Chelsea and Westminster to focus on health tech for children

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with KidsX Accelerator to develop health tech specifically targeted at the needs of paediatric patients and their families.
LA-based KidsX Accelerator will work with the CW Innovation programme, led by the trust and its charity CW+ in a bid to help fill the unmet need of deploying digital health technologies in paediatric care.
The pair will workĀ withĀ early-stage digital health companies to codevelop and testĀ innovative solutions for children.
Chris Chaney, chief executive of CW+, said: āWe are excited to work with KidsX Accelerator as part of our expanding CW Innovation programme, which introduces new innovations that improve patient care, patient experience and operational efficiency.
āWe have fast-tracked a raft of new technologies and innovations over the course of the last year, with KidsX we are looking to grow our portfolio of ātest and scaleā projects to ensure weāre meeting the specific needs of our paediatric patients too.ā
The KidsX Accelerator is a 13-week virtual program with 40 paediatric departments and hospitals across the world. Early-stage technology companies are introduced to the relevant paediatric departments and hospital decision makers to develop and test their product in a real-world clinical setting.
The entrepreneurs are given help and advice from the hospital teams to build and launch innovations that meet the unique needs of paediatric patients and their families.
Omkar Kulkarni, managing director of KidsX, added:Ā āAs an emerging leader in healthcare innovation in the UK,Ā Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an ideal member.
āInnovation in paediatric health has not advancedĀ at the rate it has in adult healthcare.Ā Itās our aim to address this together; childrenās needs are different to those of adults, and weĀ aim to help entrepreneurs develop solutions that suit theĀ pressing needs ofĀ paediatric patients and their families.ā