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Second wave of ‘test beds’ announced
NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences have launched a new competition to identify a second wave of ‘test beds’ to use technology to address complex health issues.
The new competition will allow businesses and NHS organisations to apply for a share of up to £4.5 million to evaluate different combinations of innovations from small and large organisations to address a locally identified clinical challenge.
Over 4,000 patients were recruited in seven test bed sites from the first wave of the programme, as well as 51 digital innovations trialled in partnership with 40 innovators.
Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, said: “The test beds programme has enabled ground-breaking digital innovations to transform the lives of patients with dementia, diabetes and mental illness. Phase two of this pioneering research will allow us to learn even more from emerging technologies so that NHS clinical practice can adapt to the big health challenges we face.”
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