Government shares details of how £500m discharge fund will be distributed
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay | Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has shared details of how the…
AUTUMN STATEMENT 2022: Key points at a glance for assistive tech professionals
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt | Credit: Wikimedia Commons Yesterday (17 November 2022), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt presented his Autumn Statement to…
Welsh and Scottish Health Ministers call on UK Government for more NHS pay
The UK Government has been urged to increase the amount of funding available for NHS pay ahead of the Autumn Statement 2022, which will be…
Disabled people in last year of life to have benefits fast-tracked
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that thousands of people nearing the end of their lives will receive vital, fast-tracked financial support,…
£52k funding to support a new generation of digital health professionals
Health Education England (HEE) has given digital innovation in the future workforce a boost with the injection of funding to support a new generation of…
Longitude Prize on Dementia launches with £4.34m pot for assistive tech
The Longitude Prize on Dementia is calling on innovators around the world to apply the power of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to develop…
£500m Adult Social Care Discharge Fund created as part of sector’s winter plans
Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey In her first major intervention in her new role, Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister…
Second round of Changing Places funding worth £6.5m now open to local authorities
The UK Government has announced that local authorities in England can now apply to the second round of Changing Places funding with a total of…
Charity set to launch Christmas appeal to raise money to provide latest assistive tech to children
Assistive technology charity Lifelites and London Freemasons are soon to launch their latest Christmas appeal to give life-limited and disabled children access to life-changing assistive…
£6.75m national network to build a “collaborative research, development and innovation landscape”
A new £ million national network, Innovation Launchpad Network+, will bring together leading universities, the Catapult Network and regional innovation ecosystems to enrich the exchange…