UCL launches world’s first business school dedicated to health

UCL has launched a Global Business School for Health to address challenges in the health sector and train a new generation of students focused on healthcare management and leadership. The new school (UCL GBSH) will address issues seen in the global health sector such as labour shortages and gender inequality in leadership, as well as other challenges brought to the fore by the pandemic. This includes aging populations, increases in non-communicable diseases, inefficiencies, gender inequalities in leadership, and rising costs. The launch of the UCL GBSH comes at a time  when the labour force is too small for the growing demand for healthcare. By 2030, it has been predicted that the world will be 15 million health workers short of meeting demand in the global healthcare system. The UCL GBSH aims to increase the global impact of healthcare delivery and transform healthcare access, experience, and outcomes around the world by empowering healthcare management leaders of the future through high-quality education. The school will do this, not just by increasing the number of people working in healthcare, but make them comfortable with technology and analytics, and working across multidisciplinary sectors to solve big health challenges.