HLTH 23

8-11 October 2023

The UK is delighted to be at HLTH 23 in Las Vegas, showcasing the very best innovative UK companies from across the country to buyers and investors from around the world

Why the UK

The UK offers the largest integrated health system in the world, the NHS, with a trusted expertise and reputation that's in demand globally. It is a global leader in the delivery of cost-effective, evidence-based healthcare provision, as well as digital service transformation, healthcare education and net zero healthcare. The UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) promotes the UK healthcare sector to markets across the world, by providing bespoke support and engagement with DBT trade officers based in the DBT overseas network. 

The UK's Digital Health Playbook

With over 200 UK innovators and exporters, search the Digital Health Playbook to find specialists with experience in helping businesses set up or expand in the UK. Find out more

Doing business in the UK Digital Health market

Join us on the UK Pavilion to discuss entry into the UK digital health market. We have experts from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to discuss how the NHS adopts innovative products with us on our stand.

Alongside our NHS experts, UK Department for Business and Trade staff at HLTH are here to help you discover some of the key strengths of the UK digital health market:

  • The NHS is the world’s largest integrated healthcare system with 67m lifelong patient records.
  • Our digital health ecosystem offers a world leading research environment to develop and grow digital health products.
  • With Government and investor support for digital health, with £2bn of UK Government funding to support innovation and £3.8bn VC investment in Health Tech

Find out more

UK Company Delegation

The 10 companies exhibiting alongside the UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) represent a small cross-section of the innovative UK Digital Health sector that drives the global Digital Health market. Find out more about these companies here.

Key Stats

The NHS is the world's largest integrated health system, with 1.7m employees and over 1m patients seen every 36 hours. 

The UK has the largest market in Europe for VC investment in Health Tech, at £3.8bn in 2021.

The UK has the most advanced and data-enabled clinical research environment in the world.

London, Oxford and Cambridge account for a quarter of the European healthcare technology market.

In 2022, the UK Government committed £2bn for the digitalisation of the NHS and at least £150m to support digital transformation in social care.

     

Contact Us

If you have any queries regarding DBT's activty at HLTH 23, please contact us via digital.health@businessandtrade.gov.uk.