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Through the Keith James Grants, a total of £1 million is available to support NHS Wales professionals to access learning and development opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally.

Healthcare professionals have been awarded for their successes in making NHS services more environmentally friendly at the Welsh Sustainability awards 2024.

The awards – which are Wales’ only dedicated cancer awards - aim to celebrate and spotlight individuals and teams across NHS Wales and its partners

As pharmacies prepare for a new digital service that will completely change the way prescriptions are managed, EMIS is announced as the fifth IT system supplier to test its technology to support electronic prescriptions in Wales.

The acclaimed Spread and Scale Academy is returning to Cardiff, setting the stage for a transformative three-day experience from September 10th to 12th 2024.

Swansea University is offering Master’s degrees for senior leaders working in health, social care and the third sector through the Intensive Learning Academy Programme.

Delivery of an Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in Wales is gathering pace, with healthcare IT supplier Clanwilliam testing its technology to support the programme.

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. 

The latest Bevan Exemplar Programme (Cohort 9) Call for Applications is now open and closes at 11:59 pm on 14 July 2024.

Pharmacy system supplier Invatech has been given the green light to roll out electronic prescribing technology across Wales.

Health Technology Wales has published guidance on the use of video feedback interventions (VFI) to support children and their families who are at risk of harm.

Health Technology Wales has been published which supports the adoption of intensive family preservation programmes (IFPP) in Wales.

GatewayC is a free training programme in early cancer diagnosis.

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. 

Health Technology Wales has published new guidance on the use of liposuction for the treatment of chronic lymphoedema.

Positive Solutions has become the latest pharmacy system supplier to develop and test technology to help deliver an Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in Wales.

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. 

Anyone working in NHS Wales can enter the awards, including students.