NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow, Stephen Bourke, shares his story with the HS. Health-Tech Podcast Listen here Stephen Bourke is co-founder of the UK medicines-management and digital pharmacy app, Echo. Not wanting to be defined by his own medical condition, Stephen, a lifelong patient, embarked on a journey to build a solution that empowers patients andRead more
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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
The first three in a series of nine new films about digital health innovations in the NHS have been launched, as part of #NHS70DigitalWeek. Produced by the AHSN Network and NHS England, the films show some of the latest ways the NHS is using digital technology to empower people to take control of their healthRead more
NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow, Paul Volkaerts – CEO and Founder of Nervecentre Software – features in new podcast series ‘Digital Hunters’, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 Award. Nervecentre Software was recognised in Deloitte UK’s Technology Fast 50 in 2015 and 2016. These Awards recognise the fastest growingRead more
Episode IV Findings revealed in the independent NHS Innovation Accelerator evaluation report demonstrate that successful scaling of innovation is dependent on a constellation of supportive factors acting in combination with each other. In this final podcast of the series, we speak to Dr Amanda Begley, Programme Director and Co-Founder of the NIA to ask: whatRead more
Episode III Healthcare innovations can be incredibly diverse; from devices to digital apps and IT platforms, and workforce developments to patient pathways and models of care. Insight revealed in the independent NHS Innovation Accelerator evaluation report highlights how conditions for scaling can vary according to the nature – or ‘type’ of an innovation. In thisRead more
Episode II Patient feedback is identified as one of two critical success factors in innovation scaling within the independent NHS Innovation Accelerator evaluation report. In this podcast, together with a panel of experts we share insight and learning from the report to identify why patient input is so vital, and how to harness this feedbackRead more
Episode I Our first podcast series aims to share some of the insight and learning from the NHS Innovation Accelerator evaluation – an independent report published by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES). The evaluation report assesses the impact of the NIA on Year One Fellows and innovation scaling; identifying emerging and future benefits, andRead more
Check out these video highlights from the NIA’s 2017 Summit and Launch event. With keynote presentations from Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, and Dr Charlie Davie, the 2017 Summit and Launch celebrated the success of 2016 Fellows and welcomed the 11 new Fellows selected to join the NIA in 2017.Read more
