Discover invaluable insights
HPN Future Hospitals is a bespoke networking and shared learning event that brings together over 50 senior NHS executives and solution providers to shape the future of hospital care.
Through focused discussions, best practice exchange and peer-to-peer insight, attendees explore how to deliver intelligent hospital capabilities, integrate digital innovation, and navigate the shift toward more connected, patient-centred care.
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Key themes for this year include:
1. Intelligent Hospital Capabilities
• Building smart hospitals through integrated digital infrastructure, cyber security, and cloud technology
• Improving clinical pathways, patient flow, and data-driven decision-making
• Aligning legacy estates with future-ready systems
2. The New Hospital Programme
• Strategic updates and insights from NHS England’s transformation agenda
• Translating policy into practical steps for hospital innovation and capital projects
3. Digital and AI-Driven Transformation
• Leveraging AI tools (e.g. ambient scribing, digital twins, predictive care) to ease workloads and enhance efficiency
• Real-world case studies from ICS and trust leaders applying AI in clinical and operational settings
4. System-Wide Care and Virtual Models
• Enabling care beyond the hospital through virtual wards, remote monitoring, and community-based pathways
• Exploring how hospitals connect to the wider health and care ecosystem
5. Workforce of the Future
• Planning for a digitally literate, flexible workforce
• Upskilling, team optimisation, and leadership in a tech-enabled health environment
6. Estates and Facilities Innovation
• Reimagining physical hospital spaces to enhance patient experience
• Sustainability, Net Zero goals, and smart estates management
7. Responding to Sector Change
• Implications of the Darzi Report and NHS England structural changes
• Strategic responses to funding pressures and policy uncertainty
Listen to inspirational leaders
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Hatim Abdulhussein
Chief Executive
Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex -
Josie Rudman
Director of Nursing – System and Professional Leadership
NHS England -
Kay Mulcahy
Associate Director of National Estates Operations
NHS Estates and Facilities, NHS England – Commercial Directorate -
Matea Deliu
Clinical Lead Primary Care Digital Delivery
NHS South East London Integrated Care System
What you will gain from attending?
- Explore the latest digital innovations shaping the future of hospital care, including AI tools, virtual care pathways, and smart estates infrastructure.
- Engage with NHS leaders and practitioners to understand current operational challenges and system-wide approaches to service transformation.
- Develop practical strategies to drive digital adoption, upskill the workforce, and advance digital inclusion while navigating financial and structural pressures.
- Access real-world tools and frameworks to enhance patient experience, modernise estates, and implement predictive and preventative care models.
- Learn how to improve clinical and operational flow, unlock value from data, and measure the impact of transformation efforts through insights from digital, clinical, and estates leaders.
Make lifelong connections
- Chief Executive
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Finance Officer
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Digital Information Officer
- Chief Clinical Information Officer
- Chief Nursing Information Officer
- Chief Data Officer
- Director of Estates and Facilities
- Director of Sustainability
- Director of Capital Projects
- Director of Innovation
- Director of Transformation
- Director of Digital Strategy
- Clinical Digital Leads
- Clinical Lead
- Medical Director
- Director of Nursing
- Director of Operations
- Heads of Service Design or Improvement
Complimentary passes for healthcare senior leaders
- Real-time answers to your challenges: world-class speakers, industry visionaries and innovative technology suppliers will be on hand to give you inspiration and advice you won’t get anywhere else
- Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange: over 50 senior executives like you will be in the room ready to share their challenges and how they have overcome them
- Transformative solutions: meet innovative suppliers ready to revolutionise your patient outcomes
- Expand your network meaningfully: forge relationships with senior leaders and build lasting relationships beyond the event
Want to join HPN?
Please note that all registrations are subject to approval by our delegate team.