In this blog, Project Support Assistant Rosie White explains what extended reality (XR) is, outlines the main types of immersive technology, and shows how they’re being used in healthcare to support patient care, staff training, and innovation in the NHS. May 8, 2026
April’s Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme company spotlight shines on Reinhart whose pioneering virtual reality Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (VR‑EMDR) solution, combined with pharmacological priming, is pushing the boundaries of immersive digital therapeutics for PTSD. April 21, 2026
Final‑year medical student and HIN intern, Sophika Uthayakumar, reflects on a webinar she hosted, highlighting innovative strategies and forward‑looking mental health policies drawn from expert roundtables and national papers. April 21, 2026
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London has recently welcomed additional health economics experience to its evaluation and informatics team.
Dr Siddesh Shetty, a medically trained health econ December 1, 2025
Following a competitive application process, 10 innovations have been selected for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate. The new Accelerator, which was announced in September as part of the Innovate UK Biom November 26, 2025
What are the four key priorities for moving the neighbourhood model forward? Here Caroline Chill, Clinical Director for our Community and Care Home Programme, summarises the themes and priorities discussed at South West London’s recent ‘Building Better Neighbourhoods’ event. November 21, 2025
Our Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme spotlight for November is on Animorph and their spin-off company CrossSense.
Animorph is a London-based co-operative, founded in 2016, which develops immers November 12, 2025
Innovate UK has announced that 15 companies from the second cohort of Accelerating FemTech have been successful in a special closed-call feasibility funding opportunity. The news builds upon the succe October 30, 2025
On 14 October 2025, Hebe Davies-Colley, MatNeo Programme Lead, and Zoe Taylor, Project Manager, with planning support from Karen Ang, Senior QI Project Manager, facilitated one of the sessions for the October 29, 2025
While the 10 Year Health Plan acknowledges the need to phase out outdated technologies and treatments, questions remain about how to achieve this in practice. In this blog, our Programme Director for October 28, 2025
Reflections from a recent collaboration between IBM, NHS South West London Integrated Care Board and the Health Innovation Network South LondonHealth systems today face a difficult balance: delivering October 20, 2025
Our Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme spotlight for October is on Greener Games – a UK-based immersive health company specialising in extended reality (XR) experiences that support emotional wel October 20, 2025
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is pleased to be supporting this year’s HETT Show.
Recognised as one of the UK’s leading digital health events, the annual conference brings together October 6, 2025
The South London Evaluation Advice Clinic is set to relaunch in October, following its pilot earlier this year. The clinic offers project teams free, targeted evaluation advice to support their servic September 26, 2025
The health economics team at the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is welcoming its newest member, Becca Naylor.Becca Naylor has joined the HIN from the renowned York Health Economics Conso September 17, 2025
Falls remain a major concern in care homes, affecting residents’ health, independence and staff workload. We recently hosted a roundtable, involving care providers, ICBs and local authorities to exp September 16, 2025
NHS Navigator Karla Richards reflects on a recent roundtable, hosted by DigitalHealth.London and the Health Innovation Network South London. The discussion brought together representatives from London September 12, 2025
The Health Innovation Network South London (HIN) and the London Ambulance Service’s (LAS) care home team are launching London’s first Learning Network for care home GPs, bringing together GPs workin September 11, 2025
Our Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme spotlight for September is on Sketchbook Games – an indie game studio that promotes wellbeing through emotionally rich, story-driven games that blend art an September 8, 2025
On Monday 1 September, Innovate UK announced that its flagship health innovation funding mechanism, Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst, has awarded funding for five new accelerators.
T September 5, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare—not from the top down, but from the ground up. In this blog, the Health Innovation Network South London’s Medical Director Natasha Curran explores how clinicians across the UK could lead the charge in embedding AI into everyday practice. September 2, 2025
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