Actively supporting inclusive economic growth
Fostering inclusive economic growth is a central part of our strategic mission. Last year, the West Yorkshire Innovation Hub played a pivotal role in securing investment for the region. Notably, we contributed as a co-author to a successful Innovate UK proposal which secured £ 7.5m for the West Yorkshire area to advance HealthTech innovation. As a result, ten companies have been awarded a total of over £ 1.8m to develop their innovative medical, diagnostic
“ or digital health solutions to enhance patient care. One of these companies is MyOpNotes, which has been awarded over £ 98,000. MyOpNotes is a digital platform that streamlines the writing of operation notes and improves medical coding accuracy. The company was part of the 2023-24 cohort of innovators supported by our digital health accelerator, Propel @ YH.
The West Yorkshire Innovation Hub has been an invaluable partner in driving healthcare innovation across our region. They have provided vital support to the Innovate UK Launchpad project and HealthTech Cluster, both instrumental aspects in driving forward the region’ s HealthTech Strategy. Throughout all these initiatives, they’ ve proven themselves to be a reliable and effective point of contact, consistently delivering results that benefit our entire healthcare innovation ecosystem.”
Dr Stephanie Oliver-Beech, HealthTech Regional Lead, West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Funding secured for West Yorkshire:
£ 7.5m
Innovate UK funding
including
£ 1.8m awarded to ten HealthTech companies
Our Innovation Hubs
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