Your gateway to innovation in the NHS

Read the latest news, case studies and funding opportunities for healthcare innovators. Understand the key stages to bring your product or idea to the NHS and access tailored support through the NHS Innovation Service.

NHS Innovation Service

Supporting healthcare innovators

The NHS Innovation Service offers:

  • Practical support for all types of healthcare innovators, from start-up to established enterprise
  • A centralised record of your innovation, reducing the need to fill out multiple forms
  • Free advice and guidance from experts in the industry
  • A free review to establish your current needs and match you with organisations that can help
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Your guide to innovation in the NHS

Discover the key steps you’ll need to take to introduce your idea or product to the NHS. Industry experts, government bodies, the NHS and patient groups have collaborated to provide in-depth information on everything from creation to commissioning and adoption.

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Discover the opportunities for innovation

Find information about what innovations the NHS is looking for to help answer real world problems.

Find out what innovations the NHS is looking for

Find funding opportunities

Find funding opportunities, awards and competitions to accelerate the launch of your idea or product into the NHS.

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Case studies

  • Meet the Innovator: Daye

    Michelle Gomes is Head of Global Public Health at Daye. We spoke to her to find out more about how Daye is supporting early detection and prevention in gynaecological care, including for cervical cancer.

    January 13, 2026

    • Cancer
    • Diagnostics
    • Gynaecological Care
    • Meet the Innovator

  • Reducing single-use plastic in endoscope cleaning

    How a series of innovations are reducing single-use plastic in endoscope cleaning, through support from the NHS Innovation Service.

    March 5, 2024

    • Estates and facilities

  • Improving patient outcomes with knee osteoarthritis

    Apos Health was introduced to the UK in 2010, but joining the NHS Innovation Service in 2021 catapulted it's journey to market through connections to NICE, NHS Supply Chain and the Health Innovation Networks.

    January 10, 2024

    • Medical device
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News

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