Latest Updates

7th September 2026

A novel NHS-developed device designed to reduce the potential spread of dangerous drug-resistant bacteria has secured a commercial partner and is moving towards wider deployment in healthcare settings worldwide following support from Health Tech Enterprise (HTE). The innovation, known as AseptiFlow, was invented and developed by Dr James Soothill, a Consultant Microbiologist at Great Ormond […]

2nd September 2026

Innovate UK has launched a new £25.4 million funding competition to support the development and clinical validation of technologies that could help detect and diagnose cancer earlier. The competition, delivered on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, is seeking innovative collaborative R&D projects focused on early cancer diagnostics. Funding will […]

13th August 2026

Health Tech Enterprise has announced a new ownership structure designed to strengthen employee participation in the business and support its long-term growth plans as it enters its 21st year. The NHS market access, health economics and technology commercialisation consultancy will continue to operate under the Health Tech Enterprise brand, with no changes to its services, […]

6th August 2026

The TBAT Innovation Challenge 2026, delivered by Dains in collaboration with Headline Sponsor Shakespeare Martineau and Platinum Sponsor Barclays Eagle Labs, is now open for applications, with a search underway for the UK’s most exciting innovators. The Innovation Challenge presents a unique opportunity for businesses to elevate their growth, whether they are in the early […]

17th June 2026

Health Tech Enterprise (HTE) has launched a new Clinical Expert Community aimed at tackling one of the biggest challenges facing medical technology innovators, gaining meaningful clinical insight during product development. The new initiative will connect clinicians, nurses and allied health professionals with companies developing medical devices, digital health platforms and diagnostic technologies, helping innovators access […]

9th June 2026

Health Tech Enterprise is proud to be partnering with St John’s Innovation Centre Training (SJICT) on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to deliver the training element of the i4i THRIVE programme.

18th May 2026

Innovators from the University of Cambridge have been named winners of the latest Health Tech Enterprise Innovation Sprint in London, after impressing judges with a pioneering solution designed to support pelvic floor rehabilitation.

7th May 2026

Health Tech Enterprise has created a series of short educational videos for the NHS InSites Programme, designed to help foster a positive culture of innovation across NHS trusts and support healthcare professionals in bringing new ideas into practice.

15th April 2026

Healthcare innovators, NHS professionals and industry experts are being invited by Health Tech Enterprise to take part in a high-intensity Health Innovation Sprint programme aimed at accelerating solutions to some of the health service’s most pressing challenges.

3rd March 2026

We are thrilled to announce that Asad Faraz has joined Health Tech Enterprise as our newest Health Economist. Asad brings a wealth of consultancy expertise to our Health Economics team and further strengthens our ability to provide rigorous, evidence-based economic modeling for our clients.

18th November 2025

The UK government has published updated Intellectual property (IP) guidance for the NHS in England. The guidance aims to facilitate how intellectual property (IP) is managed within the NHS and overcome some of the challenges faced by innovators and other key stakeholders striving to develop their ideas and bring new innovations to the market for the benefit of patients and the NHS.

4th August 2025

The winner of the Innovation Voucher competition has been revealed. The HTE Innovation Voucher competition is designed to reward the most novel ideas in MedTech innovation with vouchers donated by Smallfry

29th July 2025

Today we are proud to announce a strategic collaboration between Global Regulatory Services (GRS) and HealthTech Enterprise (HTE). This collaboration unites two trusted organisations with a shared commitment to accelerating innovation, improving patient outcomes, and enabling the successful commercialisation of cutting-edge health technologies.

13th May 2025

Nocomed, a leading provider of sustainability solutions for the life sciences sector, and Health Tech Enterprise, a prominent organisation dedicated to accelerating the adoption of novel health technologies, today announced their intention to form a new strategic partnership.

2nd December 2024

Working together with partners including Health Tech Enterprise, the University of East Anglia (UEA) has gained funding from Research England to set up a pilot programme to support staff and postgraduate researchers at UEA, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and across Norwich Research Park in maximising the impact of innovation and […]

4th November 2024

All of us at Health Tech Enterprise are delighted to extend a very warm welcome to Gabriela Ramírez Guevara, our newest team member. As a Senior Health Economist, Gabriela will be collaborating closely with clients to help them demonstrate the value of their innovative medical technologies and services, making it easier for healthcare organizations to […]

14th November 2024

Tuesday 12th November, marked 20 years since Health Tech Enterprise was founded. We started out as a spin out of the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We were the NHS Innovation Hub for the East of England and immediately began helping to address unmet clinical needs by working with clinical innovators to develop and commercialise […]

9th September 2024

A product invented by a hospital engineer and nurse to keep patients’ beds tidy has been so successful it’s now available to buy online. The Bedhead Tidy was developed by nurse Emma Thomson and former biomedical engineer Steve Connew after they were concerned with the messy storage of tubing and cables hung by patients’ beds […]

June 2024

We're excited to announce that Health Tech Enterprise is looking for a talented Health Economist to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll collaborate with MedTech innovators to develop economic models for early-stage medical technologies. Your work will be crucial in engaging with clients and contributing to the efficient allocation of healthcare resources.

14th June 2024

The Health Innovation Sprints 2024 brought together top clinical innovators from NHS trusts, supported by Health Tech Enterprise, to develop groundbreaking medical technologies. Hosted in Cambridge and Norwich, participants collaborated with experts to refine their concepts and pitches.

19th March 2024

We are delighted to be supporting the Ambitious Essex Innovation Accelerator run jointly by Essex County Council and Medilink Midlands over the coming months. This accelerator programme, which will run in two cohorts over a 12 week period, will have weekly sessions designed to support innovators from a variety of sectors with the skills and […]

1st November 2023

Health Tech Enterprise showcases ground-breaking support for HealthTech innovators to navigate UK and EU markets at MEDICA 2023 UK-based health technology consultancy Health Tech Enterprise is proud to announce their participation at MEDICA 2023 to showcase their ground-breaking support services helping international MedTech innovators in accessing the EU and UK markets, as they launch a […]

19th September 2023

We are excited to announce the first winner of the HealthTech NETZERO Competition is, Simon Hall of Airway Medical Ltd. Airway Medical Ltd produce novel Airway Suction Devices for clearing airways in emergency and chronic conditions; in a fully sustainable way. Their Airway Medical Suction Unit (AMSU™) is a portable suction device for clearing blocked […]

13th September 2023

Health Tech Enterprise and Highland Marketing develop ‘ecosystem’ of services Two organisations focussed on helping health technology companies to grow their market opportunities, have formed a new partnership that will extend their combined expertise in the sector. The development, which will help both companies meet more of their clients’ needs, comes as new government strategy […]

12th September 2023

New Options for Product Development Assessments Health Tech Enterprise are proud to say we are officially a facilitator of the NICE Medtech Early Technical Assessment (META) Tool. The META tool has been designed to help all developers of medical technologies understand the evidence requirements for NICE or other payers and the impact of the differences […]

10th August 2023

New Service We are proud to announce that HTE can now provide our clients with the capability to demonstrate the sustainable credibility of their technologies and services to their customers with HealthTech NETZERO. With healthcare accounting for 5% of world emissions, an increasing number of countries pledging to deliver sustainable or NetZero carbon care by […]

31st May 2023

Digital Health innovation and the incorporation of Artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools have the potential to revolutionize healthcare in the NHS, providing patients with more personalized, efficient, and effective care. There are increasing numbers of clinical innovators within the NHS with exciting ideas for such tools, in prevention, diagnosis or treatment. These merely require some […]

1st March

Dr Luke Lintin has been awarded £3,000 of ‘in-kind support’ from eg technology to further the development of a novel solution for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, after winning the Health Tech Enterprise’s Innovation Voucher Competition Award. The competition aims to accelerate the development of novel medical technologies to deliver improved patient […]

9th March 2023

The UK is facing a healthcare crisis and clinicians at Health Tech Enterprise’s MedTech FUTURES Conference, held on 1 March 2023, highlighted the need for technological solutions to meet the current, unmet clinical needs within the NHS and ensure it delivers world-class care for major health problems.  “80% of cardiovascular deaths are preventable,” said keynote […]

19th December 2022

Health Tech Enterprise (HTE) has expanded its team with two strategic new hires, marking a period of ongoing growth for the company. Joining HTE are Max Bardwell, Head of Business Development, and Ema Douksaite, Health Economist. Max, formerly of the Medical Technologies Innovation Facility, has significant experience in technology development for both public and private […]

7th November 2022

CamPROBE aims to save time and money – and reduce the risk of infection This month sees the launch of a revolutionary new device that is set to transform the process of prostate cancer diagnosis. The Cambridge Prostate Biopsy Device (CamPROBE) is designed to reduce the risk of infection, compared with traditional transrectal biopsies, and […]

2nd September 2022

Health Tech Enterprise is delighted to announce the successful procurement of £14,556 of funding for the further development of an innovative thoracentesis device, aimed at greatly improving patient safety during the treatment of pleural effusions. The funding comes from Addenbrookes Charitable Trust (ACT), the charity for Addenbrooke’s Hospital. ACT invests more than £1m each year […]

1st August 2022

This July, healthcare technology consultancy, Health Tech Enterprise (HTE) hosted a seminar at The Møller Institute in Cambridge in response to the rapidly rising rates of diabetes diagnoses in the UK. During the event, clinicians, researchers and leading figures in diabetes care came together to discuss the urgent need for the development of novel solutions […]

10th May 2022

Healthcare technology consultancy, Health Tech Enterprise, formerly Health Enterprise East, has evolved its brand and its service offering, to better reflect the business’ international reach and breadth of expertise. The evolution to Health Tech Enterprise (HTE) represents the consultancy’s expansion into multiple international markets, working with both medical technology innovators and healthcare providers. The consultancy […]

14th February 2022

The winners of the Innovation Voucher competition, run by leading NHS MedTech innovation consultancy Health Tech Enterprise and sponsored by eg technology, a Cambridge-based design engineering development consultancy, have been revealed as two teams from Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH).

22nd July 2020

MedTech NAVIGATOR, the development programme from leading NHS medical technology hub Health Tech Enterprise (HTE), has launched its MedTech Connect online collaboration portal as the latest offering to support medical technology companies, particularly small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).

28th July 2026

Two pioneering innovations designed to improve outcomes for children and young people have been recognised at the Paediatric HealthTech Sprint, an initiative created to accelerate the development of breakthrough technologies in paediatric healthcare. Funded by NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health, the Paediatric HealthTech Sprint was conceived through the NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and […]

18th May 2026

A new Innovation Sprint focused on paediatric health and child health innovation will take place in Cambridge on 2nd June 2026, bringing together entrepreneurs, clinicians, advisors, and industry experts from across the healthcare sector. The Paediatric Health Innovation Sprint will support early-stage innovators and start-ups developing technologies and solutions aimed at improving outcomes within paediatric […]

21st April 2026

Innovators, startups, founders and growing companies are invited to join a powerful six-part Innovation-to-Impact MedTech Webinar Series designed to help you move faster from idea to market. Delivered by Health Tech Enterprise, through a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions, these expert-led courses cover the most important stages of commercialising healthcare innovation from protecting IP […]

16th April 2026

eg technology is supporting the next Health Tech Enterprise (HTE) Innovation Sprint by providing an Innovation Voucher prize, offering winners access to expert product development support to help bring early-stage healthcare ideas closer to reality. Taking place on 11 May 2026 at Kilburn & Strode LLP, the high-intensity Sprint will bring together healthcare innovators, NHS […]