What a fantastic night celebrating the incredible achievements of this year’s standout healthcare collaborations and partnerships!
Congratulations to all the winners, highly commended entrants, and finalists, your groundbreaking work is truly inspiring.
Before the awards, we enjoyed a dynamic panel discussion, followed by an engaging and insightful networking drinks reception and exclusive dinner.
The conversation moved beyond high-level theory into a practical, strategic exploration of how the 10-year healthcare plan and Life Sciences Sector Plan can strengthen the fundamentals of effective partnership working.
Summary of the Panel Discussion –
From Plan to Partnership: Navigating the Enablers and Challenges of Collaborative Working
How has the 10-year healthcare plan and Life Sciences Sector Plan paved the way for better partnership working?
– Panel agreed partnership is essential to tackle system pressures and deliver the 10 year health plan and life sciences ambitions.
– Focus on co-design, community engagement and humility as core principles; meet needs where they are.
– Need clear governance, transparent publication of collaborations and upfront metrics to avoid mistrust and misuse.
– Successful models are multi partner (healthcare, industry, academia, local authorities) rather than bilateral; aim for embedded, sustainable legacy.
– Prioritised community partnership to build trust and engage underserved and marginalised populations across a large, diverse geography with coastal inequalities to avoid designing inappropriate solutions.
– Design partnerships to deliver system integration and embedded non-clinical skills (project governance, project management, data analysis, health economics) rather than only temporary clinical capacity.
– The 10-year health plan and life sciences sector plan feature health tech extensively.
– Procurement must be problem-driven rather than technology-driven.
– Identify the system/patient need before partnering (unmet need, pathway pressure, capacity, outcome variation, or delivery challenge).
– NHS/IBA provides strategic drive; industry acts as delivery partner with genuine pooling of expertise and funding, not informal grants or sponsorships.
