Fibricheck, an NHS Innovation Accelerator innovation, recently announced s partnership with Daiichi Sankyo to improve the detection and diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) at home. The collaboration supports the AHSN Network’s Detect, Protect and Perfect initiative and promotes delivery of the NHS’ Long Term Plan by providing digital solutions to patients with an aim toRead more
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Twelve innovators selected to scale across England’s NHS with support from the NHS Innovation Accelerator Today, the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) announces the 12 innovators (‘Fellows’) and innovations selected to join its award-winning programme in 2021. These innovations offer solutions to some of the NHS’ most pressing needs and will be supported over the nextRead more
The NIA is currently recruiting for a patient and/or carer representative to join our Programme Board. In this role, you will oversee the delivery of the NIA programme and help ensure, with the rest of the Board, that the voices and perspectives of patients and carers remain central to that task. You will be oneRead more
80% of the world’s healthcare professionals have reported that their patient’s mental health has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic [i]. There is growing concern that ADHD care is compromised as patients have not been able to make clinic visits during lockdown. ADHD is strongly associated with anxiety and other related disorders and in a recentRead more
The NHS Innovation Accelerator is recruiting for an Interim Deputy Director on a 1-year fixed-term contract. The Deputy Director will work with the National Director for the NIA to co-lead delivery of the accelerator in partnership with NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), AHSNs and other key stakeholders. The post holder will take on operationalRead more
East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) has published an evaluation of Dip.io’s urinary tract infection (UTI) digital pathway demonstrator, which shows positive outcomes for women seeking treatment for a UTI. Dip.io was selected to join the NIA in 2017. The below was originally published by EMAHSN. In July 2019, East Midlands AHSN collaborated withRead more
NIA Fellow Ranjit Manchanda (2019) recently published an international study on broadening cancer BRCA gene testing to entire populations, which showed it is cost effective and could prevent millions more cancer cases worldwide. Read an overview of the paper below and find the full text, published in Cancers, here. Screening entire populations for breast andRead more
2020 NIA innovation Locum’s Nest recently launched 4 new products! Locum’s Nest has announced the NHS’s first total workforce solution for temporary staffing within hospital Trusts and General Practice. The company believes this move will radically transform temporary staffing management and help ensure it reaches its new target of saving the NHS £1.5 billion duringRead more
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is excited to welcome 3 new Mentors to our existing group of high-profile specialists providing bespoke support to Fellows. Bobby Kaura is involved in seed investment and International development of Illumina Accelerator Cambridge. He advocates for building ecosystems that support better population and patient outcomes with partners involved in drivingRead more
*UPDATE*: We are pleased to announce that 2 of the innovations on the NIA – RIX Wiki (Andy Minnion, NIA 2020) and Virti (Alex Young, NIA 2019) – were selected as winning solutions for Techforce19. For the full list of winners, visit here. People confined at home because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) could soon benefit fromRead more
