Engage NHS leaders, digital, and frontline in one day.
Bringing tech direct to the NHS
A newly formed trust is shaping the future of acute and community services for North Cheshire and Mersey. In November, it will open its doors to technology providers for an entire day. Be in the room with execs, leaders, operational and frontline teams, and be part of the conversation about how digital and technology can improve patient care and working lives.
What suppliers found at Elevate. 1 min 18.
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust was formed in April 2026, bringing together the acute services of Warrington and Halton with community services across more than 70 sites. The day is opened by Nikhil Khashu, trust chief executive.
The trust wants innovators in the room who will inspire its leaders and workforce, and who will challenge its thinking, not only confirm it.
The trust has briefed Highland's Elevate team on the technology it wants to see in the room. A small selection is highlighted below, with more detailed in the full A-Z of 98 technology categories the trust has said it would like to explore. If your solution sits in one of these, you are already relevant before you arrive. Two suppliers per category, maximum.
Why hold it in the hospital? The Countess of Chester on reaching the clinical and operational staff who never make it to a conference.
Insight we gather will help inform our future digital and clinical strategies, and our transformation roadmap
I look forward to welcoming a curated mix of technology providers into the trust aligned to our priorities: from AI and automation to remote monitoring and connected devices, virtual care, patient access, workforce productivity and technologies that enable more care to be delivered closer to home.
Elevate showcases have already run at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the Countess of Chester Hospital - each one feeding frontline insight and tech engagement straight into a host trust's priorities.
Your solution is matched to the trust's stated priorities. No cold pitching - you are there because you are relevant.
Executives, clinicians, ward and community teams, corporate services, estates and digital - in a single day, at one site.
Discussions that feed directly into strategic, digital, clinical and operational priorities. Show what's possible.
Leave with contacts, documented interest, genuine insight from staff at every level, and a clear understanding of trust priorities. Inspire direction at a key moment.
Three to four months of engagement, in a single day
Normally it would take us three to four months to get the same level of engagement that we've achieved in one day.
Senior leadership to frontline
You can have senior leadership in front of you, and middle management or senior management, and frontline staff
Fantastic for engagement
We spoke to everybody from clinicians all the way up to the interim chair of the trust.
Momentum, a shared understanding
A valuable opportunity to engage directly with decision makers from across the trust. Conversations helped build momentum and a shared understanding of how our work can support their priorities.
Places are limited to two suppliers per solution category, so the day stays genuinely useful for staff and worthwhile for you.
Core package
Everything you need for a full day inside the trust.
Deliver a dedicated presentation or case study in the lecture theatre at the centre of the venue.
Staff from across a trust of around 6,500 people - executives, clinicians, nursing and ward teams, community and district nursing, operational and corporate services, estates, and digital and IT. The chief executive opens the day, and the trust has asked for strong executive involvement throughout it. Elevate showcases typically bring several hundred staff through across a single day.
Yes. If your technology can help particular roles in the trust, tell us at the earliest point. This event is happening to show staff what is possible. The more we know about the roles solutions in the room can help, the better we can work with the trust to communicate to key groups in advance of the day.
No. The trust is working through a procurement, so core EPR suppliers are not being invited to this event. What it does want to see is technology that complements the EPR and integrates cleanly.
Highland works with the trust to identify its priorities and the parts of the health tech market it most wants to see, then invites suppliers against them. The aim is no more than two suppliers per solution category, so staff get a genuine comparison rather than a crowded field. The trust has also specifically asked for suppliers who will be disruptive in its thinking and who will show staff the art of the possible. If that's you then request a place.
Thelwall House, the postgraduate education centre on the Warrington Hospital site. The trust chose its main acute site deliberately, to get the highest possible staff throughput across the day.
Places are limited to two suppliers per solution category. Request your place to check availability in your category.
