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Bench to
Bedside

Barts Life Sciences has a long and rich history in delivering healthcare solutions which improve the lives of the local population and aim to reduce health inequalities within the borough.

Barts Life Sciences comprises an NHS Trust that accounts for 1.5% of all hospital activity in the UK and a Russell Group University which is ranked third in the world for excellence in medical research. All of this is supported by Barts Charity, which works alongside us to help deliver world-leading research, state-of-the-art equipment and innovative healthcare projects. For almost 1,000 years we have been pioneering innovations from bench to bedside which have transformed the lives of patients around the globe. Recent highlights include:

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The Perfect Location

Barts Life Sciences is strategically placed between Europe’s financial hub, MedCity – a collaboration which aims to promote and grow the world-leading life sciences cluster of England’s Greater South East – and London’s thriving start-up community. We already benefit from this proximity through our existing partnerships, such as our CAP-AI programme which is led by Capital Enterprise – ‘London’s start-up experts’ – located just off Silicon Roundabout.

In addition, we are able to take advantage of world-class transport links and can reach the City and Canary Wharf in around 15 minutes and an international airport within 20 minutes. Whitechapel is also currently going through a major regeneration project which will improve connections even further with the arrival of Crossrail, as well as new affordable housing developments, retail expansion and increased employment opportunities.

At the heart of UK life sciences

Barts Life Sciences’ location is well situated in the UK’s capital. London supports an exceptionally rich source of life sciences innovation and intellectual property, due to the presence of its world class universities, major research institutes and innovative tech start-up ecosystem. The capital also sits as a key part of the Golden Triangle, one of the world’s leading concentrations of life sciences expertise and innovation.

London has an outstanding base for the delivery of an exceptional life sciences ecosystem, with an excellent research base in world-renowned universities and significant capabilities in clinical and transitional medicine in the NHS.

Redeveloping east london

The establishment of a new life sciences hub in Whitechapel will invigorate the local area, creating thousands of high-quality jobs and lead to billions of pounds of much-needed investment in the East London economy.

In addition to creating jobs, Barts Life Sciences plans to make significant training and development opportunities available to local people, and this is an integral part of our vision, in particular training technologists, health workers and scientists at the cutting edge of digital health. This combined expertise will also help to address the health needs of a deprived and disadvantaged population.