and Essex Partnerships University
• Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• Stacey Spence, EPR Programme Manager, Medway NHS FT

Virtual wards in practice: approaches and learnings / What does the future of virtual wards look like?

We’ll take a closer look at virtual wards in practice, exploring different approaches and learnings, as well as considering the future of virtual wards and the potential for emerging technologies to play an even bigger role.

• Fay Johnstone, acute virtual ward matron, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Fhezan Ashraf, senior pharmacist clinical configuration manager, The Dudley Group

May – June 2025 

7 May: The role of the CNIO in digital transformation

14 May: Improving patient outcomes and best practices with EPMA

21 May: How can we digitally empower patients?

4 June: Moving from reactive to proactive care

11 June: Building digital literacy and confidence

18 June: Best practices with managing infrastructure and legacy systems

Coming soon 2025

25 June: How to harness data for total triage in primary care

16 July: The future of digital in supporting elective care, waitlist management

12 August: Transforming primary care, examples of innovation, data and change

20 August: How can digital help prepare for winter pressures?

27 August: AI – meeting regulation and tackling bias in data

3 September: Digital apps and wearables

1 October: Scaling health technologies

8 October: How can digital improve urgent and emergency care?

15 October: Technology optimisation and adding value from current investments

22 October: Interoperability: where we are today and how can we make progress?

29 October: Artificial intelligence in practice across the NHS: what can we learn?

19 November: How is digital and data supporting population health management

26 November: What does the CIO role look like in 5 – 10 years time?

3 December: Health tech and innovation for the future

If any of our webinars or panel discussions for 2025 have caught your eye, register now to get involved. These sessions provide an opportunity to share best practices, learnings and tackle challenges collectively.