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The £1.9 million Health Matters programme will help businesses take advantage of knowledge and expertise in the partnership to help develop solutions to challenges, receive guidance on funding opportunities and navigate the health ecosystem. The programme will also provide real-world validation of products and services, showing evidence of impact and benefits.

Come and hear how health data is used in harmony with research, from making sure that stroke patients are identified and treated as quickly as possible to improving care for children with asthma, at a free live performance of #MusicSaysDataSavesLives.

Healthcare Business Connect Lancashire (HBCL), in which the Innovation Agency is a partner, recently ran their third SME showcase event with local members of the U3A in Ulverston. 

On a day to day basis, healthcare staff are applying the four core principles of ethics that are ingrained in them, namely autonomy, justice, beneficence and non-maleficence. However, new technologies and big data bring added complexities to an NHS that is already awash with ethical dilemmas where utilitarian and deontological principles conflict and cause stress for hard pressed staff.

The Innovation Agency has relaunched the Innovation Agency Exchange, our online forum for colleagues across the healthcare sector to share innovations and challenges. The expanded website now enables users to collaborate on ideas, projects and products to improve patient care.