Our expertise and services

We are an NHS team that works flexibly across the health and care sector, industry, academia and in partnership with south London residents to speed up innovation and improve care. We advise, support and connect teams to successfully adopt innovation. Whether you are a member in south London or another organisation seeking innovation support, you can contact us at any time to discuss your innovation project and see how we can help.

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• How we work with health and care teams

  

  As the Health Innovation Network for south London, our role is to advise, support and connect health and care
  teams to adopt innovation successfully, in order to improve patient care, health outcomes, and efficiency.

• How we work with industry

  

  We are dedicated to ensuring that patients and citizens benefit from the latest in innovation. As the Health Innovation Network for south London, we are uniquely positioned to help innovators and their partners to navigate the complex health and care system so that this can happen, faster.

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  Building a supportive maternity network through impacted fetal head training in south London

  Since September 2025, our Patient Safety team has supported south London maternity services to implement the standardised training, tools and pathways for managing impacted fetal head. In this blog, Olivia Harris, Clinical Faculty Midwife for the Avoiding Brain Injuries in Childbirth Programme outlines how the regional implementation is progressing.

  • Patient Experience Patient Safety
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  PIC-C: co-producing a new resource to help healthcare professionals understand and manage pain in younger patients

  Since 2018, the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London has been supporting Psychologically Informed Collaborative Conversations (PIC-C), an innovative project designed to train healthcare professionals to improve how they care for people with pain by implementing psychologically informed treatment strategies.

  • Health and behaviour change communications Mental Health
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  The Scale Gap: Why the NHS must scale its digital mental health ambition

  Commercial Director Anna King reflects on a recent commercialisation roundtable, highlighting how XR and other digital technologies are reshaping mental healthcare and the challenges the NHS must overcome to deploy these innovations sustainably and at scale.

  • Mental Health Technology

• Early Intervention Eating Disorders (FREED) National Spread Programme has been shortlisted for an HSJ Award 2023

  A mental health programme which has benefitted 1000s of young people with eating disorders has been shortlisted for a prestigious national HSJ Award. An early intervention eating disorder model which

  • Mental Health
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  HIN projects shortlisted as finalists for HSJ Digital Awards 2023

  We are delighted to announce that three projects involving the Health Innovation Network have been selected as finalists for the HSJ Digital Awards 2023. HIN programmes shortlisted for the prestigiou

  • Diabetes Digital DigitalHealth.London
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  HIN Patient safety team and AHSN network win at the prestigious HSJ Awards

  The Health Innovation Network (HIN) Patient Safety and Experience’s Covid Oximetry @home work was announced as the winner in the patient safety category for the significant support Patient Safe

  • Digital Patient Experience Patient Safety

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  Transforming lower limb wound care programme in south east London – Information for clinicians

  Across south east London, up to 5000 people are living with often painful and slow-healing lower leg wounds such as leg ulcers each year. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is supporting the transformation of lower limb wound care across south east London.

  • Community and Care Homes
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  Transforming lower limb wound care programme in south east London – Information hub

  Across south east London, up to 5000 people are living with often painful and slow-healing lower leg wounds such as leg ulcers each year. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is supporting the transformation of lower limb wound care across south east London.

  • Community and Care Homes
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  Protected: Helping people with a learning disability, who have behaviours that challenge, to avoid harm from psychotropic medicines

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  • Patient Safety

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  Matresa: making maternal healthcare personal

  In this case study, we highlight Dignity Care Network, a participant on the Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programme who are looking to improve the support for women experiencing pregnancy loss.

  • Digital DigitalHealth.London Women's health
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  Niramai Health Analytix: supporting accessible, early breast cancer detection with AI and thermal imaging

  In this case study, we highlight Dignity Care Network, a participant on the Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programme who are looking to improve the support for women experiencing pregnancy loss.

  • Digital DigitalHealth.London Women's health
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  P.Happi: Smart microbiome serum developed for women seeking a non-antibiotic approach to support bladder and intimate health

  In this case study, we highlight P.Happi, a participant in both the Accelerating FemTech and Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate programmes, and share an update on the progress and impact of its Microb

  • Digital DigitalHealth.London Women's health