Empowered by Innovation: Women shaping the future of HealthTech

Hosted by Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber (HIYH), this interactive event will explore some of the challenges women face in the sector, highlight progress made to date, and co-develop the next steps for a formal Women in Health Innovation and Technology (WHIT) network.

Through insights from leading voices, shared experiences, and collaborative breakout discussions, we’ll identify how a dedicated network can provide meaningful support, visibility, and opportunities for women working across health innovation.

Who should attend?

Professionals from across health and care, including the NHS, local authorities, academia, and industry—as well as innovators and founders at all stages, funders and investors, and all allies committed to supporting women in HealthTech and advancing inclusive innovation.

Key takeaways:

Insight into sector challenges and progress
Opportunity to shape a new support network
Connections across the health innovation ecosystem
Speakers (2)

Kathy Scott
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
Kathy is responsible for ensuring our programmes meet the requirements of our commissioners. She’s also the Health Innovation Network Lead for Environmental Sustainability and Staff Development.

Before joining Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber, Kathy was Head of Innovation and Research at NHS England, responsible for the first two rounds of the Innovation and Technology Payment and the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. During this time she secured the relicensing of the 15 local Health Innovation Networks for a further five years.

Kathy has had a really varied public services career. Starting out working in the Department for Social Security’s Benefits Office, she moved to become a Fraud Investigator and then into measuring the cost of benefit fraud and error. She later moved over to the Department of Health where she worked in a variety of roles, including the delivery of large-scale strategic projects, policy development, corporate support, commercial projects and assessing the value for money of other public bodies, including the Food Standards Agency and NICE.

Kathy loves spending time with her family, reading, running and planning her next holiday.
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Kimberley Frost
Project Manager
Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
Having joined the organisation in October 2023, Kimberley is now a Project Manager in the Deputy Chief Executive Office at Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber.
She leads the strategy to increase women’s participation in HealthTech and manages projects that support external colleagues in advancing innovation and improving health outcomes. Before moving to the Deputy CEO’s Office, she worked within the Respiratory Portfolio leading on the Flu Pathway Project, introducing point of care testing for flu for patients in community settings.

Before joining the organisation, Kimberley worked in an Acute Hospital Trust working within Governance, Patient Safety and Behavioural Sciences colleagues, implementing quality improvement projects and contributing to the development of risk management strategies and operational policies. This included leading and supporting the implementation of relevant processes and procedures to reduce or address risks and patient safety incidents within the clinical setting.

As a Fellow on the ‘Improving Population Health Fellowship Programme’, she is passionate about improving healthcare standards for individuals and communities, advocating strongly for equity across the board.

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