Digostics was recently invited by Contracts for Innovation Cymru to contribute to early exploratory discussions focused on two interconnected themes:
1. Introducing GTT@home into the Welsh healthcare landscape, and
2. Exploring how new healthcare spaces - such as modular, pop-up, or mobile facilities - could improve access for rural, remote, and disadvantaged communities.
This forum brought together a diverse mix of regional clinicians, healthcare providers, local policymakers, design specialists, integration experts, and technology innovators. It was a vibrant environment where shared challenges could be openly examined, and future-focused solutions collaboratively imagined.
A Shared Commitment: Taking Healthcare to the Patient
At Digostics, we are driven by the belief that technology can - and should - take healthcare out of the clinic and deliver it directly to the people who need it. This event provided an opportunity to showcase GTT@home, demonstrate what is possible today, and participate in a wider workshop exploring how new models of care could be designed around accessibility, accuracy, and equity.
The workshop examined:
- Opportunities and risks associated with pop-up or mobile diagnostic spaces
- Technology and infrastructure requirements
- Use-cases for geographically targeted or condition-specific healthcare pods
- Architectural and digital foundations needed to support these new care models
The session encouraged genuine future-gazing - with no idea considered too ambitious if it could improve care for individuals who are often disenfranchised by traditional, centralised health systems. Whether due to travel difficulties, cost barriers, mobility challenges, or broader socioeconomic disadvantages, too many people still find it hard to access essential healthcare. This was the challenge the group worked collectively to address.
Diagnostics at the Point of Need - Without Compromising Accuracy
From Digostics’ perspective, our contribution naturally centred on diabetes testing and screening, where we have deep expertise. We advocated strongly for the benefits of bringing diagnostics directly to the end patient - removing the need to travel to a clinic - but emphasised that increased accessibility must never come at the cost of diagnostic accuracy.
There is growing evidence that well-intentioned community-based screening initiatives can sometimes unintentionally compromise sample integrity due to pre-analytical factors. Poorly controlled conditions, delays, and manual handling can all undermine test reliability.
Our view is clear: Better that healthcare providers adopt proven technologies that deliver accurate diagnostics in the home than rely on pop-up facilities that risk creating a two-tier testing system - one for those who can attend hospitals and one for those who cannot.
GTT@home protects accuracy through its immediate, on-site analysis - removing the vulnerabilities associated with sending samples to a central lab. This is the kind of safeguard that must remain front and centre when designing new community care pathways.
A Collaborative Vision for Accessible Healthcare
Our biggest takeaway from this event was the sheer energy and excitement generated when clinicians, policymakers, designers, and technology innovators come together with a shared purpose: to use technology as a force for good and ensure equitable access to healthcare for all.
The workshop was not just a discussion about modular buildings or new devices - it was about rethinking how health systems can include everyone, irrespective of geography, mobility, or circumstance.
Digostics was delighted to take part and looks forward to contributing to the next stages of this important work.