Real-World Impact: Reflections from the Black Internship Programme 2025
As part of LEAP’s work to cultivate the best possible future for digital health in South West England and Wales, we have been at the forefront of this year’s Black Internship Programme (BIP). The BIP, which is organised by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), is...
Festival of Digital Health: Career development perspectives from the Centre for Doctoral Training
The Hub is fortunate to work closely with the EPSRC funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Digital Health and Care at the University of Bristol. We asked some of the CDT students to share insights about our recent Festival of Digital Health. We asked how it...
From Concept to Clinic: Navigating the UK Regulatory Pathway for Autonomous AI in Healthcare
Introduction In a world first, an autonomous AI was recently approved as a medical device. This means the skin cancer detection system (Skin Analytics’ DERM) is legally authorized to making clinical decisions without human oversight. This marks a milestone in digital...
Hi-tech healthcare boost for South West and Wales after over £1 million cash injection
AI-powered virtual assistants for young people with ADHD and developing technology to combat loneliness in Parkinson’s patients are just a few of the exciting projects which have received financial backing from the LEAP Digital Health Hub. The Hub has awarded funding...
What is Digital Health?
by Dr Karen Dawe, Deputy Director, Skills and Knowledge programme As the nights start drawing in, we’ve been reflecting on what we did over the summer, and a theme has emerged. This summer LEAP spoke at a number of events. During Data Week we gave a webinar for the...