Welcome to our city’s health and care research and innovation, which is internationally-renowned.
Transforming health and care
Leeds health and care infrastructure is uniquely straight forward for such a large city and all partners share a strong vision and commitment to transform health and care. That means Leeds has the ideal environment for outstanding innovation through collaboration.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), one of the UK’s largest, is internationally renowned for research and innovation which drives advances in clinical science and health technologies.
Leeds Health and Care Partnership
The Leeds Health and Care Partnership (LHCP) is using a new approach to transform health and care services to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities across the city.
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
As well as caring for around 5,000 people every day across Leeds, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust(LCH) supports academic activities, provides educational placements for healthcare professionals and embeds research into clinical practice.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
As the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds, the Trust also generates high quality research into mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity, which changes lives across the UK.
Leeds Health and Care Academy
Leeds is leading the way for health and care workforce training, development and planning in the UK with the pioneering Leeds Health and Care Academy.
St Gemma’s Hospice
St Gemma’s Hospice is the world’s first University Teaching Hospice, internationally recognised as an outstanding model for improving end-of-life care through integrated research, teaching and evidence-based clinical practice.
Leeds City College School of Social Science
One of the largest further education institutions in the country, the College’s School of Health Science and Social Care offers a pipeline of opportunity for students and of talent for local health and care employers.
The National Pathology Imaging Cooperative (NPIC)
The National Pathology Imaging Cooperative (NPIC) provides globally-leading cancer diagnostics using artificial intelligence to transform care. Hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the £50 million cooperative comprises the NHS, industry and academia.
Leeds Centre for Healthtech Innovation
A community of around 150 scientists and clinical academics are working on this joint research initiative to accelerate the development and adoption of new health technologies.
Research excellence
Leeds’ three
major universities are renowned for their world-class research in health and
wellbeing impacting local communities and the city’s specialist clinical
research facilities are international centres of excellence. In addition to the
city’s outstanding £40m NIHR infrastructure, Leeds also hosts the NIHR
Yorkshire and Humber Regional Research Delivery Network and the National
Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre.
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University of Leeds
The University of Leeds’ strategic vision for health and social care is to reduce worldwide health inequalities through education, research, and innovation.
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University specialises in applied research, with thematic strengths in obesity, active lifestyles, psychological wellbeing, dementia, community-based wellbeing and the reduction of health inequalities.
Leeds Trinity University
Leeds Trinity University’s internationally recognised research covers mental health, recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, and tinnitus. Many of its apprenticeship degrees support health and care and it is renowned for including professional work placements with every degree.
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre
A centre of expertise that focus on clinical areas of high morbidity and unmet need for NHS patients.
NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Focusing on musculoskeletal disease, cardiometabolic disease, surgical technologies, haematology, pathology and antimicrobial resistance, the BRC transforms cutting edge medical research into innovative improvements in healthcare.
NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, working with industry, research councils and charities, to run more than 100 early-stage clinical trials a year to pioneer new treatments.
For business
At the forefront of healthcare innovation, including strengths in healthtech, digital, data and artificial intelligence, Leeds health innovation industry sector and supporting infrastructure is market-leading. Here, the health, technology and innovation sector is thriving. Investment in digital start-ups and scale-ups alone increased by 88 per cent in 2022*.
*Dealroom, for the UK Digital Economy Council. Start-ups/scale-ups including in health.
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Leeds Beckett University’s Knowledge Exchange
Innovative businesses can access the University’s knowledge, expertise and talent via this new, city centre space.
Leeds Trinity University’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Improve your knowledge and gain a competitive advantage via Leeds Trinity University’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
Nexus
Join a vibrant, global community of innovators, entrepreneurs and high growth businesses at Nexus, Leeds.
Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
If you’re a healthcare provider, industry innovator or academic researcher wanting to unlock the potential of a new idea for healthcare, Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber can help.
Propel@YH
A six-month digital health accelerator programme for SMEs with digital health innovations for the Yorkshire and Humber region, helping them navigate the NHS, whilst enabling accelerated company growth and increased market presence.
Invest Leeds
Home to big corporates and a leading cluster of global and home grown tech companies, Leeds is a dynamic hub for innovation, business and investment. Looking for support to locate your business here?
Northern Gritstone
A groundbreaking investment company supporting science and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England. Its ‘profit with purpose’ philosophy combines strong returns for investors with wider positive, societal and economic impact, including levelling up and high-skilled job creation.
North Invest
NorthInvest is a not-for-profit organisation helping diverse tech and digital start-ups across the North of England raise angel investment and access crucial expert support to help them fulfil their potential.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority provides a single point of access to a wide range of support for investors and for businesses.
medipex
A healthcare innovation hub based in Yorkshire, specialising in supporting the development of innovative ideas through to market, providing expert advice and hands-on support.
Medilink North
Help your medtech company prosper with support in marketing, international commercialisation and regulatory consultancy support.
ABHI
The UK’s leading industry association for health technology (HealthTech). ABHI members include multinationals, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). ABHI represents the industry to stakeholders, such as the government, NHS and regulators.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s Innovation Pop Up
If you’re a health and care innovator, explore this ground breaking opportunity to work closely with NHS staff in the hospital setting, via Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust’s Innovation Pop Up.
Prime location
Has been ranked best UK city for quality of life, with superb transport links, a burgeoning economy, a strong talent pool and exciting new infrastructure, Leeds is a first choice destination for businesses – from individual entrepreneurs to large corporates.
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Leeds Innovation Arc
Leeds’ dynamic, new innovation arc stitches together some of the most significant assets in the North of England to create a world-leading innovation hub.
Leeds Innovation Village
Investment in new state-of-the-art hospitals will transform healthcare in the region and catalyse a new world-class hub for science, innovation and technology known as the ‘Innovation Village’
Bruntwood SciTech
The largest dedicated property platform serving the UK’s innovation economy. Provides premium office and laboratory space, scientific services, and specialist business support for start-ups, scale-ups and global businesses, including access to talent, markets, universities, the NHS, finance and mentorship.
Digital and data powerhouse
As a market leader, Leeds is home to more than 3,000 digital and data companies.
It hosts the UK’s largest digital festival and its region has 22% of all UK digital health jobs.
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Leeds Institute for Data Analytics
Connecting academic data science and AI research with business, government and the third sector, Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) enables better understanding of health, human behaviour and of how to tackle wide-ranging related problems.
100% Digital Leeds
One of the largest and best digital inclusion programmes in the country, this award-winning work supports the most digitally excluded people spanning 200 settings across the city.
Leeds Office for Data Analytics
Positioning Leeds as a national exemplar, the depth, pace and scale at which the Leeds Office of Data Analytics (ODA) collects, analyses and interprets data to help local public services transform people’s health and wellbeing is ground-breaking.
DataCan
The health data research hub for cancer, with partners including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds.
Regional partners
West Yorkshire is a unique, high potential healthtech innovation ecosystem with strengths across medtech, digital and data – and connectivity across and between these strengths. It is leading the way with the translation of research into commercialisation.
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Yorkshire Cancer Research
Yorkshire Cancer Research is the biggest funder of cancer research studies for people in Yorkshire, giving greater access to innovative new cancer treatments.
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership
This nationally leading, award-winning partnership provides integrated health and care services for the 2.4 million people across the region.
National HQs
Leeds has an outstanding track record for inward investment and economic growth. It’s been ranked best UK city for quality of life, has superb transport links and a strong and diverse talent pool. So it’s easy to see why Leeds is increasingly a first choice destination for businesses – from individual entrepreneurs to large corporates.
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TPP
EMIS group
UK Infrastructure Bank
Bank of England
Channel 4
British Library
Department of Health & Social Care Including, Leeds Health and Social Care Hub
NHS England