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The 11th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards, Scotland’s flagship celebration of business–academic collaboration, launches today inviting applications from businesses and academics throughout Scotland.

Hi, I’m Bobby, and for the past year I’ve been the Graduate Innovation Intern in the Communications and Marketing team at the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre. When I first stepped into the DHI office on 1 October 2024, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I’d graduated two years earlier and had already worked in other roles, so I wasn’t sure if a graduate internship was the right fit. But I’m so glad I took the leap...

Over the last 10 months, Scotland's four Innovation Centres - The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), Built Environment-Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), and The Data Lab - have been travelling across the country to engage with colleges and collaborative business partners, exploring opportunities for innovation and partnership that can strengthen the local economy and shape the future workforce.

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) has teamed up with the Scottish Women’s Football for this year’s DigiInventors Challenge. Fresh from a summer of record-breaking attendances at the Women’s Euro’s and headline-making sponsorship deals, the global innovation challenge aims to maintain the momentum of the women’s game, with the hope that pupils will bring fresh ideas that combine a passion for sport with the power of technology.

At the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), we champion innovation not only in health and care but also in how we support our team’s wellbeing. In the spring, ten enthusiastic staff members took part in the Step Count Challenge - an eight-week workplace walking and exercise initiative designed to encourage movement, connection, and a healthy work-life balance.

The Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) recently hosted its annual Master’s Seminar, a key event that showcases the innovative work of students funded through DHI’s academic partnerships. Held on the 4th of June 2025 at the University of Strathclyde, the seminar brought together a vibrant community of academics and students to explore emerging ideas in digital health and social care.

The Scottish Government, in partnership with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), has taken a bold step forward in transforming the nation’s health and social care landscape. The newly published Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework and Population Health Framework mark a pivotal moment in Scotland’s journey toward a healthier, fairer, and more sustainable future.

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) was honoured to host Professor Peter Schwarz, President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Armin Scheuer, CEO of Lemonmint, for a two-day strategic visit to Scotland as part of the Digital Maturity Tour 2025 (DMT25).

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