Health Innovation West Midlands

Bringing together the NHS, universities, industry, third sector & social care, our vision is to transform health and care through innovation

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

Innovation into impact. 💡

Our 2025-26 Impact Report highlights how we're improving maternity safety, helping prevent heart attacks and strokes, and supporting AI innovation in skin cancer care across the West Midlands.

🔗 https://t.co/7Xge39p0m0

#NHS #Innovation

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

@PreetKGillMP

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

How can we make the West Midlands the best place to develop and scale health innovation?

Regional leaders discuss what makes the West Midlands a health innovation powerhouse and how collaboration, NHS backing and investment can speed innovation adoption and improve patient care.

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

Urgent suspected skin cancer referrals have increased 2.6-fold over the past decade.

We're supporting @DermicusT as it prepares for NHS adoption with an AI-enabled pathway to:

- Prioritise high-risk patients faster
- Reduce hospital visits

More: https://t.co/vCNsl9nPmR

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

How can the UK turn world-leading health innovation into patient impact and economic growth?

@PreetKGillMP shares her reflections from our Health Tech and Life Sciences Innovator Summit.

Read the article: https://t.co/EDkooyuDPX

[UoB Enterprise @UoBAccelerate]

Find out how University of Birmingham researchers are helping Midlands leaders place health at the heart of economic growth strategies: https://t.co/BeVQkHZ4qP

@UoBmedicalsci @InnovationMids @HealthInnovWM @WestMids_CA @UoB_Business @UniversitiesUK @AGoenka8

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

Need help navigating NHS funding and procurement?

Join us on 17 December, 12-1pm, for Procurement and Financial Flows in the NHS.

We'll cover grants, funding options, pilot opportunities, and moving from pilots to NHS contracts.

Register: https://t.co/rgAvwL36FY

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

✅ 57 estimated cases of cerebral palsy prevented
✅ 747 women treated faster
✅ Up to 224 lives saved

That's the impact of the NHS ABC programme across the West Midlands, helping maternity teams deliver safer care for women and babies.

Case study: https://t.co/x6IiWNqpb8

[HDR UK Midlands @HDRMidlands]

🔎 How can routine health data help us better understand severe asthma outcomes in children?
💡 Find out at our next HDR Midlands Data Grand Round with Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski, @uniofleicester
📅 Friday 20th November
👇 Sign up now: https://t.co/MrumuENjdg

[Cogniss @CognissHQ]

📢 Applications are now open for Cohort 2 of the @ Health Innovation West Midlands Clinnovate WM Programme!

📅 Applications close 31 December 👉🏼https://t.co/HMesPgMC63

#DigitalHealth #Innovation #NHS #NoCode

[UoB Enterprise @UoBAccelerate]

Find out about CEIS Solutions, a new Birmingham venture that provides Implementation Science expertise to clients from commercial companies, the public sector, or other non-commercial organisations.
https://t.co/UpTCbxVqCq
@UoBmedicalsci @PHTA_Ltd @InnovationMids @HealthInnovWM

[Department of Health and Social Care @DHSCgovuk]

From today, it's illegal to sell any vape or nicotine product to under-18s anywhere in the UK 🚫

This will help protect children and young people from nicotine addiction, as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Act.

Swipe to find out more 👉

https://t.co/GPf3jTKVcr

[HDR UK Midlands @HDRMidlands]

📢 Join our next Data Grand Round!
Connecting the Dots: Using Routine Health Data to Understand Near-Fatal and Fatal Asthma in Children 🫁
🎤 Presented by Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski (@uniofleicester)
📅 Friday 20th November 2026 @ 12:30pm
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/MrumuEMLnI

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

Collaboration, shared learning and lived experience are helping improve access to early maternal breast milk for premature babies across the West Midlands.

Read Dale Lyons' latest blog to find out more: https://t.co/3aqDgBafFh

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

More medicines isn't always better.

Our #Polypharmacy Programme helped healthcare professionals across the West Midlands identify patients at risk of medication-related harm and support safer, personalised care.

📖 https://t.co/hE4vUeVTJy

[UoB Enterprise @UoBAccelerate]

The University of Birmingham Enterprise Review 2025-26 is now live! Discover how @unibirmingham research, innovation and venture creation are delivering impact across Birmingham, the wider Midlands region and the nation: https://t.co/MYLUOvurrW

#Innovation #Entrepreneurship

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

📣 20 volunteers wanted this November for a @unibirmingham & @Uni_of_Essex neck pain study.

If you've had neck pain more than twice in the last year but are currently pain-free, you may be eligible to take part.

✅ Up to £120 compensation

Scan the QR code to find out more.

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

You can save on average £49 a week if you quit smoking this Stoptober - download the NHS Quit Smoking App to track how much you save and get tips on how to stay motivated!

App Store: https://t.co/OI6s3q9ObG

Google Play: https://t.co/cANn38uNAp

#Stoptober

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

🚨 Coventry & Warwickshire PCNs: apply for funded #MedSIP improvement pilots focused on Health Action Plans and Structured Medication Reviews for people with a learning disability.

💷 Up to £2,000 available

📅 Deadline: 2 Nov

🔗 https://t.co/tpRzZ5T0MY

[Health Innovation West Midlands @HealthInnovWM]

From cancer care to rare diseases, #genomics is transforming healthcare.

Join our latest Innovation Insights webinar to discover how collaboration and networking are helping accelerate the adoption of genomic innovation across the NHS.

📅 Register here: https://t.co/jR7GaVtWy0

[Genomics England @GenomicsEngland]

More than 300 people shared their views on the future of genomics in adult healthcare. A clear message emerged: support depends on trust, transparency, fair access to healthcare and ensuring the NHS is ready to support implementation.

Join our webinar: https://t.co/9Vuy3KFOkv