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Regional Health InitiativesKnowledge Transfer ConferenceFriday 23 April 2010

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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

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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

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Tenant Organisations DepartmentsCfHS 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

CfHS Tenants & Stakeholders

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UHI School of Oral Health Science

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Clinical Skills Centre

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Highland Diabetes Institute

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Highland Clinical Research Facility

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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

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The FuturePhase IV of the Centre for Health Science

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Centre for Academic Primary CareWhy?• Need for integrated teaching and training in primary care• The need for an evidence base for primary care in rural

areas Phase IV

Strategic AlliancesRGU, University of Dundee, Queen

Margaret, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian

University of Aberdeen

UHI

University of Stirling

Scottish School of Primary Care

HCRF

NHS R&D

SPCRN

RRHEAL

NHS

Highl

and NES

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The Wellbeing ProjectCriteria• Rural• Majoring on research• Innovation and commercialisation• Informing health promotion

Themes• Alcohol• Food • Environment• Exercise• Mental health• Economics• Inequality

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Natural Products NetworkWhy?• 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

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Centre for Health Science @ Inverness Campus