Let's take health care! In 2040, healthcare could be much more proactive, personalised and technologically advanced than it is today.

Today's medicine focuses mainly on curing diseases, but in 2040 the focus will be on prevention and early detection. Thanks to genetic analysis and smart devices, people will be able to know what risks they are at risk of before they develop a disease, and put in place personalised health programmes.

Change and innovation:

Artificial Intelligence as a doctor - AI analyses millions of cases in seconds and provides doctors with highly accurate diagnoses. AI-powered health apps can detect diseases even before symptoms appear.

Home Health Centre - most routine medical tests can be done at home. Smart toilets analyse bodily fluids and smart mirrors can detect health changes through facial colour, skin condition and eye gaze.

Personalised medicine - medicines and treatment plans are tailored precisely to a person's genetics, lifestyle and health data. One size does not fit all - each person receives a treatment that is precisely optimised for them.

Biorobots and nanotechnology - nanobots injected into the bloodstream detect and repair cell damage, clean blood vessels and fight viruses and cancer cells directly in the body.

3D-printed organs and tissues - organ donation is no longer a problem, as 3D bioprinting can grow new organs from a patient's own cells, reducing the risk of rejection.

Such a healthcare system would no longer focus on the consequences of disease, but would create a society where people live longer and healthier lives.