The Care Connect Show returns to London for 2026 next month – and the gathering couldn’t come at a better time, given the current political and financial challenges facing the health and social care sector.

The show, returning to City Gates in Ilford on 13th June, will feature keynote speakers and panellists from across the sector with thousands of years of collective experience – and a few tickets are still available from the Care Connect Show 2026 website (careconnectshow.co.uk).

Issues to be tackled on the day include challenges around sponsorship licences, workforce sustainability, tightening compliance requirements, funding pressure and the widening gap between rising care demand and constrained local authority budgets.

Attendees can expect a strong programme of keynote sessions, expert panels, networking opportunities, sponsor and exhibitor engagement, food and drink included, and a lively event atmosphere that reflects the energy and ambition of the sector itself.

Organiser Rejoice Bhila, from Buckhurst Hill, Essex, said: “This event is designed to bring together people from across the health and social care sector to explore forward looking solutions to the challenges we are all facing – lots of heads are definitely better than one, after all.

“We know that it’s only by organisations working together across traditional boundaries that any of us can deliver our objective, making sure that the people who need us receive high-quality care.

‘In an increasingly complex political and financial environment, collaboration matters more than ever. We hope people will leave the show brimming with new ideas and with a phone full of new contacts – and hopefully friends – with whom they can navigate these choppy waters.”

The event, powered by headline sponsor Academy of Robotics and Athena Mind AI, will feature keynote speeches from Noisettes singer and solo artist Shingai, Dragons Den alumni and entrepreneur William Sachiti, NHS innovator Prof Dhakshana Sivayoganathan, social care expert Liam (JD) Palmer, and GP and healthcare consultant Dr Sheikh Mateen Ellahi.

They will be supported by a stellar line up of speakers and panellists from across the sector. To find out more or buy tickets, visit careconnectshow.co.uk.