Now that our partners across the NHS and social care are mobilising at scale in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, our role as part of England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) is to support them by helping them take full advantage of the most relevant innovations and technologies that can improve care for patients and support our services in this challenging context. Nationally, the NIA and the AHSN Network are part of a coordinated NHS response to identify and enable the implementation of technologies that respond to areas of highest priority action, in particular solutions for remote consultation and patient monitoring, diagnostics and point-of-care testing.

How to get in touch

If you are a company or an innovator with a potential COVID-19 related solution, please contact the relevant national agency direct:

Vaccines
Contact Public Health England: nervtag@phe.gov.uk

Ventilators
Contact the Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS): ventilator.support@beis.gov.uk or call 0300 456 3565

Innovation and Tech
Contact NHSX: DNHSX@nhsx.nhs.uk

Diagnostics
Contact Public Health England: coviddiagnostics@phe.gov.uk