Latest from the NIA

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description ESCAPE-pain is a rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain, that integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen individualised for each participant. It helps people understand their condition, teachesRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description Lantum is a cloud-based tool built to help NHS providers fill empty shifts in their clinical rotas. Lantum has a secure online environment where users can advertise shifts which their own clinical staffRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description ORCHA works with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and providers to develop health app libraries which integrate with local systems and strategies. This allows professionals easy and clear access to a verified resource, allowingRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description DrDoctor is an online and text-based service that allows patients to confirm, cancel, and change bookings digitally. For hospitals, this means they can maximise and manage the volume of appointments to best fitRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) is a model of care using specialist police officers within community mental health services. It works to support people who access mental health services who are struggling with complexRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description Sleepio uses the latest digital technology to deliver the ingredients of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) – the gold standard approach to treating insomnia. CBT-I is a talking therapy involving learning cognitiveRead more

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Alumni launches today for Fellows who have previously been supported by this national programme. This month marks the culmination of three years of support offered to the first cohort of NIA Fellows, selected to join the accelerator when it launched in 2015. During this period, these 17 individuals have benefittedRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description The Non-Injectable Arterial Connector (NIC) is a low-cost, simple device that stops wrong-route drug administration, reduces arterial line-related infections, and prevents blood loss during sampling. The NIC is a needle free arterial connector.Read more

Congenica has been awarded a multi-year contract by Genomics England, to be a provider of Diagnostic Decision Support Services for them to deliver for the world leading NHS Genomic Medicine Service. Genomics England carried out a rigorous evaluation of all the leading providers of diagnostic decision support solutions for genomics from across the globe, duringRead more

A new policy paper outlining the Department of Health and Social Care’s technology vision, includes case studies from two of the innovations supported by the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA): Nervecentre Software and Patients Know Best. Launched at an AHSN Network event, hosted by the Health Innovation Network on 17th October, Health and Social Care Secretary,Read more