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  • Healthcare innovations could boost UK economy by £278 billion, new report finds

    11 June 2025

    Innovations in healthcare could boost the UK’s growth by bringing in around £246 billion every year, a new report has revealed. Strategic investment in health innovation could:Lead to a £246bn growth in UK productivity by reducing ill-health, about 9.6% of GDPLead to an additional £32bn of foreign investment in life sciences in the UKHave a... Read more >


  • Health Innovation Wessex Shortlisted at HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025

    10 June 2025

    Health Innovation Wessex is proud to announce it has been shortlisted as a finalist at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2025, in recognition of its outstanding commitment to improving patient safety and driving innovation in healthcare. The announcement comes after a rigorous judging process by a panel of esteemed heal... Read more >


  • Entries being welcomed for annual evaluation competition

    4 June 2025

    The competition to win a real-world evaluation of a medtech innovation in Wessex, delivered by our Insight specialists has opened.With no cost to the innovator or host health or care site, it means a prize worth between £30,000 and £50,000. The value of this competition becomes even greater if the findings contribute to wider implementation of t... Read more >


  • Catalyst business accelerator programme now open for new applicants

    21 May 2025

    We are pleased to announce that applications to join the University Southampton Science Park’s prestigious Catalyst business accelerator September cohort have opened. We joined the Catalyst partnership earlier this year with the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Southampton’s School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation t... Read more >


  • Health Innovation Network at NHS ConfedExpo 2025. Join us to find out how innovation is improving health and driving wealth!

    21 May 2025

    The Health Innovation Network will be exhibiting once again at this year’s NHS ConfedExpo, taking place at Manchester Central on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 June.This year, we’ll be joined on our stand by 18 Network-supported innovators, showcasing innovations which are helping to deliver the Government’s three shifts for the NHS and solve some... Read more >


  • A grand day for the NHS Innovation Service

    4 April 2025

    The NHS Innovation Service, in which Health Innovation Wessex plays a leading role, has received its 1,000th submission of a new product or technology idea.The service helps innovators across England navigate the complexities of the NHS, whilst simultaneously helping the NHS find new innovations that meet its needs.It has been supporting innovat... Read more >


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“Should it stay or should it go?” Making space for innovation: De-implementing old ways of working

This blog, the third in our three-part series on supporting the adoption of innovation in co...

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