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Innovation
NHS England kicks off international search for ground-breaking patient-care innovations
NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens has issued a call for the world’s best healthcare innovations to improve frontline patient care, including in mental health services and GP practices. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has already successfully helped transform patient care across the NHS by fast-tracking the uptake of pioneering ideas, equipment and technology such […]
Mental health patients set to benefit from pioneering new digital services
Seven areas across England are set to trail-blaze digital services for mental health patients, which will include innovative apps to improve care and online access to ‘real-time’ patient records. NHS England has announced new funding for seven mental health trusts to enable these organisations to pioneer world-class, digital services to improve care for patients experiencing […]
Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View: NHS action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer means 5,000 more lives to be saved within two years
Within two years, over 5,000 more people a year will survive cancer, meaning the NHS is on track to meet the ambitions of the cancer taskforce thanks to better prevention, earlier diagnosis and innovative new treatments for cancer. Cancer survival rates are at a record high, with an estimated 7,000+ more people surviving cancer after […]
Winning projects announced for latest round of Maternity Challenge Fund
Three projects are each being awarded £50,000 by NHS England to explore innovative ways to use women’s and their partners’ feedback to improve maternity services. A judging panel from NHS England and the Department of Health selected the winners from almost 50 applications for support from the Maternity Challenge Fund, which was set up last […]
Knowledge Transfer Partnership announced at CSO Conference ‘Bringing Science and Innovation to the Heart of the NHS’
NHS England will launch its first Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme, a 12 month development programme, aimed at clinical leaders in healthcare science at the Chief Scientific Officer’s Conference today (7 March). Successful applicants who secure a place will work with other leading healthcare scientists and build long-term collaborations across clinical, research and industry sectors, whilst […]
NHS England to fund ground-breaking new mitochondrial donation clinical trial
NHS England has today announced it will make up to £8m available over five years to fund the treatment costs of a five year clinical trial of mitochondrial donation – a form of IVF in which the future baby’s mitochondrial DNA comes from a donor egg, to avoid passing on inherited mitochondrial diseases. The decision […]
Innovative doctors invited to join unique training programme
Health education leaders in England are calling for the country’s most innovative and forward-thinking junior doctors to apply for a unique national training programme. Integrated Clinical Entrepreneur Training, developed and managed by NHS England and Health Education England, is designed to keep the most forward-thinking, entrepreneurial clinicians within this country, bringing the benefit of cutting-edge […]
NHS England announces first medtech devices and apps to join fast track payment scheme for innovation
Medtech devices and apps will for the first time be included under NHS national payment rules helping to accelerate uptake, NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens has announced today. The commitment to create a new Innovation and Technology Tariff was announced by Mr Stevens in June. Now following clinical review, the first six innovations have today […]
Mental health digital innovators to apply for new £400k fund
Innovators of digital technology which improves people’s mental health can now apply for a share of a £400k fund to speed up the adoption of their product by the NHS. Six to eight innovations will be chosen to take part in the NHS England funded Digital Development Lab being delivered by mHabitat. Over seven months the […]
Second round of funding aims to improve maternity services through patient feedback
Maternity services have today been invited to put forward proposals on innovative ways of using patient feedback to improve services and the winning entries could receive up to £50,000 to help get their project up and running. Maternity Challenge Fund’s second round projects will continue to look at ways to improve maternity services through patient […]