Director's update It’s been an eventful summer for the hub, punctuated by a couple of key events that have reflected not only the breadth and depth of digital health initiatives in our region but also the energising debates on community-centred innovation. These gain new significance with
Exhibition & talks at Newcastle Helix, June 11 2026 We held a public showcase event in June to share the outcomes from digital health research and training initiatives funded through the NortHFutures Hub. The event was free and took place at a fully accessible venue in the centre of Newcastle
Director's update The NortHFutures team has had a busy start to 2026, delivering many of our funded research and training initiatives whilst planning upcoming events. The funded teams have been carefully documenting their work in order to share practical insights from taking a community-centred approach to digital
On Friday last week the NortHFutures delivered the annual Digital Health Symposium with our NHS partners. This was the fourth event of its kind and the second that NortHFutures has supported with Health Data Research (HDR) UK. This year’s symposium theme was 'Future Ready: Digital Health for Tomorrow’
Save the date for the Digital Health Symposium 2026! We are excited to invite you to the Digital Health Symposium, organised in collaboration with NHS England Education North East. 📅 13th March 2026 📍 The Catalyst, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG Book your place now! Once more, we are bringing together clinicians,
Let’s Do Digital is a community of healthcare professionals, educators and technologists who are passionate about health-tech innovation, literacy, and learning. Their annual conference provides a forum for exploring radical and alternative ideas for the future of digital health. Let’s Do Digital 2025 was held last month
We are working with the VCSE organisation Connected Voice to deliver a series of three training sessions, aimed at cross-sector participants in early stages of research projects and research bid development. The three sessions are aimed at participants in all sectors, levels of seniority, and job roles, and will
This September, we were joined in Newcastle upon Tyne by 33 participants of the Digital Health and Care Summer School. Attendees from across the UK and disciplines came together for three days of discussions on the effective and innovative use of digital technologies in the health and care sector. The
The UK has an urgent need for new health data scientists – it’s a rapidly expanding field with the recognised potential to transform the future of health and care for all, and health data science should serve and reflect the needs of the entire UK population. Once again, NortHFutures is
This summer, we were fortunate to welcome two interns into our lab to explore how data science and machine learning might support better clinical decision-making in maternal mental health. Together, they tackled a challenging and sensitive topic using synthetic data, exploring risk factors for postnatal depression and safeguarding concerns,
This year, the NortHFutures Digital Health Hub has helped broaden and deepen the pool of talent in the health data research sector by sponsoring seven places on Health Data Research UK’s pioneering Black Internship Programme (BIP). The BIP, organised by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), fosters a more
This spring we conducted research with different professional groups within the NENC health and social care workforce to understand their current digital skills and readiness, the training that’s available to them, and their immediate training needs. We quickly identified a common thread in these conversations: generic training implemented from
Health data has the potential to transform care, but only if we build systems people trust. That means involving the public in decisions, designing with care, and being honest about trade-offs. Recently, Peter Glick from the NortHFutures team at Open Lab hosted a panel that asked some difficult but
23-25th September, The Core, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TF Hosted by NortHFutures, the Digital Health and Care Summer School will provide PhD students and early career researchers (ECRs) from the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) with an immersive learning experience in health and care technology, and detailed insight
NortHFutures has funded 15 research project teams working across sectors to address health challenges facing North East and North Cumbria.