There is an exciting opportunity to work with the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) and Health Boards within Wales to reduce the unprecedented demand on both ambulances and Urgent & Emergency Care services across Wales.
Patients are waiting longer than they should for an ambulance response and once at hospital (Emergency Department (ED), can spend a considerable amount of time in the ambulance before handover to the ED clinical teams.
SBRI Centre Of Excellence would like to be able to transform the way urgent and emergency care is given, looking to support WAST’s strategic ambition to care for more patients in their own home or in a community setting, thus safely reducing the number of patients requiring conveyance to hospital.
Challenge phases structure
Phase 1: Development – From a total of £225,000, we expect to fund up to 3 projects up to a value of £75,000 (inclusive of VAT) each.
Phase 2: Testing – This Phase will be to robustly test in a real-life environment up to 3 of the successful Phase 1 solutions from a total fund of up to £800,000. We expect to fund up to 3 projects at up to £265,000 (inclusive of VAT) each.
Briefing Event
Please select the link below and register your interest for the virtual Briefing Event held on Thursday 23 February 2023.
The competition closes at 12pm on 17 March 2023. For further information please select the following link Changing the Way We Deliver Emergency Care | SBRI Centre of Excellence (simplydo.co.uk)