NIA Fellow Arjun Panesar, Founder CEO of Diabetes Digital Media and the Low Carb Program, shares his thoughts on innovating within the BAME community. This article was originally published in the AHSN Network’s publication, Diversity and innovation: A celebration of BAME innovators and our pledges to do more. I have been inspired by the lackRead more
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Outcomes Based Healthcare and My Diabetes My Way have been selected as Health Data Research UK (HDRUK) Sandbox projects. The Sandbox programme provides an environment for virtual testing of products, services, innovations and knowledge that require access to large scale data to improve the health of patients and the population. The Sandbox will provide testRead more
NIA innovations Droplet and ESCAPE-pain feature in the AHSN Network Innovation Exchange podcast on healthy ageing Episode 1 of the Innovation Exchange podcast explores the challenges facing our health and care service in relation to ageing. NHS England’s Clinical Director for Older People, Professor Martin Vernon joins host Dr Hasan Chowhan, plus we hear aboutRead more
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is featured in the September 2019 issue of Anaesthesia News, the official magazine of the Association of Anaesthetists. In the article, Dr Amanda Begley, National Director of the NIA, shares insights from our 2018 research report, NHS Innovation Accelerator: Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation, on how toRead more
Research finds population BRCA testing in high risk group reduces anxiety and does not adversely affect psychological health or quality of life. Dr Ranjit Manchanda led the Genetic Cancer Prediction through Population Screening (GCaPPS) study at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. The study compared long-term outcomes of population-based and family history criteria-based BRCARead more
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) supports a breadth of innovations from a range of organisations (including from social enterprise, private and public sector). Some originate from “profit making” companies, others are not-for-profit. NIA Fellows developing spread and sustainability strategies for non-commercial innovations have highlighted a relative lack of support infrastructure when compared to that availableRead more
At one of the NIA’s quarterly events, Fellow Charles MacKinnon presented on his approach to assessing whether potential customers are ready to adopt innovation. Here he shares how he uses a behaviour change model to identify opportunities that are most likely to lead to uptake. One would think that if you have a great innovationRead more
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is pleased to welcome three new mentors to the programme, offering a range of valuable expertise and insight to NIA Fellows: Arun Krishna, Nicholas Ibery and Robert P Mollen.
Px, a digital health company dedicated to improving cancer outcomes and the developer of NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) innovation OWise, has received a significant investment boost from one of Europe’s most successful fintech entrepreneurs. The funding will allow for the significant development of OWise, a mobile cancer patient support platform which improves people’s experience ofRead more
Dr Maryanne Mariyaselvam has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to healthcare as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Alumni has developed a number of devices to improve patient safety, including the Non-Injectable Arterial Connector and the WireSafe. Maryanne is Clinical Research Fellow at the Queen ElizabethRead more
