Unlocking innovation in the regions through the Interactive Healthcare Fund
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A partnership between AHSNs and Creative England has facilitated the unlocking of innovation throughout the regions by supporting the development of creative solutions to some of the many challenges facing the healthcare sector in the 21st century. Since 2014, a number of AHSNs, including the West of England AHSN, have developed a highly effective partnership…
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Young people benefit from over £3 million SBRI Healthcare funding
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SBRI Healthcare have announced that five companies that will receive further NHS England funding to develop innovations to help ensure children living with disability and long term conditions have every opportunity to live their lives to the full. Sharing £3.1 million, the successful companies, including Bristol-based Open Bionics, recognise the importance of encouraging independence and…
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Latest news from Diabetes Digital Coach
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We’re now putting the finishing touches to the Diabetes Digital Coach, with user acceptance testing starting soon, ahead of the new service going live in January. If you’d like to be one of our testers and get a sneaky peak at the Coach before its official launch, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll be…
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Closing soon: latest opportunities for healthcare innovators
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Here is our round-up of the latest funding competitions, events and other opportunities, which are currently open to innovators in the Health & Life Sciences sector. SBRI Healthcare: cancer screening and diagnosis Application deadline: midday 6 September 2017 Funded by NHS England, the aim of SBRI Healthcare is to develop innovative products and services that address…
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Connect with us at Expo 2017
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Building on last year’s success, the AHSN Network will again have a major presence at the NHS Innovation Health and Care Expo, and the West of England AHSN will be there flying the flag for our Diabetes Digital Coach Test Bed and the new citizen engagement platform, hyvr. Taking place in Manchester Central from 11 to…
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Exploring the digital art of the possible: solving healthcare challenges with evidence-based digital technologies
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In follow up to our popular event last autumn, the second Digital Art of the Possible will be focusing on the future of digital technologies in health and care settings on Wednesday 4 October at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium. Digital Art of the Possible will draw on experience and learning to date, bringing you not…
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AHSNs to be relicensed as NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’
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NHS England has today (21 July 2017) confirmed its intention to relicense England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks. NHS England’s Board met today and considered a report from National Director of Strategy and Innovation Ian Dodge, which highlights the AHSNs’ significant impact and outlines how this can be the launch pad for an even more…
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AHSNs to coordinate ‘innovation exchanges’
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The government has announced a major initiative to drive the rapid uptake of health innovation – with a central role for AHSNs. The announcement on 14 July 2017 by the Office for Life Sciences confirms that England’s 15 AHSNs will coordinate ‘Innovation Exchanges’ so that innovative new diagnostic tools, treatments and medical technologies reach patients faster. Welcoming…
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NHS Innovation and Technology Payment launched
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In his speech at Confed17, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, announced the launch of the NHS Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP). This programme builds on the Innovation and Technology Tariff (ITT) that went live on 1 April 2017. The ITP aims to support the NHS in adopting innovation by removing financial or procurement barriers to…
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Supporting innovative healthcare entrepreneurs
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Budding healthcare innovators from across the West of England have been learning how to take their cutting-edge technology and business ideas to the next level. Our four-day Healthcare Innovation Programme for health professionals, health and life science academics and small businesses, was delivered in partnership with university business incubator SETsquared at the Corsham Institute in…
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