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Health Innovation West of England Innovators announced as NHS Innovator Accelerator 2025 Fellows

We are delighted that three health and social care innovators we have been working with have been announced as NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) 2025 Fellows. They are part of a cohort 28 exceptional health and social care innovators to be welcomed onto the programme, ready to support the NHS in the areas that make the…

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PreCiSSIon shortlisted for Prestigious HSJ Digital Awards 2025

Our PreCiSSIon (Preventing Caesarean Birth Surgical Site Infection across a region) project has been shortlisted in the category of ‘Driving Change through Data and Analytics’ HSJ Digital Awards 2025 for our work with Cemplicity and the maternity units across the West of England to reduce the impact of surgical site infections (SSI) following caesarean birth. This year marks a milestone for…

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Collaboration event marks launch of project to support people at high risk of developing hypertension in pregnancy

This month we marked the launch of a project to support people at high risk of developing hypertension in pregnancy by hosting a collaboration and networking event in Gloucestershire, bringing together initiative partners, healthcare practitioners, patients and public from across the West of England. ‘HOme Monitoring for Expectant (and postnatal) parents’ (HOME) is an evidence-based,…

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Innovators graduate from our first Commercialisation Academy

This month the founders of seven companies graduated from our first ever Commercialisation Academy, designed to support health and care innovators whose products and services offer potential for wider adoption and scale. Run in partnership with Triple Chasm, the eight-week programme has supported each of the companies to develop their strategic commercialisation plans. The programme…

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Black Maternity Matters shortlisted for national award

The Black Maternity Matters collaborative has made it to the finals of the prestigious Black Maternal Health Awards UK. We’ve been shortlisted in the Community Project category, which celebrates initiatives creating measurable change in maternal health outcomes at a local level. The Black Maternal Health Awards UK, spearheaded by The Motherhood Group, celebrate excellence across…

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Launch of new “game changing” guide to tackle overprescribing and support Government’s shifts to prevention and community

A new guide aimed at helping primary care organisations and integrated care boards understand and address problematic polypharmacy has been launched by the Health Innovation Network as part of its national Polypharmacy Programme, coordinated by Health Innovation West of England. Developed in response to a clear need identified by primary care and prescribing colleagues, this…

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