Life Sciences Week has chosen University Hospitals Birmingham Charity as its 2026 Social Impact Partner, supporting the Charity’s ambitious £7.2 million appeal to bring a state-of-the-art Total Body PET-CT Scanner to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Together, we are helping place Birmingham at the forefront of advanced diagnostics, clinical research and the future of healthcare.
Life Sciences Week brings together leaders from across biotech, med-tech, pharma, healthcare, academia, research, investment and business to explore the future of life sciences.
Through this partnership, the Life Sciences Week community will help raise awareness of the Total Body PET-CT Scanner Appeal and support the introduction of pioneering imaging technology to Birmingham.
A Total Body PET-CT Scanner captures detailed images of the entire body in a single scan, giving clinicians and researchers unprecedented insight into how disease develops and responds to treatment. See below the difference it will make.
From around 30 minutes to as little as 5 minutes, helping improve patient experience and creating capacity for more scans.
Shorter scan times and lower radiation exposure could help make advanced imaging more accessible, including for children and pregnant patients where clinically appropriate.
The technology could support research into cancer, heart disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other complex conditions.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is one of the UK’s leading centres for specialist care, research and innovation.
Bringing a Total Body PET-CT Scanner to Birmingham would:
As Social Impact Partner, Life Sciences Week will:
Whether you are a researcher, healthcare professional, business leader, investor or member of the wider community, you can help bring this technology to Birmingham.
Life Sciences Week is a high-profile programme of events celebrating advances across life sciences, bringing together researchers, clinicians, innovators, policymakers, investors and industry leaders.
The 2026 programme takes place from 21–25 September 2026 across Birmingham and the West Midlands.