Shropshire is leading the way
Shropshire is very much leading the way at looking at high tech solutions to address health and care needs. The focus on the growth of this sector looks far beyond any industry standard health care definitions. If you are a specialist manufacturer, creative, entrepreneur or technologist you may not consider yourself a ‘health or care’ related business but you could provide the key to the next digital health and care advancement. 16% of Shropshire’s larger businesses operate in this sector
“There is a very real opportunity in Shropshire to lead the way on digital health and care and the future of health care provision.”
Chair of Shrewsbury-based Marches Care Ltd, an SME provider of nursing and dementia services and Chair of the Marches LEP
A fantastic base for your health & social care business
Shropshire offers an excellent test bed for health-related businesses in finding solutions before scaling across the UK to directly affect the 12.5 million people aged 65 plus in the UK.
More than a fifth of Shropshire’s non-SME businesses operate in the health and social care arena.
Key opportunities in shropshire include:
- Digital Innovation to help access social care and improve services
- Commercial opportunities to help improve daily life
- Innovations around facilitating engagement and interaction in a rural locality, addressing social isolation
- Data-driven processes and application of technology to create sustainable solutions to local and national challenges
- TECH Severn Conference and Exhibition attracts influential speakers from across the globe to discuss industry challenges and solutions
- Opportunities to find innovative solutions to reduce demand on public health services and increase quality of life
- Specific industry clusters linked to Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH)
- Clustering opportunities around the provision of health care and centres of excellence, together with supply chain development opportunities
- Opportunities around the flagship health projects associated with the 4 centres of excellence
Four key centres of excellence
Shropshire Council is tackling some of the UK’s biggest challenges in the industry through its 4 key centres of excellence.
- Assistive Tech
- Digi Health
- Green Tech
- MMC
Working with a range of partners
The latest thinking has influenced a number of flagship projects which Shropshire Council are currently working on in collaboration with a range of partners including Hitachi, Microsoft and Amazon.
There is a focus on projects which will help to provide solutions to address housing shortages, caring for an aging population and ensuring vital services have access to reliable and sustainable sources of energy.
Close alliances and working in partnership
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic hospital (RJAH)
A national centre of excellence for orthopaedic and spinal surgery, life sciences, clinical research trials and projects.
University Centre Shrewsbury Digital Solutions Project
Offers free support to small and medium enterprises to bring their health- related innovations and products to market. The programme also helps businesses to conduct research and develop evidence on the impact of their innovative digital solution and help them to develop to new processes, products and services.
Download your Health & Social Care profile
This details the support and opportunities available to Health & Social Care businesses in Shropshire.
