States ‘should continue to support innovation’

Tony Moretta says that although most of the focus has been on the £1.4m potential losses, there have been successes among the fund recipients.

Speaking ahead of today’s Digital Health Strategy launch – which will integrate hospital and GP patient records – he said that one of the local technology companies involved, Total Solutions Group, had benefited from the funding.

‘I have not heard anyone say it is a bad idea to invest in innovation, but we should do it in a different way,’ said Mr Moretta, who has been in the post for just over a year. ‘I think that governments should intervene where the market is not providing a solution. If you talk to start-ups in Jersey, most will tell you this is not an easy place to get funding.’

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