WM5G supports WM2041 Carbon Reduction Plan
WM5G Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and, as such, supports and contributes to achieving the region’s 2041 net zero target WM2041 Carbon Reduction [...]
WM5G wins Health Tech Digital Award
We’re delighted that our trailblazing care enabled by technology programme has been recognised as the Best Innovation Project of the Year at the Health Tech Digital awards. While the [...]
TEC partners share best practice
We were delighted to welcome guests and delivery partners to our TEC dissemination event at IET Birmingham Austin Court on Tuesday 20 May. As part of the Department for Science, [...]
WM5G to speak at NHS Confederation: Care Closer to Home Conference
We’re proud to announce that WM5G is the joint headline sponsor of the NHS Confederation ‘Care Closer to Home: Primary and Community Care Conference 2025’ The shift from hospital to [...]
Blog: Embedding Technology into Social Care Practice
Hi, I’m Emily. I’ve been a qualified social worker for just over seven years and am currently employed in one of the locality teams supporting adults. When I began my [...]
Blog: Helping social care professionals navigate technology-enabled care
Hello, I'm William Hallt, a digital navigator at Wolverhampton City Council. Having begun my career as a residential care worker, I have always been motivated by a desire to help [...]
Blog: We all need a plan for ageing
Hi, I’m Diane. I’m retired but I used to work for the local council delivering managed care, so I know a little bit about what the ageing process looks like. [...]
WM5G launches new era for adult social care
Up to 1,000 citizens across the West Midlands will benefit from improved social care provision, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration between Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton Local Authorities’ [...]
WM5G welcomes new Non Executive Director Bethan Miles
WM5G is delighted to confirm that Bethan Miles has agreed to join its board as a non-executive director. Bethan brings her extensive management consulting and healthcare innovation expertise combined [...]
West Midlands becomes first English region to speed-up bowel cancer screening using technology as part of pioneering Levelling Up Smart City Region programme
The West Midlands has become the first English region to screen people for bowel cancer in their local pharmacy, at home or at other local settings, using new colon [...]
WM5G to support WMCA – driving innovation in digital health as part of devolution deal
Digital innovation experts WM5G are set to play a key role supporting WMCA, and the regional health economies in improving healthcare across the region following the Government’s announcement of [...]
Robert Franks featured in MobileUK’s #Talking5G Series
Robert Franks, Managing Director at West Midlands 5G has been featured in the latest instalment of MobileUK's #Talking5G Series. Roberts's contribution to the #Talking5G series explores the importance of bringing 5G [...]
WM5G’s Adrian Smith explores how 5G connectivity will enhance the future of care homes for The Carer
Writing in The Carer magazine, Adrian Smith has explored how 5G technology will enhance care homes in the future. As care providers, we are acutely aware that current ways of [...]
Adrian Smith explores how connected procedures could be the key to increasing clinical capacity and patient access for Digital Leaders magazine
Adrian Smith, Health and Social Care Lead at West Midlands 5G has explored the role connected procedures can play in an increasing clinical capacity and patient access for Digital Leaders [...]
5G Endoscopy trial receives coverage in The Times
The innovative new pilot scheme launched in the West Midlands aiming to give patients the ability to undergo a procedure to detect the causes of digestive or stomach complaints in [...]
Connected Healthcare Programme Modules 4-6
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WM5G Application Accelerator project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Midlands Engine Book your place here Scroll down to read [...]
Revolutionary 5G connected device makes it possible to detect bowel cancer at home
An innovative new pilot scheme has launched in the West Midlands aiming to give patients the ability to undergo a procedure to detect the causes of digestive or stomach complaints [...]
Covid, complexity and the role of 5G in transforming healthcare
Tony Robbins, the respected coach, motivational speaker and philanthropist, declared “complexity is the enemy of execution.” There is currently nowhere this phrase rings more truly than in the NHS, with [...]
Adrian Smith to Discuss Health Connectivity in the Post-COVID World
Adrian Smith, West Midlands 5G's Health & Social Care Lead, will be discussing health connectivity in the post-COVID world in the next In-Orbit Podcast, which will launch on Tuesday 13th [...]
Transforming social care provision with 5G
West Midlands 5G's Health and Social Care Lead, Adrian Smith, has been featured in the latest issue of The Carer magazine, discussing how 5G will help to transform social care [...]
Care home residents benefit from UK’s first 5G remote diagnosis and monitoring trial – allowing full access to GP care
https://youtu.be/AS1-z2viyDY Vulnerable care home residents in Coventry have had their risk from Covid-19 significantly reduced after becoming the first in the UK to receive contact-free treatment from GPs using [...]
Leveraging 5G Technologies to Improve the Nation’s Health and Wellbeing
Leveraging 5G technologies to significantly improve the nation’s health and well being. About this Event Together BT, the University of Warwick and Warwickshire County Council are hosting this event, one [...]
WM5G to host online health roadshow meeting
We'll be joining West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster (WMHTC) in hosting an online roadshow meeting to discuss our Citizen Wellbeing testbed. Represented by our Health & Social Care Lead Adrian [...]
Adrian Smith to discuss the role of 5G in Digital Healthcare
Adrian Smith, our Health & Social Care Lead, will be representing WM5G at a 2 day virtual workshop focusing on the role of 5G in Digital Healthcare. The workshop, titled [...]
Why 5G will prove fundamental to improving Healthcare
Long before the outbreak of COVID-19, our healthcare system was already under a significant amount of pressure. In the UK and in similar developed countries, the growth in ageing populations [...]
