KEY THEMES FOR 2026

  • From financial firefighting to sustainable futures: New models for multi-year stability, productivity gains, and outcomes-based planning.

  • Neighbourhood care at scale: Delivering accountable local care in partnership with councils, GPs and communities.

  • Governance and autonomy: Understanding the implications of new transparency regimes and the DHSC–NHSE merger.

  • Rebuilding public trust: Engaging citizens in co-design and restoring legitimacy through openness and results.

  • Digital and AI-enabled efficiency: Turning innovation into productivity across diagnostics, workforce, and capacity management.

  • Workforce of tomorrow: Creating motivated, flexible teams aligned to national workforce policy.

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