
9 February 2021
Innovation in health and care is preparing to take a dynamic new pace and scale across Leeds and the City Region, according to ‘Think big, start small, scale fast’, a new report from Leeds Academic Health Partnership.
The pandemic has hit people from the city’s most deprived areas the hardest, along with those from black and minority ethnicities, those in low paid or low skilled jobs, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. The need for innovation and realising its benefits for local people by reducing health inequalities and driving economic growth, has intensified. As the report sets out, it’s now time to scale fast.
Launched five years ago, Leeds Academic Health Partnership started small. With just a tiny team at its core, governed by the city’s most senior leaders, its task was to bring experts together across the city to solve some of its hardest health and care challenges. To think big.
Today, with huge strides forward, Leeds is starting to benefit from its transformational work.
There are three other programmes being delivered by the Leeds Academic Health Partnership, which will improve health and economic growth in the region and beyond:
Managing Director Dr Liz Mear said: “We’re at an exciting stage in taking our work to the next level to improve health and care across the region and accelerate economic growth.
“We will support our public sector and industry partners to develop and adopt innovation and to celebrate success at every stage, from starting small to scaling fast.”
Tom Riordan, Chair of Leeds Academic Health Partnership and Chief Executive of Leeds City Council said: “As the difficult job continues of planning citywide and regional recovery from the pandemic, the need for innovation and realising its benefits for local people, has intensified. With thanks to everyone across our partnership for what we’ve achieved so far, it’s time to push forward together and scale fast.”
Read ‘Think big, start small, scale fast’ here
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