The AAC – through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare – has awarded £3.9 million to support innovations that help address patient need in UEC. Phase 3’ funding facilitates their adoption across health or social care providers. The selected innovations include an AI digital tool for early identification of individuals that may be at […]

The Accelerated Access Collaborative has – via Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare – awarded £2.3 million in funding to support development of ‘phase 1’ (early stage) innovations that will improve infection prevention and control to help reduce antimicrobial resistance, and support the health and wellbeing of women. £1 million of funding will support the […]

The AAC – through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare – has awarded £3 million to support the development of four innovations to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. The selected innovations include a non-invasive and needle free continuous glucose monitor for children with diabetes, and a platform and device to […]

The AAC – through the Small Business Research Initiative – has awarded 885,000 for the development of nine innovations that help improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. The innovations include a platform that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyse breath for biomarkers to predict asthma attacks and a point-of-care test for […]

The AAC – through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare – has awarded £4.9 million to support the development of 5 innovations focused on maternity care and 5 on learning disability and autism. The maternity innovations have been chosen for their potential to help with perinatal mental health, risk identification, stratification, intervention, and support […]

The NHS has an illustrious history of research and innovation. It has led to breakthroughs in prevention of ill-health, earlier diagnosis, more effective treatments, better outcomes, faster recovery, and played an essential role in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Innovation not only transforms patients’ lives but also brings significant benefits to the UK economy […]

The AAC via SBRI Healthcare has awarded £6 million to eighteen innovations that will accelerate a Net Zero NHS. Climate change is a threat to global health, with air pollution alone accounting for up to 38,000 deaths a year in the UK, according to the Chief Medical Officer’s report. Considering its impact on human health, […]

The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) through Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare has awarded over £11 million of funding to 21 new innovations in stroke, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease. Cardiovascular disease is the single biggest condition where lives can be saved by the NHS over the next decade and respiratory disease is the third […]

Innovation has been central during the global COVID-19 pandemic in finding solutions to complex and urgent challenges. As a way of supporting innovation, the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have worked in partnership with providers and stakeholders to develop a set of 6 evidence-based principles that are crucial for providers […]

Here are the board papers from the 4 March 2020: Agenda and minutes.