{"id":93772,"date":"2018-07-10T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=daaccc457feebdcf4068a7d3cd6f6888"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:30:03","slug":"news-story-making-better-use-of-speech-therapy-apply-for-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=93772","title":{"rendered":"News story: Making better use of speech therapy: apply for funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health-ni.gov.uk\/\">Department of Health<\/a> in Northern Ireland has up to \u00a3180,000 for technology projects that promote and support better use of speech and language therapy services for people who have suffered strokes.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 3 early-stage projects will be funded under the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), with the best ideas going on to compete for further funding to undertake clinical trials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI and how it works.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"aim-to-improve-rehabilitation\">Aim to improve rehabilitation<\/h2>\n<p>Projects should aim to use technology to increase use of speech and language therapy services and make these more effective and efficient.<\/p>\n<p>They should help therapy services improve rehabilitation of stroke patients experiencing a number of difficulties including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>aphasia, an impairment of language skills<\/li>\n<li>apraxia, a difficulty with motor skills required for production of speech<\/li>\n<li>dysphagia, where patients have swallowing difficulties<\/li>\n<li>dysarthria, which is difficult or unclear articulation of speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phase 1 projects will be expected to develop and design prototypes and plan and design clinical trials. Ideas could include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tailored patient assessments<\/li>\n<li>ways of encouraging patient participation including through motivating interfaces and involvement of family and friends<\/li>\n<li>remote working<\/li>\n<li>personalised smart programs that adapt to patient progress<\/li>\n<li>real-time patient feedback to therapy teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solutions should be small, portable and conform to relevant standards for medical devices.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is open, and the deadline for tenders is at 3pm on 3 August 2018<\/li>\n<li>the competition is open to any organisation that can demonstrate a route to market for its idea<\/li>\n<li>we expect phase 1 contracts to be worth up to \u00a360,000 and to last 6 months<\/li>\n<li>successful projects will attract 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>applications should be made through <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/etendersni.gov.uk\/epps\/home.do\">eTendersNI<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/etendersni.gov.uk\/epps\/cft\/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=1627994\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for a share of up to \u00a3180,000 to come up with ways of promoting better and more efficient use of speech and language therapy services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}