Robotics used for surgery at St Bartholomew's Hospital - which Barts Charity funded.

Healthcare innovation

At Barts Charity, we’re driving bold innovation in healthcare to improve the health of our East London community.

By investing in state-of-the-art healthcare facilities, pioneering models of care and the latest technologies, we’re ensuring East London doesn’t just keep pace with medical advances but leads the way.   

Healthcare innovation means doing things differently to deliver real health benefits. This includes investing in new facilities to put East London at the leading edge of transforming how care is delivered to patients.  

Funding in this area is already improving outcomes for local people. Our investment in robotic surgery is expanding access to minimally invasive procedures, enabling faster recovery and a better patient experience.

Our recent investment in the Breast Cancer Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital is transforming care by bringing services together, enabling more coordinated pathways and better outcomes.

We’re also investing in digital innovation to build smarter infrastructure, improve workflows and harness data from a diverse population of 2.5 million patients, supporting more personalised treatment and long-term improvements in care.

These investments are driving wider benefits:

  • Earlier diagnosis and safer, more personalised care
  • More efficient pathways and better use of clinical time
  • Reduced health inequalities through equitable access to advanced care

Together, we are helping deliver a more efficient, innovative and inclusive healthcare system.

£35m

invested in transformation projects in this area since 2022

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4.9

minutes saved per blood transfusion through the vein-to-vein project

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25x

increase in patients being screened for sepsis through the vital signs project

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600+

additional surgeries performed with three new robots purchased

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Featured targeted transformational funding projects that are innovating healthcare

Image of doctors at Barts Health NHS Trust performing surgery on a lung

Help us continue to innovate healthcare

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