The latest National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) report highlights strong outcomes for premature babies across the West and South West of England, including low rates of mortality, late-onset bloodstream infection and preterm brain injury. Published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in October 2026, the NNAP report presents findings from neonatal care…
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Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) converts clinical conversations into documentation such as clinical notes and patient letters. AVT is of significant interest to the NHS: It has the potential to reduce administrative burden, release clinician time and improve patient and staff experience and drive increased productivity Given this significant opportunity, NHS England is bringing the system…
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We are launching a comprehensive new Health Innovation Navigator series, designed to ensure that digital healthcare innovations benefit all patients equally. The Navigator series will translate research evidence, policy insights, and system learning into clear, actionable guidance for digital health developers and healthcare leaders. The series is created for digital health companies, product managers, clinical…
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Health Innovation West of England has received a record number of applications for our new accelerator programme, Primary Care Ready. Run in collaboration with One Care, one of the largest GP federations in the UK, this programme is aimed at late-stage digital innovations addressing needs within primary care. We received 57 applications in total, representing…
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The Medicines Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP) has been shortlisted for Medicines, Pharmacy and Prescribing Initiative of the Year at the 2026 HSJ Awards, recognising the national programme’s work to reduce harm from opioid medicines and support safer, more personalised approaches to chronic pain management. Health Innovation West of England is supporting delivery of MedSIP as…
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Health Innovation West of England is launching a new series of interactive online workshops to help people working in health and care organisations understand how to successfully adopt innovations that can improve services for staff and patients. The Introduction to adopting innovations in healthcare webinars are aimed at people who are responsible for, or interested…
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