Life Sciences Hub Wales

Inspiring Innovation – February

19 February 2024

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.

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.

Inspiring Innovation – 2023 Round-up

18 December 2023

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.

Collaborative Conversations: Women’s Health Event with The Academy of Medical Sciences

11 December 2023

We recently hosted a cross-sector collaboration event with The Academy of Medical Sciences at Swansea University. The event buzzed with enthusiasm as innovators, researchers and professionals from diverse backgrounds gathered to delve into the world of health innovation, focusing primarily on women’s health.

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.

Harnessing technology for better wound care in the community

Pioneering wound care technology is transforming patient experience across Swansea Bay, allowing patients to have wounds assessed and monitored from the comfort of their own home.

Trialling transcranial magnetic stimulation to help people with drug-resistant depression in Wales

This partnership project sought to understand the benefits and challenges of introducing a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) service to help people with drug-resistant depression in Wales.

Trialling medication management devices in Bridgend

A project to trial a medication device and associated wraparound care is helping people in Bridgend remain independent

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.