A three-year programme to trial the use of optimisation technology in domiciliary care has identified a number of opportunities for local authorities and care providers to improve the planning of homecare, offering potentially significant benefits for care workers, service users and the social care sector as a whole. Domiciliary care (or homecare) is provided at…
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Two innovators who have been supported by Health Innovation West of England have won funding from SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative run in partnership with the Greener NHS programme and the Health Innovation Network to help improve patient care and save money, whilst also making the NHS greener. LabCycle, a circular plastic consumables…
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Following on from the success of our previous calls, we are once again providing comprehensive free support to spread evidence-based innovations that improve the health of people in the West of England with the launch of Evidence into Practice 2024. The programme is open to anyone in the West of England working to improve the…
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An exciting new community of innovation pioneers and change-makers is forming to reimagine local health and care services as part of the Innovate Healthier Together programme. Health Innovation West of England, in partnership with NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB), has launched the new Innovate Healthier Together Fellowship. The…
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Thousands of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are able to benefit from a new digital scheme launched to provide more support at home. Living Well with COPD has been launched by Healthier Together, the Integrated Care System in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, to support people with COPD. Health Innovation West of…
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We’re sponsoring the Delivering Innovation into Health and Care Award at this year’s Medilink South West Awards. The awards, which recognise health tech innovation in the region, will be held on Wednesday 27 April onboard the SS Great Britian in Bristol. Winners of the regional awards will automatically be entered into the National Medilink Awards…
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