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 toRead more

Brush DJ, developed by NHS Innovation Accelerator Alumni and dentist Ben Underwood, has won funding support from Health Innovation Manchester’s Momentum Fund to improve children’s oral health. In Greater Manchester, £6 million is spent extractingRead more

One of the most frequent queries the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Team is asked by entrepreneurs and innovators is how to best engage with commissioners and CCGs. We asked two of our CCG colleagues forRead more

South West AHSN’s new Spread Academy is helping to equip NHS leaders with the skills to spread change in complex systems to improve patient care. Here, they describe some of the learnings from their firstRead more

NHS Innovation Accelerator Alumni, Dharmesh Kapoor, reflects on the challenges of achieving sustained adoption in the NHS through his ongoing journey with patient safety innovation, EPISCISSORS-60. “I was delighted when EPISCISSORS-60 was selected for theRead more

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is pleased to announce that Fiona Bride, Director of Market Access at Novartis, will join its pool of Mentors, offering support to NIA Fellows. Fiona joined Novartis in 2012 andRead more

The Digital Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Assessment Process (CHC2DST) – one of the innovations supported by the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) – features in a new case study showcasing digital transformation in Cheshire and Wirral. ProducedRead more

This case study outlines the key lessons learned from the introduction of digital processes to the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Complex Care Service in Cheshire and the Wirral between 2016 and 2018. It draws togetherRead more