Government invests more than £3m to transform tech in adult social care
Helen Whately, Minister for Social Care The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that people who receive care will benefit from new…
£30m to be invested in innovative medtech in England for the NHS
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has unveiled £30 million government funding in innovative medical technology…
UK patients set to have faster access to innovative medtech backed by £10m funding
The Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) pilot has been launched, supported by £10 million UK Government funding, which is designed to support the rapid development…
Video: Individuals can access assistive hearing device through crowdfunding opportunity
A Cambridge audio software company has launched a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to get its "breakthrough" hearing technology into the hands of those who…
£400k funding to enable the development of a new upper limb device in £2m project
Prosthetic technology specialist Össur has gained support from Scottish Enterprise to support partial hand technologies and enable the development of a new upper limb device.…
Government delivers extra £50m housing adaptations funding
The UK Government has unveiled an extra £50 million for home adaptations, which will be provided to local authorities to enable older people and those…
£600m funding revealed to boost capacity of social care workforce
Helen Whately, Minister for Social Care The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has unveiled a £600 million package to help with recruitment and…
Young children to benefit from £54k grant to provide free powerchairs
A national design charity has received a grant of £54,000 to provide free powerchairs to children whose mobility is affected by conditions such as cerebral…
Government announces multi-million-pound funding for medtech sector
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt | Credit: Wikimedia Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has unveiled £650 million to “fire up” the UK’s…
Projects that monitor the health of older people awarded funding to tackle the key impacts of ageing
Projects including special glasses that link to a smartphone to measure visual field loss and a smart sock with embedded sensors that records leg muscle…