Health Minister Simon Hamilton visited MOIC on 4 February. From left: Tony Stevens (Chief Executive, NHSCT), Cathy Harrison (Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS), Mike Scott (Director, MOIC), Simon Hamilton (Health Minister), Bob McCann (Chairman, NHSCT), Mark Timoney (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS), Glenda Fleming (Deputy Director, MOIC).
Prof. Mike Scott and Glenda Fleming presented MOIC at the 2nd Northern Ireland Clinical Innovation Conference, 7-8 October 2015, Riddel Hall, Belfast. The collaborative conference aims to build relationships between Northern Ireland clinical researchers and the pharmaceutical industry with a view to increasing collaborative research and adoption of innovation. Using a cross-sector approach with the needs of our patients at the centre of the plans, the event is aimed at enhancing Northern Ireland’s ability to attract, foster and implement clinical innovation. The conference will build on last year’s successful Clinical Research Visit, which resulted in the initiation of over twenty potential new research collaborations. One year on, the challenge is not only to maintain this momentum, but also to explore how our health and social care system can derive maximum benefit from implementing and adopting clinical innovation at a time of great change and equally great financial pressure.
More info:
http://www.cvent.com/events/2015-clinical-innovation-conference/event-summary
The presentation on the MOIC given by Glenda Fleming on the Northern Health and Social Care Trust Annual Leadership Conference. Theme: ‘Seizing the Moment; Delivering the Future’.
Date: 4th November 2015, The Braid, Ballymena
Professor Mike Scott and Cathy Harrison (Head of Medicines Optimisation DHSSPS) delivered their presentation on the Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA), held in Brussels on 9-10 December 2015. This year’s Conference was dedicated to the theme ‘Accelerating market uptake of innovation for active and healthy ageing across Europe’. The Conference was the opportunity to showcase the work conducted by EIP on AHA Action Groups over the period 2012-2015. One of the key speakers was the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland Simon Hamilton.
HSC Innovations is the regional service for intellectual property management and commercialisation within HSC. It works with Health and Social Care (HSC) employees throughout Northern Ireland to support the identification and development of new ideas (solutions to unmet healthcare needs) arising from both the clinical and research expertise base. HSC Innovations also provides an interface for external organisations who wish to collaborate with health and social care employees/organisations such as MOIC in developing these ideas into products. By working with industry partners, new and improved products and services can be developed to provide front line care improvements and benefits for patients.
More information: http://www.innovations.hscni.net/