Digital Health
The ABHI Digital Health group comprises companies across the digital health spectrum, from multinational medical device manufacturers to start-ups and digital health service providers. Group members provide a range of innovative solutions that span AI-driven diagnostics, remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, and health data platforms. They support care delivery, improve system efficiency, and enable more personalised, preventative care.
The group engages a broad range of stakeholders across health, industry, and policy. Key partners include Government departments, NHS bodies and regulators like MHRA and NICE. The group also works closely with policy, data leaders, HealthTech companies, startups, and academic networks. It plays an important convening role, linking and signposting industry with policymakers, advocacy groups, and the wider digital health ecosystem to shape regulation, access, and adoption.
The group plays a vital role in bringing together members with shared interests to collaborate on specific topics or challenges. It serves as a forum for industry dialogue, knowledge exchange, and consensus-building. The group helps shape policy positions, respond to consultations, and engage with regulators and healthcare systems. It also supports members in navigating market access, compliance, and innovation adoption.
Ultimately, the working group acts as a collective voice, inputting to digital health policy and shaping the environment for safe, effective, and sustainable use technology within the health system.
Remit
ABHI Digital is here to support the shift from analogue to digital in health and wellness across the UK. We will bring together innovators, businesses, health system and policymakers to make healthcare smarter, more accessible, and focused on better outcomes for everyone.
We believe in the power of data driven HealthTech to improve lives, whether that’s by boosting well-being, making care more efficient, or creating economic value. By working together to develop, adopt and scale evidence-based digital technologies, we will build a healthier, more connected society that benefits individuals, communities, and the economy.
Leadership
- Chair - Dr Roberto Liddi, NuraLogix Corporation
- Vice Chair - Anne Dreyer, Roche Diagnostics & Michael Shenouda, Open Medical
Achievements
- Provided the catalyst for review of DTAC process and recommendations for greater standardisation, reduction in scope and international alignment.
- New market access routes for digital technologies confirmed within the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and Life Science Sector Plan.
- Working with other Trade Associations gained agreement to improve interaction with industry for the Data for R&D programme, which should feed into HDRS.
- Provide industry input into the formation of new regulation to incorporate SaMD into international reliance frameworks.
Priorities
Adoption and Scale
- Create a pathway for digital products from development to deployment working with ABHI Value & Access Group.
- Reduce cost to serve through streamlined, internationally aligned processes.
- Assessment and reimbursement process for patient facing Apps through Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
- Re-engineer and re-prioritise funding flows to support digitisation of the system and the financing of digital tools.
Regulation
- Deliver SaMD roadmap with an international reliance route that enables access for EU and US approved SaMD products.
- Systematic rollout of AI Airlock to support GenAI and LLM development and advance regulatory science.
Data
- A coherent and integrated approach to data access across Trusts, SDEs and other national assets.
Artificial Intelligence
- Create a national approach to developing data resources for development of advanced AI tools.
- Blueprint for deployment of AI as 'Business as Usual' in radiology and pathology.
Cyber Security
- Establish a cross-sector group including industry, NHS and MHRA to optimise cybersecurity policy and processes.
Useful Resources
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Get Involved
To join the ABHI Digital Health group, contact andrew.davies@abhi.org.uk
