West of England innovator tapped to transform England’s NHS through national acceleration
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The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has announced today (5 March 2020) 11 high impact innovations joining the national accelerator in 2020, including one developed here in the West of England: The WaterDrop.
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Net zero carbon: for a greener NHS
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The climate emergency is a health emergency, and the whole of the NHS is being encouraged to tackle this crisis as part of the ‘For a greener NHS’ campaign.
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West of England innovators win Healthcare Innovation Awards
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On Thursday 6 February, three of our previous Health Innovation Programme attendees won at the Medilink South West Healthcare Innovation Awards 2020.
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AHSN Network publishes report celebrating diversity
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The AHSN Network has published a new report celebrating diversity across the Network, and setting out pledges to support diversity more.
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Calling healthcare app developers
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If you’d like to be part of research to improve the effectiveness of healthcare apps for patients we’d love to hear from you. We’re working with local researchers to understand the unintended consequences of using digital health tools in primary care – both positive and negative.
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Powering community engagement with hyvr
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We’re pleased to announce we have chosen four exemplar voluntary sector initiatives to receive expertise and funding support, allowing them to use hyvr to power community engagement.
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Competition for innovations – launch of The Future Challenges
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We have just launched the Future Challenges – a national call offering up to £40,000 to companies with a product or service already on the market.
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Looking for the next big idea – Evidence into Practice
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Do you have an evidence-based idea to change clinical practice? Then apply to our Evidence into Practice Challenge, an open call to healthcare professionals and researchers in the West of England.
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getUBetter awarded SBRI Healthcare funding
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SBRI Healthcare has awarded £99,420 to getUBetter, a platform that helps people self-manage lower back pain. The funding will help getUBetter further develop the platform.
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Nigel Harris announced as Director of Innovation and Growth from March
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Nigel Harris will join the West of England AHSN as our new Director of Innovation and Growth on Tuesday 19 March 2019. Nigel will be joining us from his current role as Chief Executive of Designability. He has led that organisation since 2009 during which time it has established itself as a regional South West…
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