NHS Innovation Accelerator: information events for NHS commissioners and providers
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Want to find out how to procure cost-saving innovations and be reimbursed? The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is to host a series of information events in partnership with local Academic Health Science Networks to demonstrate how NHS commissioners and providers can be reimbursed for the procurement of cost-saving, outcomes-based innovations. The ‘Improving outcomes, cutting costs’ events…
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Things come together – a blog about my mum
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Our Managing Director, Deborah Evans shares a candid insight into the final moments with her mother… I’ve always been struck by the title of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart. My mum died recently and in her case it was much more like Things Come Together. Mum lived in a brilliant Brunel Care home called Saffron…
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Webinars on NHS England’s Innovation & Technology Tariff
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At the start of November 2016, NHS England set out plans to fast-track the introduction of six new types of medical technology products and apps during 2017/18 through the Innovation and Technology Tariff (ITT). The ITT removes the need for multiple local price negotiations and guarantees automatic reimbursement. For five of the above NHS England…
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Med tech innovators pitch for the chance to raise funding for next generation healthcare solutions
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16 entrepreneurs were given the platform to realise their ambitions by exhibiting and pitching for significant investment to develop their innovative ideas and push them out to a wider market. The merging of the pioneering medical and tech industries has created a wealth of opportunities, which is something the inaugural Med Tech Investment Showcase explored…
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Healthcare from your living room – alleviating pressure on elderly care
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Last year 7.6 million of the 18.7 million adults admitted to hospital were aged 65+. Yet many of these admissions could have been prevented if our healthcare services were better connected and delivered in the home and community. Assistive technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart devices and cloud based technologies, have a…
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The industrial strategy, right on man!
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The government’s green paper on Building our Industrial Strategy was published in January. Our enterprise director, Lars Sundstrom says it’s about time… Last month the government published its long awaited industrial strategy. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a darn,” I hear you say. Well, you should. When I read it, I thought to myself, “Finally. They’ve actually…
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Bristol-based robotics start-up secures SBRI funding for life-changing bionic hands
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Open Bionics is to be awarded £100,000 through SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England initiative, as part of its latest challenge to fund new innovations that will support children living with disability and long term conditions. Based at the University of the West of England’s Bristol Robotics Lab, Open Bionics is a start-up company launched in…
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Challenge launched to create new digital engagement platform
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The West of England AHSN is launching an exciting challenge for digital developers to create a new online engagement platform to support our Design Together, Live Better initiative as well as other future health and social care projects. Funding of up to £75,000 is available for the initial development of a SaaS (software as a service) platform and…
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Healthcare from your living room: how can we help more people care for themselves in their own homes?
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FREE EVENT Bristol – 7 February 2017 – 9:30am-5pm Finding ways to help people live longer in their own homes is increasingly seen as an urgent priority. Featuring speakers from Bristol Community Health and Designability, as well as special guests from Denmark to talk about their Living Labs concept, this event will explore the role…
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2016: the year in review
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What a year 2016 was for the West of England AHSN and our member and partner organisations. We asked our team for their favourite highlights from the last 12 months and here’s what they came up with… The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Gothenburg Attending and presenting at this conference back in April…
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