Digital Health & Care
The digital health and care sub-sector is characterised by a large number of small companies developing technology across the health spectrum.

Issues related to the development of digital health systems include access to clinical input, understanding of the regulatory route to market and adoption in the NHS, where multiple customers must be considered (patient, clinician, commissioner and procurement all have differing needs and wants. Other issues include interoperability of digital systems and the disruption of traditional organisational boundaries that ‘digital’ solutions tend to cause.
KTN is ideally placed to guide companies through the innovation landscape in the UK. We are increasingly working with agencies outside of the UK through our activity on the Global Expert Mission programme.
Current Digital Health & Care funding opportunities
Fast Start: Innovation for net zero and healthcare
Opens: 11/07/2022 Closes: 26/07/2022
Innovate UK is offering small and micro businesses a share of up to £30 million in grants for affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in net zero and self-driven healthcare.
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iX Challenge: Healthy Ageing Innovation Accelerator Competition
Opens: 27/06/2022 Closes: 28/08/2022
The Innovation Exchange Program is working alongside Oxford Innovation Advice and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) to find innovative companies who are ambitious to grow their business. We seek innovators with new product or service ideas that can support us to stay…
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Designed for Ageing: Competition Briefing Event, Followed by Collaborators Club
The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge is pleased to open registration for the Designed for Ageing competition briefing event. Designed for Ageing is a grant funding opportunity for UK companies looking to develop innovations to help people as they age. Find out more about scope, and about how to apply, by signing up for this webinar event.
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Programmes related to Digital Health & Care

Health Funding Map
The map was developed by KTN and the BioIndustry Association (BIA) with the help of a wide range of funders. It helps in the navigation of the complicated world of health innovation funding.