The Innovation Exchange

Our Innovation Exchange provides the support you need at any stage of your innovation. Get access to all our business services in one place, explore local and national funding opportunities, and register for support from our Innovation Team.

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The West of England Academy

Explore our free Academy resources to gain essential knowledge and skills for innovative thinking and improvement in healthcare. Our resources include events, toolkits and online learning.

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News

Assessing the economic and environmental implications of the UniWee™ device

Developed by nurses in the Emergency Department at Great Western Hospitals (GWH) NHS Foundation …

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Blog

A midwife’s view on patient safety: From birth to beyond

Patient safety from the start!’ — This powerful slogan defines the focus of this year’s World …

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Events

Learning from Ryan’s Rule – Insights for Martha’s Rule in England

Date: 14/10/2025   Time: 08:00
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Who we are

Health Innovation West of England is helping to deliver positive healthcare outcomes in the region and nationally by driving the development and adoption of new innovations and enabling patients to play an increasing role in their own care and of others. In doing so the impact of our work is far-reaching: from enhancing patient wellbeing, saving lives and mitigating high risk incidents such as strokes; to enhancing efficiencies in healthcare practice and boosting the local economy through private sector collaborations. Find out more about us.


What we do

Business plan 2024-25

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Annual report 2023-24

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Transforming services and systems

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Improving patient safety

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Primary Care

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Innovation Exchange

The Innovation Exchange

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