Scaling Your Health Innovation: From Idea to Growth

Join us for one of our ‘Product development and scaling’ workshops, as part of the Health Innovation Leeds Incubator workshop series.
About this Event

At the Health Innovation Leeds Incubator Ignition event we asked what support you, our community of innovators, would find most useful to boost business growth.

We're delighted to share a series of workshops that reflect these needs, topics and ambitions.

Providing practical insights for early-stage, scale-ups, and established healthtech businesses, the sessions are designed to be interactive - with plenty of opportunities to connect with peers and experts across industry, academia and the NHS. Attendees will also explore real-life case studies to expand their knowledge and skills. 🧠

Scaling Your Innovation: From Idea to Growth

📆 Wednesday 2nd December 2026, 10am - 12.30pm
📍 Location – Carnegie School of Sport, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3QQ

The venue will be open at 10am for informal networking, where refreshments will be provided. The workshop will start at 10:30am.

There will also be opportunities after the workshop to tour the Carnegie School of Sport building.

ℹ️ About the event

This event will explore the development, commercialisation and scaling of innovative health products, technologies and services.

Whether you are developing an early-stage idea, progressing research towards application, or looking to scale an existing innovation, you will gain valuable perspectives, practical insights and meaningful connections to support your next steps.

Topics covered:

• identifying user needs
• understanding healthcare markets
• value proposition
• commercial viability and navigating the complexities of healthcare systems.
• regulatory requirements, evidence generation, funding, investment and routes to market.

Speakers:

• Richard Hall, Founder/CEO, Pd-m International - presenting ’Scaling healthtech through effective product development foundations’
• Joshua Gardner, Senior Communications and Engagement Manager at NHS England - presenting 'Product accessibility'

• Patrick Burke, Head of Research and Development, Paxman Scalp Cooling
• Claire Paxman-Lawson, Director of Clinical Practice & Education, Paxman Scalp Cooling - both presenting “From Personal Need to Global Impact – How We Developed and Scaled the Paxman Group”

Places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis, if the workshop is full, you will be added to a waiting list and notified if a place becomes available.