Social Care

The Regional Innovation Co-ordination (RIC) Hubs form a national network funded by Welsh Government. These Hubs sit within the local Health Board and work to enable the Regional Partnership Board's transformation programme and complement the Regional Integrated Fund (RIF) focussing on innovation infrastructure and activity helping to integrate health and care services. This Hub is situated within Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board.

Tendertec is a digital health company based in Cardiff. Tendertec have built AI-powered technologies that uses both hardware and software to monitor the daily health of people in care settings such as care homes.

YMA is a not-for-profit social enterprise working with primary care to help deliver innovation.

The Wales School for Social Prescribing Research is led by researchers at the University of South Wales, and aims to research and evaluate social prescribing programmes.

The WAHWN is a membership organisation for Welsh arts and health professionals.

TEC Cymru is hosted by Aneurin Bevan University Health board in order to provide oversight and direction for TEC in Wales by working with organisations to design and deliver services which can better meet user needs through technology.

StatsWales is a free-to-use service that allows users to view, manipulate, create and download tables from Welsh data, including health and social care data.

HEIW (part of NHS Wales) is responsible for the education, training, development, and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales.

Health and Care Research Wales promotes and supports health and social care research in Wales, including by running funding schemes and engaging with UK level funding agencies.

DECIPHer is a research organisation based within Cardiff University and funded by Health and Care Research Wales. DECIPHer brings together experts from a range of disciplines to tackle public health issues such as diet and nutrition; physical activity; and tobacco, alcohol and drugs, with a particular focus on developing and evaluating interventions that will have an impact on the health and wellbeing of children and young people.