Draft has been moved to google docs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vUMV7jrMjb1zRX6zb7J8X7QnZfDq7tBJsmtragLE2YY/edit

Deadline 14th Jan: https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/635/

Please have a read/make suggestions/share with others who would like to input etc etc ...we’re at the stage of writing down everything and then will tidy it up next week before submitting :D @Fiona Dawson

“The Committee is seeking written submissions by Friday 14 January 2022 addressing any or all of the following topics:

  1. The nature or extent to which women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds are underrepresented in STEM in academia and industry;
  2. The reasons why these groups are underrepresented;
  3. The implications of these groups being underrepresented in STEM roles in academia and industry;
  4. What has been done to address underrepresentation of particular groups in STEM roles; and
  5. What could and should be done by the UK Government, UK Research and Innovation, other funding bodies, industry and academia to address the issues identified.”

OHT Toolkit aim: Present the results of our Toolkit survey (and general overview of the campaign aims) to contribute to the UK Gov’s call for evidence re: Diversity in STEM.

Questions of interest:

The nature or extent to which women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds are underrepresented in STEM in academia and industry;

The implications of these groups being underrepresented in STEM roles in academia and industry;

DRAFT/Outline:

Introduction

Intro to OneHealthTech community

The implications of underrepresentation in healthtech are clear. When healthtech isn’t inclusive, solutions do not cater to, and are not representative of the very populations they aim to serve.

The outcome? Users, patients and citizens’ health suffers.

One HealthTech is a global, distributed, volunteer-led community that exists to drive better equality, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) in health innovation. It is the largest diversity in health innovation community in the world.

Founded by Maxine Mackintosh and Louise Sinclair, One Healthtech was born out of their experiences of underrepresentation in health technology, across the NHS, industry, academia and third sector organisations. Starting as a small meet-up in London focused on increasing the representation of women, the group identified that underrepresentation in healthtech extended far beyond this. With support from NHS Digital, One Healthtech has grown to give a voice and support diversity and inclusion across all minority groups around the world. The vision is to empower local, grassroots communities of health innovators to thrive by inspiring, celebrating, enabling and championing diversity in healthtech making global innovation in health, care and life sciences representative, effective, accessible and vibrant.