About us
We are one of 15 health innovation networks established to accelerate the spread and adoption of innovation.
We uniquely connect the NHS with academia, local authorities, the third sector, industry and investors, creating the conditions for system-wide change and ensuring south Londoners benefit from the latest evidence based innovations.
Our mission
Speeding up the best of health and care, together
We want a future where health and care innovation spreads fast. We’re building it by connecting people with great ideas, inspiring people to think differently and giving them practical support to do something new.
Together, we can create a future where everyone benefits from the best in health and care.
Our team
Our team of innovation and transformation specialists are drawn from across the NHS, social care, academia, and the private sector. We provide a range of skills, such as co-design, communications and engagement, community and capability building, data and health economic analysis, mixed-methods research, implementation support and commercial partnerships.
Our members
We are hosted by Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our diverse membership, including organisations from across south London’s health and care landscape. Our members include:
- NHS providers: Including acute trusts, community trusts and mental health trusts.
- NHS commissioners: Including Integrated Care Boards.
Our strategic partners
Beyond our core membership, we work with national and regional partners to drive impact at scale. Recent partners include:
- National commissioners: Including NHS England, the Office for Life Sciences and Innovate UK.
- Industry and the third sector: Including pharmaceutical and health tech companies, charities, think tanks and investors.
- Research networks: Including academic institutions and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
Meet the HIN team
Executive Team
Rishi Das-Gupta
Chief Executive
Rishi Das-Gupta is Chief Executive of the Health Innovation Network. He has worked to improve healthcare, patient experience and outcomes for over 20 years in a vari…
Dr Amanda Begley
Director of Digital Transformation
Dr Amanda Begley is Director of Digital Transformation. Amanda’s focus is on building partnerships and expertise to deliver innovation at scale and pace for patient,…
Anna King
Commercial Director
Originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she advised health and social care clients such as GSK, Roche and Aventis; Anna has…
Mark Edginton
Director of Operations
Mark’s career has focused on health and social care improvement, with over 10 years management experience working with local, regional and national health bodies to …
Dr Natasha Curran
Medical Director
Natasha is Medical Director at the Health Innovation Network & Consultant in Pain Medicine at University College London Hospitals. She leads the implementation and i…
Kerry Beadling-Barron
Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs
Kerry is the Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at the Health Innovation Network South London, where she leads strategic communications, stakeholder en…
Senior Leadership Team
Aileen Jackson
Head of Mental Health
Aileen is Head of Mental Health at HIN. She has worked extensively in the health and social care sector including commissioning, service development, workforce devel…
Alison White
Head of Patient Safety
Alison has extensive experience in NHS clinical leadership and management over 20 years. A state registered dietitian with an MSc in Nutritional Medicine. She was di…
Ambra Caruso
Head of Digital Transformation and Technology
Ambra has extensive experience in transformation, both in the charity sector and in the NHS. Prior to her current role as Head of Digital Transformation, Ambra held …
Andrea Carter
Programme Director, Community and Care Homes
Andrea worked in NHS management in London for 20 years, including as Directorate Manager at Chelsea and Westminster and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, before joining the …
Andrew Walker
Programme Director, Insights and Evaluation
Andrew is a physiotherapist by training and has a PhD in implementation science. His role at HIN as Head of Evaluation and Implementation Science involves helping to…
Catherine Dale
Programme Director, Patient Safety
Catherine is the programme director for Patient Safety and Experience. She has worked in improvement, transformation and innovation in the NHS for over 25 years, inc…
Oliver Brady
Programme Director, Long Term Conditions and Mental Health
Oliver has worked in healthcare since 2006, most recently leading the diabetes transformation programme at South West London Health and Care Partnership. He has an i…
Sara Nelson
Programme Director, Innovator Support
Sara has worked in the NHS for over 30 years in both clinical and site management roles. As a senior nurse for digital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT), her work centr…
Clinical Directors
Caroline Chill
Clinical Director, Community and Care Homes
Carrie is a freelance practicing GP in Merton. Her previous clinical leadership roles include developing the local end of life care strategy for Sutton and Merton Pr…
Dr Roy Jogiya
Clinical Director, Cardiovascular Disease
Dr Roy Jogiya is a consultant cardiologist trained with sub-specialists interest in disease prevention, heart rhythm disorders and imaging. Alongside his work at the…
Mujtaba Husain
Clinical Director, Mental Health
Muj is a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital. He is interested in areas where mind and body illnesses overlap or co-exist. He also specialises…
Neel Basudev
Clinical Director, Diabetes
Neel qualified from University College London and is a GP at Springfield Medical Centre in Lambeth. He is also the Diabetes Lead for Lambeth CCG and a GPSI in Diabet…
Sophie Harris
Deputy Clinical Director, Diabetes
Sophie is a Diabetes and Endocrinology specialty trainee and completed a PhD investigating barriers to structured education for adults with Type 1 Diabetes (the BUD1…
Board Members
Amanda Pritchard DBE
Chief Executive Officer
Amanda took up the role of Chief Executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in September 2025, following nearly 4 years as Chief Executive of NHS England…
Andrew Bland
Chief Executive Officer South East London Integrated Care System
Andrew has been ICS lead for south east London since April 2018. He has worked as a leader within the south east London system for the last 12 years. As ICS lead, he…
Catherine Pearson
Healthwatch Lambeth Chief Executive
Catherine has been the Chief Executive of Healthwatch Lambeth, since its inception in 2013. The charitable organisation works to ensure that the voice of local peopl…
David Bradley
Chief Executive Officer SLaM NHS Foundation Trust
David is Chief Executive Officer, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He has extensive NHS operational experience in mental health, acute and community s…
Dr James Lyddiard
Chief Operating Officer, NIHR Clinical Research Network South London
James’s career includes 21 years working to support clinical research and he has been working within the NIHR since it was established. With a background of working …
Jacqueline Totterdell
Chief Executive St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Jacqueline joined St George’s as Chief Executive in May 2017. She was previously Chief Executive of West Middlesex University NHS Trust, where she helped steer the m…
James Friend
Vice Chair and Director of Digital Strategy NHS England – London Region
James joined the NHS England – London Region team from St George’s where he was Chief Transformation Officer, prior to that being an adviser to the Secretary of Stat…
John Byrne
Executive Medical Director – NHS South West London
John is Executive Medical Director, NHS South West London. He graduated in medicine from University College Dublin in 1994 before serving for six years as a doctor i…
Julian David
Chief Executive Officer techUK
Julian has spent over 30 years in the tech industry including roles at IBM as Vice President for Small and Medium Business and Vice President for Public Sector. As C…
Professor Andrew George MBE
Chair
Professor Andrew George MBE has worked in Southampton, USA and at Imperial College London before moving to Brunel University London where he was Deputy Vice Chancell…
Professor Ingrid Wolfe
ARC South London Director and Professor of Paediactics and Child Population Health at KCL
Professor Ingrid Wolfe is Director for the Institute of Women and Children’s Health, Director of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership in Lambeth and So…
Professor Natalie Armstrong
Executive Dean
Professor Natalie Armstrong is the Executive Dean for the School of Health & Medical Sciences at City St George’s, University of London. Prior to joining City St Geo…
Sarah Cottingham
Director of Planning and Commissioning, NHS South East London Clinical Commissioning Group
Sarah has worked in the NHS for her whole career, most of it in NHS commissioning and in south east London. She has worked at the borough, pan borough and SEL level …
Stephen Waring
Head of Health Policy and Partnerships, Greater London Authority
Stephen currently works for the Greater London Authority’s health team where he heads up health and care policy and partnership working, supporting the Mayor of Lond…
Toby Garrood
Joint Medical Director – South East London Integrated Care System
Toby is Joint Medical Director, South East London Integrated Care System. He has been a consultant rheumatologist at Guy’s at St Thomas’ NHS Hospital Foundation Trus…
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