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18 December 2017

The Health Innovation Programme is back for 2018!  Run in conjunction with SETsquared, the Global # 1 University Business Incubator, the Health Innovation Programme (HIP) is an intensive four-day course for innovators and SMEs starting or building a healthcare business.   The course includes modules on the NHS as a marketplace, business planning... Read more >

29 November 2017

The Access to Innovation Fund is a new grant fund focused on supporting people with early stage innovative ideas with the aim of enhancing patient care and supporting the NHS. Although applications regarding the management of long term conditions are encouraged, other areas will also be considered.The fund is a grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Lt... Read more >

24 November 2017

All staff working with information and data are invited to help shape plans for a digitally ready workforce – a key strategy for the NHS. An online workshop is available, for three weeks, to ask how the Digitally Ready Workforce programme should prioritise and invest £6m over the next four years.It is targeted at a wide range of individuals invo... Read more >

22 November 2017

A wireless sensor that better detects signs of sepsis in hospital patients, an app to help pregnant women monitor hypertension, and another that directs patients with minor injuries to treatment units with the shortest queues, are among the latest devices and technologies selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).The 11 innovations j... Read more >

16 November 2017

Wessex Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) have teamed up to support commercial innovators gather crucial evidence on their products. Their new Technology Support Programme (TSP) will help companies to access the NHS’s research infrastructure to obtain high quality evidence on the economic and health... Read more >

7 November 2017

Over 41,000 people in Wessex have dementia and numbers are predicted to double by 2050. It is the biggest health issue we face and due to the growing ageing population in some parts of the region, incidence rates are higher than the average for England.The dementia friendly primary care ‘iSPACE’ project was introduced into GP practices across We... Read more >