Posted on 29th February 2016
Category: News
For small creative and digital businesses (SMEs) who wish to bring innovative digital health and wellbeing products and services to market
Funded by Creative England’s Regional Growth Fund and managed by Creative England in partnership with the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN).
Key Information
- £250,000 will be available via investments of up to £50,000 per application
- Companies must be based in England, outside of Greater London (innovations that have potential to benefit Yorkshire & Humber communities are welcomed)
- The fund will open on Monday 4th April 2016 and close on Friday 17th June 2016
- Funding will support the development of innovative concepts using digital technology to improve patient care and health services, in response to the following priority areas:
>Citizen empowerment and maintaining independence for people living with Long Term Conditions (LTCs);
>Medicines adherence and optimisation;
>Public health and well-being priorities (e.g. obesity, alcohol and smoking cessation) and reducing inequalities in health;
>Patient safety and falls prevention;
>Improving mental health and well-being (including young people’s mental health).
We will be looking for projects which can demonstrate knowledge of health and social care challenges developed through working with clinical or expert patient groups or both, and the technology skills and the ambition to respond to an identified health and/or social care need.
Briefing events at
Sheffield – Tuesday 15th March 15:00 – 17:00
Leeds – Wednesday 23rd March 16:30 – 18:30