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Our latest Healthy Thinking Podcast episode explores the exciting potential of a new technology-enabled community support system in West Wales. 

A search has begun for digital solutions to the biggest challenges facing the Welsh health and social care sectors today.

Life Sciences Hub Wales was delighted to support the Welsh Social Care Hack, where participants had the chance to secure up to £20,000 of funding from the Welsh Government innovation project pot of up to £250,000. 

The latest episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast has landed, which explores the potential of artificial intelligence technologies for addressing important health challenges.  

Should our medical data be shared widely with doctors, patients and medical researchers if it benefits ourselves and others? The third episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast series explores the important ethical questions surrounding big data in healthcare.

The second episode of the Healthy Thinking podcast series has been released, exploring whether the NHS can help create a greener and more sustainable healthcare system. 

Join us on 16 June to discuss and explore how we can prioritise precision medicine innovation in Wales to deliver transformation. 

Life Sciences Hub Wales has launched the latest series of its ‘Healthy Thinking podcast’.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to be supporting the event which will see NHS colleagues from across Wales and the local and wider industry sector coming together to discuss clinical innovation in practice. 

We are excited to announce that we will be attending NHS ConfedExpo 2022 in partnership with The AHSN Network as part of the ‘Innovation Zone’.

A SIMPLE blood test that detects bowel cancer earlier - and improves the chances of survival for thousands of patients is one step closer to being available on the NHS, after showing excellent results in a primary care trial.

Respiratory Innovation Wales (RIW) in collaboration with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Hywel Da University Health Board, Life Sciences Hub Wales, Masimo and Fujitsu, have brought together a mobile unit to address the shortfall within community services and provide increased access to respiratory diagnostics.

Life Sciences Hub Wales was delighted to continue its support at the latest Welsh Health Hack, which aims to encourage cross-sector collaboration w

A cross-sector partnership is delivering an important service evaluation on the NGPOD testing device, which may help to improve outcomes for patients who need nasogastric feeding.

A six-month pilot is underway to deploy remote monitoring for mental health patients across two Swansea-based care homes, Hengoed Park and Hengoed Court.

Innovate UK has opened its ‘Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: Industry-led Research and Development’ fund for UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprises wishing to develop innovative solutions to healthcare challenges. Applications can be made from 28 March 2022 until 25 May 2022.

We are delighted to be supporting an event in a series celebrating women working across life sciences in partnership with Welsh Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Industrial liaison Programme.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is working with three senior leaders from NHS Wales as Adoption Ambassadors.

CMR Surgical (CMR) – a global surgical robotics business –has announced that it has been awarded a significant multi-year contract by NHS Wales for implementation of the Versius® Surgical Robotic System in a National Robotics Assisted Surgery Programme.

As part of its latest series of films to showcase Welsh innovations with the power to revolutionise healthcare, we reveal how virtual reality training could become the future for healthcare professionals.

In our latest film to showcase the innovations made possible by the Accelerate programme, we explore a collaboration between Welsh innovators, Copner Biotech, and the Accelerate Healthcare Technology Centre (HTC) that could revolutionise cell culture via computer modelled 3D scaffolding designs.

A national robotic-assisted surgery programme allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures with more precision and control is being introduced in Wales, the Health Minister has announced.

Our CEO, Cari-Anne Quinn has penned an important article detailing why organisations are making Wales their place of choice for delivering health, care and wellbeing innovation, and how this can support our NHS.

In partnership with Abercynon-based social enterprise, Cynon Valley Organic Adventures, Cardiff University’s Clinical Innovation Accelerator team are delighted showcase their exciting ‘Green Prescribing’ Accelerate project in our latest video case study.

A partnership project between Gwylan UK and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC), with the support of Accelerate, has created a pioneering new tool to help children manage their mental and physical health.