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WORLD LEADING BUSINESS SUPPORT

WESSEX
HEALTH INNOVATION
PROGRAMME

A four-day programme for innovators with an idea for a health-based product or service

3, 4, 8 & 9 July 2019, Milford Hall Hotel, Salisbury

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A programme specifically tailored to healthcare innovators

Understand the NHS as a marketplace

Get feedback from experienced healthcare professionals

A chance to get continuing support to further develop your proposition

About the Workshop

Following on from the success of previous programmes together with the Wessex Academic Health Science Network, we are once again providing a comprehensive business support programme to healthcare and life sciences ventures.

This is an immersive and interactive 4-day training course where you will develop your business idea, analyse your market and potential customers, develop a compelling pitch and look at funding strategies. It culminates with the opportunity to pitch to a panel of investors and healthcare experts, who will provide invaluable feedback for you to take your business forward. Participation in this event is free of charge and supported by Wessex AHSN.

More about the sessions

The programme includes sessions on writing a great business plan, understanding the NHS as a marketplace, getting to grips with company valuations, funding sources and pitching for investment.

It also includes sessions on how to understand and explain the value that your product will bring to healthcare customers, the regulatory governance standards that have to be met to bring a product to the healthcare market and how to tap into the national schemes available to support the adoption of innovation.

Developing personal skills

This is a personal skills development course that aims to enable individuals to take well-formed proposals to business realisation.

You will have the opportunity to learn core skills in entrepreneurship and develop skills in the areas of:

Customer analysis
Building a business case
Funding strategies
Market analysis

Who should apply?

The programme is designed for entrepreneurs with an idea for a health-based product or service, founders of early-stage ventures, more experienced entrepreneurs launching a new health-based product/venture and healthcare practitioners.

Priority will be given to applicants employed in the Wessex AHSN geographical boundaries which covers Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Applications from neighbouring areas may also be considered.

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Candidate Criteria

Frequently Asked Questions

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An amazing opportunity – so grateful. Personally, professionally and as an organisation, we’ve moved forward!

Debs Carter

It really makes you analyse your potential customers, the value your innovation will bring to them and why they might be prepared to pay for it. The mentors were amazing and will be useful contacts going forward – I found the pitch training particularly valuable. It also makes you think about putting the infrastructure in place to scale your business.

Amy Manning

Truly Excellent. A 4-day MBA. Much needed and much valued.

Mike Griffin

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Fill in the form below to apply for the Wessex AHSN Health Innovation Programme.

We will allocate places based on the strength of the business case put forward in your application and will be in touch if you’ve been successful with your application.

Forename*
Surname*
Name of your organisation*
Address*
Mobile*
Email*
Organisation type*
- Healthcare practitioners and NHS employees
- SME (private sector)
- University/Academic
- Other
Product / Service questions
What is your innovation? (e.g. we are developing a widget to prevent patients from/an app to help patients to/a process to ensure that patients/a method to train clinicians etc.)*
Who will benefit from your innovation? What population is it aimed at? (e.g. COPD patients/diabetic patients/patients undergoing XYA surgery)*
Comparison: What are the main alternatives to the innovation being considered? e.g. patients currently read leaflets/undergo procedure XYZ/rely on frequent visits by nurse, etc.)*
What outcomes should be considered? (i.e. increased in knowledge, skills, or availability of services; changes in behaviour; mortality rates; morbidity rates; changes to quality of life or fewer adverse effects)*
Who will pay for your innovation?*
Have you/are you launching a new product? Could you provide us with an actual or estimated launch date - month and year?*
How did you hear about the Health Innovation Programme?*

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