A recent spate of reports and research papers has illuminated the potential of 5G to transform healthcare across many of its diverse functions and sectors, including surgery, remote diagnostics, primary care, emergency treatment at the scene of accidents, and monitoring of vulnerable patients in the home. We have been here before, with spurts of interest and hype accompanying the early roll-out of both 3G and 4G that never quite materialized. There are good reasons for believing it will be different this time, not just because 5G at last delivers the performance and robustness required for critical functions such as telesurgery, but also because associated technologies such as haptics, ultra-high-definition video, and extended reality, are themselves maturing. Many of…