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  • NHS England publishes recommendations for innovation adoption to help transform health and care

    28 November 2024

    Life sciences drives both health improvement and wealth creation across the UK, generating £108 billion in turnover in FY21/22. However, the follow-through to widespread adoption of health innovation remains variable despite the UK being the second largest global spender on health research and development.The Innovation Ecosystem Programme (IEP)... Read more >


  • Have your say on the NHS 10 Year Plan

    27 November 2024

    It is the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS, the consultation stage of the 10 Year Plan.It doesn’t matter whether you have a lot or a little to say, your views, experiences and ideas will help shape services for years to come.As patients, members of the public or frontline staff, there is a desire from policy-makers to hear e... Read more >


  • New tech on the agenda at our strategic workshop

    26 November 2024

    Guest speakers from industry, research and the region’s NHS system were invited to showcase how digital technologies, advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence can enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes at a Health Innovation Wessex-convened strategic workshop.By addressing challenges such as interoperability and trust, and b... Read more >


  • New partnership for Health Innovation Wessex to stimulate growth

    22 November 2024

    Health Innovation Wessex has joined three partners to help spark new opportunities for technology and innovation start-ups. Together with the National Oceanographic Centre and the University of Southampton’s School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation, HIW has joined Southampton Science Park’s Catalyst business accelerator programme.Cata... Read more >


  • Neurodiversity roadshows highlight innovative approaches for autism and ADHD support

    13 November 2024

    NHS England South East and the three health innovation networks within the region (Wessex, Oxford & Thames Valley, and Kent Surrey Sussex) hosted a series of online neurodiversity events in September, which focussed on demonstrating some of the innovations around autism and ADHD that are currently deployed nationally, internationally or that... Read more >


  • Health Innovation Wessex supports Dorset with knowledge mobilisation project for healthy weight

    12 November 2024

    A new knowledge mobilisation project has launched in Dorset aimed at transforming ways to promote healthy weight in children and young people.New government figures (2023-24) show that in Dorset, 22.4% of children in reception (aged 4-5 years) and 32.1% of children in year 6 (age 10-11 years) are overweight or living with obesity. Obesity in rec... Read more >


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World Patient Safety Day 2024 Improving diagnosis for patient safety – how is Health Innovation Wessex contributing?

This year’s theme from the World Health Organisation for World Patient Safety Day on 17 Sept...

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