The coolest health innovation – from local to global success

In our latest spotlight features, we focus on market-leading health industry innovators from our city and region who joined the recent West Yorkshire healthtech trade mission to the US.
We hear how they’ve achieved huge success, how they’re benefiting people around the world and about their insights into the US healthcare markets following the recent trip.
In part one, we hear from a local company whose innovations are helping millions of people across the UK and beyond, to manage the side effects one of the most prevalent and hardest health challenges of our time: cancer.
Leeds is data and digital frontrunner in transforming intermediate care

The richness of data combined with innovative digital health technologies and strong partnership working are transforming health and care in Leeds.
Boost for UK’s health technology sector as West Yorkshire signs historic trade and investment pact with Nashville

The city regions of West Yorkshire and Nashville, Tennessee will work together to turbocharge their health technology sectors, following a new agreement announced this October.
West Yorkshire businesses join Mayor on trade mission to the United States

This October, Health Innovation Leeds joins a US delegation led by the Mayor of West Yorkshire. The trade mission will showcase the world-renowned strengths of Leeds and the region, and forge important connections with global health innovation leaders.
Leeds shapes future healthcare by partnering in data and digital tech

The richness of data combined with innovative digital health technologies and strong partnership working are transforming health and care in Leeds, according to a panel of senior leaders at a Leeds Digital Festival event this week.
Leeds creates new approach for transforming health and care services

Leeds health and care infrastructure is uniquely straight forward for such a large city. Here, partners share a strong vision and commitment to transform health and care. Our latest spotlight feature explores how organisations are coming together to review, rethink and redesign how health and care services work better together for local people, creating a blueprint for change.
A city building bridges

The fourth in our research excellence spotlight series, this feature investigates how and why Leeds is building bridges to become a city of research without walls – including why a leading university is placing senior academic researchers in diverse settings.
Researchers forge unusual partnerships to tackle hardest health challenges

The third article in our research excellence spotlight series highlights nationally important research, which sees unconventional partnerships between diverse groups across children, academia, healthcare, members of the public and politicians to address some of the hardest health challenges.
Cross-sector collaboration positions West Yorkshire as global leader in healthtech innovation

West Yorkshire’s health, care and academic leaders have reaffirmed their partnership with the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), to harness healthtech within the region and transform health and wealth for all.
Leeds spearheads new standards for inclusive research

In the second of our research excellence spotlight features, we hear how Leeds is leading the way in strengthening its public engagement to ensure people from its most diverse and underserved communities are involved in research.