Innovation Support
Ideas that drive change
Helping innovators understand and meet the needs of the health and care system
Our Innovation Exchange is designed to help innovators develop, test and implement solutions to meet the challenges faced by the health and care system in South West England. We work closely with health and care systems and providers, industry and academia partners to accelerate the design, development and deployment of solutions to healthcare challenges within the region and beyond.

We offer a range of support, signposting and guidance including:
- Help defining your offer and innovation
- Support for evidence and evaluation production
- Opening doors in relevant system partners
- Budget and benefit modelling
- Marketing, communications and stakeholder engagement expertise
- Access to webinars, other experts and peers
Have an innovation?
If you have an innovation with the potential to address health and care system challenges, then we want to hear from you.

To start your journey with us, please fill out our registration form below.
Once received, your engagement form will be reviewed by the team. The information provided will be used to help understand your current stage of development and to assess how we may be able to support you.
We are particularly interested to hear how your innovations meets the needs of our health and care systems, while also supporting health equity.
If your innovation does not meet our criteria for active support, we will seek to provide signposting to appropriate organisation for you to get the support or guidance you need.
Your information may be shared across the AHSN network to facilitate your support. We will not share the information shared in this form with other innovators or companies.
Please click here to see our terms and conditions for support.
If you have previously completed an Innovator Engagement Form for another AHSN, please feel free to send your completed form to innovation@swahsn.com.
The Innovation Exchange is designed to help innovators implement solutions to meet the challenges faced by the health and care system in South West England.
To begin your journey with us, submit your innovation for review.
For any other queries, contact the Innovation Exchange team directly:
Phone: 01392 247903
Email: innovation@swahsn.com