Health Innovation Wessex, Accelerating in Wessex masterclass
17/04/2026This was an event hosted by Health Innovation Wessex at the Barclays Eagle Lab offices in Southampton. It brought speakers such as Gemma Snell and Luke Hampson to share what Health Innovation Wessex and Barclays Eagle Labs can do to support entrepreneurs and innovators.
We had two businesses sharing their journey and some key points they thought others should deal with to protect their innovation and keep the most value when it comes to funding and investors. Lifelight and Athos Medical Technologies.
In the video there is nearly two minutes of speaker Fred Bassett covering the 7 hurdles in getting your innovation and business launched, from a medical product perspective.
A couple of key takeaways to share for people that I know in the NHS is that you need to look at these programmes.
NHS Innovation Service – https://innovation.nhs.uk
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur – https://nhscep.com

