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.
The NHS Innovation Service offers:
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Practical support for all types of healthcare innovators, from start-up to established enterprise
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A centralised record of your innovation, reducing the need to fill out multiple forms
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Free advice and guidance from experts in the industry
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A free review to establish your current needs and match you with organisations that can help
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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Creation
What you should consider in the early stages of development
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Development
What to consider during product prototyping, development and testing
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Gathering evidence
How to demonstrate effectiveness
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Regulation
What regulation guidance you should be following
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Commissioning and adoption
What you should know about the adoption process
Discover the opportunities for innovation
Find information about what innovations the NHS is looking for to help answer real world problems.
Find funding opportunities
Find funding opportunities, awards and competitions to accelerate the launch of your idea or product into the NHS.
Case studies
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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
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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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Improving outcomes for people needing kidney dialysis
How a collaborative approach underpinned by real-world evidence has seen a novel device been introduced into the NHS within 12 months of working with NHS Supply Chain.
July 31, 2023
- Medical device
News
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Calling all healthcare innovators to join NHS Innovation Service live clinic at NHS ConfedExpo
The NHS Innovation Service will be hosting a LIVE clinic at NHS ConfedExpo, on 11 June at Manchester Central, where innovators can receive bespoke face-to-face support from leading experts on how to bring healthcare innovation into the NHS.
June 4, 2025
- Events
- NHS Innovation Service
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NIHR celebrates supporting 500 innovators referred via the NHS Innovation Service
500 healthcare innovators have now connected with the NIHR through the NHS Innovation Service.
June 4, 2025
- Guest Blog
- NHS Innovation Service
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Meet the Needs Assessment Team
Since launching nearly three years ago, the NHS Innovation Service has supported more than 1,000 innovations. Everyone who registers with the NHS Innovation Service completes an innovation record. This captures all the information about your innovation and what help you are seeking. The record then goes through the Needs Assessment Service – a team of innovation experts who assess the submission, give bespoke recommendations, and will signpost you to the organisations who are best placed to support you.
May 7, 2025
- Interviews
- NHS Innovation Service