Innovation

Health innovations, like new digital health software or AI diagnostic tools, need to meet essential regulations and standards before they can be adopted and scaled for use in the NHS. Innovators will also need to use and understand NHS procurement and reimbursement processes.

The NHS Innovation Service

The NHS Innovation Service is an online service for healthcare innovators, co-ordinated by the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative.

It provides support for individuals and companies at all stages of their innovation journey to get their innovations adopted in the NHS and provide innovative solutions to NHS challenges.

If you have an innovative product or service that meets an identified need in the NHS, you can:

Health Innovation Networks (formerly the Academic Health Science Networks) also work closely with businesses and individual innovators to drive forward ideas and understand their potential. Contact your local HIN to discuss your idea.