South West healthtech firm EarSwitch , winner of the Tech South West Innovation Award in 2022, has been named as one of eight companies to benefit from a multi-million pound government investment.
As part of a £10 million funding package for boosting access to medical technology, the companies will be supported to bring their devices to market and help “transform the way we treat...
Article submitted by Richard Wyatt-Haines, Founder and Chairman of HCI.
HCI is a groundbreaking digital health company that is on a mission to empower the millions of people who have multiple health conditions, so that they can enjoy a better quality of life. We achieve this through CONNECTPlus, an all-in-one intuitive application designed to help people better manage all their...
Cornwall-based healthtech company Ultramed has won a King’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.
Founded by former NHS consultant anaesthetist Dr Paul Upton and creative director Alan Sanders, the Ultramed platform allows patients to securely share their personal health information with their healthcare teams, which reduces the number of unnecessary appointments for...
Ferryx , a Bristol-based biotech startup on a mission to improve gut health, has launched its first product: Ferrocalm .
Ferrocalm is a natural food supplement to improve quality of life for those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other gut conditions. IBS is a common condition, affecting up to 15% of the population, and is associated with symptoms such as stomach...
We’re very excited to announce that Newicon is working on the software side of a new medical technology that’s being developed by GP Dr Nick Gompertz with a team of researchers at the University of Bath.
Innovative medical tech
The technology is called Earswitch, and it hopes to offer people with conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND) new ways of communicating via a computer...
A University of Bristol graduate has developed ‘smart socks’ that track rising distress in the wearer to improve the wellbeing of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication.
Inventor Dr Zeke Steer quit his job and took a PhD at Bristol Robotics Laboratory so he could find a way to help people like his great grandmother, who...
Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with long-term condition management support service CONNECTPlus, from Devon-based Health and Care Innovations Limited (HCI), to support individuals to take control of long-term conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and long Covid.
Around 15 million people in England have a long-term condition, according to the Government....
Gloucestershire-based startup LatchAid has raised £1m to grow its breastfeeding and early parenthood support app, teaching new mums practical skills and helping them fight loneliness, postnatal depression and physical pain.
LatchAid is a pioneering app that uses cutting-edge interactive technology and 3D avatars to help expectant and new mothers intuitively learn breastfeeding skills...
Devon-based Nice Group (SW) has partnered with Bristol mental health tech startup Paranimo to boost the wellbeing of its staff.
Paranimo works with technology driven companies to improve their employees’ mental wellbeing, by using their matching intelligence to connect them to the right support online, in person or via the telephone.
A healthtech company that is researching vaccines to combat emerging Covid-19 variants has announced a move to Plymouth Science Park as it grows and takes on global partnerships.
The Vaccine Group (TVG) is a University of Plymouth biotech spin-out company which aims to make the world a safer and healthier place through infection control and vaccine development.
