Core package
£3,000 + VAT, per event
Everything you need for a full day inside the trust.
- 2 attendees
- Dedicated showcase table
- Full-day NHS staff access
- Catering included
- Pre-event briefing on trust priorities
- Post-event contact summary
Elevate:
Essex
A series of showcases across Mid and South Essex - at Basildon, Southend and Broomfield hospitals, plus mental health technology with EPUT. Bring your tech directly to NHS staff, from executives and digital leaders to the clinical and operational teams delivering care.
Mid and South Essex runs three major hospitals, each with its own site management and specialisms - so Essex is a series of events, each curated to the clinicians who work there. Mid and South Essex is also working closely with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), to make sure its leaders and clinicians see the latest in mental health technology.
The sites
Four showcases, four locations.
Each event is curated to the clinicians who work there. Basildon and Southend have confirmed dates; Broomfield and the EPUT mental health showcase follow as they are booked.
Mon 7 Sep 2026
Basildon University Hospital
Mid and South Essex NHS FTA major acute hospital and home to the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, a renowned heart and lung centre with four operating theatres and four cardiac catheter laboratories. With a long appetite for innovation, this 700-bed hospital employs around 4,500 people and is moving to the trust's Oracle Health 'Nova' EPR - ready to build on that investment with the latest in health tech.
Wed 9 Sep 2026
Southend University Hospital
Mid and South Essex NHS FTA 700-bed major district general hospital and a centre of excellence for stroke care, home to the Essex Cancer Centre offering radiotherapy and complex cancer surgery. It shares the trust's move to a single Oracle Health 'Nova' EPR - a strong fit for innovative technology to support around 5,000 staff.
Date TBC
Broomfield Hospital
Mid and South Essex NHS FTThe main acute hospital in Chelmsford is a major, modern site with 800 beds and 5,000 staff. It is home to the St Andrew's Centre for plastic surgery and burns, an internationally recognised specialist unit. It will converge on the new Nova EPR.
Date TBC
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Mental health, community and learning disability servicesOne of the largest providers of mental health, community and learning disability services in the East of England, serving around 3.2 million people. More than 7,000 staff work from 200 sites, including hubs for intensive care, research and innovation, and adults with learning disabilities.
Technology priorities
Priorities across the organisation.
As Mid and South Essex and EPUT move to a single shared EPR and a common digital strategy, these are the areas they are prioritising across both acute and mental health care - the problems their teams most want technology to solve.
AI
AI for triage, clinical decision support, productivity, and diagnostics.
Patient access
Patient experience, booking, digital letters, virtual consultations, self-service check-in, PIFU, health coaching, patient apps and wearables, and digital mental health therapies.
Productivity & modern working
Robotic process automation, co-pilots, digital dictation, ambient voice technology, and clinical assistants.
Clinical transformation
Departmental systems, case management, and mental health act compliance.
Smarter wards
Silent ward, smart beds, pressure sore prevention, patient entertainment, translation services, and vision-based patient monitoring.
EPR optimisation
Cloud, hosting, medical carts, training, and VR and AR capabilities.
System working
Shared care record enhancements, virtual wards and remote monitoring, data and analytics, workflow and pathway transformation, and waiting list management and DNA reduction.
Facilities & estates
Facilities management platforms, scrubs vending, delivery and cleaning robots, digital signage and wayfinding, self-check-in, and patient paging.
The art of the possible
Transformative solutions that do not fit neatly into the categories above.
What to expect
A day of structured, meaningful engagement.
01
Curated matching
Your solution is matched to each site's stated priorities. You're there because you're relevant.
02
Whole-workforce access
Meet executives, clinicians, ward staff, finance, and procurement - in a single day, at one site.
03
Strategic conversations
Discussions that feed directly into the organisation's digital strategy.
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Immediate follow-up
Leave with qualified contacts, documented interest, and a clear path to next steps.
Proven at scale
The Elevate model, already proven.
The first Elevate event brought 500 NHS staff into a single day and directly informed the host trust's 2026-2030 digital strategy.
500+
NHS staff engaged in a single day, from Chief Executive to ward level
2026-30
Digital strategy directly informed by frontline insight
Days
Not months, to convert engagement into booked follow-ups
Participation
A focused investment. A direct return.
Limited to two suppliers per solution category to guarantee quality and relevance. Choose the sites that fit your priorities.
Extended package
£3,400 + VAT, per event
More of your team in the room for the day.
- 4 attendees
- Dedicated showcase table
- Full-day NHS staff access
- Catering included
- Pre-event briefing on trust priorities
- Post-event contact summary
Add-on
Innovation insight speaker session
Deliver a dedicated 20-minute TEDx-style presentation to trust attendees on the day.
£2,000+ VAT, per event
Essex FAQs
Questions about the Essex events.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs three major hospitals, each of which has its own site management and specialisms. This means there is an opportunity to meet more senior leaders and to give each event its own character, curated to the interests of the clinical staff who work there. Mid and South Essex is also working closely with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and it wants to make sure that its leaders and clinicians can see the latest in mental health technology.
Elevate health tech showcases are curated events. Highland works with trusts that are looking to build on their electronic patient record investments, refresh their digital strategies, or respond to the government's 10 Year Health Plan and NHS England operational priorities. Highland has facilitated Elevate showcases at Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and Bristol NHS Group. It is booking events at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust and the acute and mental health trusts in Essex.
Register your interest in the Essex events to secure early visibility. Once registered, you will be notified of confirmed dates and locations as new hosting trusts are brought on board. Places are allocated subject to relevance matching with the host organisation's priorities and category availability.
Highland works with forward-thinking trusts to identify their digital priorities and the areas of the health tech market they are particularly interested in. This means suppliers are only invited if healthcare providers need their solution type. The aim is to have no more than two suppliers from any one solution type at an event.
No. Each supplier can choose which events to attend based on their existing NHS client relationships, geography, or commercial priorities - there is no obligation to attend every event.
Ready to secure your place across Essex?
Register your interest to be matched to the sites that fit your solution - places are limited to two suppliers per solution type, per event.
More Elevate events
Other events in the series.
Past events
- Elevate: Derby Derby
- Elevate: Bristol BAWA Healthcare & Leisure
- Elevate: Chester Education and Training Centre, Countess of Chester Health Park, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, CH2 1UL