This week the Minister for the Economy visited M-SParc in Ynys Mon to announce Welsh Government support and £2.5 million funding towards a second building for the innovative science park, continuing on the journey to creating further economic opportunity in North Wales.
Digital Health Ecosystem Wales (DHEW) and Health Education Improvement Wales (HEIW) are coming together, alongside others in health, social care, and academia, to embrace the power of immersive technology and drive innovation to the frontline.
On 28 – 29 June, we exhibited at Coventry’s EBME Expo. It was fantastic to see the vast array of innovative MedTech across the two days, a reminder of the UK’s strong life sciences sector.
We recently hosted the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Symposium, which took place on the 16 June, where we explored how the NHS can help shape the delivery of these therapeutics in Wales. Read on for a summary of the insightful talks delivered by key decision makers across the day.
We reflect on the powerful teamwork between industry, academia, health, and social care propelling innovation to the frontline, the difference being made to the people of Wales, and what is to come for the Welsh life sciences sector.
Did you attend the panel event our Chief Executive Officer, Cari-Anne Quinn, hosted at NHS ConfedExpo exploring the All-Wales National Robotics-Assisted Surgery Programme? In case you missed it, here is a summary of the key discussion points and key information about the programme…
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.
Several care homes across Wales are trialling PainChek’s innovative AI pain assessment app which uses facial analysis technology and non-facial indicators to assess pain in people with limited communicative abilities. The first evaluation identifies key challenges that are steppingstones toward new solutions and improving processes in preparation for further rollout.
The funding package will facilitate economic growth across life sciences whilst improved clinical trials will help tackle the backlog by getting new medicines to patients faster.
As part of our development work, we’d like businesses across the life sciences sector, from Wales and the rest of the UK, to complete an online questionnaire and take part in a telephone interview.
Wales is an ideal location for developing and applying life science innovation in health and social care, with many ground-breaking companies choosing to do business here. This includes Halo Therapeutics who are beginning clinical trials for a simple nasal spray therapeutic treatment for coronaviruses.
The Dragon’s Heart Institute is thrilled to announce the upcoming Spread and Scale Academy, scheduled to take place in Cardiff between the 4th and 6th of October, 2023. The academy aims to support teams with innovative projects that are ready to expand and benefit as many people as possible.
The Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund, set up to support the delivery of an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales, has made its first award of grants to two digital community pharmacy system suppliers.
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.
Inspiring Innovation is our monthly roundup of news from Wales’ thriving innovation landscape collated by our Sector Intelligence Team, demonstrating the strength of Wales’ Life Sciences sector and the latest innovations transforming health and social care services.
Bringing care closer to home is a core priority for health and social care in Wales and the UK. The Health Foundation is embracing the evolving innovation landscape with its new Tech for Better Care funding programme, which focusses on exploring the potential of new technologies that enable care at home and within the community.
A consortium led by Agile Kinetic Limited is proud to announce that it has been awarded funding by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency for a ground-breaking project titled "Movement Analysis for Musculoskeletal Precision Medicine."
Medication management in Bridgend takes a bold step toward digitalisation as the first group of participants receive their digital medication management technology.
We had a fantastic time at the Social Care Accolades on 25 April organised by Social Care Wales! The event paid tribute to the inspiring work going on across the sector by recognising the dedication and impact of groups, teams and organisations in Wales.
