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International standards will continue to provide an important global reference for technical validation of medical-grade cuffless BP devices. The UK system challenge is how device evidence translates into safe, usable, scalable adoption in NHS pathways, including data linkage, clinician usability, and patient experience.

BIHS’s role here is to convene and coordinate the community, set out a credible roadmap, and publish living discussion documents that can be referenced by partners in funding applications and implementation proposals. 

We are moving into a structured delivery phase.

We are running the following workstreams, with workstreams running in parallel:

Worskstream 1 - Trust and safety readiness (UK evaluation pathway)

Lead: Professor Phil Chowienczyk

Focus

Proportionate evaluation approaches for NHS use, interpretation of evidence, and how longitudinal monitoring can support responsible adoption post-clearance. Define how ISO-validated/referenced devices can be introduced, interpreted, and monitored within UK clinical pathways.

Next meeting - Tuesday 31 March 2026

 

Workstream 2 - Data platform and system integration 

Leads: Professor Alun Hughes and Dr Eduard Shantsila

Focus

Defining a single point of entry for wearable BP data, that works for clinicians, patients and NHS systems including integration pathways to the NHS App and EPRs and how outputs are made usable for clinicians and patients.

Next meeting - Wednesday 1 April 2026

 

Workstream 3 - Pilot, outcomes and NHS adoption (Research/Q.I.)

Lead: Dr Manish Saxena

Focus

To pilot the proposed UK model in a real NHS environment, testing how devices with appropriate evidence, linked data and proportionate evaluation approaches function when embedded within NHS pathways.

Next meeting - Thursday 2 April 2026