“Why keep going? Well because for the first time in forever our vendor community are acting collectively as an eco-system supporting health care. I always say 4 engines drives digital health care and one of them is the 'vendors' as their innovation, investment and invention drives the future. Too often its ability to run flat out is stifled by overly secret, overly competitive, overly commercial blockers.....CV19 has blown through many of these and we are all benefiting!!”

“Tech4CV19 is a demonstration of how the Digital Health sector really should and can work in partnership for supply and demand - it is essential that this continues to avoid monopoly, create efficiency, ensure an engine of innovation that is valuable for the step change in technology advances that the sector needs.”

“The Tech4CV19 initiative was established in the early stages of the Covid-19 epidemic in the UK. The initiative has played a pivotal role in capturing and assessing offers of health and care technology, equipment and support services and matching these offers to demands from across health and care, which has played a key part in assisting and being complimentary to nationally led activity across government and health and care. The initiative has been led by a small number of senior health and care professionals building and utilising networks across industry and health and care, with all parties focussed on working together and collaborating in support of the covid-19 response. Whilst the work undertaken by Tech4CV19 has delivered real benefits to patients and health and care staff, the continued challenges associated with covid-19 and potential for further waves make it important for this work to continue to help support the ongoing and future needs of health and care.”

“Tech4CV19 has been a fantastic initiative which has helped to share learning and opportunities for digitisation in health & care. A vital community that is helping break down barriers and improve collaboration.”

“Tech4CV19 has been a fantastic initiative which has helped to share learning and opportunities for digitisation in health & care. A vital community that is helping break down barriers and improve collaboration.”

“I am delighted to have been working with the Tech4CV19 Community and believe it has an important role to play in supporting technology developments which improve delivery of healthcare. The Covid crisis has encouraged us all to recognise the importance of innovation made possible by technological development; the Tech4CV19 Community provides a valuable meeting place for those innovators.”

“Tech4CV19 is a group of pioneers and innovators, game changers and believers, a group of folk that have a common goal. To design and deliver tech solutions that make the world a safer/easier/better place. That’s why we need Tech4CV19 to keep going. Who else would be there to nurture, network and cultivate all the amazing ideas and people.”

“Need to BuildBetter - collaboratively - capture and never forget that spirit of let’s just **** do it - work all hours - don’t forget about the differences between public and private sector and make things work that protects the nhs - saves lives - develop the economy and create jobs - pay taxes and work better.”

“At a time of great complexity and overload for institutions within and close to the NHS, it has been even harder for digital health companies to engage and be heard above the noise - even when they have relevant and revolutionary solutions. The Tech4CV19 group, and particularly the group's leadership, have provided support to develop new channels to engage with the healthcare system and tirelessly promote the interests of members. This has created both direct channels but also many informal examples of support within the group and has had many benefits that will help the NHS in the near and longer term.”

“Tech4CV19 should continue because it has driven collaboration between the supplier and NHS communities to a level that hasn't been achieved either at scale or rapidly before. It has demonstrated effective and trusted coexistence on a common purpose of delivering the health and care sector without the usual sales patter (supplier) or defence/suspicions (nhs).”

“I think there’s a need for a group of organisations to come together to help the NHS in a crisis and beyond. It’s hard for NHS organisations to engage effectively with SMEs and understand what all those organisations do and who’s reputable. This is a group who understand the NHS and have respect for its values and the value of that will endure after this crisis is behind us.”

“Tech4CV19 has been instrumental in bringing different parts of the system together to learn share and collaborate. It’s been a one stop shop to enable quick access and rapid deployment and needed technologies for the health and care system.”