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Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio celebrates progress in transforming the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines in Wales

24 January 2024

The Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio has published its first Annual Review to show how it’s using digital innovation and collaboration to make the prescribing, dispensing and management of medicines access easier, safer, more efficient and effective for patients and professionals.

The power of a good HUG: supporting care in the community

11 January 2024

An inspiring event at the Senedd recently shone a light on HUG by LAUGH, a therapeutic comforter, and how this assistive technology is transforming the well-being of people with dementia and additional learning needs, as well as supporting people working and volunteering in the social care sector and NHS.

Five ways innovation is supporting health and social care in Wales 

11 December 2023

These five inspiring stories exemplify how Wales is a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment, and demonstrate how this can make a real positive difference to the lives of people living here and our nation’s economy. 

QuicDNA project triumphs at MediWales Innovation Awards 2023

8 December 2023

It was a successful night for QuicDNA at MediWales Innovation Awards, where the programme won the ‘NHS Wales working with Industry’ category.

Eight community pharmacy system suppliers now awarded with grants to develop an electronic prescription service in Wales

8 December 2023

Eight community pharmacy system suppliers have been awarded grants to make the innovations needed to deliver an electronic prescription service in Wales that will help patients, GPs and pharmacies.

First patients benefit from a new electronic prescription service in Wales

29 November 2023

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.

The future of dementia care: Innovative tech solutions for enhanced patient well-being

8 November 2023

The Innovation in Dementia Showcase, hosted in partnership with CAV Shaping Change, brought together creative minds and ground-breaking innovations to show how we can enhance the lives of dementia patients. Read on for a summary of some of the innovations from insightful organisations who attended, with each designed to bring comfort, connection, and independence to those living with dementia, and their caregivers.

Pioneering QuicDNA project receives Overall Winner and New Ways of Working awards at prestigious Advancing Healthcare Awards Wales 2023

23 October 2023

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.

Guidance published recommending the use of contact lenses to treat children with short-sightedness in Wales

19 October 2023

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.

Life Sciences Hub Wales fuels growth across health and social care innovation

9 October 2023

Recent statistics from our impact assessment highlight how their efforts are making Wales a place of choice for health and social care innovation and investment: