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- Date
- 23 September 2025
- Location
- The King's Fund, London, W1G 0AN
- Price
- From £95 +VAT
- Social
- KFLifeSciences
The UK has a strong track record as a hub for life sciences. However, with government radically reshaping the national leadership and management of the NHS, overhauling the function and purpose of integrated care boards, and developing its life sciences vision, the NHS must improve and transform care.
With the expected 10-year plan, life sciences sector plan and 10-year industrial strategy laying the foundations for future collaborative advancements between the NHS and life sciences, the sector has a significant opportunity to enhance the nation’s health and economic prosperity through encouraging and supporting investment in this high-growth sector. These advancements encompass everything from pharmaceutical and medtech development to genomic and diagnostic testing and digital health. For example, exciting innovations are harnessing AI for faster image interpretation and automating laboratory and genomic testing to dramatically improve treatment choices.
However, a thriving and dynamic life sciences industry that enhances patient care and collaborates with the efforts of integrated care systems (ICSs), voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), and the broader health and care system through NHS collaboration has yet to reach its full potential. This is due to numerous barriers, including navigating different organisational cultures and contexts across the public and private sectors, and building relationships and trust between partners. Challenges persist in bridging the gap between the life sciences sector and the NHS and broader health and care system. These include limited or ringfenced funding, regulatory changes, and deeply entrenched barriers to scaling and adoption across the NHS.
This conference will explore opportunities to enhance current successes and strengthen collaborative approaches, and examine how key players in life sciences and the health and care sector can unite their ambitions, skills and resources to foster partnerships between the NHS and industry. Together, this collaboration will drive improvements in care, achieve better outcomes for people, and create meaningful change.
Event topics
Session topics include:
Ambitious plans for the NHS and life sciences...are we ready?
Making care closer to home a reality now – could collaboration help unlock its potential?
Beyond the horizon – understanding how digital innovation and technologies can shape tomorrow’s health and care
Putting in place the infrastructure to support partnership working and collaboration across the NHS and life sciences
Ensuring people and communities and the VCSE sector are at the heart of NHS and life sciences collaboration
Do we have the right workforce for a health and care system fuelled by NHS and life sciences collaboration? What opportunities does collaboration present for the workforce?
How can developments in life sciences support the shift from sickness to prevention?
Can we really afford the future? A look at what’s coming down the track in life sciences innovation and collaboration.
Speakers include
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Robert Kettell
Director of Medicines Negotiation and Managed Access, NHS England -
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Dr Sam Roberts
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Dr Richard Torbett MBE
Chief Executive, ABPI -
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Beth Thompson
Executive Director, Policy and Partnerships, Wellcome Trust -
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Suki Balendra PhD
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Paddington Life Sciences, Director of the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance, Board Adviser -
Peter Ellingworth
Chief Executive Officer of the Association of British HealthTech Industries -
Dr Shera Chok
NIHR national lead for Community Settings and Chair of the Shuri Network -
Nicola Perrin
Chief Executive, Association of Medical Research Charities
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2025 programme
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Join us from 8.15am for a day of interesting discussions, debates and networking with people from across the health and care and life sciences industries.
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Ticket prices
Please note, there is a £20 +VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is in addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is one invoice fee per order, not per ticket. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.
Early bird tickets are available to book now.
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Private sector and small-medium sized enterprise
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