Health Secretary Wants Health-tech To Support UK’s Life Science Industry
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The secretary of state for health and social care Matt Hancock has called for those working in the health-tech sector to advance its innovations further in order to support the country’s developing life science industry.
He is planning to give a keynote speech at the upcoming GIANT Health event on Thursday (November 22nd) in London’s Chelsea Football Club.
Mr Hancock was asked to support GIANT Health – a conference aimed at promoting health technology, including app developers, inventors, clinicians, corporate enterprises and investors.
During his speech, he is expected to ask those working in the field to “complement our world-leading life science”.
The MP also said health-tech can support genomic and artificial intelligence sectors in the UK.
“We must embrace this coming wave of technology and transform our NHS into an ecosystem of innovation and enterprise, so patients benefit from the latest treatments,” said Mr Hancock.
More than 2,000 people are expected to turn up at the GIANT Health event later this week to see 325 speakers and 150 start-ups. The intention of the conference is to let those in the field share their knowledge and research, and help them network with one another, so they can pursue technological developments regarding healthcare.
If health-tech could complement life science research and development, as Mr Hancock believes, this would provide a big boost to the already growing industry.
Indeed, the annual Scotsman Life Science Scotland conference revealed just last week that the industry had achieved a turnover of £5.2 billion in 2016 in Scotland alone.
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