News

Read the latest news about innovation in the NHS and the NHS Innovation Service. You will also find useful articles, interviews, podcasts, and resources designed to give you more information about getting your innovation into the NHS.

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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

  • 1,000 innovations supported through NHS Innovation Service

    More than 1,000 innovations have now been assessed and given access to tailored, end-to-end support from expert support organisations through the NHS Innovation Service.

    March 28, 2025

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    • NHS Innovation Service

  • The Department for Business and Trade's Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards

    The Department for Business and Trade’s Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards are now open for entry and will close at 23:59 on 9th March 2025.

    March 4, 2025

    • Events
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  • Guidance and Top Tips for Patient Innovators

    Guidance and Top Tips for Patient Innovators created by Patient Innovators and Innovators on the Patient Entrepreneur Programme.

    February 28, 2025

    • NHS Innovation Service
    • Resources

  • Funding opportunities with SBRI Healthcare

    SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative, in partnership with the Health Innovation Network, has announced a new funding competition for work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health.

    November 8, 2024

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  • Sustainability: good for business, good for the planet

    Pete Waddingham, Net Zero Lead for the Heath Innovation Network, discusses why it’s so important for innovators to embed net zero into their business and offers environmental sustainability advice and tips.

    September 5, 2024

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  • 700 innovations supported through NHS Innovation Service

    Over 700 innovations have now been assessed and given access to tailored, end-to-end support from expert support organisations through the NHS Innovation Service.

    August 7, 2024

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  • Building an integrated, rules-based medical technology (MedTech) pathway

    A joint NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) consultation on building an integrated, rules based MedTech pathway is now live

    July 5, 2024

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  • NHS Innovation Service shortlisted for HSJ Digital Awards 2024

    The NHS Innovation Service has been shortlisted for HSJ Digital Awards 2024 which recognises innovative digital projects transforming care delivery, enhancing efficiency, and improving patient outcomes.

    March 18, 2024

    • News
    • NHS Innovation Service

  • Calling all healthcare innovators to join HETT North LIVE clinic

    Are you a healthcare innovator who wants to get your innovation into the NHS? Sign up to join our LIVE NHS Innovation Service clinic at HETT North (28 February 2024, Manchester Central) and receive bespoke face-to-face support from leading experts on how to bring your healthcare innovation into the NHS.

    February 14, 2024

    • Events
    • NHS Innovation Service

  • NHS Innovation Service helps knee pain company join MedTech Funding Mandate

    An innovation supported by the NHS Innovation Service has joined the MedTech Funding Mandate (MTFM) for national adoption for 2024/25.

    January 29, 2024

    • NHS Innovation Service

  • Are you passionate about transforming patient care through innovation and research activity?

    The Innovation, Research, Life Sciences & Strategy group at NHS England are recruiting Patient and Public Voice Partners to join their strategic co-production group. The group provides strategic advice to the leadership team and consists of both patients and staff, ensuring the voices of people with lived experience actively shape our research and innovation programmes.

    January 17, 2024

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  • NHS Innovation Service can help ‘bake’ innovation into the NHS

    The service has been included in a new NHS England blog about successfully embedding innovation into the NHS written by Verena Stocker, Director Of Innovation, Research, Life Sciences And Strategy at NHS England.

    December 13, 2023

    • Interviews
    • NHS Innovation Service

  • Competition for Net Zero innovations open for applicants

    SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with the Greener NHS programme and the Health Innovation Network is delighted to launch a new competition for net zero innovations.

    November 7, 2023

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  • 12-months pilot programme launched for patients working on healthcare innovations

    The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) is offering a 12-month pilot programme for people who have experience of a long-term health condition and are working on healthcare innovations.

    November 1, 2023

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  • System funding to roll out innovations opens

    Applications have opened for funding through the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) InSites programme which aims to help build system capacity to test and evaluate innovations in the NHS. Integrated Care Systems, General Acute and Specialist Acute Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, Children Trusts and Ambulance Trusts are invited to apply.

    October 23, 2023

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  • NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme open for applications

    NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme is open for applications. This year long programme is free and open to all NHS staff.

    October 17, 2023

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  • Applications for NHS Innovation Accelerator 2024 intake are open

    Innovators with proven solutions are encouraged to apply to join the accelerator programme, providing three years of support to help scale their innovations across the NHS and wider healthcare ecosystems.

    October 11, 2023

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  • The innovative devices access pathway pilot launched

    The innovative devices access pathway (IDAP) pilot has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care to support the development and adoption of innovative medical technologies that meet an unmet clinical need in the NHS.

    October 10, 2023

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  • NHS@75: Innovation vital to serve the next generation

    Luella Trickett, Director of Value and Access at ABHI, writes about how the NHS has embraced cutting-edge technologies that have revolutionised healthcare over the last 75 years, and what is still to come.

    July 17, 2023

    • Interviews
    • News

  • Invite your team to collaborate on your innovation

    As the owner of an innovation, you can now invite others to join your innovation to work on it together. Creating a collaborative experience, where everyone can contribute their knowledge and expertise.

    June 21, 2023

    • NHS Innovation Service

  • What every innovator should know before completing their innovation record

    Everyone who registers with the NHS Innovation Service completes an innovation record. After completing it as fully as possible, submit the record for our needs assessment team to review. Gemma Snell is one of the needs assessors who looks after this stage of the process, and has shared her top five tips for completing your record.

    May 24, 2023

    • Interviews
    • NHS Innovation Service

  • S12 Solutions: Mental Health Awareness Week

    This Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May), find out how social worker Amy Manning, who specialises in mental health, developed the S12 Solutions app with the help from one of our support organisations.

    May 17, 2023

    • NHS Innovation Service

  • Changes to the innovation record

    Following research and feedback from innovators and partner organisations, the innovation record will be updated to improve clarity and user experience.

    April 21, 2023

    • NHS Innovation Service

  • NHS Innovation Service features on new podcast

    The NHS Innovation Service has been featured on the latest episode of The AHSN Network’s Health Innovation podcast.

    February 10, 2023

    • NHS Innovation Service
    • Podcasts

  • Innovations that changes the lives for people with disabilities

    Through the new NHS Innovation Service we’re proud to support innovations which change lives for people with disabilities. The service can support innovations at any stage, from concept through to being market ready.

    February 10, 2023

    • NHS Innovation Service
    • Podcasts

  • Introducing the NHS Innovation Service

    Matt Whitty, Director of Innovation, Research and Life Sciences at NHS England introduces the NHS Innovation Service, designed to help innovators take their healthcare innovation from idea to adoption.

    February 10, 2023

    • Interviews
    • NHS Innovation Service