Day one at HLTH Europe started with a call to arms from Professor Ian Abbs, CEO, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. We’re looking forward to seeing what’s to come for the rest of the week. Sign up for our round-up report to get intel from the conference, direct to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eKX_PUtN #HLTHEurope #HealthTech #Innovation #Healthcare
What is HLTH? Well, it describes itself as a health innovation conference, and from what we’ve seen so far in Amsterdam, it’s very broad – in terms of both themes and audiences – and fairly loud. Big on ‘can-do’ energy, and the power of bringing people together. With a reasonable line in merch. The potential of tech, data and AI is central to much of what we’ve seen here so far, and the standout message from yesterday’s sessions was a wake-up call from Professor Ian Abbs, CEO of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, that without AI, “the fabric of health in high GDP countries is going to get fundamentally stressed”. “We have a massive supply-side problem: we are simply going to run out of people to deliver healthcare," he told a packed room. The NHS employs 1.5 million people, with a similar number employed in social care, and yet 52% of people surveyed in the UK are dissatisfied with healthcare. “We are out of road. We need a revolutionary moment. We’re going to have to change the world we’re in. Better, faster, fairer healthcare, delivered at lower cost, will need to have fewer people involved in the supply chain.” That was yesterday. Today, we've already sat in sessions on women's health, the changing role of biotech, and equitable access to clinical trials, as well as a keynote from Google’s Chief Health Officer, Karen DeSalvo. Updates incoming. To receive the HLTH Round-up Report post-event, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eKX_PUtN #HLTHEurope #Healthcare #AI #Innovation
