Health minister Andrew Stephenson CBE MP joined the first life sciences event of Leicestershire Innovation Festival 2024.
Stephenson visited Charnwood Campus to join more than 100 delegates considering innovation as a potential solution to health disparities and inequalities.
Attendees included senior representatives from the NHS, as well as clinicians, researchers, and life science business leaders.
The discussion event was designed to consider the impact on the physical and mental wellbeing, and life chances, of individuals in most-impacted groups and recognised the work and growth of the life science organisations clustered around Charnwood Campus Science, Innovation and Technology Park in Loughborough.
The minister for health and secondary care said: “Programmes like this are a fantastic opportunity to bring together government, industry and academia to collaborate, discuss and drive forward innovation. Embracing cutting-edge science and technology are vital to boosting our public services, improving people’s lives and making the UK a life science superpower.”