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“Pressure on urgent and emergency care services is growing, this call seeks to find innovations that can help. “
NHS England’s Delivery Plan for Recovering Urgent and Emergency Care Services, published in January 2023, sets out the ambition to develop a system that provides more and better care in people’s homes, gets ambulances to people more quickly when they need them, sees people faster when they go to hospital, and helps people safely leave hospital having received the care they need.
Increased pressure also impacts staff and the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan published in June 2023 sets out the strategic direction at local, regional and national level to address current workforce challenges and calls for action in three priority areas (Training staff, Retaining staff, and Reform) to provide (among other priorities) timely urgent and emergency care.
Competition 26 – Urgent & Emergency Care, Phase 3, aims to identify innovations at an advanced stage of development that address three priority areas:
- Health and Care outside of Hospitals: Accessing the Right Care and Reducing Demand
- Reducing Length of Stay and Improving Discharge
- Supporting Workforce.
The aim of the competition is to facilitate the collection of evidence in real-world settings and build on the value proposition required by commissioners and regulators to accelerate the uptake of the innovation into relevant health or social care settings.
The competition is open to any innovation (e.g., medical device, in-vitro diagnostic, digital health solutions and AI solutions, behavioural interventions, and service improvements) that meets the entry criteria and the challenges described in the Challenge brief.
Applications open
31 July 2024
Applications close
18 September 2024 1:00 pm
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