#Opportunity: Auditory Healthcare Challenge! We're looking for innovations that have the potential to improve auditory health across life stages. Selected solutions will demo live on 30 January 2026 at an event in collaboration with @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social & @digitalhealthldn.bsky.social

Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate is underway! 🚀 Funded by @innovateuk.bsky.social , the programme kicked off with onboarding at the RCOG. Talks, panels and interactive sessions brought together perspectives from across healthcare, academia and industry, setting the tone for what lies ahead.

Festive greetings! 🚀 We've another packed Mindset #XR newsletter this month including: 📅Industry events ☀️ Spotlight on Little Beginnings 📈 Funding opportunities up to £75,000 📗 A blog on the BMJ Digital Health Conference 🖥️ Webinars - Net Zero, Social Value & the NHS Re: buff.ly/rsZE6qt]

Meet the new Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate cohort! These 10 companies will identify evaluation routes through this @innovateuk.bsky.social-funded programme, driving evidence-backed women’s health innovations.

This week marked our first meeting with our GP co-convenors for our new learning network for GPs in care homes across London. The network aims to: 🤝 Connect GPs from across London 🧩 Enable peer learning 🛠️ Build a collective voice for system-wide improvements

WEBINAR INVITE: The Art of Procurement - Net Zero, Social Value and the NHS System 📅 3 December 2025 ⏲️ 12 - 1pm 💻 Free online event How can procurement power both people and planet? 🚀 Join us for an inspiring session on strategic green procurement in the NHS. Register now: buff.ly/MD8sQOQ

⏳ Last chance to apply for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate – applications close tonight. This new 10-week national programme offers innovators coaching, mentoring, networks and support for real-world evaluation. ⬇️ Apply now: buff.ly/TxQROBi #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

⏰ 2 days left! Apply to Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate before midnight Sunday 28 September. Find out why alumni have reported stronger business models, clearer market awareness, and valuable NHS connections. ⬇️ Share this opportunity with your networks: buff.ly/TxQROBi #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

⏳ One week to apply to Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate! A national @innovateuk.bsky.social Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator offering coaching, mentoring, UK-wide expertise and support for real-world evaluation.

Got questions about Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate? Check out our FAQs for details on eligibility, timelines and more: buff.ly/wyGeCUq #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

💡 Today! Join our FemTech 101 webinar to learn about Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programme. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the programme delivery team and ask your questions about applying, the programme timeline, and its benefits. Register here: buff.ly/vUdyrjh #FemTech

📢 Two days to go until our FemTech 101 webinar! Join us on 17 September to meet the delivery team, hear detailed information about the programme, and ask questions before applying: buff.ly/vUdyrjh #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

👏 Thanks to everyone who joined the @innovateuk.bsky.social Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator London and Liverpool Roadshows last week. It was great to introduce the Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programme, during presentations lead by Ruth Bradbury, our Senior Programme Manager.

For this month’s Mindset blog, Amanda Begley, our Director of Digital & Transformation, welcomes Innovate UK's exciting newest cohort. 🚀 Read: buff.ly/5aHrPh9 We work in partnership with @HardianHealth, @xrha__, @MQmentalhealth, @hiranihealth, @HD_Health, @HealthInSW, @HI_NENC, @innovationnwc

Are you passionate about offering great care to people who live in care homes? The @HINSouthLondon, in collaboration with the @Ldn_Ambulance, are looking for GPs to lead a new collaborative learning network.

🌟 Why apply to Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate? A new 10-week programme for women’s health companies, providing coaching and support to help prepare innovators for real-world evaluation. Please share with your networks: buff.ly/43dGmjV #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

⏳ One week to go! Don’t miss our FemTech 101 webinar on 17 September. Learn about the programme and get information on its delivery and the application process. Please share this message with your networks. ⬇️ Register: buff.ly/RIm9pk7 #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

📍 Today is the London @innovateuk.bsky.social Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator Roadshow at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering. Meet all four delivery partners and learn about the 2025 themes, including our FemTech: Evaluate programme. ⬇️ Sign up now: buff.ly/Yi2bAAp #BiomedicalCatalyst

Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate is one of five new Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Accelerators, responding to the growing demand for tailored support amongst women's health innovators at more advanced stages of development.

Join us for the @innovateuk.bsky.social Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator Roadshow in London. This event offers presentations from all four 2025 Accelerator delivery partners, insights into FemTech: Evaluate, networking, and expert guidance on applications. Sign up for 9 September ⬇️

💡 Join the FemTech 101 webinar to learn about the Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programme, explore the application process and ask questions to the delivery team. 9 September, 12:00pm–1:00pm, sign up below ⬇️

📢 Applications are open for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate, an @innovateuk.bsky.social Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator. The programme supports growth in women’s health through coaching, workshops and mentoring to prepare innovators for real-world evaluation. #BiomedicalCatalyst #FemTech

We’re proud to share the evaluation of Accelerating FemTech, which reviews the two cohorts of the programme. It identifies the most impactful elements, key benefit themes and areas for growth, whilst reinforcing the demand for focused support in women’s health innovation.

A great starting point for any innovator is: Am I building for everyone? 🌎 Designing your innovation with an inclusive mindset means you’re more likely to reach a wider range of people plus align yourself with the NHS 10-Year Plan goals. 🚀 Read our Mindset-XR blog: buff.ly/NCYNWQT

The Care Home Pioneer Programme 7th Cohort is open to care home managers, deputies, and senior nurses in south west London. Since its launch in 2018, this leadership and professional development programme has supported over 150 Pioneers from all 12 boroughs of south London.

The UK Government’s Get Britain Working shows mental health is now the largest work-limiting health condition for under 45s. June's Mindset blog, by Head of Mental Health, Aileen Jackson, explores how #innovators are tackling the growing challenge of mental ill health. Read: buff.ly/2HdgeKU

Accelerating FemTech is backing bold solutions in women’s health. 🔹 120+ applications (↑42%) 🔹 21 ventures selected — 71% majority-female 🔹 Focus areas: gynaecology, maternity, mental health, CVD Now, the only Innovate UK-funded accelerator to be re-commissioned.

From brilliant ideas to real-world impact 💡 This year, our Innovator Support team: ✅ Backed 29 digital health companies ✅ Helped 16 build NHS-ready evidence ✅ Trained 57 staff to lead transformation We're supporting both the tech and the teams behind it.

Safer, more compassionate care depends on the confidence and connection of care home staff. This year we: ✅ Supported 20 leaders through our Care Home Pioneer Programme ✅ Helped scale the Universal Care Plan ✅ Reached 880+ professionals through hydration-focused events

For June's Mindset Company Spotlight, we're featuring Care Reality who create immersive VR training and therapy solutions for the social care sector. ☀️ Their XR learning platform FLO puts the user in real-life care scenarios so they can safely build their skills. 🥽 Read: lnkd.in/eTpQC_fv

Patient safety isn’t just about procedures — it’s about culture, systems, and people. This year we: ✅ Halved mortality for babies born at 24–31 weeks ✅ Helped 14 NHS sites embed Martha’s Rule ✅ Co-launched LARCH to address structural racism in healthcare

🚀 We've another packed #XR newsletter this month including: 📅 2 industry events 📈 3 funding opportunities 💻 eLearning for innovators 🏆 The King's Awards for Enterprise 📗 A blog - how to tackle mental ill health at work 🖥️ Webinars - Making sense of health inequalities More: buff.ly/zHArYtM

The stethoscope hasn't changed much in 200 years – until now. See how NHS data has created an AI tool that helps GPs identify heart failure earlier, improving outcomes for patients. #PoweredByNHSData digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...

From faster cancer diagnosis to smarter dementia tools, we’re embedding trusted digital innovation across south London. This year we: ✅ Automated bowel cancer pathways ✅ Mapped EPR maturity across London ✅ Identified 43 emerging dementia tech companies

This year, our Insights team helped shape future care through real-world evidence and economic analysis - evaluating CVD pilots, virtual wards, mental health support for rough sleepers, and childhood hearing checks in special schools.

1 in 4 premature deaths in the UK are caused by cardiovascular disease- but better care, earlier detection and smarter models are making a difference. This year we: ✅ Co-designed BP screening in Lewisham ✅ Deployed 247 AF devices ✅ Trained 55 clinicians (98% managed w/o referral)

People with serious mental illness die far too early- often from preventable physical illness. This year we’ve: ✅ Delivered 400+ health checks ✅ Created a cancer eLearning tool ✅ Identified 12 digital tools ✅ Trained 100+ in inclusive outreach 🔗 healthinnovationnetwork.com/hin-annual-r...

💡 So, you’ve a health innovation but what’s its economic value, and how do you measure it? In June’s Mindset blog, our health economist Anna Buylova unpacks the complexity of value-based innovation and shares practical insights to help you navigate #NHS expectations. 🚀 Read: buff.ly/662pfLI

While embracing digital technologies is beneficial for care homes, several challenges must be addressed to ensure a smooth transition to digital. In this blog, our Senior Project Manager, Isabel Rodrigues de Abreu, shares how care homes are utilising digital solutions.

For our Mindset Company Spotlight this month, we're featuring Cineon whose Empathic Learning Engine (ELE) system seeks to improve learning, productivity and healthcare. ☀️ Toby de Burgh, CEO at Cineon, shares insights about the company and its innovative approach. Read: buff.ly/yKhRgcQ

For the latest opportunities and insights in #XR, see May's Mindset newsletter with details of: 🏆 Awards 📅 Events 🖥️ Webinars e.g. health economics 📈 Funding opportunities 💻 XR eLearning 📄 XR medical regulations report More: buff.ly/A9NQ0ty

This summer, we're supporting start-ups to navigate regulatory requirements for Software as a Medical Device and Artificial Intelligence as a Medical Device with our new online DigitalHealth.London RADIANT-CERSI Innovator Support programme. Applications open until 1 June: buff.ly/Us6qYDq

This month marks OneLondon’s 7th Anniversary!! We are looking back at some of our work together over the last seven years to improve health and care across the Capital. Thanks to all our amazing partners. Read more here: bit.ly/3YVYxiE

Calling all care homes and domiciliary care providers across London. There is still time to register for this joint free webinar this Thursday, 15 May, hosted by us in collaboration with skillsforcare.bsky.social and @londonucp.bsky.social

Over the last two years, we have supported over 220 digital health companies and social entrepreneurs through the UKSPF-funded DigitalHealth.London Business Support for London programme. Learn about its impact on the innovation ecosystem: buff.ly/g91fbRQ

How do you apply emerging technologies like #XR, #BigData, and #AI in clinical mental healthcare settings? 💻 💚 Read Dr Jade Thai's reflections following March's Forum for Mental Health Technology Innovators in Liverpool. Blog: buff.ly/MOSAdmO

Stay ahead in XR and mental health 🚀 We've an impressive 79% open rate for our Mindset newsletter, you'll want to take a look. For April, we've: ✅ An update on #healthtech imports tariffs ⚕️ ✅ A Health Economics webinar 💰 ✅ 3 funding opportunities 📈 Read: buff.ly/GH7C8Ub]

On 5 March 2025, we, alongside My HomeLifeUK, celebrated the completion of the sixth cohort of the South London Care Home Pioneer Programme. In this blog, our Senior Project Manager, Isabel Rodrigues de Abreu, shares her reflections on the growth of the participants in this year's cohort.

What’s changing in the UK regulatory landscape for AI and health technologies? 🩺 💻 To find out, read March's blog by @hardianhealth, one of our delivery partners on the Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme, as they discuss developments expected in the near future. 📗 Read: buff.ly/yoSE1io

Our pan-London MatNeo celebration wraps up a fantastic year of collaboration across London hospitals to improve safety for preterm babies. Thanks to all who joined us- and those who couldn’t! We continue in 25/26, so watch this space.