We’re inviting you, along with colleagues from across health and social care to take part in our CyberFocus Innovation Forge this June. This is a series of three interactive workshops designed to surface the real cybersecurity problems facing the sector and the barriers that make implementation difficult in practice.
Why take part? Because cybersecurity issues in the sector aren’t abstract, they show up every day as login friction, system delays, workarounds, and tools that don’t fit the realities of care. The Innovation Forge is your chance to ensure these challenges are properly understood, recognised, and acted on.
What the workshops will cover:
- 10 June:Build a shared picture of the sector’s digital and cyber context
- 23 June:Identify the key cybersecurity problems affecting care and operations
- 24 June:Explore the barriers that stop cyber solutions being adopted effectively
What you’ll help create:
- A Cyber Problem Bookcapturing the sector’s cyber problems
- An Innovation Adoption Challenges Bookhighlighting the systemic issues that block progress
These will directly shape future CyberFocus funded projects, as part of a wider £5m cross-sector programme supporting partnerships between universities, industry, and sector stakeholders to tackle real-world cyber challenges.
Why your voice matters: We’re bringing together strategic leaders, operational teams, clinicians, frontline staff, digital specialists, social care providers, and more. Your experience, whether strategic, operational, or hands‑on, is essential to building solutions that work in practice.
If you want to help influence future investment, shape regional cyber priorities, and make the everyday digital realities of care visible and solvable, we’d love you to join us.
There is no charge to attend the workshops, but places are limited so please register here: Registration – Health and Social Care Innovation Forge with CyberFocus – Fill in form by 1 June 2026
Attached is a more detailed description of the Innovation Forge should you want further information at this stage.
Please share with anyone in your network who you think would be interested in participating.
Apologies for any cross-posting: we want to ensure we connect with and invite as many colleagues as possible who have things to say about the real cybersecurity problems facing the health and social care sector and the barriers that make implementation difficult in practice.
For more information, please check out CyberFocus Health and Social Care Innovation Forge
