Shared care record summit draws 200 at Rewired 2026

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust hosted a Shared Care Record Summit at Digital Health Rewired 2026, drawing about 200 attendees to the Patient Engagement stage.

Included in the wider Rewired programme for the first time, the summit focused on the role of shared care records in connecting services across health and care settings. Speakers discussed neighbourhood care, data convergence and lessons from interoperability work linked to NHS record sharing.

The event brought together those working to improve access to patient information and link services more closely across the system. Discussions centred on how shared care records fit into wider efforts to create a Single Patient Record while continuing to support local care delivery beyond hospital settings.

Neighbourhood focus

The opening session, Beyond the Hospital Walls: Scaling Shared Care for Neighbourhoods, explored how shared care records can support care delivered by a broader range of community organisations. It examined the practical challenge of connecting clinical data held in separate systems with the needs of neighbourhood-level services.

Suzi Hinman, Information Governance Advisor at Interweave, addressed the governance issues that often shape data-sharing projects. She focused on the need for collaboration between partners involved in shared care record arrangements.

The second session, Making Sense of it All: Options for Convergence, explored different approaches to creating a single source of truth for care information. It included a social care perspective and highlighted the importance of social care data in building a fuller view of a person's care history and ongoing needs.

Panellists described social care as a significant part of the wider system because it often supports people over long periods and in everyday life. They argued that bringing this information into shared care records could improve how services understand an individual's circumstances across organisational boundaries.

Interoperability lessons

The final session examined feedback from the INTEROPen and NHS England IPS Record Sharing Hackathon. Speakers reviewed what took place, why the work was carried out and what lessons could be applied next.

The discussion reflected a broader challenge for the NHS and care organisations trying to make record sharing more consistent. Shared care records have developed across many regions in recent years, but questions remain about standards, governance and how local systems should align with national ambitions for more unified records.

The summit gave attendees the chance to hear from people working directly on these issues. Organisers designed the sessions to encourage open discussion of both the progress made and the practical barriers that remain.

Growing attention

Digital Health Rewired is one of the UK's main gatherings for NHS leaders, clinicians, researchers and technology suppliers focused on digital health. Its agenda typically covers data use, digital transformation, integrated care and artificial intelligence, making it a natural setting for debate on the future of shared care records.

The summit's inclusion in the programme points to growing interest in how patient information moves across the health and care system. As integrated care systems and local partnerships seek better ways to coordinate treatment and support, record sharing remains a central operational issue rather than simply a technical one.

For local and regional teams, that means balancing national policy direction with the needs of frontline services and the expectations of the organisations contributing data. Debate at Rewired reflected that tension, focusing on how systems can remain useful at the neighbourhood level while also supporting wider convergence.

Audience engagement appeared strong throughout the sessions, with organisers reporting high participation at the stage. The turnout of around 200 people also suggests sustained interest among practitioners and digital leaders in the next phase of shared care record development.

A recurring theme was the need to address obstacles openly rather than treat them as side issues. Speakers and attendees compared regional experiences and identified where shared learning could help advance record-sharing work across different parts of the system.

The final session ended on the practical question of what comes next after the interoperability work already underway, as participants considered how recent lessons could shape the next stage of shared care record development.