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Healthcare Science Week 2025

Healthcare Science Week 2025 takes place from 10-16 March.

20 January 2025

A group of scientists in a lab.

Healthcare science week is an annual week of celebration and awareness-raising for the many careers in healthcare science. It is a trusts’ chance to tell its local community and other health professionals first-hand about how science and technology is vital in modern patient care and changes lives for the better.

Healthcare Science Week is open to anyone with an interest in healthcare science, from those already working in the NHS, to those just starting their NHS healthcare science journey and others.

Get involved 

You can join us celebrating on social media using #HCSWeek25. Share your stories and join the conversation by tagging @WeHCScientists on X.

See more ways to get involved on the National School of Healthcare Science and NHS England websites.

Find out more about healthcare science, routes into the career and how these roles fit in your organisation. 

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