25 October 2018
Over £7 million for seven new NHS Test Beds around the country Projects include the use of AI and machine learning to improve breast cancer screening and digital platforms enabling self-management for diabetesUp to £2 million for new innovative treatments for conditions including colorectal cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosisEstimated 5... Read more >
24 October 2018
SBRI Healthcare has awarded a total of £3.8m in funding to four innovative technology companies that are in the process of developing cutting edge cancer diagnostic tools.The companies, C the Signs, Cambridge Oncometrix, Chromition and Deep Med IO were among the winners of the July 2017 SBRI Healthcare national competition, which had appealed fo... Read more >
22 October 2018
Dr Séamus O’Neill is to take up the position of Chair of the national AHSN Network, a collaborative of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), while Piers Ricketts has been announced Vice Chair.As Chair and Vice Chair from 20 November 2018, Séamus and Piers will play central roles in extending collaboration between England’s 15 Ac... Read more >
19 October 2018
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has been announced as the winner of the TSA’s Impact in TEC Team Award.Announced at the International Technology Enabled Care conference’s annual gala dinner on the 16th October, the NIA had been shortlisted alongside PA Consulting and the London Fire Brigade. The NIA was selected as the winner of the Impact ... Read more >
4 October 2018
NHS England, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the AHSN Network have joined forces to launch an ambitious new programme, connecting digital health innovators with pharmaceutical companies to explore new innovations that could help people living with diabetes. Launched today (4 October 2018), the Diabetes Hothouse ... Read more >
28 September 2018
The NHS has launched a tool that for the first time accurately measures the number of patients admitted to hospital who are at risk of sepsis.Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that claims approximately 37,000 lives a year, although the exact figure is difficult to determine. It is caused when the body responds poorly to a bacterial infectio... 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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