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We are excited to announce a forthcoming tender from the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), working in collaboration with BE-ST (Built Environment Smarter Transformation) Innovation Centre and Moray Council for the development of a smart housing blueprint that focuses on health, well-being, and environmental sustainability in rural settings.

63-year-old Fleming McNiven from Broxburn spent 40 years sitting behind a desk as a chartered accountant before the desire to “give something back” took hold. So, when the chance to volunteer at St John’s Hospital in Livingston came up during Covid, he threw himself into it. Fleming works Tuesday mornings in the outpatient department for ophthalmology, diabetes, and podiatry and on a Thursday morning at the hospital’s main entrance reception.

RDS recently unveiled its ambitious new business plan for 2025-26, marking a significant step forward in its mission to enhance health and social wellbeing in Scotland. In addition to the business plan, RDS has also updated its Safe Haven Charter for the first time since 2015. This charter underpins the secure and ethical use of sensitive health data, ensuring that researchers can access and analyse data within a trusted framework.

PEACEPLUS have launched a new funding call under Investment Area 6.1 - Strategic Planning and Engagement.

Developing a national harm reduction app to enhance digital support for people with lived experience of substance use.

A major new initiative aimed at transforming mental health research and community well-being will launch with a special event on 25/03/25

A digital platform designed to help those at risk of falling has received funding to move into a trial phase. 

Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre has appointed Archangel as development partner for a pioneering Technology Enabled Care project

Read Moira Mackenzies insight into digital solutions design to inform health care services and providers published in AgendaNI Annual Report

In this blog Chaloner Chute and Dr Tara French share the first of a series of scenarios developed from the outputs of co-design on the futur

Community-based research is an innovative approach and is already making a difference in Scotland to address mental health

The #DigiFest24 Skills Webinar, a satellite event of Scotland’s annual Digital Health and Care Fest

There was a palpable buzz in the air at Edinburgh College on November 27th, following the first Innovation Centres’ Roadshow of 2024-25