Healthcare

The Healthcare sector is a leading employer in the North East and since 2001 our NHS Innovations North team have been working on exploiting intellectual property generated by the region's NHS Trusts.

Over 140,000 people work in NHS Trusts, healthcare, biotechnology, and life science organisations and together, they generate an annual turnover of more than £4 billion.

Leading medical research is underway within the research departments of the region's hospitals and within the universities and bodies such as the Centre for Life, the Institute for Ageing & Health and the Life Knowledge Park.

The North East is also home to some of the biggest names in medical and pharmaceurical sectors such as Avecia, GlaxoSmithKilne, Merck and Sanofi. These companies and their supply chains are represented by regional development agency supported bodies such as the North East Process Industries Cluster (NEPIC) and the Centre for Excellence in Life Sciences (CELS).

Key organisations supporting healthcare in the North East >>> 

NHS Innovations North: The NHS Innovations team at RTC North works with North East NHS staff on the commercialisation of innovative technologies, devices or services to improve patient care. These ideas could be anything, from a new piece of nursing equipment, an improvement to existing laboratory equipment or simply a better way of interacting with a patient. We aim to help good, original ideas that will bring about real benefits to the NHS.

The Centre for Excellence in Life Sciences (CELS): CELS provides business support services to companies in the region and others moving to the North East. It funds the research network BioNEt, giving ready access to more than 500 life science researchers in universities, hospitals and businsses. It also runs the region’s sector support network – aiding healthcare and biotechnology companies with supply chain, skills and other key issues.

North East Process Industries Cluster (NEPIC): NEPIC is an organisation that represents 500 Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Speciality, Polymer & Rubber, Petrochemical & Commodity Chemical companies based in North East England.

One NorthEast and regional partners such as RTC North, NEPIC and CELS are investing in the healthcare sector and driving economic growth by:

  • Achieving leadership and recognition in major research fields
  • Enabling innovation, diversification and new product development
  • Building skills and the potential of businesses to join the supply chains of major companies and the NHS
  • Promoting the sector internationally
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