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Health Technology has published guidance on robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS). RATS can be used to remove part or all of a diseased lung in people with cancer or other conditions.

According to Health Technology Wales’s guidance, evidence shows that use of PAPS reduces hospitalisations for heart failure and may improve people’

Health Technology Wales has published new guidance that supports the adoption of an assessment tool for people receiving treatment for psychosis and schizophrenia in Wales.

Welcome to the 2023 round-up of Inspiring Innovation! Inspiring Innovation is our monthly round-up of news from a thriving innovation landscape collated by our Sector Intelligence Team. It fuels our ambitions to elevate Wales as a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment. This special edition of Inspiring Innovation will look back at some of the highlights of 2023.

Health Technology Wales has published new guidance on the use of multi-grip myoelectric upper limb prosthetics for people with upper limb difference.

Two sites in Rhyl are now the first to use the new electronic prescription service in Wales. This has been financially supported by the Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund – created and managed by our organisation in partnership with the Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio (DMTP), which has provided grants to suppliers of pharmacy systems.

AstraZeneca, the UK’s leading life science company, become the latest organisation to sign up to a charter to promote health care innovation in Wales.

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.  

QuicDNA and its partners have triumphed at the Advancing Healthcare Awards Wales 2023, winning two awards for its transformative impact on healthcare in Wales and its potential for roll-out across the nation.

New guidance published by Health Technology Wales (HTW) supports the routine adoption of a type of contact lens that slows the progression of myopia – or short-sightedness - in children and adolescents in Wales.

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Peter Bannister, Malcolm Lowe-Lauri and Neil Mesher bring their exceptional expertise and strategic vision to help shape the future of health and social care innovation in Wales. 

The Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund (CPSIF), set up to support the delivery of an EPS in Wales, has made three further grant awards to digital community pharmacy system suppliers, bringing the total number of organisations who have benefitted to five.

MediWales is celebrating the strength of the Welsh innovation landscape at its eighteenth annual Innovation Awards on Thursday 7th December 2023, in Cardiff. Apply today to highlight your organisation’s impact!