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HEALTH AND CARE
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Health and Care is a bedrock and accelerating sector, with high volume activity under pressure from an ageing demographic.
Employs c. 17,000
(16% of the city employment)
GVA output of
£582m
Health Tech is significantly higher productivity (x2.5) than the city average at £112,170 GVA/FTE
The sector also includes a high value niche Health Tech sub sector employing nearly 1,000 people.
Plymouth has major NHS facilities and a presence of key international private sector companies with globally relevant products/services.
Opportunities/Challenges to address
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Skills shortage
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Low awareness locally of health tech strengths to attract further inward investment and recruit staff for exciting careers
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Need for new technological solutions and visible innovation ecosystem
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Transparency of capital projects
Identified courses of action
Working through Skills Launchpad Plymouth create local talent pipeline
Outcome: More vacancies filled locally.
Outcome: Recruiting two x Health and Social Care Coordinators to develop a Health and Social Care Partnership with the key aim of addressing the recruitment and retention issues within this sector.
Progress Plymouth Health Innovation Alliance
Outcome: Agree and articulate health tech strengths to attract inward investment
Pursue new Health Technology Incubation Hub
Outcome: Visible, supportive eco-system to meet innovation needs and create/grow businesses
Create Register of Major Capital Projects
Outcome: Increase local procurement ultimately to protect existing jobs and create more
Successes/Results to date
NEW JOBS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Pursuing a new biomedical testing facility in the city as part of a national network, creating 300 to 400 jobs