Calling all FemTech innovators: #AcceleratingFemTech is open for applications. Take your innovation for women’s health to the next level with special access to apply for a feasibility funding opportunity through Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst funding, in collaboration with Medical Research Council. We’ll help you to gain the commercial momentum you need for long-term success through tailored support to prepare for this closed-call feasibility funding opportunity. You’ll also expand your expertise and network through targeted workshops, mentoring and peer collaboration. The programme is open to UK-based early-stage companies, university spinouts and entrepreneurial-minded academics with innovations that can change the future of women’s health for the better. Submit your application by midnight on 13 October 2024: https://lnkd.in/ehD7gR_q
Health Innovation Network South London
Hospitals and Health Care
London Bridge, London 14,993 followers
We help health and care teams in south London benefit from innovation faster.
About us
We are the Health Innovation Network for south London and connect academics, NHS commissioners and providers, local authorities, patients and patient groups, and industry in order to accelerate the spread and adoption of innovations and best practice, using evidence-based research across large populations. Working as catalysts of change across health and social care economies, we enable health improvements and economic growth. In September 2017, we were recognised by the Financial Times as one of Britain's Healthiest Workplaces.
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https://healthinnovationnetwork.com
External link for Health Innovation Network South London
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London Bridge, London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2013
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Minerva House
London Bridge, London SE1 9BB, GB
Employees at Health Innovation Network South London
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Caroline Chill
Clinical Director for Community and Care Home programmes at The Health Innovation Network
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Rishi Das-Gupta
Chief Executive at Health Innovation Network | Co-founder NodeNs Medical Ltd.
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Amanda Begley
Exec Director of Digital Transformation - working in partnership to drive improvements for patients, citizens and staff enabled by digital
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Laura Spratling
Senior Programme Manager - Diabetes at Health Innovation Network
Updates
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Women in the UK are facing the largest gender health gap in the G20. #AcceleratingFemTech advisory board member Katherine Church, Women’s Health Practice Director at SmartCo Consulting, highlights how uplifting FemTech innovators – and in particular women founders – could be the key to changing the tide for the gender health gap in the UK. Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/gbCavaqY
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Did you know that people with serious mental illness are about two times more likely to die prematurely from cancer than the rest of the population? Working in partnership with people with lived experience, the South East London Cancer Alliance and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, we are today launching new online resources to help people with serious mental illness feel more confident and in control when it comes to cancer. Help us tackle cancer inequalities by sharing the resources: https://lnkd.in/eiUQw-RS
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Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay. Reaching an accurate diagnosis is a complex process. As a health worker, you can 🎓 Keep up with education and training, 🤝 Collaborate proactively with colleagues, 👥 Consider patients as part of a team, 🔎 Recognize biases. Get it right, make it safe 👉bit.ly/WPSD2024WHO #PatientSafety
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Today marks #WorldPatientSafetyDay. This year's theme, Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety, highlights the importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes. Read how local innovation projects from across the Health Innovation Network are helping to improve diagnosis for patients, including DigitalHealth.London #DHLAccelerator alumnus Mendelian's software solution MendelScan, which supports earlier diagnosis of rare diseases: https://lnkd.in/eeMskWmE
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Are you attending HETT Show next week? Join #AcceleratingFemTech Senior Programme Manager Katya Masconi-Yule for a panel on empowering women through #FemTech and the role of innovator support programmes. At ExCeL London from 24-25 September: https://lnkd.in/enNAtfhy
Just ONE more week to go till HETT Show #HETT24! ⏰ Our Programme Director Sara Nelson and Senior Programme Manager Katya Masconi-Yule will be speaking on 24 and 25 September on the efficiency and productivity aims of #health and #care transformation, as well as the growing impact of #FemTech, and how our #AcceleratingFemTech programme helps innovators in this space. Don't miss out - register for your free pass now to join the event: https://lnkd.in/epmP9b6R
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Women spend a significantly greater proportion of their lives experiencing ill health and disability. #AcceleratingFemTech supports innovators focused on reducing inequalities in women’s health to gain the commercial and funding momentum they need to make a real impact, including support to prepare for a special closed-call feasibility funding opportunity through the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst. We're looking for innovators who want to make a real difference to women's health. Applications for the programme are open until 13 October. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/ehD7gR_q
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Q: What support does #AcceleratingFemTech provide innovators? A: Targeted workshops, mentoring, bespoke support to prepare for a special closed-call feasibility funding opportunity through the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst and much more. Want to learn more about the programme? Read our frequently asked questions: https://lnkd.in/e_AtRu-6
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Tailored support is at the heart of #AcceleratingFemTech. Today we’re introducing you to Iain Taylor, Programme Manager at Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria, who will be returning as a Business Coach for this year's programme. “In 2023, I was a Business Coach for the inaugural cohort of Accelerating FemTech. It was great to see such a diverse selection of companies and products advancing along the innovation pathway. This year, I’m excited to reprise my role and collaborate with even more companies, helping to accelerate their progress. Being involved in the early stages of product and company development is incredibly rewarding, as it offers a unique opportunity to see the tangible results of everyone’s hard work firsthand.” Applications are open until 13 October. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eY9hN_um
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Lord Darzi’s report into the state of the NHS in England proposed several areas of focus and emphasised the NHS's potential for digital transformation through innovation. Our Chief Executive, Rishi Das-Gupta, provides his thoughts on the report and shares how our work in health innovation has made a difference to the patients we serve: https://lnkd.in/gun79X4m