Occupational Health: Reform
(asked on 24th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 20 November (HL11652), what projects for reform of occupational health services are funded through the Small Business Research Initiative; how much funding was provided to each of those projects, and whether they will place a copy of the self-reported outcomes of those projects in the Library of the House.
The fund for stimulating innovation in occupational health (OH) funded five projects in Phase 2. Up to £300,000, inclusive of VAT, was allocated for each contract, to develop a prototype and undertake field testing for up to 12 months. The following table shows the projects to reform OH, their actual spend, and the project participant’s name:
Participant name | Project title | Actual spend |
WELLICS LTD | The enhancement and trialling of an innovative platform to improve SMEs' ability to provide occupational health services to their workforce and measure improved performance in the workplace | £296,200 |
KINSEED LIMITED | SwiftCare - INFORMATION SYSTEMS for HEALTH AND WORK | £299,347 |
| A smart digital OH portal and employee-facing app to bring the benefits of occupational health to individuals, micro and SME companies - initially addressing those employees with Long COVID of the overall total of 2,200,000 patients in the UK. | £262,956 |
LATUS HEALTH LTD | Remote access occupational health support system | £287,945 |
ARMOUR LABS LTD | Digital Healthcare Navigation for the Modern Workforce | £300,000 |
Further details on each of the projects have been published on the Innovate UK transparency page.
Following the normal practice of Innovate UK, projects will not be required to deposit their self-reported outcomes in the Library of the House due to commercial confidentiality considerations.