Recent projects
The Quantum Healthy Longevity Innovation Mission was launched by Collider Health and the National Innovation Centre for Ageing in November 2022 to create the world’s first test bed for health underpinned by growing understanding of the ‘exposome’ and links between health and climate- see the framework set out in the Lancet, Quantum Healthy Longevity for healthy people, planet, and growth and Prospect special edition for the Minister for the Future, Make the UK a living lab for mapping the exposome.
We are now developing the sandbox programme underpinning the blueprint. We are focussed on the opportunities the mission will provide for growth and jobs via innovation clusters, enabled by regulatory reform, to create a world test bed for health that will drive discovery and research in healthy longevity. The mission sits well in the UK government's plans for science and technology - 'need more international mission-based research/moonshots', mobilise pro-innovation regulation' 'develop innovation nation through regional clusters' 'leverage public sector investment for private sector finance' .
Business for Health (B4H) launched its ‘Year On’ report at the Watercooler event on 25 Aril with a keynote by Dame Carole Black, outlining the next phase of the Business Framework of Health, first set out in Framework for Health: Supporting businesses and employers in their role to enhance and level up health of the nation launched with the support of Chris Whitty CMO in October 2021. The report outlines B4H’s strategy to support the long-term health of the nation through preventative measures. Following on from the development of the Work Health Index, Business for Health and its partners are looking forward to initiating real-world projects across three pillars: workforce health, consumer health and community health to shape a healthier and more prosperous Britain
People's health is shaped by the social, cultural, economic and environmental conditions they live in – the wider (or social) determinants of health. Let’s Talk Crawley was a collaboration between Kent, Surrey & Sussex AHSN and West Sussex CCG to explore what a new offer of health could look like, informed by a series of conversations with communities across Crawley about their experience of health services as well as their perspectives on how their lives and health are influenced by other factors. Research was conducted with diverse communities across Crawley to inform future funding and policy decisions and the role of anchor institutions to enhance and level up health, meeting missions 7 & 8 of the government’s Levelling Up agenda.
With a keynote address by George Freeman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, this event held during Longevity Week in November 2021 presented an update on the Levelling Up Health programme of the APPG for Longevity, outlined Business for Health’s plans to develop a Business Framework and Index and bring Health into ESG mandates, and launched the APPG’s Open Life Data Framework to drive innovation in healthy longevity, while offering an international perspective on multistakeholder collaboration in health for global prosperity.
The Open Life Data Framework, first introduced in The Lancet, was launched in November 2021 with the support of George Freeman MP, Science, Research and Innovation Minister. Its goal is to create the enabling conditions for public and private sector actors to share health-relevant data for public benefit while unlocking innovation to increase healthy life expectancy by 5 years while minimising health inequalities (‘HLE+5’)- mission 7 of Levelling Up. The Framework was developed with contributions from over 100 experts and organisations including Health Foundation, NHSX, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, Ada Lovelace Institute, National Data Guardian, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the CBI. The report can be viewed here.
Business for Health is a business-led coalition supporting long-term sustainable innovation and investment in preventative health and care. Its aim is to enhance the health and economic resilience of the UK, catalysing and facilitating business contributions to achieve Mission 7 of the UK’s Levelling Up ambition: to reduce health inequalities and add five years to healthy life expectancy (‘HLE+5’). A key priority for Business for Health is the development of an Index to to show what good business-led health intervention looks like, detailing the benefits to both workforce health and business growth, and to measure contribution of health as a part of a wider process to get ‘Health’ into ESG mandates (ie ‘ESHG’). In collaboration with the CBI, Business for Health launched its Framework with the support of Chris Whitty CMO in October 2021 (Click here to download the full Framework report)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) commissioned this study to explore how social enterprise is evolving as a result of Covid-19 and the role it could play in supporting the healthy ageing agenda. UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge is already supporting a portfolio of initiatives to develop new markets for healthy ageing and is interested in how social enterprises can contribute further to improving the experience for all. Collider Health managed the survey, focus groups and report working with Social Enterprise UK.
The APPG for Longevity’s report, Levelling Up Health, launched on 9 April Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Care, Professor Chris Whitty, CMO, and Henry Dimbleby, National Food Strategy endorsing its key recommendations. Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on our country, exposing our nation’s poor health and our health inequalities - 90% of those who died with Covid had significant prior poor health. A new healthcare system is essential to confront how unhealthy we are. The report sets out why this is needed and what should be done. It proposes a 10 Year Health Improvement Plan, and new Health Improvement Fund, a shift in political attitudes that have impeded progress, clear priorities for action and the need to challenge and change organisations that harm our children and our health.
Collider Health was commissioned by KSS AHSN and NHS I/E/X to develop the problem statement for personalised care and support planning in care homes, working with care home managers to take stock of the Covid-19 experience and to determine how best to move from the current state to an idea future state for digital PCSP to benefit care homes and their residents.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented strain on health systems and societies around the world. It has shone a light on health inequalities and reinforced the importance of fostering health resilience. It has also highlighted the importance of scientific research to protect the health and wealth of societies. Science Question Time held on 25 November 2020 brought together leading scientists and policymakers to reflect upon these factors and think about the broader implications for R&D, asking the key question: ‘How can we design research to serve ageing populations and those with comorbidities, and ensure that research is reflecting our societal aim of achieving healthy longevity?’ The report (that you can download here) communicates key themes and ideas that arose from the discussion and highlights areas for further work, aligned to opportunities in the environment.