Life Sciences Healthcare Goals (updated)

Published 6 December 2024

Last updated 31 July 2025 — See all updates

Change made: Changes have been made to: update the latest objectives for each of the programmes, update the Mental Health Goals Chairs biographies, update on a new competition in the Obesity Healthcare Goals programme, update on the Cancer Goals contributing £5 million towards the second round of Innovate UK's Advancing Precision Medicine funding competition, and make references to the recently published 10 Year Health Plan and Life Sciences Sector Plan.

Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals

Cancer Healthcare Goals

Obesity Healthcare Goals

Addiction Healthcare Goals

Mental Health Goals

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The Healthcare Goals are intended to apply a Vaccine Taskforce-type approach by bringing together industry, academia, the third sector and the NHS to collaborate to make progress in these disease areas, by advancing early disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and developing breakthrough products and technologies to save lives.

In 2022, we launched Healthcare Goals in the disease areas of dementia, cancer, mental health, obesity and addiction. In 2023, we appointed world-leading experts to be the Chairs of the Healthcare Goals to shape the direction and drive progress.