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TheHill’s December social mixer: “Digital Inclusion and Exclusion: how technology can help to narrow inequalities”

by Andrea D’Andrea TheHill’s purpose is to empower digital innovation in health and care. This can only happen if everyone has equal opportunity to engage in digital innovation and to bring their talents to the table. One of our key values as an institution is inclusivity and diversity and as such we are very keen […]

News Categories: Women in Healthcare Innovation social mixer

TheHill’s Market Access Accelerator companies pitch for investment

In the closing weeks of TheHill’s NHS Market Access Accelerator, we arranged an Investor Day for selected Accelerator participants. Over half of the 18 companies indicated an interest in raising investment, and after a rigorous selection and training process, seven were invited to make a final pitch at our Investor Day. TheHill welcomed a range […]

News Categories: investment accelerator publications

Innovating new channels for our social mixers

On 1 October we hosted our online social mixer. With over 70 people registered for the event on EventBrite, our social mixer was for the first time held on Zoom. It was an excellent networking event and we were pleased to see such a diverse group of people. In this online mixer as well as […]

News Categories: social mixer innovation survey events
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Retaining the innovation pathways shaped by the pandemic

by Chloe Curtis and Shakira Mahadeva The NHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic was rapid and radical. Necessity catapulted many digital innovations into the spotlight, including the increased use of telemedicine and video-conferencing platforms for remote consultations and remote working. In order to capture, assess and respond to the rapid changes that took place, David […]

News Categories: Oxford University Hospitals innovation impact coronavirus
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Open API Bootcamp – Full list of successful applicants

We are pleased to announce that we have now completed the process of evaluating applications for our Open API bootcamp programme. A total of 38 applications were received from a wide range of organisations across Europe. We received a large number and very high standard of applicants and we carried out an extremely rigorous evaluation […]

News Categories: Open API
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Oxford’s digihealth innovators rising to the Covid-19 challenge

by Rhiannon Lassiter Innovation in the health sector has always been fast-moving but never more so than in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. In contrast, it can be difficult to institute change in healthcare and get new solutions adopted. TheHill was set up to address these issues as Oxford’s digital transformation catalyst for health, […]

News Categories: case studies coronavirus

Useful resources for companies during the Covid-19 outbreak

This helpful list was compiled by the BioEscalator with help from Louise Puddifoot and Richard Stoneman of Willow and Puddifoot, with additions from TheHill. This list was last updated on 30 April 2020. Further information will be published as subsequent news stories. This includes: Resources primarily for CxOs Healthcare specific resources Resources for everyone Government […]

News Categories: resources grants
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Our first socially distanced mixer

TheHill has been hosting social mixers since its inception but this April saw the bimonthly social mixer take place in an entirely new venue: on Twitter! As we all retool and adapt to new ways of working TheHill has been exploring digital options of connecting with our community. We scheduled two community calls via video […]

News Categories: digital skills events
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Have you got a talent for writing and reviewing grant proposals? Join our team!

Have you got a talent for writing and reviewing grant proposals? Do you want to help the UK’s NHS with innovative new digital technology? Come and join our small, dynamic team making a big impact on health and care. TheHill is a network and innovation catalyst based at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with […]

News Categories: recruitment
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Current grant opportunities

A number of our community have been asking about current grant opportunities. Here is a quick list we’ve put together of some of the current options available. Please let us know of other opportunities you’d like us to promote. Innovate UK between £25,000 and £50,000 fully funded, to address societal challenges brought about by the […]

News Categories: grants