Health and Life Sciences Pledge
The Health and Life Sciences Pledge is a promise to encourage, enable and empower more innovation, by bringing together all key stakeholders to better communicate, collaborate and celebrate.

![]() | Collectively address regional health and social care challenges, supporting the reduction in health inequalities. |
![]() | Gain recognition for our unique infrastructure and assets on both a national and international stage. |
![]() | Working cohesively to identify opportunities and attract investment to our region. |
![]() | Collectively celebrating our collective success. |

Across the North East and North Cumbria region, the live ecosystem under the banner of the Pledge enables key Innovation Pathway partners to work together and accelerating innovation.
There is a growing and vibrant Health and Life Sciences sector in the North East and North Cumbria, the purpose of the Pledge is to bring together this vibrant ecosystem to:
- Collectively address regional health and social care challenges, supporting the reduction in health inequalities
- Gain recognition for our unique infrastructure and assets on both a national and international stage
- Working cohesively to identify opportunities and attract investment to our region
- Collectively celebrating our collective success.
The pledge was co-launched with the ICB in March 2023 and we now have over 100 pledgees.
To find out more about the pledge or sign up please visit: hlspledge.org.uk