First Moray Growth Deal project to get started confirmed as digital health investment
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THE first project to commence as part of the Moray Growth Deal signed last week will be the delivery of a Rural Centre of Excellence for Digital Health and Care.
The major initiative from Scotland's National Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI), a collaboration between The Glasgow School of Art and the University of Strathclyde, is being backed with £5 million worth of investment.
The funding will aim to support the remobilisation of health and care services and the economic recovery of the Moray region.
This includes the creation of a state-of-the-art, anchored, demonstration and simulation environment (DSE) and an enabling of cloud infrastructure along with a spread of five co-designed Living Lab testbeds across Moray.
The Living Labs will be open to all and focus on co-managed wellness, home first, mental health, smart housing and communities, and unscheduled care.
DHI said they are thrilled to lead the very first project to commence as part of the Moray Growth Deal.
Professor George Crooks OBE, Chief Executive at the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre, said: "The Moray Growth Deal, having digital health and care as one of its key priorities ensures that we can position Moray and Scotland at the forefront of digital health and care innovation.
"This will not only benefit the people of Moray and Scotland but will create opportunities for Scottish businesses to grow and develop innovative products as well as secure inward investment. DHI is very pleased to be a strategic partner in the Growth Deal."
Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance for the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, said: "In working with the Moray Growth team and key stakeholders, I strongly believe this programme will bring high potential opportunities to the Moray region, to transform services for the citizens of Moray, and create job and skills opportunities for the region.
"I am very excited about the impact this will make over the coming years."
Simon Bokor-Ingram, Chief Officer for the Moray Health and Social Care Portfolio, added:
"I am delighted that health and social care services have this opportunity to contribute through transformation to the lives of our residents, not only directly through how we deliver services, but also to the wider potential prosperity of our communities."
