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OverviewDaniel Burgess

• Population of over 3 million

• Devolved Government with a First Minister, Cabinet

and elected Assembly

• £15bn budget

• Responsible areas include Health, Education,

Transport and Economic Development

• Two hours from Central London

• Our own language and a distinct culture

• Diverse geography and a fantastic quality of life !

Wales

Invest in Wales

• NHS Wales is the publically funded National Health Service of Wales providing healthcare to some 3 million

people who live in the county.

• 70,000 people are directly employed by NHS Wales – making the health service Wales’s largest employer.

• The Welsh Government invests £6bn a year, or 40% of its budget in health and social services.

• NHS Wales delivers healthcare services through 7 Local Health Boards (LHBs) and 3 NHS Trusts.

• Much of the £6bn funding is directly allocated to the Local Health Boards and Trusts.

• There are 122 Hospitals in Wales.

• 676 GP Surgeries.

NHS Wales …

Invest in Wales

• NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) is a national organisation providing the information and

technology services used by NHS Wales to support high quality patient care.

• Their work covers the development of new national products and the delivery of operational

technology and information services.

• All products and services are developed in collaboration with health boards and health professionals

in NHS Wales, to meet the needs of NHS Wales now and in the future.

NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) …

Invest in Wales

• Procurement Services is part of the NHS Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP)

• The role of the Procurement Services is to provide Sourcing, Supply Chain and Purchasing support

to the Local Health Boards and Trusts across Wales.

• www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk

NHS Wales Procurement Services …

Life Sciences in Wales

Life Sciences Wales

The Research Universities• Major strengths in fundamental research and translation

• Stem cells – Prof Martin Evans

• Neuroscience – Sir Mike Owen

• Clinical research and translation – Institute of Life Science

• Ser Cymru – “Science stars” - £50m

• National Research Network - £7.3m

Connecting. Inspiring. Accelerating Growth

Life Sciences Hub Wales

The Hub

• A central resource for Wales

• Includes Universities, Business, NHS, Welsh Government,

Professional services, Funding

• Stimulate interaction, innovation, networking and collaboration

• Attract new opportunities for investment by raising international

reputation of Wales

• Accelerate the growth of the sector by sourcing and brokering

opportunities

• Centre for meetings, events, seminars, visitsConnecting. Inspiring. Accelerating Growth

Invest in WalesLife Sciences

Invest in Wales

Cardiff Medicentre – Cardiff

• Dedicated Medical, Healthcare and Life Sciences business incubator• Located on the University Hospital of Wales campus along with Cardiff

University's School of Medicine• Provides dedicated business incubation facilities for start-up and spin-

out companies in the Medical, Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors

Start-up & Spin-out Support …

The Institute of Life Science (ILS), Swansea University

• ILS1 – state-of-the-art building, housing specialists in medical research,

business incubation and technology transfer, strategically located

between the College of Medicine and Singleton Hospital.

• ILSII – provides an extended range of fully operational business

incubation units, a clinical research facility, imaging suite and Centre

for NanoHealth.

Welsh Wound Innovation Centre

• £4million national centre of excellence in wound prevention and treatment

consolidates and maximises the expertise in Wales for wound care

• Led by Professor Keith Harding CBE,

• All 7 Health Boards and Welsh Government joint commitment for an all-

Wales project, which is explicitly industry-facing

• Full range of clinical and research services to commercial customers under

one roof (National Wound Registry , business incubation, contract

education, contract research and clinical services)

• Development of associated business cluster and cements Wales’s global

reputation for innovation in wound care

Significant Employers

• Biomet UK Ltd (c850)

• Convatec (c650)

• Nice Pak (c520)

• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd (c450)

• GE Healthcare (c430)

• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Ltd (c350)

• Norgine (c340)

• Penn Pharmaceuticals Services Ltd (c280)

• Ipsen Biopharm Ltd (c250)

• Healthcare innovation officials are developing an NHS Wales industry engagement framework to allow

Health Boards to engage with industry in a way that ensures alignment with health strategic objectives

and prudent healthcare in an open and transparent way.

• A stakeholder reference group with senior clinical, academic and government representatives will meet

in the Spring to draw upon the experience of each partnership and to ensure that first principles are

drafted from a Welsh/Public value perspective and informed by real world understanding of industry

collaboration.

• Healthcare innovation officials are currently undertaking an engagement exercise to map out and

understand what prudent innovation and existing industry engagement arrangements are currently in

place across NHS Wales.

Industry Engagement

Health Technology and Telehealth Fund

• The projects supported by the Health Technology and Telehealth Fund have now reached the end of

their third quarter of delivery with the majority reporting good progress.

• A HTTF Network has been developed made up of the project teams and Innovation leads. The

purpose of the network is to share best practice and encourage the wider roll out of projects where

possible..

• Work is ongoing with ES&T colleagues on an exercise to map NHS Wales current procurement

activity against what it possible within Welsh markets to establish how the NHS can further support

the Welsh Economy within procurement regulation.

BioWales 2015

Bespoke sessions on Selling to the NHS with an NHS

Director of Finance, Director of Procurement and Medical

Director.

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