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Building bridges to share expertise around innovation in the NHS is at the heart of a new partnership between HIMSS and Healthcare UK, says Rahul Agarwal, assistant director of healthcare at the Department for International Trade in the UK.

Dr Layla McCay, director of international relations at the NHS Confederation, warns that Brexit “should not hinder” the collaboration between the UK and other European countries in the field of health research.

Johnathan Pascall, EMEA sales director of uPerform by Ancile, says clinicians need to have access to the resources required to use digital systems as painlessly as possible, helping to free up their time.

Ian MacIntyre, head of digital at NHS Leadership Academy, says the dialogue of fear around technology is changing as the culture is increasingly inclusive of tech teams within hospitals.

Dr. Phil Moore, deputy clinical chair at the NHS Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group, talks about the challenges of transforming healthcare in the UK.

Hakim Yadi, CEO and co-founder of Closed Loop Medicine, says the development of digital health technologies should not stray "too far away" from the academic and clinic rigor applied to the pharma industry.

Dame Fiona Caldicott, national data guardian for health and social care in England, discusses the importance of building trust when using patient data to improve the health and care of citizens.

NHS Digital Chief Nurse Caron Swinscoe discusses the recent launch of the HIMSS Nursing & Midwifery Network for England.

mHabitat founder Victoria Betton details the process of introducing technology in challenging healthcare environments.

Helen Balsdon, assistant director of nursing informatics at Cambridge University Hospitals, says just because the technology exists doesn't mean that it's the right technology for clinicians.