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November 2018 saw the first cohort of Fellows ‘graduate’ from the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA). A Mentor to nine Fellows since the inception of the NIA in 2015, Dr Robert Winter reflects on how attitudes towards innovations have changed, shares his top tips for innovators and adopter sites, and looks to the future of theRead more

NHS Innovation Accelerator Mentor, Adrian Downing, has supported Fellows in getting ‘business-ready’. Here, he shares his advice and tips for innovators and entrepreneurs looking to commercialise their health innovation and set up a business. Many organisations place too little emphasis on the simple things when running a business. This impacts their ability to grow inRead more

As his three years as an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow comes to an end, Neil Guha reflects on where it all began, with an invitation from his future self to rip up the straitjacket of rigid plans, to rediscover his curiosity, to take risks, and to embrace failure. This uplifting post aims to encourage andRead more

Reflecting on the success around ORCHA’s Digital Healthy Schools, CEO and NIA Fellow, Liz Ashall-Payne, discusses how digital health apps can positively impact young people, with education delivered as part of the PHSE curriculum in schools. We live in a digital world and none are more digitally savvy than our young people. Over 90% ofRead more

This case study, written by NHS Innovation Accelerator Alumni, Dr Penny Newman, describes how creating a social movement around workforce innovation, Health Coaching, supported spread across England’s NHS to empower patients to self-manage and make clinicians’ work easier. The problem with our conversation The fundamental building block of good health and care is effective communicationRead more

John Illingworth, Head of Patient Safety at UCLPartners, shares his reflections on the unique challenges innovation adoption in healthcare can bring and describes how UCLPartners is taking a new approach which recognises the value of early adopters in this process when given sufficient support. The challenge of spreading innovations is not new, nor is itRead more

A Market Open Ceremony at the London Stock Exchange on 6th November 2018 launched the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s new research report, ‘How and why the NHS adopts innovation’. Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, and Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, opened the markets and hosted a celebration of some of the pioneeringRead more

Some of England’s most pioneering NHS organisations recognised for their work in adopting new technologies and models of care to improve outcomes for patients, are celebrated in a national report launched today. Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation captures real-world insight and learning from NHS sites which have successfully implemented innovations ranging fromRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation.  Description Liver disease is now the fifth largest killer in the UK. Currently, 50% of new diagnoses of liver cirrhosis occur only after emergency admission to hospital (Ratib et al, J Hep 2014). The ScarredRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description AliveCor’s Kardia Mobile Electrocardiogram (ECG) device is a mobile heart monitor that can detect, monitor, and manage heart arrhythmias with automatic analysis. The Kardia captures ECG recordings of the heart within 30 secondsRead more