On 1st December, Coventry University will be hosting the 2008 RAatE conference. RAatE is the only UK conference focused on the latest developments in assistive technology.

Lord Darzi’s final report of the NHS Next Stage Review sets out wide-ranging proposals that place quality of care at the heart of everything the NHS does.

The new funds were announced today by Science and Innovation Minister, Ian Pearson, at an event at the Natural History Museum in London.

A major competition has been launched to find the best new inventions, pioneering techniques and other innovations by NHS staff throughout the West Midlands.

The NHS Live Team would like to invite you to attend “NHS Live: energising innovation” at Wembley Stadium, London on Tuesday 1 July, 2008. This exciting event is part of a week of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the NHS.

The Health Technology Devices (HTD) funding programme is being brought together with other programmes and new investment to form the NIHR’s Invention for Innovation (i4i) research programme. As part of this continuing funding stream, HTD would like to invite submission of Outline Proposals for matched-funding support for R&D into innovative healthcare technologies, involving collaboration between industry, academia and the NHS.

The Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is a direct response to the need to speed up the innovation process – turning inventions into new products to meet the demands of a 21st century health service.

Wolverhampton based company Medical Devices Technology International Ltd (MDTi) have developed the Hoo-kOn, a portable lightweight drip stand that enables [...]

The next deadline for outline applications to the Health Technology Devices (HTD) funding programme is 5pm on Monday 10th March 2008.

Innovative projects from two of the region’s NHS Trusts scooped prizes at the NHS National Technology Awards in London yesterday.