These thriving areas benefit from a strong collaborative approach between industry, academia and clinicians. Expertise includes precision medicine with focused research centres and education facilities. Here’s some more detail on three sub-sectors in particular:
Nursing and midwifery
Health and social care in Northern Ireland is going through significant change, moving care delivery from predominantly hospital-based to community settings and closer to the patient or client’s own home or in their home. Nursing and midwifery are key to this.
Oncology
With world-renowned labs and institutes and highly-skilled scientists and researchers, Northern Ireland is a leader in cancer care and research through clinical trials. UU and QUB offer a critical mass of globally competitive research expertise with both universities ranking among the top 10 in the UK for biosciences research.
Pharmaceuticals and biomedical
Northern Ireland’s pharmaceutical sector has spearheaded biomedical research developments in cancer, cardiovascular disease and cystic fibrosis Over 250 local and international businesses have helped establish this sector’s innovative reputation.
