Dr Tim Craft, Co-Founder and CEO of Somnus Scientific
As a consultant anaesthetist working in intensive care, Dr Tim Craft had spent years facing the same frustrating challenge: knowing that propofol, one of the world’s most widely used sedatives, was difficult to dose accurately because there was no way to measure how much of the drug was in a patient’s bloodstream. Rather than accepting…
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Kim Huelin, Project Support Officer
To mark Learning Disability Week, Monday 15 June – Sunday 21 June 2026, Kim Huelin, Project Support Officer reflects on the importance of truly “seeing” people with a learning disability in healthcare; not just providing access to services, but understanding individual needs. Drawing on personal experiences supporting her sister and her work with the South…
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Alex Leach, Deputy Director of Programmes
In this blog, our Deputy Director of Programmes, Alex Leach, reflects on the success of the West of England Commercialisation Academy – a free eight-week programme designed to help health and care innovators scale and achieve wider adoption – and explores how it is building a lasting community of innovators who support each other. Over…
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Professor Sir Steve West, Chair of Health Innovation West of England and Vice-chancellor of UWE Bristol
In April, colleagues from Health Innovation West of England participated in the second Healthy Ageing and Care Innovation Forum organised by St Monica Trust. The event brought together older adults, researchers, innovators, care providers, start-ups and civic partners to explore how people, place, nature, technology and data can come together to prototype new models of…
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Nathalie Delaney, Senior Programme Manager
In healthcare, generating innovative ideas is rarely the challenge – ensuring those ideas are successfully adopted and spread is where the real work begins. In this blog, Nathalie Delaney uses a creative “test kitchen” analogy to explore how innovations can move beyond their place of origin and achieve meaningful, system-wide impact. Drawing on practical examples…
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Vanesther Hamer, Head of Communications
During Black Maternal Health Week, our Head of Communications, Vanesther Hamer, shares her reflections on attending the Black Maternal Health Conference UK 2026 in London last month. In March I had the privilege of joining colleagues to represent Black Maternity Matters at the Black Maternal Health Conference UK 2026 in London, and I’ve found myself…
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