A Strategic Summit on Virtual Care Implementation and System Integration - All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate
Virtual wards have evolved from local innovation pilots into a core component of NHS service delivery. As outlined in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan and Data Strategy, they are now central to the ambition of providing hospital-level care at home, enhancing capacity, reducing admissions, and improving patient experience.
The government’s commitment to a single national virtual ward model marks a defining step toward interoperability, standardisation, and sustainable adoption at scale.
The next phase of delivery depends not only on technology, but on governance, workforce confidence, and clinical assurance. As virtual wards expand to manage higher-acuity patients across conditions such as heart failure, frailty, and respiratory illness, systems must align operational design with safe, data-driven practice.
The NHS Virtual Ward Summit 2026 convenes national and regional leaders to translate this strategic direction into resilient local capability.
Summit Focus:
The Virtual Ward Summit is a strategic learning forum designed to support NHS teams moving from concept to continuous improvement in virtual care. Delegates will access evidence-based frameworks, workforce development models, and peer insights that underpin sustainable, high-quality implementation.
Dedicated Skill Clinics will focus on practical tools for data integration, escalation management, and workforce development, equipping leaders to embed safety, governance, and digital confidence across care settings.
Lessons Learned Sessions will feature candid reflections from NHS teams on the operational realities of scaling virtual wards, including challenges in workforce readiness, digital maturity, and clinical assurance.
This is not a showcase of what to achieve, but a skills exchange on how to achieve it, translating national ambition into measurable improvement.
This year’s event is structured around clear outcomes:
Delegates will leave understanding:
- Strategic alignment between the NHS Virtual Ward Framework and ICS delivery priorities.
- Approaches for embedding interoperability, clinical governance, and escalation protocols within hybrid care models.
- Workforce development methods for building digital confidence, leadership capability, and clinical competence.
- Evidence-based models for ensuring safety, quality assurance, and patient-centred care at scale.
- Data-driven processes for measuring value, tracking impact, and maintaining momentum post-implementation.
- Lessons from applied experience, translating early challenges into sustained improvement and system-wide resilience.
What’s New for 2026:
- Morning & Afternoon Skill Clinics: Interactive sessions offering frameworks, templates, and tools to strengthen operational confidence and workforce readiness.
- Lessons Learned Sessions: In-depth discussions with NHS leaders reflecting on implementation hurdles, corrective action, and measurable results.
- Peer Learning Circles: Structured exchanges enabling ICB and ICS teams to share learning and co-design solutions for digital and clinical integration.
- Action-Driven Case Studies: Deep dives into trusts and partners that have embedded safe, connected, and patient-centred virtual ward models.
Why Attend:
- Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
- Strengthen professional capability through applied, hands-on learning grounded in real NHS experience.
- Access practical resources for workforce training, governance assurance, and digital infrastructure development.
- Gain insight from NHS teams leading the national scale-up of virtual wards and hybrid care models.
- Take away implementation artefacts, evaluation tools, and planning templates ready for local rollout.
- Join a national community of professionals committed to capability-building and sustainable virtual care delivery.
Who Would Benefit:
This summit is designed for NHS leaders driving the delivery and expansion of virtual wards, including ICB and ICS teams, Chief Nurses, AHP Leads, CCIOs, CIOs, service managers, and transformation directors.
It will also benefit community providers, GP leaders, operational planners, and patient experience teams implementing safe, connected, and scalable virtual care.
Suppliers, technology partners, and academic collaborators will gain strategic insight into NHS priorities, workforce development needs, and the system enablers shaping the next decade of digital and home-based care delivery.
