Westminster Health Forum

November 2019

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This conference was a timely opportunity to discuss the next steps for exporting UK healthcare services, innovation and expertise.

It brought together policy officials and stakeholders in healthcare, industry, the supply chain and finance to discuss a range of key policy developments including:

• The introduction of Healthcare UK’s Export Catalyst, which aims to help the NHS access export opportunities of up to £7bn a year and support partnerships overseas;
• Commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan to create an NHS Export Collaborative by 2021 to help NHS trusts export innovations;
• The UK International Research and Innovation Strategy; and
• Wider ambitions in the Department for International Trade’s Export Strategy to grow the export performance of the UK.

Delegates assessed the impact of the Export Catalyst on supporting NHS organisations find opportunities and win contracts - as well as key issues for accessing support available to UK suppliers to expand export capabilities.

The agenda included discussion on the next steps for tackling the challenges to translate proven NHS innovations overseas, following the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to create an NHS Export Collaborative by 2021 to help NHS trusts export innovations.

Attendees also discussed the next steps for scaling up UK healthcare exports over the next decade and overcoming barriers to exporting - including priorities for:

• Identifying markets and opportunities;
• Finding funding and finance; and
• Developing the right skills to navigate the process.

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• Dropbox video recording of the conference
• PDF transcript of the discussion, including all speaker remarks and Q&A
• PDFs of speakers' slide material (subject to permission)
• PDFs of the delegate pack, including speaker biographies and attendee list
• PDFs of delegate articles