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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is looking for a supplier to deliver a qualitative study to explore how the UK can strategically leverage India's AI innovation ecosystem strengths to address NHS challenges, and scale trusted innovation for the benefit of the UK health system.

The CySpace Connected Capability Network are hosting a series of in-person regional workshops across the UK between May and September 2025. These workshops are part of a UK-wide mapping exercise of space domain awareness (SDA) and cyber security capabilities.

On Thursday, 28th August, the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) welcomed Scotland Office Minister Kirsty McNeill to the Rural Centre of Excellence (RCE) in Moray — a pioneering hub driving forward next-generation digital health and care solutions.

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.

Glasgow School of Art’s Future Skills team have secured a funding deal to develop design innovation skills in Moray’s Health and Social Care industry. The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) awarded funding to GSA’s Future Skills team in April. This funding will equip frontline health and social care staff across Moray with tools and resources to embrace the digital transformation and improve services across the Health and Social Care sector.  

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.

he Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in partnership with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) and the Moray Growth Deal (MGD) Housing Mix Delivery (HMD) project, is looking to procure the creation of a forward-thinking yet practically grounded digital blueprint for a smart rural home of the future

The vital role that university research and innovation play in society, the economy and the environment was the theme of a visit to Heriot Watt University today by the Minister for Higher and Further Education, Graeme Dey. The minister toured the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC), a partnership between Heriot Watt, Robert Gordon University and the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.

On behalf of the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, BMG Research has invited members of the UK’s Engineering Biology (EB) sector to take a survey about their use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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).

Bobby Laing, Graduate Innovation Intern at the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, recently secured £15k of grant funding, from the Young EDGE category in the latest round of the Scottish EDGE national funding competition, to support the development of his passion project, NCLSV - an accessible footwear brand catering to people with dwarfism. 

Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh are proud to announce the launch of their collaborative new MSc in Biomedical Engineering, designed to develop the next generation of leaders at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and innovation.

The Chief Scientists Office (CSO) launched a national open innovation challenge aimed at innovating mental health services in Scotland on 22nd June 2022. The aim of this challenge was to develop disruptive innovative solutions that deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services.

DHI's Rural Centre of Excellence was given a fantastic opportunity to highlight the great work of the programme at ITEC 2025

Last month, the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), in collaboration with College Local Innovation Centres (CLIC), was...

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. 

We were proud to celebrate the winners of the DigiInventors Challenge Secondary School Edition at Digital Health & Care Scotland 2025.