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Barts Life Sciences Cluster highlighted at Prime Minister’s Questions
At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Rushanara Ali MP highlighted the Barts Life Sciences Cluster as one of the UK’s emerging leading life sciences clusters, with £800m in private investment secured to date. She emphasised the opportunity to turn health inequalities in east London into a powerful driver of UK life sciences growth, transforming the future of healthcare in London, across...
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Professor Rakesh Uppal appointed Chief Executive Officer of Barts Life Sciences
Barts Health NHS Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Rakesh Uppal as Chief Executive Officer of Barts Life Sciences. In this role, he will lead the programme that strengthens collaboration between industry and Barts Health NHS Trust and oversees the development of the Barts Life Sciences Cluster in East London, focused on driving innovation into healthcare. The...
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Barts Life Sciences Cluster reaches next milestone
Our partners BGO have submitted their planning application for their 1 million sqft integrated healthcare and research campus addressing needs for NHS, housing, green space and community facilities. The project, part of the new Barts Life Sciences Cluster, supports our efforts to create a world-class centre for life sciences research and innovation next to The Royal London Hospital, where NHS and industry can collaborate to drive innovation into healthcare. If...
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Barts Health partners with H.I.G. Realty to deliver first Barts Life Sciences Cluster project
Barts Life Sciences is pleased to welcome a major milestone in the development of the new Cluster, as H.I.G. Realty and Barts Health NHS Trust announce a strategic partnership to deliver the first applied healthcare innovation building at Cavell Street, Whitechapel. The new 170,000 sq ft facility will be the first development to come forward following the public launch of the Barts...
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2025 Highlights: Accelerating Innovation into Healthcare
As we wrap up 2025, we are incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together with our colleagues at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London, as well as our local, national, and global partners from industry, academia, the NHS, local and central government, and the third sector. This year has been defined by collaboration, bold ideas, and...
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