Our 2007 West Midlands NHS Innovation Awards will be launched early in the New Year, with a prize fund of £10,000 available for the development of ideas which could improve patient care, generate income or save money.

NHS Innovations is one of the main sponsors for the next i2 Event, an exciting one day event for healthcare professionals and SMEs looking to take forward their ideas and businesses. This event is taking place at Imperial College in London on Saturday 13 January 2007.

On 14th September, the National Innovation Centre (NIC), part of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, declared itself ‘open for business’ at an inaugural conference in London.

In an update to our story on the launch of the Femmax dilator in 2005, we can bring you news that it is now available on prescription.

One of MidTECH’s innovation projects was featured recently in The Times Healthcare Technologies supplement.

You can now view a pdf version of our Annual Report 2005-06 here.

An award-winning West Midlands innovator has published a book aimed at all NHS staff engaged with service improvement and innovation in healthcare.

NHS innovators from across the West Midlands gathered in Birmingham last week for the second West Midlands NHS Innovation Awards

The presentations from the MidTECH Conference held on 8 March are now available here.

MidTECH has moved to new premises close to Five Ways in Edgbaston, Birmingham.