The 10-Year Health Plan for England: A Watershed Moment for NHS Tech Suppliers and Why HETT 2025 Is the Strategic Place to Be

In July 2025, the UK Government launched one of the most ambitious health strategies in a generation, the 10-Year Health Plan for England: Fit for the Future. Positioned as a foundational roadmap for modernising the NHS, the plan sets out a bold vision for a health system that is more accessible, more preventative, and more digitally enabled.

The plan comes at a critical time. After years of strain, from COVID-19 backlogs to workforce shortages and rising demand, there is now strong political will, sustained funding, and an explicit commitment to long-term change. Importantly for the digital health ecosystem, the plan places technology at the heart of NHS reform, recognising that transformation cannot happen without it.

For digital health suppliers, this is a call to action and a timely opportunity to engage directly with NHS leaders as they begin to procure the tools that will shape the next decade of care. Events like HETT Show 2025 provide an essential platform for these conversations.

Understanding the 10-Year Health Plan: The Three Big Shifts

The plan outlines three central shifts intended to reframe how the NHS delivers care across the country.

1. From Hospitals to Communities

The NHS of the future will be rooted in local care. A new network of Neighbourhood Health Centres will be established across England, providing extended-hours access to multidisciplinary services, including GPs, diagnostics, community mental health, and social care. The aim is clear: to reduce unnecessary hospital visits by giving people faster, more convenient care in their own communities.

This decentralised approach requires robust digital infrastructure to connect these centres, share data seamlessly, and coordinate care across settings.

2. From Analogue to Digital

Digital transformation is no longer aspirational but fundamental. The government is committed to delivering a digital-first NHS that embeds technology into all aspects of care delivery. Key areas include:

  • Expanding the functionality of the NHS App to become the digital front door for patients

  • Rolling out AI-enabled clinical tools, including diagnostics, workflow automation and predictive analytics

  • Scaling up remote monitoring, virtual wards, and telehealth platforms

  • Investing in electronic patient records (EPRs) and ensuring interoperability across providers

  • Mainstreaming genomic medicine and advanced analytics to support personalised care

The result will be an NHS that is not only more efficient but also more proactive, catching problems earlier, improving patient experience, and freeing up clinician time.

3. From Sickness to Prevention

Prevention has long been a stated priority but this plan seeks to embed it more structurally into the system. From deploying weight-loss medications and personalised coaching to encouraging healthier behaviours via digital health tools and apps, the government wants to shift investment upstream, focusing on keeping people well rather than just treating illness.

Data, wearables, and population health platforms will play a major role in enabling this shift by providing the intelligence and interventions needed to prevent long-term conditions and support self-management.

Implications for NHS Technology Suppliers

The message is clear. The NHS is ready to buy, implement and scale digital solutions but suppliers must align with its new strategic priorities.

This creates significant opportunity but also demands clarity of purpose from vendors. The most successful suppliers over the next five years will be those who can:

  • Demonstrate relevance to the three major shifts, particularly how their solutions support community-based care, digital service delivery, or prevention

  • Prove interoperability and compliance with NHS frameworks and standards

  • Show evidence of clinical impact and operational value, not just product features but tangible outcomes

  • Offer scalable, secure, and sustainable models that can integrate within Integrated Care System (ICS) strategies and digital roadmaps

  • Support transformation, not just procurement. Many trusts are looking for partners, not just providers

Whether you are offering AI triage tools, EPR enhancements, genomics platforms, wearable tech, patient engagement apps, or remote diagnostics, now is the time to sharpen your NHS value proposition.

Why HETT Show 2025 Is Essential for Engaging NHS Buyers

As NHS decision-makers begin translating this 10-year health plan into concrete procurement and transformation strategies, HETT Show 2025 (7–8 October at ExCeL London) offers the ideal platform to connect with the right people at the right time.

  • Meet NHS leaders including CIOs, CCIOs, transformation leads, and Integrated Care Board executives actively seeking digital health solutions aligned to the government’s vision

  • Showcase your technology in the context of the plan’s priorities: community care, digital-first systems, and prevention-focused innovation

  • Participate in one-to-one meetings via HETT Connect to build meaningful relationships with NHS buyers and influencers

  • Use speaking opportunities and live demonstrations to position your organisation as a trusted, strategic partner in NHS transformation

Conclusion

The 10-Year Health Plan for England represents a landmark moment for the NHS and its technology suppliers. It signals a decade of change fuelled by investment and innovation, with technology at its core.

For suppliers, this means aligning with the plan’s priorities and connecting with NHS decision-makers ready to invest. HETT Show 2025 is the perfect place to do just that.

If your organisation offers technology that supports community care, digital transformation, or prevention, attending and exhibiting at HETT is essential to securing your place in the NHS’s future.

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