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SBRI Healthcare
SBRI Healthcare is a programme based in Twickenham, established to support technological innovations that tackle unmet needs within the NHS. It awards development grants to innovative companies. The programme started in 2008. From 2013/2014 to 2015/2016 it has been funded by NHS England and awarded an average of £17.5 million per year to small businesses in the UK. RAND Europe evaluated the programme in 2017. The successful companies reported obstacles to the uptake of their products, including resistance to innovation in the NHS, and complex and bureaucratic procurement systems. They needed resources to complete development and obtain regulatory approval. It runs two rounds of funding competitions a year, managed by individual Academic Health Science Networks. Companies are invited to bid for to develop solutions for specific health needs. The successful companies generally get between £700,000 and £1 million each for developing and testing their products. There is a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twickenham
Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the borough council's administrative headquarters are located in the area. The population, including St Margarets and Whitton, was 62,148 at the 2011 census. Twickenham is the home of the Rugby Football Union, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium each year. The historic riverside area has a network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which have survived intact. This area has three grand period mansions with public access: York House, Marble Hill and Strawberry Hill House. Another has been lost, that belonging to 18th-century aphoristic poet Alexander Pope, who was known as the ''Bard of Twickenham''. Strawberry Hill, the Neo-Gothic prototype home of Horace Walpole is linked with the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHS England
NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the National Health Service in England as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It directly commissions NHS general practitioners, dentists, optometrists and some specialist services. The Secretary of State publishes annually a document known as the ''NHS mandate'' which specifies the objectives which the Board should seek to achieve. National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations are published each year to give legal force to the mandate. In 2018 it was announced that the organisation, while maintaining its statutory independence, would be merged with NHS Improvement, and seven "single integrated regional teams" would be jointly established. History NHS England is the operating name of the NHS Commissioning Board and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Health Science Networks
Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) are membership organisations within the NHS in England. They were created in May 2013 with the aim of bringing together health services, and academic and industry members. Their stated purpose is to improve patient outcomes and generate economic benefits by promoting and encouraging the adoption of innovation in healthcare. In 2019 the AHSNs were issued with a fresh five-year licence to continue their work. Background and history A report in 2008 by Lord Ara Darzi noted that the NHS was poor at innovating, and suggested wider collaboration between industry, education and all aspects of healthcare. The NHS is one of the world's largest employers and with the UK's spending on healthcare at over £140b in 2010 or 9.6% of national GDP, it is a key component of the national economy. There is a generally recognised need to improve the NHS's ability to identify and adopt innovation. AHSNs were first proposed by name in the 2011 report "Innova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group (formerly Personnel Administration) is a professional services firm that works with public, private and third-sector organisations. It was founded in 1943 by Ernest E. Butten, Tom H. Kirkham and Dr David Seymour, who used a new approach to people management to increase productivity in munitions factories during World War 2. PA grew to become the world’s largest management consultancy by headcount in 1970.The story of the PA Consulting Group 1943-1992’, Christine Jackson and Mark Smalley Today, PA employs more than 4,000 people globally. It has also acquired seven specialist consultancies since December 2017: Nyras, a UK-based international aviation consultancy; Sparkler, a London-based digital insight and strategy consultancy; Essential Design, a Boston, Massachusetts-based innovation strategy and product design business; We Are Friday, a London-based digital service design and engineering agency; 4iNNo, an innovation company based in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
