The Engine for Global Health Innovation
A springboard where ideas grow locally and scale globally. A platform that gives you the tools to manage your own health and wellbeing.
Recognition
Institutional trust, worldwide
World Health Innovation Summit leadership has advised global institutions and co-founded the Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA), which the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched in 2021 shaping a prevention-first health policy across 20+ countries.
- 30+
- Countries with WHIS activity
- £36:£1
- Independent SROI of community reinvestment
- 20m+
- People engaged worldwide since 2015
- Peer-reviewed
- Oxford UP, Routledge, Emerald & BMJ
Where do you fit in?
WHIS works across sectors. Pick your starting point and we'll show you the most relevant programmes, events, and resources.
Health innovation for organisations
Bring WHIS programmes into your workforce, sector, or city. Strategic advisory, summits, and prevention-first health systems.
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Communities, families, and life stages
Join the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App pilot, find a chapter near you, and learn how social prescribing can change lives.
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Policy, investment, and innovation
Co-create with us — partnerships, sponsorship, ventures, and funding opportunities for health innovators worldwide.
Explore →How we deliver impact
Programmes, alliance, convening, and local chapters — how WHIS moves prevention from idea to practice.
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Programmes
WHISKids, WHISatWork, WHISSeniors, WHISGreen, Hiya, and WHISTech — plus the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App.
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Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA)
Advancing person-centred, community-based care worldwide through social prescribing.
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Events & Summits
Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) Summit, World Health Innovation Day, city summits, webinars, and the Innovators Show.
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Global chapters
Active in 30+ countries — UK, USA, Italy, India, Ireland, Argentina, Portugal and more.
Featured event
World Health Innovation Summit Venice 2027
The world's leading health investment forum — convening sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, global policymakers, and clinical leaders at the Venice Lido.
June 2027
World Health Innovation Summit Venice 2027
The world's leading health investment forum — convening sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, global policymakers, and clinical leaders at the Venice Lido.
Also coming up
- Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) Special Interest Group
11 December 2026 · 2026 review and 2027 plans · 1–2pm BST Details → - Global Social Prescribing Impact Awards
Nominate changemakers — winners announced at the 2027 Summit. Details → - Social Prescribing Day 2027
27 March 2027 · Worldwide — community-led Details → - Global Social Prescribing Summit 2027
9 July 2027 · Online Details →
Community moments
People, places, and the WHIS network
Summits, chapters, and partnerships worldwide — the faces behind the work.
“An international exchange of ideas, enthusiasm, best practice and shared values, right on our own doorstep.”
Latest news
14 Nov 2026
Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation: The Future of Medical AI and Patient Empowerment
Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation: The Future of Medical AI and Patient Empowerment The landscape of modern healthcare is shifting at an unprecedented pace. A recent report from Singularity Hub highlights a major milestone in clinical artificial intelligence: Microsoft’s latest medical AI diagnostic system is demonstrating accuracy rates more than double those of human doctors when identifying complex diseases. While headlines like these signal a monumental leap forward for clinical diagnostics, they also spark an essential question for the global health community: How do we ensure these breakthroughs translate into healthier, more resilient communities rather than just faster clinical workflows? At the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS), we believe the answer lies in shifting the paradigm from reactive sick-care to proactive, preventative health and wellbeing—and putting the power of innovation directly into the hands of individuals.
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13 Nov 2026
Save the Date: Global Social Prescribing Summit 2027
📅 Save the Date: Global Social Prescribing Summit 2027🌍💚 Join us on July 9th, 2027, for the world’s leading online convening on social prescribing! Building on the incredible momentum where practitioners, policymakers, and innovators from over 60 countries joined us, GSPA 2027 brings together global leaders dedicated to moving beyond reactive sick-care toward true community wellbeing and prevention-led health systems.
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10 Nov 2026
Are you implementing or engaging in social prescribing?
Are you implementing or engaging in social prescribing? Join our global social prescribing community and be part of the future of healthcare as we transform it through innovation!
Watch
The launch of the Global Social Prescribing Alliance
In 2021 the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care joined WHIS and its partners to launch the Global Social Prescribing Alliance — a platform for prevention-first, person-centred healthcare worldwide.
Support the future of health & wellbeing
Donate today and be part of the movement shaping the future. Every contribution funds our chapters, programmes, and the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App pilot.