Latest from the NIA

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 extracting multiple decayed teeth in children every year. Seven of the area’s 10 localities are included in those with the poorest children’sRead 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 for their insights…  George Absi Self Care Implementation Lead North West London Collaboration of CCGs “I think that it is reallyRead 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 first academy held in March 2019. As The Health Foundation recently put it, when it comes to spreading innovation in healthRead 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 the first ever cohort of the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) in the summer of 2015. It was a great moment toRead 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 and has spent the last six years in Market Access (MAx). Passionate about optimising access for patients through innovation, Fiona 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. Produced with support from the NHS Business Services Authority, the case study outlines key lessons learned from the introduction of digitalRead 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 together some brief contextual background to the relevant CCGs, the key drivers for their decision to go digital, how the changesRead more

Date: 7th May 2019 Location: Victoria Park Plaza, London The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is presenting at this year’s Innovating Patient Safety Summit, sharing real-world learning and insight on how to speed up adoption and spread of patient safety innovations.  NIA National Director, Dr Amanda Begley, will be joined on stage by four of ourRead more

ORCHA – one of the innovations currently supported by the NHS Innovation Accelerator – is conducting research to determine the factors likely to drive the utilisation of digital health. With the evaluation of digital health technologies now much more transparent following the publication of the NICE evidence framework, and the demand for health-apps from patientsRead more

A new, safer and more comfortable biopsy technique for detecting prostate cancer has been rolled-out to hospitals across south-east London. The Precision Point transperineal biopsy, introduced by NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow Rick Popert, Consultant Urologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT (GSTT), replaces the transrectal biopsy – proving faster diagnosis and reducing discomfort forRead more