The Department for Business and Trade is the UK Government's department supporting business and economic growth. They support international life science companies to invest in the UK and help UK life science companies to do business overseas. International innovators may also be interested in the UK's Global Entrepreneur Programme.

A network of 15 regional organisations established by NHS England to spread and adopt innovation at pace and scale across health and social care, and connects NHS and academic organisations, local authorities, the third sector and industry. Visit the Health Innovation Network website for more information.

Making it easy to do research that people can trust. An arm’s length body reviewing and approving innovative health and social care research studies that involve people, their tissue or their data. Visit the HRA's website for more information.

A national body working to improve the quality of care in Wales. They collaborate with partners across health, social care and the technology sectors to ensure an all-Wales approach and cover any technology or model of care and support in health and social care that is not a medicine. Visit the Health Technology Wales (HTW) website for more information.

Support collaboration between innovators, NHS Wales, social care and academia accelerating the development and adoption of innovation. Visit the Life Science Hub Wales (LSHW) website for more information.

An executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, which regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. Recognised globally as an authority in its field, the MHRA plays a leading role in protecting and improving public health and supports innovation through scientific research and development. Visit the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for more information.

NICE conducts evaluations and produces national guidance on heath technologies that could offer additional benefits to patients in the health and social care system over current practice. This includes evaluations of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic technologies, interventional procedures and digital health technologies. Operating separately from guidance production, NICE also provides fee-based advice and support to help companies who are seeking to enter the NHS market.

Visit the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) website for more information.

UK’s largest funder of health and care research, working in partnership with the NHS, universities and local government. Visit the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) website for more information.

Specialised services are commissioned by NHS England to deliver cutting-edge care for rare disorders and complex medical conditions, and are a catalyst for innovation, supporting pioneering practice in the NHS. Visit the NHS England Specialised Commissioning website for more information.

NHS Supply Chains’ role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We work in collaboration with the healthcare system and suppliers to ensure our supply chain is cost-efficient, resilient, and responsive to frontline needs - helping the NHS to put patients first.

Find out more about NHS Supply Chain.

National health technology assessment (HTA) agency providing advice to NHS Scotland on the use of new and existing health technologies (excluding medicines) that are likely to have significant implications for people’s care. Visit the Scottish Health Technology Group (SHTG) website for more information.