�100k prizes for health innovations
A �2MILLION fund has been announced to encourage innovation in the NHS in the east of England. The Regional Innovation Fund as part of a package of measures by the Department of Health to support frontline NHS staff in developing innovative ideas. Many in
A �2MILLION fund has been announced to encourage innovation in the NHS in the east of England.
The Regional Innovation Fund as part of a package of measures by the Department of Health to support frontline NHS staff in developing innovative ideas.
Many innovative ideas in the NHS risk not being developed due to a lack of funding, according to the East of England Strategic Health Authority. This money will help to put these ideas into practice and stimulate the inspiration of NHS staff and their colleagues in social care, the SHA said.
Regional Innovation Fund challenges and prizes will be set and awarded for non-clinical as well as clinical advances.
Also announced by the Department of Health, is a new legal duty for SHAs to promote innovation. NHS East of England has already carried out an innovation review and will develop a strategy to support this new legal duty.
NHS East of England recently launched its Small Business Research Initiative, which is offering a prize of up to �100,000 to companies working on the development of an innovative process, material, device, product or service that will help to meet current health priorities in the region.
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