Impact Report
2025-26
Introduction
Welcome to the Health Innovation Network South London’s Impact Report 2025-26.
This report highlights the breadth of our work over the past year to support partners across the health and care system, improve outcomes for patients and communities, and contribute to a more effective and sustainable system. It brings together a wide range of programmes, including improving pathways for long term conditions, strengthening patient safety, supporting innovation, building workforce capability, and generating evidence to inform decision making.
Across all areas, our work reflects a consistent focus on reducing health inequalities, working in partnership, and ensuring that new approaches are practical, scalable and responsive to real world needs. We have continued to work collaboratively with system partners, clinicians, patients and industry to deliver meaningful change and long term improvements across London.
Navigate across our five strategic priorities below to explore the range of projects we have delivered over the last year.
10,067 patients contacted
Across four cohorts of the Cardiometabolic Fellowship programme, 10,067 patients were contacted for review or recall of their cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk.
39 per cent fewer A&E attendances
A programme of support for care homes contributed to a 39 per cent lower rate of Accident and Emergency attendances from care homes in Sutton, alongside improved communication with health services.
Over 150 people with lived experience
Over 150 people with lived experience worked with us across 24 projects and six teams last year.
74 innovations
Support was provided to 74 Innovate UK funded innovations through the Mindset XR Innovation Support Programme.
50 new jobs
DigitalHealth.London’s Accelerator and Launchpad programmes supported the creation of 50 new jobs and expansion into new markets.
Over 31 evaluations
Our Insights team supported more than 31 evaluation and insight projects during the year, working with system partners and other teams.
10.5m patient data records
Our support has helped the London Secure Data Environment include data from over 1,076 GP surgeries, linking records for more than 10.5 million patients across the capital.
89 per cent
89 per cent of participants on our Perinatal Culture and Leadership Programme reported that they were supported to make positive changes to workplace culture.
Introduction video
Watch to see Dr Rishi Das-Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, and Professor Andrew George, Chair, introduce our Impact Report 2025–26.
Accessing innovations
Ensuring south London benefits from national innovation priorities which address health inequalities.
Improving outcomes
Delivering health and care change programmes with a focus on long-term conditions and mental health to improve health outcomes.
Supporting innovators
Supporting innovators and the workforce in the health and care system to achieve faster adoption of innovations and drive economic growth – with a focus on digitally-enabled business models.
Evaluating innovation
Evaluating the effectiveness of innovations in a real-world setting and generate evidence to identify which innovations should be adopted in health and care.
Our culture
Building a sustainable, resilient, diverse, and joyful organisation.