Senior leaders from the health technology industry, the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities and five universities have announced a dynamic new partnership aiming to accelerate the innovation of new health technology in the Leeds City Region. This bold commitment, the first of its kind in the region, could benefit more than three million citizens in the area.

Participating parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to drive forward new approaches in improving patient and population health and care through better and faster health technology innovation. This move also aims to significantly speed up productivity and economic growth in the health sector, which is seeing an unprecedented rise both across the UK and globally.