What we do —
Finding and connecting innovators to health and care systems
Overview
As the one stop shop for innovation, we help innovators and health and care professionals to collaborate, matching new ideas to local system priorities and supporting innovators with advice and expertise across the innovation pathway.
Our impact 2022/23
- 160+ innovators brought together with health and care system, government and innovation representatives at our event Bridging the Gap
- 170 businesses provided with in-depth support and showcase opportunities through our Innovation Exchange
- 11 innovations supported with introduction and evaluation in new clinical settings
- Local digital innovation S12 Solutions now supporting the mental health crisis pathway across approx. 80% of England
- 6 digital and nature-based innovations tackling equity gaps in children and young people’s mental health were validated in the real world.
Our priorities 2023/24
- Our Innovation Exchange, identifying innovation focused on long term conditions, mental health, urgent care, cancer, and maternity and neonatal care
- Developing our new Innovation Portal to showcase cutting-edge innovations to health and care systems
- Launching our Innovation HeadSPACE events to enable innovators to use our Innovation Space.
We have found the [South West AHSN’s] advice and approach of constructively critiquing to shape our offering extremely helpful. They have helped us navigate the process of selling our innovation into the NHS. We have been encouraged, challenged and provided with training resources which have been crucial in transforming our innovation into a business.
— SIMON DALLAS, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MANAGER
DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
