Health
Feb 7 2024
A Government Health Minister joined the first life sciences event of Leicestershire Innovation Festival 2024.
Read moreThe Midlands are home to the largest cluster of health/med tech companies in the UK.
The region’s health and life sciences ’super cluster’ generates an estimated £20.5bn GVA per annum. More than half (56%) of recent Foreign Direct Investments into high growth firms in the sector in the UK were made in the Midlands.
The region offers a world-class ecosystem for innovation including engineering excellence, a collaborative network of centres of scientific excellence, one of the most well-developed clinical trials infrastructures in Europe and a large talent base.
Health, care and life sciences research and innovation in the Midlands has a leading role in tackling major health challenges affecting diverse communities in the Midlands and beyond.
We come together as a pan-Midlands partnership of industry, NHS organisations, academics, science parks, service user voices and Government departments and agencies, – through our Midlands Engine Health, Care & Life Sciences Board and Working Group – to:
Supporting workplace mental health across the Midlands
The Mental Health and Productivity Pilot collaborates with a range of partners to provide an evidence-informed, cost-effective and sustainable resource that supports mental wellbeing at work, reduces the stigma associated with poor mental health and aims to increase productivity.
Health
Feb 7 2024
A Government Health Minister joined the first life sciences event of Leicestershire Innovation Festival 2024.
Read moreEconomic Opportunities
Jan 22 2024
A new Midlands Engine cluster snapshot report finds our region’s engineering biology sector offers growing opportunities and benefits for the Midlands economy and society.
Read moreHealth
Oct 30 2023
A cluster is only as good as its supply chain, an essential component of a successful life sciences cluster. From sourcing API’s, manufacturing, distribution and delivery supported by people, skills,
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