Community - Driving Local Innovation to Meet Regional NHS Community

Tackling community health challenges through innovation.

Medilink Midlands are delighted to be collaborating with Arise Innovation Hubs and innovateUK in a series of events for autumn and winter 2025/26. The first of these looks at one the common themes in the NHS’s current 10-year plan, which aims to make the NHS fit for the future.

We will look at the barriers and opportunities for working with the community addressing the following questions:

• How can innovators effectively engage with local systems?
• What strategies support trust-building and uptake at the community level?
• How can businesses co-design solutions with communities and health systems?

Agenda:

10.00 – 10.30: Arrival, networking and refreshments

10.30-10.35: Introduction and Welcome by Arise

10.35-10.50: Setting the scene I – what does a day in the life of a doctor look like in 10 years? How do remote monitoring technologies change the way the health service operates

Bruce Adams| Clinitouch part of Spirit Health Managing Director

10.50-11.05: Setting the scene II – How do we co-create the digital solutions and support tools for healthcare of the future

Dr Alice Byram| Royal Society of Medicine president of Digital Health and entrepreneur

11.05-11.10: Q&A

11.10-11.30: Coffee & networking break

11.30-11.45: Lightening pitches

Seacrest Care Services | Ebun Ojemuyiwa

Graphene Trace |Dr Scott Dean

11.45-11.55: Q&A

11.55- 12.20: Support available to innovators

-Supporting MedTech innovators working in healthcare

Nicola Wheeler-Thorn| AND Technology and Research Managing Director

-Introducing IUK Business Growth

Dr Lorraine Morley | IUK Business Growth

-Introducing Connected Innovation

Scott Cogman | Innovation hubs Director

12.20-13.00: Networking lunch

*Please ensure you register using an institutional or Business email account

*Please note that places are limited - If you cannot attend once registered for the event please email events@medilinkmidlands.com