Innovation funding of £5m available

The Department of Health launched two funding competitions in January – with funding of £5m up-for-grabs – to encourage businesses to design products and services to help people with mental health issues and people at end-of-life. The competition for mental health funding calls for creative ideas and technologies that could mean mental illnesses are diagnosed earlier, and the disease better managed through a more tailored approach to care. The other competition focuses on how new technologies can help people have a better experience of end-of-life care. Ideas could include new technologies that provide greater comfort and help with managing pain.