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The AI Commission for Health and Social Care has endorsed algorithmic transparency recording standard (ATRS), a framework designed to improve the transparency of algorithmic and AI tools used across the sector.

We’re proud to have teamed up with The New Scientist and healthawareness.co.uk as part of their national ‘Innovations in Cancer Care’ campaign. Our CEO, Cari-Anne Quinn has penned a column featured in the campaign, focusing on cancer care in Wales, its advancements, and the ambition to improve survival rates across the nation.

Health Technology Wales has published new guidance which supports the use of artificial intelligence assisted endoscopy to detect lower gastrointestinal (GI) cancer and pre-cancerous lesions.

Researchers from Swansea University, Cardiff University and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board awarded Research Fellowship to spearhead a pioneering project on AI detection of brain white matter lesions and their correlation with hearing loss, tinnitus, and balance issues. 

We’re thrilled to have partnered with The Guardian and healthawareness.co.uk as part of the national ‘supporting the NHS’ campaign. Showcasing how AI is revolutionising healthcare in Wales.

Health Technology Wales announce that millions have been invested in eight innovative companies behind lifesaving new medical technology. These innovative devices could destroy liver cancer tumours, detect Alzheimer’s, and quickly spot those at risk of stroke. Funding will be used to fully assess how effective this cutting-edge tech can be, and to support its potential roll out for patients across the UK.

NHS England is set to open a new round of funding for innovation in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. The ‘Innovation Open Call 3’ is designed to facilitate the integration of innovative solutions into frontline healthcare settings, alongside addressing key implementation evidence gaps.

These five inspiring stories exemplify how Wales is a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment, and demonstrate how this can make a real positive difference to the lives of people living here and our nation’s economy. 

Inspiring Innovation is our monthly roundup of news from Wales’ thriving innovation landscape collated by our Sector Intelligence Team and fuels our ambitions to elevate Wales as a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment.

Several care homes across Wales are trialling PainChek’s innovative AI pain assessment app which uses facial analysis technology and non-facial indicators to assess pain in people with limited communicative abilities. The first evaluation identifies key challenges that are steppingstones toward new solutions and improving processes in preparation for further rollout.

A consortium led by Agile Kinetic Limited is proud to announce that it has been awarded funding by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency for a ground-breaking project titled "Movement Analysis for Musculoskeletal Precision Medicine."

Digital Health Ecosystem Wales and the National Data Resource (NDR) are hosting a Big Data event on 29 March 2023 at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff.  

The innovation team at Velindre Cancer Centre has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to support patients, their loved ones, and members of the public.