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Patient Flow, Bed Capacity & Discharge
Addressing the 12+ hour bed waits, streamlining discharge and reducing backlogs.
THE NHS HOSPITAL CHALLENGES PAVILLION
New for 2026
Inviting you to join The NHS Hospital Challenges Pavilion within The GIANT Health Event 2026
The NHS Hospital Challenges Pavilion is a 2 day event on 7–8 December in London. Hospital staff attend a large national NHS innovation conference, and you have your own booth to showcase and discuss your main challenges. Participation is entirely FREE for all NHS staff (+ free breakfast and lunch, & tea and coffee served all day).
Who?
Any groups of NHS staff from hospitals across the UK.
Clinical leads, frontline nurses, IT, estates and procurement — the whole multidisciplinary team, together in one room.
For example
2nurses
3surgeons
4IT staff
…anyone interested in innovation and solving challenges.
Your Agenda: Based on Your Needs
Participating hospitals will focus on these four operational challenges that are universal amongst all hospitals:
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Elective Waiting Lists & Diagnostics (RTT)
Implementing digital triage, solutions to tackle backlog of referral-to-treatment cases.
03
Cyber-security
Protecting infrastructure, medical devices, and patient records.
04
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Smart Diagnostics
Relieving clinical administrative burdens and diagnostic bottlenecks, AI integration in workflows.
The NHS Hospitals Challenges Pavilion is a proven model
This model works for you as it has already been established successfully in the NHS.
For example in October 2025, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust ran a showcase that brought together 500 staff members, from the chief executive all the way to frontline clinical teams. The ideas and feedback they gathered became the starting point for the trust's 2026–2030 digital strategy.
500
staff members brought together at Derby and Burton — chief executive to frontline teams
2026–30
the digital strategy their showcase feedback started
Why Take Part?
Shape Your Strategy
Get practical feedback that you can take straight back to your trust to help guide your procurement and technology roadmap, just like the documented outcome at Derby and Burton.
No Time Wasted
Your staff get free entry and meaningful conversations based on the problems you want solved.
A National Platform
Your Trust will have a prominent, beneficial presence in the NHS Hospital Challenges pavilion, giving you a chance to put your specific operational hurdles in front of numerous top healthcare solution providers.
Real Challenges, Practical Solutions
How the two days work: you bring the problems, we bring the people who solve them.
Format
Dragon's den format
Your senior leaders present priority goals from the stage; suppliers respond with what they can actually deliver.
Your problems
Meet companies offering solutions
No cold pitches. We match your multidisciplinary team with established businesses who come prepared for your specific departmental problems.
Solutions
Connect with other trusts & senior contacts
Compare notes with the trusts sharing the pavilion and with NHS executives from across the UK.
What people say
“Attending GIANT was an excellent beginning to cereno’s entry into the Healthcare Industry. This event has allowed us to open great opportunities that would have otherwise been inaccessible.
“The team at Alder Hey was honored to be part of such a prestigious global healthcare innovation event; we work so hard behind the scenes incubating our innovation pipeline and an opportunity for the team and our partners to share and showcase our portfolio to a global stage is invaluable. The event was unanimously praised as a success, we look forward to future events and being a Giant partner.
“Parkinson’s Concierge attended the Giant Event in 2018 and led us to Patient Engagement. We met invaluable business contacts there. Thanks to GIANT Health we're establishing worldwide partnerships with Pharma, Biotech, Med Tech, Academia, Research & Parkinson’s Charities. Thank you again to the entire GIANT Health international team for your high-impact, results-driven support.
Find real answers to your department's biggest headaches
Come participate in The NHS Hospital Challenges pavilion at The GIANT Health Event 2026.
Contact
Barry Shrier
Founder, GIANT Health