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Inspiring Innovation is our round-up of news from a thriving innovation landscape collated by our Sector Intelligence team, now with a focus on news and updates relating to our priority area, cancer. Fuelling our ambitions to elevate Wales as a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment. 

GatewayC is a free training programme in early cancer diagnosis.

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.

In September 2022, Craig Maxwell was diagnosed with incurable (stage 4) genetic lung cancer. Undeterred by the diagnosis, Craig embarked on a series of fundraising challenges that not only surpassed the initial target of £300,000, raising a total of £1,300,000 to support the Velindre Cancer Charity and the QuicDNA (cancer genomics) project. 

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.

The Moondance Cancer Awards are back and open for nominations! 

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.

New guidance has been published recommending a form of radiotherapy to treat people with early-stage rectal cancer in Wales.

It was a successful night for QuicDNA at MediWales Innovation Awards, where the programme won the ‘NHS Wales working with Industry’ category.

This month, we’ve seen life science companies shine at the Wales STEM Awards, collaborations formed to develop advanced medical technologies, and a

The programme is in collaboration with the Wales Cancer Network, with the Health Board seeing its first patients for scans from 27 September. 

CMR Surgical’s Versius Clinical Insights will capture data from surgical procedures to provide a detailed evaluation of a surgeon’s performance. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are the first healthcare organisations in the world to have access to this new cutting-edge tool. 

The NIHR i4i Programme and Office for Life Sciences (OLS) announce new funding call to support innovation in early detection and diagnosis of cancer, targeted treatments and approaches to tackle health inequalities.

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.

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.

Are you attending NHS ConfedExpo? Our team is heading to Manchester for the two-day event and will be hosting an informative panel session exploring the story so far of the All-Wales National Robotics-Assisted Surgery Programme. 

An innovative liquid biopsy blood test to improve lung cancer treatment could help more people in Wales.