We’re supporting the promotion of new and emerging technologies designed to improve independent living, health management, increase prevention and deliver precision medicine.
With demand on the health sector growing and reaching near-critical levels, we’re bringing together industry experts, innovators, academics and health and social care providers to support the transformation of the healthcare industry through collaboration, innovation and technology.
Our partners
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We’ve partnered with University College London (UCL) to launch the UK’s first accelerator focused on precision medicine, an emerging field aimed at developing personalised disease treatment and prevention.
This unique opportunity provides precision medicine scale-ups the support to accelerate the adoption of their technology through leveraging UCL’s expertise in this area and as well as from their wide network that includes industry and corporate experts active in the healthcare space.

Barclays Eagle Labs has partnered with the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network who have created the Propel@YH Accelerator.
The accelerator provides support and advice to businesses focused on digital health and helps to turbo-charge their growth and increase their market presence. Giving these HealthTech focussed businesses a route into the NHS which brings innovative digital health solutions to the region’s population and bolsters the wider health economy. The 2020-21 programme is open to digital health innovators with solutions that can support the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HealthTech Members

electronRx
Dr Bipin Patel
Founder & CEO
electronRx is an interdisciplinary team of world class bioelectronic engineering and scientific talent.

eppik
Dr Alban Mackay
Founder & CEO
Eppik is a storytelling platform. Memories are some of our most treasured possessions and sharing them gives us a sense of achievement and makes us happy.

Link-ages
Fiona Willis
Founder & Director
The Link-ages Apps allow older and vulnerable users and their families to message, video call and share experiences safely and easily.
Content

HealthTech Response: a community united
Discover how founders, doctors and mentors have been working together in response to Covid-19 – and how you can join them.

How Covid-19 is impacting HealthTech startups
Dr Alexander Finlayson, Co-Founder of Nye Health on changing attitudes and how HealthTech Response is helping support the startup community

How Covid-19 is leading to new approaches to innovation in the NHS
Professor Kev Dhaliwal explains how the HealthTech Response initiative is helping enable new solutions.

How HealthTech Response is supporting startups and the NHS
Find out what’s been achieved and how your startup can get involved.

How a digital start up, ElectronRx, pivoted and is emerging from lockdown
Dr Bipin Patel explains how crisis turned to opportunity for ElectronRx, his Cambridge-based healthtech business.

Innovate UK 'Healthy Ageing Investment Accelerator'
The Healthy Ageing challenge, run by Innovate UK, aims to enable businesses and social enterprises to develop products that support people as they age, allowing people to remain active, independent and self-sufficient for as long as possible.
HealthTech contacts
We’re here to help you with a range of support services, including access to mentors and funding opportunities.
Jen Estherby
HealthTech Lead
+44 (0) 7880 183744 (mobile)
Dawn Carhart
HealthTech Manager
+44 (0) 7880 183687 (mobile)
Events
We’re holding a number of events across the UK that bring together HealthTech businesses with healthcare experts and practitioners.
Register and come along, we’d love to meet you and find out about you and your business.