David Taylor The Art of City Making Birmingham 30 October 2004 Developing Medical and Healthcare Potential

Unfilled Potential: Healthcare Pulling its Weight Healthcare spend in West Midlands £2.2bn pa 50,000 employees in Birmingham and Solihull UHB alone is Birmingham’s 2 nd biggest employer With a revenue budget bigger than many local authorities And a £521m New Hospital due to start next year Foundation status: linking to our city and community

UHB’s Regeneration Vision Birmingham – and the West Midlands – delivering excellence in healthcare; internationally recognised for expertise in medical and healthcare technologies and delivering this in a way which increases properity and reduces disadvantage.

Collaborating to Compete Networking and collaboration increases innovation, profits and growth. Working together in partnership: –Medical and Healthcare Technologies Cluster –Healthcare and Skills Task Force –Central Technology Belt Linking the private sector and to NHS –Medilink: focal point of contact for industry –Midtech: focal point of contact for NHS Innovation –Bring Medilink and Midtech together

Action Major opportunities Jobs and training Supporting existing business Creating new business Foresight and research Community engagement

Major Opportunities: New Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Birmingham’s first new hospital for 70 years £521m: state of the art Landmark building

View from South View from Vincent Drive

Major Opportunities: Translational Medicine Turning recent advances in biology into new treatments for patients and commercial opportunities Leukaemia Centre at UHB Translational Medicine Centre Together will turn Birmingham and the West midlands into an international player as regards clinical trials and new treatments Part of massive integrated regeneration of South Birmingham

Jobs and Training (1) Average 2,000 construction jobs a year over next 5 years UHB 6200 employees and growing 500 a year But ageing workforce and competition from others Demographic change: growth of BME communities Upskilling and reskilling is vital for a successful Technology Corridor

Jobs and Training (2) Training unemployed people into healthcare vacancies (European Social Fund – ACTIVATE) Technician training Junior Scholarships Work with community groups & schools Learning Hub – matching local people to healthcare jobs

Supporting Existing Business Shared industry and NHS intelligence post Industry-academic experience for Medical and Healthcare Technologies Export support service Supply chain development Strategic management capabilities for SME’s

Creating New Businesses Generic market research Specific marketing service Proof of concept fund Inward investment service Industry master classes

Foresight and Research Mapping and profiling Long-term technology and innovation foresight

Engagement With Local Communities Communities of place and interest, especially BEM communities; regeneration programmes Jobs and training; volunteering Schools Transport access Health inequality, primary/secondary clinical partnerships Benefits advice with hospitals and GP’s surgeries Patient information Focal points for local communities

Individual Care, Community and Economic Development Care Partnerships NHS primary & community care Social care Independent sector Development Partnerships Training & skills Education Employment Economic Research & Technology Industry & Commerce Hospitals serve the Individual as a Care Provider Hospitals serve the Community as a Public Asset 20th To 21st Century Healthcare