PathVision 2026: The NHS Pathology Strategy Conference North

Driving System-Wide Diagnostic Excellence: A Strategic Summit for NHS Pathology and Digital Diagnostics Leaders - All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate

Pathology, genomics, and digital diagnostics form the backbone of modern medicine, collectively supporting over 70% of clinical decisions across the NHS. Yet persistent fragmentation between diagnostic disciplines, coupled with ageing systems and uneven digital maturity, continues to hinder true integration, interoperability, and patient-centred outcomes.

The NHS 10-Year Health Plan and the ongoing Digital Diagnostics Capability (DDC) programme now offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a connected diagnostics ecosystem, linking data, disciplines, and digital innovation across national and community settings.

Summit Focus:

The 6th NHS Pathology and Diagnostics Conference goes beyond policy updates to address how the NHS can achieve genuine interoperability and deliver integrated, data-driven diagnostics at scale. Through practical skill clinics, lessons learned sessions, and expert-led discussions, the summit will explore how diagnostics services can modernise safely, equitably, and sustainably.

Delegates will examine the next phase of transformation across four strategic dimensions: form, function, outcomes, and capability, focusing on how integration and digital investment translate into real patient and system value.

Core Themes and Delegate Outcomes:

• Integrating diagnostics disciplines – aligning pathology, genomics, and digital systems to create unified diagnostic pathways and shared patient insights.
• Genomics and pathology integration – exploring case studies of trusts piloting combined workflows to accelerate precision medicine and diagnostic accuracy.
• Digitalisation of transfusion services – demonstrating how LIMS, automation, and AI can streamline blood management, traceability, and governance.
• Neighbourhood and community diagnostics – expanding access through Community Diagnostic Centres, telepathology, and at-home testing.
• Building a connected diagnostics network – collaborating with the DDC programme to realise value from digital investments across ICS footprints.
• Evaluating digital effectiveness – focusing on outcomes and capability-building rather than procurement-led approaches.
• POCT skill clinic – a dedicated training session to enhance governance, quality, and data integration for point-of-care testing.

What’s New for 2026:

2026 marks a decisive shift in how Convenzis events are designed and delivered. PathVision 2026 introduces a new training-led and outcome-driven format, ensuring every attendee leaves with tangible insights and practical frameworks that can be applied immediately within their organisation.

• Skill Clinics – immersive sessions focused on capability-building across pathology, genomics, and digital diagnostics, providing delegates with ready-to-use frameworks and practical tools for system-wide improvement.
• Lessons Learned Sessions – open and candid discussions where NHS leaders share implementation experiences, including challenges, course corrections, and the strategies that led to success.
• Integration Roundtables – focused discussions connecting pathology, genomics, transfusion, and digital teams to accelerate interoperability and shared learning across diagnostics disciplines.
• DDC Collaboration Forum – a dedicated platform to explore the role of the Digital Diagnostics Capability programme in uniting diagnostic services, data, and workforce development under a single strategic vision.

Evaluation & Value Workshops – hands-on sessions to help NHS organisations assess digital effectiveness, focusing on form, function, outcomes, and capability rather than procurement metrics alone.

These updates reflect a fundamental evolution in the Convenzis approach, ensuring clear delegate outcomesand delivering the highest standard of actionable learning for all participants.

Why Attend:

This summit is designed for NHS leaders and diagnostics professionals seeking to deliver sustainable integration across disciplines. Attendees will gain:

• Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
• Practical frameworks for interoperability, governance, and workforce capability.
• Real-world insights from NHS networks advancing genomics-pathology integration.
• Templates for evaluating digital systems through measurable patient and service outcomes.
• Connections with the DDC network, national bodies, and peers shaping the next generation of diagnostics delivery.

Who Would Benefit:

This event is ideal for pathology and diagnostics leaders, biomedical scientists, genomics programme managers, digital transformation leads, and ICS diagnostics directors. It will also benefit ICBs, CIOs, CCIOs, and governance professionals driving interoperability across diagnostic domains.

Industry partners, innovators, and suppliers will gain a clear understanding of how NHS priorities are shifting, from buying technology to building capability, integration, and measurable diagnostic value.

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