SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs, launches its latest competition where up to 12 contracts could each benefit from £100,000 Phase 1 product development funding. The competition is open to single companies or organisations from the private, public and third sectors, including charities.

 

In this round, SBRI Healthcare will look to award a total of £1 million for ideas from companies focused on addressing challenges in older people with multiple-morbidities and specifically in the problem areas of: Falls, Incontinence and Decline in Functional Ability.

 

The competition theme areas have been chosen in partnership with the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) across England and specifically for this programme:

 

Falls and Care Planning - Health Innovation Network (South London AHSN)

Decline in Functional Ability - Eastern AHSN

Urinary and Faecal Incontinence - West of England, UCL Partners and North West Coast AHSNs.

 

Companies successful in the six month feasibility stage (Phase 1) are eligible to move on to more detailed product development and NHS validation where up to £2 million in further funding support can be secured across two additional phases