The HRC is proud to support the HIV Confident initiative as part of the UK’s goal of zero new HIV transmissions by 2030, reflecting HRC’s ongoing dedication to advancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in healthcare, while also promoting social value and fostering a more inclusive workforce. To support this mission, HRC collaborated with Siemens Healthineers […]
The HRC Co-Director Ms. Rachel Clough and Dr. Bindu Nair, HRC EDI Lead partnered with the Gender Equality Working Group at King’s College London to organize an impactful panel event at LIHE titled “Voices of Innovation: Women Shaping the Future of STEMM.” The event brought together leading voices to discuss the persistent challenges and systemic […]
Our inaugural Annual Conference was held on June 2, 2025, at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering – LIHE. The event was a tremendous success, attracting participants from academia, the NHS Trusts, charities, other Healthtech Research Centres, government agencies, and industry.
The HRC was proud to support the ECHO Teens: Behind the Lens project, organised by the Evelina Children’s Heart Organisation. On 29 March 2025, twenty young people affiliated with ECHO—either living with a congenital heart condition or as siblings of those who are—came together for a collaborative workshop alongside HRC Heart Diseases in Children Theme […]
Several of the HRC – our Joint methodology theme leads Anna Barnes and Emmanuel Akinluyi, together with and Dijana Vilic (Head of the Trust’s Clinical Scientific Computing team) were invited to the houses of Parliament on Tuesday 11th February. Anna Barnes was invited to present to MPs and members of the house of Lords Parliamentary […]
Our HRC team is aligning with NHS strategic shifts: moving from hospital to community care, analogue to digital, and focusing on prevention. We’ve revisited our ‘Tech 4 Better Care’ project, “PEACE @ home” – Proactive Effortless and Connected Experiences at Home. Our aim was to enhance user experience and inclusive tech design for community care. […]
GSTT’s Clinical Engineers, within the HRC methodology theme, share some high-level findings on an audit of ‘Virtual Wards’ that they carried out together with the Health Innovation Network South London, and with colleagues from across the region. This work was about understanding these healthtech-enabled services, that are widely-accepted to be a key component of the NHS strategic shifts, from: hospital […]
On January 28th, a group from the local community visited the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering to learn about various career paths. This event was part of the My Life SC1ences project, supported by the HRC. In addition to speed mentoring, attendees participated in brief talks from professionals in the medtech field and toured the […]
HRC Tech Transfer Business Manager Dr Bindu G Nair led the HRC team at the Launch Event for Multiple Long Term Conditions – Cross NIHR Collaboration held at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London on November 27, 2024. We have received multiple expressions of interest regarding potential collaboration opportunities. The keynote lecture on […]
The HRC supported We Rise – a local charity in Brixton, in a speed mentoring session on 14th Nov 2024 at LIHE. HRC EDI Lead Dr Bindu G Nair and Research Manager Ms.Ugochi Akerele were among the mentoring speakers. The session was aimed to provide career inspiration to young people in the age group 16-18 […]