27 September 2024 WMHTC- SEPTEMBER 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – September 2024 Our Annual HealthTech Day 2024 As in past years, we plan to host the HealthTech Day during Birmingham Tech Week. Who can forget last year’s… Read more 26 September 2024 BLOG: September 2024 David Kidney’s blog: September 2024 Once upon a time, I was a Minister in what was then the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). In this capacity, back in… Read more 13 September 2024 HeathTech businesses in the West Midlands are ready to rise to Lord Darzi’s challenge 12 September 2024 Cluster News: Responding to today’s report from Lord Darzi about the future of the NHS, David Kidney of the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster says there are… Read more 20 August 2024 WMHTC- AUGUST 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – August 2024 Congratulations to our region’s A Level students Congratulations to students across the West Midlands who received good news in their A Level results this month.… Read more 4 August 2024 WMHTC- JULY 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – July 2024 Our cluster organisation an Innovation Thought Leader! We are delighted that, following hundreds of nominations, the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster has been shortlisted for the Innovation… Read more 27 June 2024 WMHTC- JUNE 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – June 2024 Skills, skills, skills The first thing for me to say is that I have done some work to develop a campaign to encourage HealthTech employers… Read more 26 June 2024 Our Manifesto Read more 22 May 2024 WMHTC- MAY 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – May 2024 Follow up on April’s Skills Workshop At the cluster organisation, we are working hard on the skills and talent agenda. After last month’s HealthTech Skills… Read more 22 May 2024 BLOG: May 2024 David Kidney’s blog: May 2024 How ready are we for…. …. the next pandemic? Who can say when the next deadly pandemic will occur after the global recovery from… Read more 1 May 2024 WMHTC- APRIL 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – April 2024 Super Skills Workshop At the cluster organisation, we are working hard on the skills and talent agenda. I recently brought HeathTech employers and the Combined… Read more 24 April 2024 BLOG: April 2024 David Kidney’s blog: April 2024 April 2024 When I was preparing to lead the “deep dive” presentations to the West Midlands Innovation Board (the meeting was on 17 April 2024),… Read more 27 March 2024 WMHTC- MARCH 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – March 2024 Spring Budget Announcements relevant to WM Details were published on the West Midlands Investment Zone, alongside publication of the Investment Opportunity Fund prospectus inviting bids… Read more 28 February 2024 WMHTC- FEBRUARY 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – FEBRUARY 2024 Do you want to know more about WMCA support for skills? I continue to be heartened by the interest members demonstrate in all matters relating… Read more 2 February 2024 WMHTC- JANUARY 2024 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – JANUARY 2024 Do you want help with managing your energy costs? From January 2024, you can ask for help with managing your energy costs under two current… Read more 26 January 2024 BLOG: January 2024 David Kidney’s blog: January 2024 A BETTER FUTURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN LABORATORY The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Leamington Spa closed in January last year having processed… Read more 28 December 2023 WMHTC- DECEMBER 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – December 2023 Continuing the skills theme My piece last month about a Skills Framework created quite a stir. I received many responses, some asking for more details,… Read more 26 November 2023 WMHTC- NOVEMBER 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – November 2023 What skills framework do we want for HealthTech WM? I am in discussion with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) about how some of its… Read more 31 October 2023 WMHTC- OCTOBER 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – October 2023 What a success our event at Birmingham Tech Week was! Our ‘Revolution of Digital Health‘ event during Birmingham Tech Week, partnered with AND Digital was… Read more 25 October 2023 Event Review: The Revolution of Digital Health at Birmingham Tech Week Our ‘Revolution of Digital Health’ event during Birmingham Tech Week, partnered with AND Digital was a groundbreaking experience. Hosted at Bruntwoods Scitech’s new state of the art Enterprise Wharf in… Read more 22 October 2023 NEWS: The Revolution Of Digital Helath Event My speech delivered at – The Revolution of Digital Health Event. At this point in time, we can allow ourselves to be optimistic about the future growth of the HealthTech… Read more 12 October 2023 BLOG: October 2023 David Kidney’s blog: October 2023 Vision for growing our region’s HealthTech sector A strategic approach to growing the HealthTech sector in the West Midlands. In my role as leader of… Read more 5 October 2023 WMHTC- SEPTEMBER 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – September 2023 Strategy Roundtable 04 October I have been doing a piece of work for the West Midlands Combined Authority to examine whether healthtech stakeholders in our… Read more 15 September 2023 BLOG: September 2023 David Kidney’s blog: September 2023 Business Growth West Midlands Launch Representing the Cluster, I attended the launch of the new business support service Business Growth West Midlands at Coventry Building… Read more 29 August 2023 WMHTC- AUGUST 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – August 2023 Land availability for the HeathTech in the West Midlands I have been doing a piece of work for the West Midlands Combined Authority to answer… Read more 4 August 2023 WMHTC- JULY 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – July 2023 Growth strategy for HeathTech in the West Midlands At the request of the West Midlands Combined Authority I am currently working on the development of… Read more 26 July 2023 BLOG: July 2023 David Kidney’s blog: July 2023 Launch of the WM Innovation Accelerator In the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper (Feb 2022), one of the few solid commitments by the Government was… Read more 31 May 2023 WMHTC- MAY 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – May 2023 Support for businesses in the West Midlands Recent developments that will be positive for business support in our region include: CLUSTER’S EVENTS On Tuesday 9th… Read more 9 February 2023 BLOG: January 2023 David Kidney’s blog: Health Technologies and the common good Health is deeply personal. It affects every person, and it affects us all in different ways. There is no one secret… Read more 27 January 2023 WMHTC- JANUARY 2023 E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – January 2023 New Year’s Greetings A bit late, I know, but anyway welcome to 2023 and here’s wishing you every success in your work and personal lives… Read more 20 December 2022 WMHTC- DECEMBER E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – December 2022 Season’s Greetings We’re coming to the end of the calendar year and entering into the Christmas break and time of festivities – or just taking… Read more 29 November 2022 WMHTC- NOVEMBER E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – November 2022 West Midlands Innovation Accelerator Well, the application is in for our application to Innovate UK for funding from the £33M of Government funding on offer… Read more 27 October 2022 WMHTC- OCTOBER E-BULLETIN SPOTLIGHT ON… HealthTech Showcase- 13 October during Birmingham Tech Week The Cluster proudly hosted, jointly with DLA Piper a HealthTech Showcase as part of Birmingham Tech Week. Showcasing the region’s… Read more 19 October 2022 Birmingham Tech Week HealthTech Showcase Visual Story Want to know more about the HealthTech Showcase? Here, our visual story was recorded in real-time, which translates the HealthTech Showcase discussions and information into words and pictures. As information… Read more 12 October 2022 The Cluster is proud to be hosting the HealthTech Showcase as part of Birmingham Tech Week Date & Time Thursday | 13 October 2022 | 15:00-19:00 | DLA Piper, Two,… Read more 4 October 2022 WMHTC- SEPTEMBER E-BULLETIN HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II RIP All of us at the Cluster shared the country’s sense of loss of a loved and respected head of state, the late Queen Elizabeth… Read more 9 September 2022 The WMHTC team are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We offer our condolences to the Royal Family and join the nation in mourning the… Read more 28 August 2022 August 2022 David Kidney’s Commonwealth Games 2022 blog Will you agree with me that the Commonwealth Games 2022 have been a stupendous success? As an adopted Brummie, I have been so very… Read more 28 August 2022 WMHTC- AUGUST E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – AUGUST 2022 Winners in the Commonwealth Games Well, what a brilliant success for our City of Birmingham and our region in the way we hosted, organised and… Read more 23 July 2022 WMHTC- JULY E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – JULY 2022 Winners in the Commonwealth Games I cannot forecast the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals in the CG22 events, but I do predict… Read more 15 July 2022 DIAGCOMM building momentum On 23 June, the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster (WMHTC) was delighted to join with premier diagnostics business The Binding Site in welcoming to the Company’s HQ in central Birmingham… Read more 3 July 2022 WMHTC- JUNE E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – JUNE 2022 We’re aiming to recruit new members As a Cluster organisation, we are only as strong as our cluster members make us – we are here… Read more 27 May 2022 WMHTC- MAY E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – MAY 2022 Here Come the Commonwealth Games It has been so satisfying to have made such a strong start in our first year. We are seeing a… Read more 28 April 2022 WMHTC- APRIL E-BULLETIN CLUSTER NEWS – APRIL 2022 And so it begins – our second year in business! It has been so satisfying to have made such a strong start in our first… Read more 25 March 2022 Roundtable: Incubators as an engine for growth The Exchange, Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 2DR 10.00hrs to 13.00hrs, Wednesday 30 March 2022 David Kidney of the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster and Andrew Shortt of the Greater Birmingham… Read more 4 February 2022 Levelling up…what’s it all about? Our Executive Chair, David Kidney, has been poring over the Levelling Up White Paper – so that you don’t have to! David says he has been looking for indicators of… Read more 4 February 2022 How collaboration has transformed the region’s digital sector Yiannis Maos, CEO and founder of Birmingham Tech and Birmingham Tech week, provided his expertise from a digital sector perspective and the support out there for organisations. Our ‘How collaboration… Read more 14 January 2022 Sustainability in Healthcare tt Anna Bright gave an excellent presentation to a large audience about sustainability and achieving Net Zero, with a case study from the NHS. Our Sustainability in Healthcare Event was a… Read more 4 January 2022 Executive Chair’s New Year Message We are living through extraordinary times but there is now light at the end of the tunnel. There are good reasons for believing that our region’s economy will “build back… Read more 24 September 2024 Roadmap for Health Tech Growth in the West Midlands Supported By: Read more Posts navigation page1 page2 page3 … page5 Next page >
