Liverpool City Region Innovation Hackathon

This two-day hackathon brings together innovators from across the Liverpool City Region to tackle real health and care challenges.
About this Event

On 24th–25th September, the HealthTech Design Studio team at the University of Liverpool is hosting a two‑day hackathon bringing together innovators from across the Liverpool City Region to tackle real health and care challenges. Whether you’re an SME, entrepreneur, creative, technologist, clinician, researcher, or a resident with lived experience, this is your chance to shape solutions that matter.

Participants will work on challenges grounded in local insights, community conversations, and system‑wide priorities – supported by technical experts, prototyping materials, and data resources.

The hackathon gives you space to test ideas, build skills, and connect with collaborators. After the event, attendees can apply to our open Innovation Sprint funding call - awarding up to £25,000 to develop project ideas.

Themes

• Women’s Health
• Whole System Issues
• Multimorbidity
• Public Health

Challenge Statements

Participants can explore challenges such as:

• Improving communication across languages and cultures
• Creating equitable data for women’s health
• Supporting people with multiple long-term conditions
• Strengthening continuity and sustainability in care
• Predicting and mitigating medicine shortages
• Improving accuracy and interactivity of health records
• Addressing digital exclusion
• Integrating data across councils, NHS, and community orgs
• Improving hormonal health monitoring
• Designing systems that preserve identity and agency

Who Should Apply

We welcome:

• SMEs and startups
• Clinicians, allied health professionals, social care workers
• Data scientists, developers, designers
• Community organisations and voluntary sector leaders
• Students, researchers, and academics
• Residents with lived experience
• Creatives, storytellers, and systems thinkers

Whether you have a fully formed concept or a spark of inspiration, you’re invited.

What You’ll Get

• Technical support from our expert team
• Materials for paper prototyping and lo‑fidelity concept development
• Access to curated datasets
• Networking with innovators across LCR
• Opportunity to test ideas before applying to our upcoming open Innovation Sprint funding call