News

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Calling All Digital App Developers in Health and Social Care. Can an Online Clinic give you a head start with two critical issues?

There are a lot of brilliant digital apps that have great potential to support health and social care but they face two hurdles that mean many will fail. How to get them adopted in the complex and confusing worlds of health care and social care? How to get good evidence of the effectiveness of the […]

Pathways to Market for Tech Companies Seeking R&D Funding

Are you a technology company seeking R&D funding for an innovation in health and social care? No matter where you are on the innovation pathway, we can help you by accelerating your progress towards the market.  There are many barriers to effective implementation of potentially beneficial healthcare technologies and we can help you to effectively […]

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The Law of Unexpected Consequences –
Download our guide to spotting knock-on effects

Government actions to combat the coronavirus keep having unexpected consequences: students returning to University spread the virus, an examination algorithm leads to school children from disadvantaged backgrounds having their grades downgraded, and closing bars at 10 pm leads to people not socially distancing in the streets.   We should not be surprised about these unexpected consequences […]