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How we work with industry

As the Health Innovation Network for south London, we are uniquely established to help innovators and their partners navigate the complex health and care system so that this can happen, faster. We don’t deliver all the support ourselves – but we offer practical advice, connections and support. We do not promote a specific product or company or provide funding directly to businesses. By helping innovators and their partners (such as investors, customers, or funders) to understand health and care needs we can help to transform patient care, health outcomes, and deliver economic growth.

Please view our terms and conditions and page on joint working agreements for more information.

How we can help

  • Innovation Clinics and signposting

    • We provide Innovation Clinics for commercial innovators seeking to work with the health and care sector, helping them understand what and where the challenges are and the financial and clinical evidence requirements to solve them. Our innovation teamis made up of members of the Executive and Senior leadership team, and Navigators from the Innovator Support team.
    • We signpost innovators to additional funding and programme support, such as the National Innovation Accelerator and the  DigitalHealth.London programmes, including their flagship award winning DigitalHealth.London accelerator.
    • We also connect innovators with relevant business support programmes, relevant networks, masterclasses, ‘Meet the Expert’ workshops, investors and funding opportunities such as SRBI competitions or Innovate UK competitions.

  • Horizon scanning, evaluation and evidence gathering

    • Our passionate team of skilled and experienced evaluators, analysts, senior health and care managers and clinical staff undertake bespoke evaluations to build knowledge and evidence bases for innovations, including service evaluations, digital health technology, social return on investment and other mixed-method evaluations.
    • Through the DigitalHealth.London Accelarator we help generate real-world evidence for our solutions by promoting research partnerships and providing research workshops, as well as introductions to research experts and academics.
    • Where relevant, we also partner innovators with health and care providers to deliver pilot schemes so they can safely and effectively test new ideas in clinical settings.

  • Innovation Exchange

    • We can give you the opportunities to meet clinicians and others within the health and care system to help you understand their requirements. As part of the national Health Innovation Network, we also support its offers designed to help innovators understand what the NHS challenges are and connect you to the help you need. Explore the challenges and solutions from across the Network here.
    • We provide a platform to promote and celebrate the innovative work of industry partners. Find out more on our blogs page .
    • We hold events for different stakeholders to explore innovations – whether NHS staff, clinicians, innovators, investors, academics, or patients. Sign up for our newsletter below to be informed about upcoming events.

Got an innovation that you would like to discuss with us?

Do you have a brilliant new idea or digital solution with the potential to:

  • Improve patient care, patient safety and clinical outcomes
  • Make savings for NHS and social care
  • Assist in meeting the NHS’s priorities?

If your innovation supports improvement in any of the above areas, we would love to hear from you.

To book an innovation clinic, please do one of the following:

  • Complete our Innovator Engagement Form. This will give us a better understanding of your solution and the type of support you need. We’ll then be in touch to organise an innovation clinic booking.
  • If you have recently completed an Innovator Engagement Form for another HIN then please send this to hin.innovatorsupport@nhs.net requesting an innovation clinic. We’ll then be in touch to organise an innovation clinic booking.
  • If you have recently completed an Innovator Engagement Form for another HIN but don’t have a copy of it, please contact hin.innovatorsupport@nhs.net, requesting an innovation clinic and we will endeavour to find a copy. Once we have it, we’ll organise an innovation clinic booking.