- Healthcare leaders have set local health challenges for start-up companies to address
- Manchester’s devolved healthcare system allows rapid uptake for new solutions
- Successful applicants begin a 12-week accelerator programme with a chance to receive additional support from Google Cloud for Startups to help make their ideas a reality
- Greater Manchester Future of Health programme developed by partners including Up Ventures, Novartis, Google, MediaCityUK, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Health Innovation Manchester
Novartis have announced the launch of the Greater Manchester Future of Health Challenge and named the start-up businesses selected to participate.
This 12-week programme will include training, mentoring and support from leaders in the health and technology space, including Novartis, Google and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, to create new clinical solutions for patients in Greater Manchester and beyond.
Fifteen participants were selected from over 100 applicants who replied to the call for creative use of new technologies to solve some of Greater Manchester’s most pressing health problems. In addition to access to world-class support and expertise, participating start-up companies also have a chance to receive cloud space and additional expert support from Google Cloud for Startups.
Developmental projects entering the programme range from advanced visualisation software and tools to help improve cognition, to home-based care systems that support elderly independent living and a remote thermometer which requires no contact with the patient.
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The end of the programme will be marked by an event at The Landing, MediaCityUK in December where participants will showcase what they have learned and their progress towards addressing some of the health challenges within Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Future of Health Challenge is an initiative to identify new solutions based on digital technologies to address some of the most pressing public health problems in the Greater Manchester area. It is a collaboration between Up Ventures, MediaCityUK, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Digital, Health Innovation Manchester, Novartis, Push Doctor, Google, and Apadmi.
The programme asked applicant health technology start-ups and entrepreneurs to submit ideas that could be beneficial to one or more of three focus areas as selected by local health leaders:
- Solutions that improve the experience of those with Dementia and/or Frailty
- Solutions allowing primary care and outpatient services to be delivered in or near the home for patients
- Innovations to allow Digital Nudges to improve Prevention and Public Health
Date: September 17, 2019
Source: Health Innovation Manchester