Health is Wealth: How Can Better Health Drive Growth and Opportunity?

29th September 2026

15:45 – 16:45

Room 4A, Liverpool Experience Campus (formerly ACC)

Better health benefits individuals, communities and the economy. This panel will explore how policy can support prevention, innovation and faster access to care to improve outcomes, support workforce participation and help deliver the Government’s ambitions for growth and opportunity. The Health and Care Forum is powered by Total Politics.

Partners

Speakers

Sarah Woolnough

CEO, The King’s Fund

Shaun Grady

Chair, AstraZeneca UK

Dr Kristin-Ann Rutter

Executive Director, Cambridge University Health Partners

Cllr Graham Morgan

Leader of Knowsley Council

Steve Mulholland

CEO

Construction Plant Hire Association

John Newcomb

CEO

Builders Merchants Federation

Panel Two

Jim Dickson MP

MP for Dartford

David Allen

Executive Director, Civil Engineering Contractors Association

Kate Jennings

CEO, Association for Consultancy and Engineering 

Mike Reader MP

MP for Northampton South

Jeff May

Deputy CEO

Construction Products Association

Rico Wojtulewicz

Head of Policy and Market Insight

National Federation of Builders

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