Health Hubs

Utrecht, Heart of Health.  Utrecht, beating heart of a healthy society. As a region, we’re on a mission to make lasting, positive change to the health of the world and its people. Supported by leading businesses, institutions and governments, we’ve got the skills, resources and facilities to make this a reality. From our world-class education to our renowned lifesciences & health innovations, Utrecht leads the way in science and technological capability. We prioritize sustainability; from being one of the best cycling regions in the world to our climate-proof, biodiverse residential areas, we deliver excellent living conditions to our 1.5 million residents.

Dutch Health Hub is the place where professionals and organisations from health and life sciences meet, exchange ideas, inspire each other, learn, cooperate, innovate and do business. Live and online. Here the movement towards sustainable transformation is accelerating.

Dutch Health Hub, based at Jaarbeurs, creates direct and valuable contacts between professionals, experts and decision makers in health and life sciences. Together with professionals from all over the world, Dutch Health Hub is working on sustainable transformation.

The Dutch Health Hub, amongst others, organises an annual fair on health care, the Dutch Health Week. You will find more information about this further on in this document.

Utrecht is one of the healthiest, youngest and most innovative regions in The Netherlands. Nevertheless it is challenged by increasing gaps in health and mental wellbeing among its inhabitants, mostly related to income and living circumstances. Furthermore preparation with regard to an aging population are needed. Therefore partners in Health Hub Utrecht form a public-private ecosystem. In brief:

• A health and wellbeing innovation ecosystem 2016 – 2030
• Public-private partnership in the region combined with national government / ministries
• Collaboration of 3 hospitals, 2 groups of GP’s, social work organisations, elderly care organisations, disabled care organisations. As well as citizen representatives, educational and research institutes.
• Aim: together we want to provide health and happiness for every citizen in the region by 2030
• Working in three transition coalitions on healthy lifestyle, digital transition and vital labour market
• Active in (inter)national, regional and local networks on health.
• More info:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqssXFLQ_KI
  • www.healthhubutrecht.nl/int