Future Health Research

What Future Health Research does

Future Health Research is a private UK health policy research centre founded in 2021 by Richard Sloggett, a former special adviser at the Department of Health and Social Care. Headquartered at a registered address in St Albans, England, the organisation operates with a small team (1-10 employees) and produces independent policy analysis across three core research programmes: Health is Wealth (the relationship between health investment and economic growth), Preventative Healthcare Systems, and Unlocking New Technology (digital health, genomics, and data infrastructure). Its outputs take the form of published research reports, policy briefings, parliamentary testimony, and expert media commentary distributed through its own website, national broadcast appearances, Substack newsletter, YouTube channel, and high-profile conferences including Westminster Health Forum and King's Fund events.

The organisation has no proprietary technology products, software platforms, or AI systems; its core 'technology' consists of policy research methodology, data analysis capabilities, and direct engagement infrastructure with UK government, NHS, and life sciences stakeholders. Revenue is generated exclusively through commissioned and sponsored research from pharmaceutical companies, medical technology firms, healthcare charities, and industry bodies — including Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson (and subsidiaries Kenvue, Ethicon, Janssen), AbbVie, Astellas, Danone, and LloydsPharmacy, with grant support from the Health Foundation. Future Health explicitly maintains editorial independence in its research output despite industry sponsorship.

The business model is a classic policy consultancy: industry sponsors fund specific research projects on topics of mutual strategic interest (dementia diagnosis, obesity economics, adult vaccination, genomic medicine, cancer data infrastructure, social care, NHS reform), and Future Health delivers independent reports that are then leveraged to influence UK government and NHS policy through direct engagement with ministers, civil servants, parliamentary committees, and national media. Customer segments span three horizontal groups: government and public sector policymakers, life sciences and healthcare industry sponsors, and NHS Integrated Care System leaders.

Name

Future Health Research

Legal name

Future Health Research

Website

https://futurehealth-research.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Future Health Research is a UK-based health policy research centre founded in 2021 that produces independent policy reports and parliamentary engagement for government, NHS, and life sciences industry sponsors on prevention, health economics, and NHS reform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Policy Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Strategy, Policy & Legislation (HLAJAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health Reporting, Dashboards & KPI Performance Management (HLAJANAO), Healthcare Utilization, Claims & Administrative Data Analytics (HLAJAJAK)

Keywords

• Health policy research
• Policy research services
• Healthcare consultancy
• Public health analysis
• Policy think tank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Albans

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Research sponsorships and commissioned studies: Future Health Research conducts policy research commissioned and funded by pharmaceutical companies, medical technology firms, healthcare charities, and industry bodies. Sponsors include Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue, AbbVie, Astellas, Danone, and others. Future Health maintains editorial independence in its research output.

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Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Future Health Research is a UK-based health policy research centre that conducts commissioned policy research and produces independent reports on the intersection of health and the economy, preventative healthcare, and technology in healthcare. Its output is delivered as published research reports, policy briefings, parliamentary engagement, and media commentary for government, NHS, and life-sciences industry stakeholders.

Product overview

Future Health Research is a policy research organization that publishes research reports and analysis on health policy topics including health and wealth, preventative healthcare systems, and technology in healthcare. Their offerings consist of published reports, policy recommendations, and research analysis rather than a technology product or software platform.

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Products and services

• Health is Wealth Research Programme A research programme that examines the relationship between healthcare investment and economic outcomes, including industrial innovation, productivity, jobs, and health equity. Delivered as commissioned reports and policy analysis for government, NHS, and industry stakeholders.
• Preventative Healthcare Systems Research Programme A research programme that analyses how better health can support economic growth and examines prevention policy across obesity, smoking, vaccination, and long-term conditions. Delivered as commissioned studies and policy briefings for health system and government stakeholders.
• Delivering a Technological Revolution in Healthcare Research Programme A research programme that explores how new technologies such as digital health, genomics, and AI can improve health services and patient outcomes. Delivered through commissioned research, expert roundtables, and policy briefings.
• Open Life Data Framework A policy framework applying Open Banking principles to health and non-health data, developed in partnership with APPG Longevity, supported by a Health Foundation grant. Aimed at helping researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs leverage data to improve individual and population health resilience.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IHPN (Independent Healthcare Providers Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 November 2025Future Health partnered with IHPN to launch a joint report examining how Public Private Partnerships can support the Government's health reforms. The report was published in November 2025 and represents a key piece of policy research addressing NHS reform through collaborative approaches between public and private healthcare sectors.
• Recipe for Change CampaignminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024Future Health co-authored a policy pamphlet with the Recipe for Change Campaign on food reformulation and the political barriers to making food healthier, calling for a new industry levy to improve national health outcomes.
• Alzheimer's SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021Future Health and Alzheimer's Society jointly launched a 10-year social care long term plan with 30 recommendations for improving social care, developed through roundtables with those who use social care, carers, and the wider sector. The plan was modelled on the NHS Long Term Plan approach.
• APPG Longevity (All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2021Future Health partnered with APPG Longevity on the Open Life Data Framework, a project applying Open Banking principles to health and non-health data. Richard Sloggett serves on the core development team alongside Lord James O'Shaughnessy, Gavin Starks (Dgen/Open Banking architect), and Professor Iain Buchan. The framework aims to help researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs leverage health and non-health data to improve individual health and population health resilience, supporting the goal of 5 extra years of healthy life expectancy. Supported by a grant from the Health Foundation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Policy Exchange: Center-right UK policy institute producing reports across multiple policy domains including health — comparable boutique think tank competing for the same Westminster policymaker attention and media coverage.
• The Health Foundation: Major UK health charity funding independent analysis on health system performance and improvement — both commissions independent health policy research and is itself a comparator/grantor to entities like Future Health.
• Reform: Independent UK think tank publishing research and commentary on public services including health and social care — directly comparable independent policy research boutique with industry and government engagement.
• IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research): UK cross-domain progressive think tank with a substantial health and care research programme targeting the same Westminster, NHS, and industry stakeholder set as Future Health Research.
• The King's Fund: Independent UK health think tank producing policy analysis, reports, and events on NHS reform, integration, and system performance — a direct competitor for the same policymaker and NHS-leader audience as Future Health Research.
• Nuffield Trust: Independent health policy research organisation producing evidence-based analysis on NHS performance, workforce, and reform — directly comparable in function, audience, and commissioning-style research model.
• Resolution Foundation: UK think tank focused on living standards and economic inequality, with growing health-and-work policy work — comparable independent research outfit with similar commissioning model and political-media engagement strategy.

Broad incumbents

• NHS Confederation: Membership body for NHS organisations producing policy briefings, conferences, and analysis on system leadership — overlaps with Future Health's NHS-leader and ICB-policy audience while being a broader, established incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/futurehealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/futurehealth-research
• Xx.com/fh_research

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Profiles1 record

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