Life Sciences Week partners with UHB Charity to bring a Total Body PET-CT Scanner to Birmingham
Supporting the future of healthcare, research and innovation
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.
A partnership built around innovation and impact
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.
Transforming diagnosis, treatment and research.
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.
Reduce scan times
From around 30 minutes to as little as 5 minutes, helping improve patient experience and creating capacity for more scans.
Support more patients
Shorter scan times and lower radiation exposure could help make advanced imaging more accessible, including for children and pregnant patients where clinically appropriate.
Drive research breakthroughs
The technology could support research into cancer, heart disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other complex conditions.
Why Birmingham?
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:
- Make this technology available to patients across the Midlands and beyond
- Strengthen clinical research opportunities
- Support future treatments and discoveries
- Reinforce Birmingham’s position as a leader in life sciences
How Life Sciences Week is supporting the appeal
As Social Impact Partner, Life Sciences Week will:
Raise awareness of the appeal across the life sciences community, showcase the project during Life Sciences Week 2026 and encourage organisations and individuals to support this transformational investment
Get involved
Whether you are a researcher, healthcare professional, business leader, investor or member of the wider community, you can help bring this technology to Birmingham.
Support the Total Body PET-CT Scanner Appeal
About Life Sciences Week
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.