COMPANY NEWS
Members of the SBRI Healthcare team Health technology companies with life-saving ideas to share £2.5m
The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare has launched its latest competition, offering £2.5m of funding to companies working in priority healthcare areas.
The competition aims to accelerate the development and NHS adoption of new technologies. The programme focuses on clearly identifi ed NHS needs, bringing clinicians and business together at an early stage to harness the expertise of SMEs to develop effective solutions. Successful projects are fully funded through three phases of development – proof
of concept, product development and delivery in the marketplace.
SBRI Healthcare is an NHS England initiative, championed by the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), whose role is to promote UK economic growth by spreading innovation and best practice across the NHS. The SBRI Healthcare competitions are launched on a biannual basis and result in fully-funded development contracts between the awarded company and NHS England to meet known healthcare need.
Its director, Karen Livingstone, said: “SBRI Healthcare is creating
new jobs, helping to develop strong businesses and bringing new solutions to solve identifi ed NHS challenges that aren’t currently being met. It is fantastic to see such promise at a relatively early stage in the development cycle
of many of the new
technologies. Early evaluation of this approach shows the products developed save lives and NHS resources and we look forward to seeing the fuller impact of the programme as more products reach the patient.”
Theme areas have been chosen in partnership with the AHSNs and
supporting bodies
England. They focus on: brain injury; child and adolescent mental health; diabetic foot ulcers; imaging; and outpatient services.
The competition closes on 9 December 2014, with winners announced in March 2015. Briefi ng events for business to learn about the competition have already taken place in London and Leeds, but there is more information at the SBRI Healthcare website.
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NHE interviewed Karen Living- stone earlier this year for our March/April edition. Back copies are available as digital editions on the NHE website.
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