The HETT Show 2025 was full of insight and innovation. For Anya, the highlight was how women’s health innovation featured as part of the NHS 10-Year Plan conversation. This year’s event marked a pivotal moment for digital health — the first major opportunity for the sector to explore the ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
Across theatres and workshops, conversations focused on three defining shifts:
- From hospital to community care
- From treatment to prevention
- From analogue to digital
The plan calls for improved IT infrastructure, greater use of AI, a single patient record and a more connected NHS App — all underpinned by safer, smarter data systems.
At Anya, we were proud to contribute to this national conversation, sharing how our platform supports these goals by making trusted, specialist information accessible to women throughout their health journeys.
Women’s Health Innovation Takes the Spotlight
While HETT covered the full spectrum of digital transformation, women’s health featured more prominently than ever – a welcome signal of growing recognition that women’s experiences are central to wider health equality.
One of the most inspiring sessions was the fireside conversation with Dame Laura Kenny. She reflected on her journey in elite sport, spoke openly about her experiences with the NHS, and emphasised how maintaining health, resilience and advocacy go hand in hand. Her remarks served as a powerful reminder that even exceptional performers must navigate the health system — and that everyone with a platform has the opportunity to raise awareness for women’s health.
Other standout sessions included:
- Forging a More Equitable Future: Innovation in Women’s Health — examining how the UK can help women lead and scale innovation.
- Improving Service Design, Safety and Education in Maternity Using Technology and the Patient Voice.
- Leading with Compassion: Supporting Women’s Health in the Workplace through Digital Innovation.
- Opportunities in Neonatal Technology Enabled Care with the Neonatal Technology Enabled Care Project (NTEC)
Together, these sessions reflected a genuine step forward in how the sector is embedding women’s health within the digital agenda.
How AI Supports Women’s Health Innovation
AI was unsurprisingly a dominant theme throughout HETT, but the tone was responsible, not just aspirational. Discussions centred on how we can harness data and emerging technologies safely, ethically and inclusively – not just for end-users but to save time and do the heavy-lifting when it comes to admin for clinicians so they can focus on what really matters: patient care.
Key takeaways:
- Bias and representation: Models must reflect real-world populations to serve women equitably.
- Privacy and consent: Sensitive health data demands transparency and robust governance.
- Explainability and oversight: AI systems in healthcare must be auditable and understandable to build trust.
For Anya, this validated our approach – using technology not as an end in itself, but as a means to improve access, safety and confidence in women’s health information.
Learn more about our digital women’s health solution and how we are using AI to address healthcare inequalities in maternity care.
Integrating Innovation into NHS Systems
A consistent theme across the event was the need for interoperability and integration. Speakers from NHS England, NICE and leading Trusts emphasised that innovation must align with NHS systems – from digital infrastructure and procurement to clinical safety and governance.
We heard repeatedly that progress depends on:
- Open data standards and interoperability frameworks
- Collaboration across integrated care systems (ICSs)
- Bridging the gap between pilot projects and scalable adoption
For women’s health, this means embedding digital tools seamlessly into maternity, primary and community care, ensuring no woman falls through the cracks.
Collaboration, Inclusion and Co-Design
Our time at HETT was as hands-on as it was inspiring. We joined co-design workshops, digital inclusion sessions, and conversations about service design and accessibility, applying NHS Digital Service Manual principles.
We met obstetricians, analysts, policy leaders and fellow innovators — all keen to explore how technology can reduce inequalities and improve women’s health outcomes.
Moving Forward
HETT 2025 showed that digital transformation is not just about technology. It proves what we know from our years of experience at Anya: it’s about people, trust and collaboration.
As we move forward, Anya remains committed to:
- Equity-led design: ensuring our platform reflects and serves all women.
- Data privacy and governance: maintaining transparency, safety and user control.
- System partnership: working closely with NHS bodies to support the delivery of the 10-Year Health Plan.
We left HETT inspired by the passion across the sector — from clinicians to policymakers and champions like Dame Laura Kenny… all driving toward a more equitable future for women’s health.
Thank you to everyone who visited us and joined the conversation. Together, we can ensure that women’s health remains central to the next decade of NHS innovation.
If you want to learn more about how Anya can support your team, book a call with us to chat further.