The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) funds three Regional Innovation Hubs, covering all 14 territorial NHS Boards in Scotland.
The three Regional Innovation Hubs are:
- The North of Scotland Innovation Hub:
- Covering NHS Grampian, NHS Highlands, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Eileanan Siar / Western Isles.
- The West of Scotland Innovation Hub
- Covering NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Ayrshire & Aran, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Dumfries & Galloway.
- Health Innovation South East Scotland
- Covering NHS Lothian, NHS Fife and NHS Borders.
Regional Innovation Hubs provide capacity and capability for the NHS to engage in innovation activity and create the conditions to support the development, delivery and adoption of new technologies within the health and social care system.
They are an essential enabling infrastructure for industry, academia and the third sector to collaborate with the NHS, translating research into innovative products and services which can directly benefit patients and improve the NHS. They offer life science companies the opportunity to evidence the potential impact of their technology through access to expertise, governance and technical capabilities such as trusted research environment, helping them grow by co-developing within NHS Scotland.
Innovation Hubs foster collaboration across the triple helix of industry, academia and the NHS. Through close partnerships with various stakeholders, including health and social care professionals, clinical academics, patients, and industry leaders, Innovation Hubs ensure that the products and services developed are not only applicable to the NHS in Scotland, but are ready for adoption in healthcare systems in the UK and internationally.