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As part of the UK government s Health Infrastructure plan, up to £5 million of UK Space Agency funding is available to support a joint initiative with the Hampshire Together: Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services Programme, in order to utilise space technology to tackle healthcare challenges.
This project forms part of the government s plan to provide 40 new hospitals across England by 2030.
WHY IT MATTERS
Through this initiative, the hospital can use technologies pioneered on missions to Mars or the International Space Station to help treat patients and alleviate the workload burden placed on NHS staff.
In the past, health technologies inspired by space technologies have included real-time diagnosis of bowel cancer, the development of more compact 3D X-ray machines, improved remote diagnostics and an app identifying people at risk of social isolation and mental health issues.
A HAMPSHIRE programme is backing a multi-million pound drive to design a hospital of the future. UK Space Agency has launched £5m drive to design hospital of the future in collaboration with the Hampshire Together programme. The government has invited the UK’s world-leading innovators to help design a new ‘space age’ hospital that could use technologies and techniques pioneered on missions to Mars or the International Space Station to help treat patients and make life easier for hard-working NHS staff. Up to £5 million of UK Space Agency funding is available to support a joint initiative with the Hampshire Together: Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services programme.
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THE UK Space Agency is working with other experts to help design a space age hospital. The healthcare facility could use technologies and techniques pioneered on missions to Mars or the International Space Station to help treat patients and make life easier for NHS staff. Up to £5 million of UK Space Agency funding is available to support a joint initiative with the Hampshire Together: Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services programme. The space-enabled services could be inspired by a range of activities and technologies pioneered by the UK’s growing space sector, which currently contributes nearly £15 billion to GDP and supports 42,000 jobs.