The Yorkshire and Humber region is one of the most important regions for medical technology in the UK, with over 300 companies and a significant proportion of the UK medical device manufacturers operating within the region

• Total employment in the region in Healthcare Technology Industries is around 10,000 people and the GVA generated is £0.5 billion.
• Assistive Technologies, Diagnostics and Dental Equipment manufacturers pose strong potential growth opportunities in the region, particularly when linked to the regions engineering and metals/materials industries.
• The region's strengths in the pharmaceutical industry are in the novel drug development and biotechnology, as well as manufacturing, which in turn are linked to a strong presence of the chemicals industry in West Yorkshire and the Humber.
• The region has seen investments in large scientific technology parks, such as the 500,000 sq ft of office accommodation and incubation space at the Vangarde Science Park, currently under construction in York.
• The region boasts a large number of specialist Research Units and Institutes with world-renowned expertise.
• Advanced woundcare, Orthopaedics and surgical instrument manufacturing are well established regional strengths.
• Leeds is home to the Department of Health headquarters.
• Within the region there are 4 Teaching Hospital NHS Trusts, which together with the universities produce over 3,000 medical and dentistry graduates per year.
• Yorkshire & Humber's universities have just under 4,000 medical/dentistry undergraduates, around 1,000 post-graduates, and 9,350 undergrads linked to medicine-related subjects.
• Within the region there are 3 medical schools with strong academic research in medical technologies and medically-related areas (many rated 5 or 5* for research).
• There are 17 regional private hospitals.
• Leeds NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust is the largest Trust in the UK and includes the largest teaching hospital in Europe (annual budget £540m).
• Europe\'s largest cancer treatment facility is being built by Leeds University Trust.
• Many companies have grown from our several hundred year history of engineering and manufacturing.
• We boast unique innovation interface in the form of relevant Centres of Industrial Collaboration (CIC\'s).
• Significant strengths in assistive technologies (including aids for the disabled, aids for daily living and community equipment), diagnostics (including imaging) and dental.
• Dedicated cancer research units and other facilities support clinical trials throughout the region, working with the strong research activity in a number of university departments.
• Europe\'s largest teaching hospital.

Partnerships between universities such as the White Rose Consortium (connecting Leeds, Sheffield and York) provide a global gateway for organisations seeking to take advantage of research and development capacity.