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Centre for Health Science

Centre for Health Science. COLLABORATE INNOVATE INCUBATE EDUCATE. Regional Health Initiatives Knowledge Transfer Conference Friday 23 April 2010. Why a Centre for Health Science?. Teaching and training in NHS Highland Healthcare research in Highlands and Islands

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Centre for Health Science

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  1. Centre for Health Science COLLABORATEINNOVATEINCUBATEEDUCATE Regional Health Initiatives Knowledge Transfer Conference Friday 23 April 2010

  2. Why a Centre for Health Science? • Teaching and training in NHS Highland • Healthcare research in Highlands and Islands • Highlands and Islands Enterprise role • Inverness Medical Ltd • Centre for Rural Health • University of the Highlands and Islands

  3. Background • Idea first suggested in 2002 by HIE • Built in 3 phases Completed late 2008 • Scope - Teaching, training, patient care, research and business incubation • Ethos – To stimulate innovation and creativity and encourage collaboration. • Funded by HIE and ERDF • CfHS company formed to: • - Support stakeholders • - Promote health activities • - Provide strategic direction

  4. CfHS Tenants & Stakeholders Tenant Organisations Departments CfHS Company Centre for Rural Health University of Stirling NHS R&D UHI Millennium Institute Clinical Skills Centre NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Inverness Dental Centre NHS Highland Lifescan Diabetes Research Institute University of Aberdeen UHI Department of Diabetes & Cardiovascular Science LifeScan Scotland Ltd Highland Clinical Research Facility Robertson Facility Management NES Medical Glasgow School of Art NES Dental NES Remote and Rural Healthcare Alliance (RRHEAL) University of Aberdeen Highland Medical Education Centre CfHS Company Robertson Facility Management Digital Design Studio NHS Diabetes Centre

  5. UHI School of Oral Health Science

  6. Clinical Skills Centre

  7. Highland Diabetes Institute

  8. Highland Clinical Research Facility

  9. Impacts • Employment – 257 jobs • Academic and commercial research • Collaboration • Attraction and retention of staff • Multi-site trials • Publications • Training programmes, seminars and conferences • National awareness/reputation • Important for LifeScan • Business spin outs • Inward investment in the sector

  10. The Future Phase IV of the Centre for Health Science

  11. Centre for Academic Primary Care Phase IV • Why? • Need for integrated teaching and training in primary care • The need for an evidence base for primary care in rural areas NHS Highland NES • Scottish School of Primary Care • HCRF • NHS R&D • SPCRN • RRHEAL • University of Aberdeen • UHI • University of Stirling Strategic Alliances RGU, University of Dundee, Queen Margaret, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian

  12. The Wellbeing Project • Criteria • Rural • Majoring on research • Innovation and commercialisation • Informing health promotion • Themes • Alcohol • Food • Environment • Exercise • Mental health • Economics • Inequality

  13. Natural Products Network • Why? • Better evidence for natural product therapies • Expertise in the H and I • Commercial interest • Opportunities • Regulation of natural products • Lab testing and the Clinical Research Facility • CfHS link to Healthcare • Historical perspective • Commercial interest • Multicentric

  14. Centre for Health Science @ Inverness Campus

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