The largest dedicated NHS digital health event in the United Kingdom, a two-day exhibition and conference at ExCeL London endorsed by NHS England, where trusts, integrated care boards and suppliers work through AI, interoperability, integrated care and procurement across five CPD-certified streams.
The last edition took place on 29–30 September 2026 at ExCeL London. As of 31 October 2026, the organiser had not announced the next edition.
HETT Show, Healthcare Excellence Through Technology, is an annual digital health conference and exhibition held at ExCeL London. It is organised by GovNet, endorsed by NHS England and supported by bodies including NICE and the BCS, and it serves a public-sector health audience: NHS trusts, integrated care boards and arm's-length bodies. The 2026 edition, held on 29–30 September 2026, combined an exhibition floor of more than 150 suppliers with five CPD-certified educational streams covering AI, interoperability, integrated care and health-tech innovation, with around 3,000 attendees expected, the large majority of whom worked in the NHS or wider public-sector health.
HETT exists to move technology adoption forward inside one health system: the NHS. Its programme is framed around the problems NHS organisations actually face, from interoperability between trusts to the safe deployment of clinical AI, and its audience is the people inside those organisations rather than a general commercial crowd. For suppliers, it is the route to NHS buyers in one place; for NHS teams, it is accredited learning and a survey of the market. That single-system focus is what distinguishes it from the pan-European digital health events.
The conference runs five CPD-certified educational streams, alongside dedicated zones. Coverage spans:
The event includes an AI Spotlight zone, a Start-Up Showcase, a Roundtable Area and an Insights Zone, alongside the five CPD-certified streams that carry more than fifty hours of accredited content.
The programme is led by NHS digital leadership. Recent and recurring participants include:
The full 2026 speaker roster had not been published when this page was last verified before the event.
In practice, yes. The audience is overwhelmingly NHS and public-sector health, and the programme is built around NHS priorities. Commercial suppliers attend to reach that audience, but the event is not a mixed private-health conference.
HETT is single-system and national: it is about adoption inside the NHS. HLTH Europe and Frontiers Health are pan-European, investor- and founder-facing innovation events. HETT is where NHS procurement and deployment happen; the others are where the wider market and capital convene.
HETT Show is held at ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, in London's Docklands. The centre is one of the largest exhibition and conference venues in the United Kingdom and is well served by the Elizabeth line and Docklands Light Railway.
GovNet is a United Kingdom events and media company established in 1997, specialising in public-sector conferences and exhibitions. HETT Show is its flagship healthcare technology event, run in partnership with and endorsed by NHS England, which gives it standing as the reference NHS digital health gathering.
HETT is the anchor of the NHS digital health calendar: an ExCeL exhibition endorsed by NHS England where trusts, integrated care boards and suppliers work through AI, interoperability and procurement, with an audience that is overwhelmingly public-sector rather than commercial.
For the 2026 edition, registration was handled through the official website. HETT operated on a supplier-subsidised model that was free to attend for NHS and public-sector delegates; specific pricing tiers were not publicly disclosed. These terms applied to the last edition; none had been announced for a later one as of 31 October 2026. Professional registration and, where required, approval letters are handled through the official registration page.
At ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London.
At the 2026 edition it was free to attend for NHS and public-sector delegates, on a supplier-subsidised basis. Registration was completed in advance through the official site.
Yes, at the 2026 edition: the educational streams were CPD-certified, carrying more than fifty hours of accredited content across the two days.
| Official website | https://www.hettshow.co.uk/ |
| Register | https://www.hettshow.co.uk/registration/ |
| Organiser | https://www.govnet.co.uk/ |