Just One Week to Go: International Conference for Integrated Care 2026

With just a week to go, anticipation is building for this year’s International Conference for Integrated Care in Birmingham, a full, four-day programme bringing together people from across the world who are shaping the future of care.

I’m incredibly honoured to be speaking at the conference, and even more excited about the conversations that will happen around it.

This is a space where ideas meet reality. Where we get to explore what neighbourhood care really looks like in practice, how we move towards more proactive monitoring, and how we build something that is not just visionary, but robust, grounded, and scalable.

Because that’s the challenge.

We are all painting a picture of better, more connected care on the ground. But how do we strengthen that picture? How do we ensure it stands up to scrutiny, informs policy, and contributes meaningfully to the research world?

For us, through the Connected Care programme, this has meant making a small but deliberate contribution, working closely with universities to bridge that gap between practice and research. Not in theory, but in real-world collaboration.

And it’s clear there is a gap.

A gap between academic research and social care delivery. A gap between evidence and implementation. A gap between those designing systems and those delivering care every day.

But it is not a fixed gap.

It can be closed if we work differently and if we work together.

We know this because we’ve done it.

Through partnership, shared learning, and a willingness to rethink traditional boundaries, we’ve seen what’s possible when universities and social care providers align around a common goal: improving care in a way that is both evidence-based and deeply human.

So as we head into Birmingham, I’m looking forward to listening, learning, and sharing.

Because the future of integrated care won’t be built in isolation, it will be built in collaboration.

And this conference is exactly where that work begins.

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