22 August 2017
NICE Scientific Advice recently launched a competition, the NICE AdviSeME Prize, to find a transformative medical product in the early stages of development:The NICE AdviSeME Prize is specifically aimed at SMEs, charities, and academic research groups. The winning applicant will receive a free Light Scientific Advice service which will: Provide ... Read more >
10 August 2017
The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme is launching a new funding stream - i4i Connect - aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in need of a funding boost to reach their next stage in the development pathway.Offering up to £150,000 over a 6-12 month period, i4i Connect will help SMEs get to the point of eligibility for a f... Read more >
4 August 2017
Launched at the NHS Confederation conference by Simon Stevens in June 2017, and as part of NHS England’s commitment to the Five Year Forward View, NHS England has developed the Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP) 2018/19.The aim of the ITP is to help deliver on the commitment detailed within the Five Year Forward View – creating the conditio... Read more >
1 August 2017
A member of the AHSN is team is set to tackle 23 miles to her grandmother’s childhood home in West Sussex, in aid of Alzheimer’s Society. Nadia Kuftinoff, who works in the business support team and lives in Southsea (Portsmouth), has taken up the challenge in a bid to raise £300 for the charity. She hopes to complete the journey to Sidlesham on ... Read more >
27 July 2017
The Wessex AHSN Medicines Optimisation Programme has published its Summer 2017 newsletter following a busy few months for the team. This edition covers publication of the National Polypharmacy Comparators and our National Conference at the Kings Fund 'Tackling Polypharmacy: Stopping Medicines Safely'. 3 of our projects were shortlisted for HSJ P... Read more >
24 July 2017
A search for innovations with the ability to transform cancer screening, and facilitate earlier and faster diagnosis launches on 25 July 2017. SBRI Healthcare - an NHS England investment fund led by the AHSN Network – invites entrepreneurs to apply for up to £1.1 million investment to develop innovations.Since the early 1990s, UK incidence rates... 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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