The NHSA, along with various partners and members, held a series of roundtables and panel events at the 2024 Labour Party Conference.

Below are pictures taken from the event.

NHSA and Lancaster University Breakfast Roundtable – Harnessing Health Innovation: How to build a healthier and wealthier UK.

Host: Northern Health Science Alliance, sponsored by Lancaster University.

Chaired by South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard, the event brought together health science research leaders from across the North and give ample opportunity to explore how life sciences and health innovations can create 21st-century NHS and a healthier and wealthier UK. 

The event included representatives from:

• Lancaster University
• The University of Liverpool
• Manchester City Council
• Bruntwood SciTech
• Newcastle University
• UCLAN
• University of Leeds
• Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
• Stephenson Mohl
• Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership
• The Tony Blair Institute
• Newmarket Strategy
• Cancer Research UK
• University of York

Getting the Child Poverty Strategy Right: Key Lessons for an Effective, Ambitious Approach. The York Policy Engine, Child Poverty Action Group and NHSA.

Host: York Policy Engine and Child Poverty Action Group

The group discussed what the new child poverty strategy should focus on, what the research evidences – both in the UK and internationally – and what works and matters in effective anti-poverty work.

Woman of the North: inequality, health and work

Host: Northern Health Science Alliance and Health Equity North

The event focussed on what can be done to close the unequal challenges and inequity women in the North face compared to those in the rest of the country. Speakers included Jess Phillips MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls), and Metro Mayors Kim McGuinness (North East) and Tracy Brabin (West Yorkshire).

The event included representatives from:

• Health Equity North
• The University of Liverpool
• The Health Foundation
• Kings Fund
• Newcastle University
• Race Equality Foundation
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• IPPR North
• Plan International UK
• University of York
• End Violence Against Women Coalition
• Women’s Budget Group
• Fawcett Society

Reframing the child poverty agenda – Heseltine Institute and NHSA Roundtable  

Host: Northern Health Science Alliance and the Heseltine Institute.

Despite an array of literature and research on the drivers and consequences of child and family poverty, there remains an urgent need to position child poverty at the heart of policy decisions. The roundtable explored how local approaches can be successfully embedded into place-based policymaking.

The event included representatives from:

• The Guardian
• Oldham Council
• Health Equity North
• University of Liverpool
• Lancaster University Management School
• TUC North West
• Diocese of Liverpool
• City of Liverpool College
• North East Mayoral Combined Authority
• Centre Point
• The Children’s Society

Child of the North Panel Event –  How can a Labour Government tackle child poverty and create opportunity for children across the North?

Host: Northern Health Science Alliance and Health Equity North

 This panel event focussed on addressing inequalities confronting children across the North examining the importance of the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, and the Labour Party’s strategies aimed at breaking down barriers to opportunity, raising standards and creating a better future for children across our region. 

The event included representatives from:

• Save the Children
• University of Liverpool
• University of York
• Liverpool Young Person’s Advisory Group