Diversity UK supports the UK’s first Health + AI Tech Show

Diversity UK has partnered with Health + AI Insiders to support the UK’s first Health + AI Tech Show, taking place in London on 29 April 2026.

The show will bring together senior NHS leaders, regulators, pharma and biotech innovators, and technology providers for a one-day forum focused on applied AI in healthcare and life sciences.
Taking place at Big Penny Social, London, the event cuts through hype to focus on safe, deployable and scalable AI across clinical diagnostics, genomics and drug discovery, and hospital operations.

“AI in healthcare has moved beyond the pilot phase; now, the challenge is meaningful, safe deployment at scale and the right regulations,” said Shane Ahari-White, Editor-in-Chief of Health + AI Insiders. “This show is the first national forum designed to bridge the gap between technical potential and real-world impact.”

The agenda features voices from across the NHS, life sciences and policy. Alongside technical perspectives, cultural voices such as Adam Kay, comedian and author of This Is Going to Hurt, will bring a human lens to conversations around technology, pressure, safety and system change.

Diversity UK’s focus on AI in healthcare

Equality charity Diversity UK has focused on health inequalities for several years by championing healthtech and medtech founders, hosting panel debates on investing in women entrepreneurs, and organising events on closing the Gender Health Gap.

Its Changemakers Series is rooted in social justice, from addressing inequalities of ethnicity, gender and social background in the workplace to examining how technology itself can deepen or reduce such divides.

Health inequalities: a drag on economic growth

Health inequalities are not only unjust; they represent a serious drag on economic growth. Women founders, for example, attract less than 2 per cent of global venture capital funding, and women spend 25 per cent more of their lives in poor health than men.

A recent report from the McKinsey Health Institute, Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A One Trillion Dollar Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies, estimates that narrowing this gap could improve the lives of 3.9 billion women worldwide and add one trillion dollars annually to the global economy by 2040.

Achieving health equity is an economic imperative

Gender is only part of the picture. Inequalities persist across ethnicities, age groups, communities and regions, with patients too often facing a postcode lottery for life-saving treatments and services.
Achieving health equity is therefore not just a moral necessity; it is an economic imperative.

The founding of the NHS in 1948 was a choice for fairness. In launching the Government’s new ten-year Health Plan, Fit for the Future, the Health Secretary emphasised this generation’s responsibility to renew that principle, reshaping healthcare around access, quality and prevention.

Last year, in partnership with the Frugal AI Hub and Cambridge Judge Business School, Diversity UK hosted an event exploring the principles of Frugal AI, which emphasise cost-effective, sustainable and practical innovation to support these ambitions.

Convening new voices: earning trust for AI in health

In 2026, through its Changemakers Series, Diversity UK will continue to explore how innovation, equity and inclusion can combine to create lasting change.

By supporting the Health and AI Tech Show, Diversity UK brings together new perspectives from practitioners on how to deliver on the promise of technologies such as generative AI for everyone.

“Last year’s Frugal AI event highlighted major challenges,” said Lopa Patel MBE, Chair of Diversity UK. “These include the disconnect between AI tools and real clinical needs, the evidence gap that limits implementation, and severe skills shortages.

“Innovation requires expertise across healthcare, biology, compliance, software development and business management. Yet we are asking an under-developed workforce to implement AI at pace. The prize is huge, but we must earn public trust before AI can truly transform healthcare.”

Practitioners across healthcare, biotech and life sciences are encouraged to mark 29 April 2026 and join us at the Health and AI Tech Show in London.

About the Health + AI Tech Show

The Health and AI Tech Show is the UK’s first national, experience-led forum for applied AI in healthcare and life sciences.

Taking place in London on 29 April 2026, it brings together NHS leaders, regulators, and pharma, biotech and technology teams working at the frontline of real adoption.

Across three summits, Clinical AI and Diagnostics, Genomics, Biotech and Drug Discovery, and AI in Health and Hospital Operations, the agenda focuses on what is live, what is scaling and what is failing fast.
Alongside hands-on LAB Clinics, Creative LDN: Health Edition adds a human dimension, including voices such as Adam Kay, reminding leaders that transformation is as much about people as technology.

Registration is free for healthcare, public sector and life sciences professionals. Click here to register