Health Innovation Wessex

There are several Invention for Innovation grant streams open for applications, and our MedTech Funding Support team is ready to help you with yours. If you have a health innovation which might meet the qualifying criteria and want to increase your chances of securing a grant, the first step is to complete our engagement form at: https://lnkd.in/ecDmJqS6 Be sure to write on the form when you complete it which i4i grant you're interested in.

As the #ImprovingTomorrowsHealth campaign comes to a close this week, Professor Diana Eccles from @uhsft and #healthdata matters to researchers. Sharing your data can pave the way for important breakthroughs that will change lives. Share your thoughts today at https://lnkd.in/enGm3JT3 #datasaveslives #WessexSDE #PoweredbyNHSData University Hospital Southampton NHS FT

We’re so pleased to see that Aizemea Okojie, founder of EV3 Technologies, has a phenomenal £478,000 grant from Innovate UK.   Aizemea said the Innovate UK funding is a game-changer, and with support from Health Innovation Wessex and the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, her firm is committed to delivering a product that improves quality of life for women and reduces the burden on healthcare systems.   She’ll now be able to advance engineering design, end-user engagement and clinical trial preparations for her invention to support women suffering pelvic organ prolapse.   If you have a medical device or other healthcare innovation under development, Health Innovation Wessex can help you with the process of creating a strong grant bid – whether that’s compiling the necessary information, forming beneficial collaborations with us or someone else in our extensive network, or a mock interview with our experienced experts for those really valuable grants. Visit Funding Support Service to start the process.

Register now for our upcoming evening masterclass on sales skills, being held on Wednesday 7 May, from 5 to 8pm. In this masterclass you will learn key skills to use in conversations about your health innovation and how to navigate the selling pathway. You will hear from an expert with over 20 years’ experience selling to the NHS and engaging with key stakeholders. To find out more and to register, go to https://lnkd.in/eQcQuvJE It's free to attend (a £5 deposit will be refunded on attendance).

How does your organisation feel about innovation? Understanding workforce attitudes is essential for innovation adoption and to keep enthusiasm for innovation burning. Our Attitudes Toward Innovation Survey will help you understand the innovation landscape within your setting and will provide valuable insight into how attitudes may vary between staff roles and location. Together we will help you identify your next steps in developing an innovative culture and to enable to make an impact on healthcare delivery. How can we help you? Let’s talk. Contact us today to discover how our innovation adoption expertise and services can support you. To arrange an informal discussion, please email us at enquiries@hiwessex.net or call us on 023 8202 0840. #InnovationAdoption #InnovationCulture #SustainableInnovation #InnovationSurvey #BusinessTransformation

Join us, Health Innovation West of England and Health Innovation South West for an engaging MatNeo deterioration share & learn event on Thursday, 15 May from 10am until noon. This interactive session is designed to support teams ahead of the NEWTT2 and MEWS digital launch, focusing on: ✅ Effective escalation & team collaboration ✅ Managing differing clinical opinions ✅ Using the patient wellness score ✅ Engaging women & families in recognising deterioration Hear real-world insights from pathfinder sites and get your implementation questions answered! 📅 Save the date & be part of the conversation! Email Patient.Safety@hiwessex.net for details on how to register💡 #MatNeo #PatientSafety #HealthInnovation

An exciting piece of news from our friends at the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit

Eastleigh resident John has been helping the Wessex Secure Data Environment as a critical friend. As someone living with #MultipleSclerosis, John is passionate about research and the power of NHS data to drive change. He reminds us why worrying about data is less important than life-saving research. #ImprovingTomorrowsHealth #datasaveslives #healthdata #WessexSDE

Have you seen the new guide by the Health Innovation Network to help address problematic polypharmacy? Tackling polypharmacy is a key approach to encouraging safer, more effective medication use, especially in our older population. Developed in response to a clear need identified by primary care and prescribing colleagues, this essential resource provides practical, evidence-based strategies to help organisations and healthcare professionals help to reduce overprescribing and improve patient outcomes. Find out more and read the guide: https://lnkd.in/eRD3aZPu #healthinnovation #polypharmacy #patientoutcomes

How much do you know about how the NHS uses your data for research? The idea of the Wessex Secure Data Environment is to enable large amounts of de-identified NHS patient data to be safely stored, linked together and made accessible to researchers to improve services and treatments. The majority of people across Wessex (66%) like the idea of their data being used to improve quality of care. What do you think about how we should use NHS data for research? Closing soon so take the #ImprovingTomorrowsHealth quiz and find out more: https://lnkd.in/e799uJgM #datasaveslives #healthdata #WessexSDE #PoweredbyNHSData Learn more and have your say today https://lnkd.in/eyUAap_B led by University Hospital Southampton NHS FT