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The Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 2: Industry-led R&D funding competition is now open for applications until 12 October. A share of up to £25 million is available from Innovate UK for developing innovative solutions to healthcare challenges.

A cross-sector collaboration assessing and identifying the impact of remote monitoring technology on patient, care and clinical outcomes has been nominated in the ‘Digitising Patient Care Award’ category at the HSJ Awards and ‘Virtual or Remote Care Initiative of the Year’ category at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. 

We are delighted to be supporting the NHS Wales Awards as the event returns to Cardiff on 20 October 2022 as a face-to-face ceremony for the first time in three years. The event aims to acknowledge the extraordinary work and achievements of people and teams working across the NHS in Wales.

Life Sciences Hub Wales has published an exciting Impact Report to celebrate the success of the Accelerate programme. This highlights how Accelerate has supported start-ups and SMEs in accelerating the development and adoption of new technology, products and services in health and social care systems across Wales

The Innovation Exchange Programme is working with Oxford Innovation Advice and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) to support companies working across the field of healthy ageing. Successful applicants will get nine weeks of fully funded support from NICA, Oxford Innovation Advice, and Innovate UK KTN experts.

Life Sciences Hub Wales is delighted to announce nine successful submissions geared towards addressing major precision medicine priorities in Wales. 

PainChek, the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pain assessment tool, has been supported by Life Sciences Hub Wales in receiving funding from the Gwent Regional Partnership Board via its Technology Enabled Care Programme.

The consultation on a new integrated innovation strategy for Wales is now live. The strategy will set out our priorities for innovation in Wales, which includes a specific ‘Healthier’ chapter that covers health and care.

NHS organisations in Wales are taking immediate and direct action to address waiting times and improve patient outcomes by working innovatively and in partnership.

Tune in to the latest episode of our Healthy Thinking podcast where we ask what the future of NHS Wales looks like following the initial Covid-19 response and how innovation can help us tackle the backlog. 

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.