The funds will help the children’s hospital develop new technology to tackle children’s health issues.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is set to receive more than £4 million in funding to develop and deploy new technology to help tackle health issues affecting children and young people in the city region.
“This funding will help us develop new groundbreaking solutions through collaboration with key innovators and partners,” said John Grinnell, chief executive officer at Alder Hey.
The investment by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is part of a £9.4 million initiative known as the Paediatric Open Innovation Zone (POIZ).
The project will encourage collaboration with local innovators, allowing access to Alder Hey’s clinical teams, expertise and facilities to develop paediatric solutions.
It will also allow businesses to test their healthcare innovations with the help of Alder Hey experts.
As well as this, it will provide consultancy and training to drive healthcare innovations across Liverpool City Region’s hospitals, and will help partners in the NHS, industry and overseas to benefit from Alder Hey’s experience.
Founded in 1914, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is one of the largest children’s hospitals in Britain.
