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  • ‘Meet the NIA’ information event: SOUTHAMPTON

    17 August 2018

    Attention all healthcare innovators! The fourth NHS Innovation Accelerator call opens on 5 September. Register now for our free information event in Southampton on 19 September, to find out all you need to know about the application process. Register here.The Southampton information event will explain how to apply, give you the chance to meet th... Read more >


  • SBRI Healthcare announces funding support of over £1,000,000 to develop new technologies in two key areas

    18 July 2018

    SBRI Healthcare will be supporting 12 organisations to develop new technologies to support positive mental health treatment and to extend surgical capability and efficiency. Seven organisations will be sharing £700k of investment, companies that have all demonstrated the potential of their innovations to help alleviate the current pressures on m... Read more >


  • New SBRI Healthcare competition call

    9 July 2018

    SBRI Healthcare is inviting companies to bid for funding to develop solutions for specific health needs. The focus areas for this call are Improving Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Disorders; and Dentistry, Oral health and Oral Cancers. Wessex AHSN is leading the dentistry call. The deadline for applications is 22 August 2018 (12 noon).For further i... Read more >


  • NBIC first Proof of Concept Call now open

    25 June 2018

    The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NIBC) has launched its first Proof of Concept funding call. You can find out more here, and below:Call Closes: 24 August 2018Decisions: by end of September and offer letters in October. The collaborative PoC application should be jointly written with your industrial partner or collaborator but must be sub... Read more >


  • Simon Stevens: "AHSNs are the ‘change catalysts’ for the NHS" speaking at Confed18 last week in Manchester

    18 June 2018

    L-R: Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England; Mike Hannay, Chair of the AHSN Network; Tara Donnelly, Chief Executive of the Health Innovation Network; Ian Dodge, National Director of Strategy & Innovation, NHS England Speaking at the AHSN Network reception at Confed18 last week in Manchester, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England,... Read more >


  • Spotlight on the AHSN Network’s collective impact and future plans

    13 June 2018

    A new guide to the AHSN Network is published today (Wednesday 13 June), detailing the impact to date of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), as well as outlining future plans for the years ahead.The AHSNs were first licensed by NHS England in 2013 for an initial period of five years, and in that time they have pioneered new way... 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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