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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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SBRI Healthcare is an NHS England funded initiative led by the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) to develop technology solutions for known healthcare challenges. The next funding round focuses on finding innovative solutions with the ability to transform screening, accelerated diagnosis and management of cancer. Cancer remains one of the public’s most feared illnesses, affecting…
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A new search for the world’s best healthcare innovations to help improve patients’ lives has been launched, focussing on key NHS priorities including mental health, primary care, and urgent and emergency care. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) – an NHS England initiative supported by the country’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and hosted by UCLPartners –…
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