L Marks Partners with Avencera to Launch Thames Freeport Health Bus Screening Programme

Thames Freeport Health Bus

Thames Freeport's mobile health programme brings free diabetes and hypertension screening to communities across Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Thurrock.

This demonstrates how economic zones can become testing grounds for health innovation. Operating in live settings, companies gain validation while Thames Freeport builds evidence for wider adoption.”

— Daniel Saunders, CEO at L Marks.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, February 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- L Marks, together with PUBLIC, as part of Avencera's delivery consortium for Thames Freeport, has launched a mobile health screening programme delivering free diabetes and hypertension testing directly to communities across Barking & Dagenham, Havering, and Thurrock.

The eight-week pilot programme, which began 12 January, operates daily from 10am to 5pm across 24 locations including community spaces, markets, and local events. Sites were identified through population health data as having elevated diabetes and hypertension rates. Community Pharmacy England pharmacists conduct on-site testing with results shared directly to patients' GPs for follow-up care.

The service is available to adults aged 18-66, with no appointments required. Pregnant individuals are not eligible due to specific health considerations.

The programme integrates seven healthtech companies into a single operational platform: PocDoc for rapid diagnostics, Holly Health for digital coaching, Lifelight for contactless vital signs, my mhealth for remote monitoring, Jeenie for translation services, and geospatial analytics from Esri UK and FourthSpace.

The initiative represents the first deployment of Thames Freeport's Healthcare Innovation Lab, demonstrating how Freeport investment can be reinvested into improved public services while accelerating healthtech procurement through direct commercial pathways.

The pilot runs until 4 March 2026. Full schedule and locations:

About L Marks
L Marks is a global leader in corporate innovation, trusted by many of the world’s most respected brands and organisations to identify, validate, and implement transformative solutions. Through its global network spanning over 80 countries, L Marks discovers more than 10,000 startups and scaleups annually and has enabled over 480 to pilot with corporate partners, achieving an industry-leading deployment rate of 78%. Its alumni have collectively raised over $6.8 billion in venture funding.
With over a decade of experience delivering more than 110 award-winning innovation programmes across Europe, North America, and Asia, L Marks helps organisations embed new structures and technologies, build innovation capability, and drive sustainable growth.

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