Locally-led Innovation Accelerators delivered in partnership with DSIT, Innovate UK and City Regions
The West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) is a government supported programme led by the University of Birmingham.
The WMHTIA has received £14 million in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authorities’ Innovation Accelerator which is part of an Innovate UK funded programme.
The WMHTIA unites key players, including Medilink Midlands as one of an 18-delivery organisation consortium, across the region to address problems surrounding bringing new technologies to market within the Healthcare Technology and Medical Technology sectors by creating a supportive environment to accelerate new technologies towards commercialisation.
The programme will run a centrally coordinated series of activities that will help companies to navigate ‘’pinch-points’’ in the process of translation.
How Medilink can support you:
As part of the delivery organisation consortium, Medilink Midlands acts as the first point of entry to the programme. Due to the success of applications received, the programme is currently closed for any new registrations of interest.
Watch our latest case studies to find out how Medilink Midlands has supported innovators:
“All of the teams within Medilink Midlands have got one thing in common – they understand the journey of what organisations and entrepreneurs are going through. I think that’s the exciting part, is that you have an organisation that is committed to helping support you through those challenges.”
Hem Patel
Active Pure
“The West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator has been fantastic. I’ve met founders, we can talk to each other in terms of our worries, our concerns and find commercial opportunities. The programme itself – I’ve learnt a lot. It’s definitely come at the right time to be able to really spear head, scale and hopefully grow our company.”
Helen Maddock
INOCARDIA
“This project is really helping us in the final stages of getting our product to market. One of the core ideas behind the Innovation Accelerator was to help get these devices to market, and it brings together that pool of excellent talent that’s in the West Midlands to support companies like ours where we’re trying to find our feet and get going with our first product.”
Nigel Stokes
Sonotu
“Innovators are going to come across doors shutting and barriers every step of the way – so if we can help with getting them to think about how healthcare is structured and how pricing, procurement, implementation and the culture of the NHS need to be their arsenals, it’s going to help them to get their innovation to land.”
Helen Hunt
Health Innovation West Midlands – Delivery partner
WMHTIA Networking Event 2023
“I am delighted with this event, I’ve spent about 15 minutes here and have made probably lifelong friends. One person I have met is an angel investor, I’ve been looking for these type of people for a long period of time and I’ve never bumped into them. But in the first five minutes of this event I have seen one. I’m here to get my project to the next stage and the quality of people here is fantastic.”
Kirti Moholkar, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Overwoods, discusses the 2023 WMHTIA networking event.
Medilink Midlands support
Get in touch, if you’d like to find out more on how Medilink Midlands can support your innovation.
Dr Ben Roberts, Innovation Adviser
WMAccelerator@medilinkmidlands.com
*Though our focus is on supporting West Midlands companies, we welcome collaboration from all over. Please contact us to learn more about how you can get involved.