Publications

The Digital North Accelerator programme is a collaborative enterprise established by the four northern AHSNs. It aims to support regional digital health technology firms in the adoption and spread of their proven innovations within the healthcare system. Successful regional solutions are then guided towards national adoption through the Innovation Exchange programme.

The role of the Innovation Agency is to support the adoption and spread of innovations and improvements which are backed by evidence of impact on efficiency and quality of care.

For our partners in ‘Cheshire and Merseyside’ and ‘Lancashire and South Cumbria’ ICSs we offer expertise and support in sourcing and adopting innovations; programme management; and facilitation of system and service change.

Well done to the participants of our coaching for spread and adoption programme focussed on innovations in mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. This report includes some of their stories and their 100-word ‘pitches’ which were honed during the programme.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is delighted to welcome 11 new Fellows and innovations in 2020

North West Coast Ecosystem 21 event summary

The Innovation Agency is part of the NHS and our role is to spread innovations that improve health and care and generate economic growth.

The Innovation Agency offers communities of practice to individuals in the North West Coast working in health and care who are helping with the spread and adoption of innovations and best practice.

The latest innovations to improve health and care in the North West Coast

Innovations, ideas, podcasts, presentations and videos for empowering care homes

Formed in response to the Accelerated Access Review, published October 2016, the AAC brings together industry, government and the NHS in order to deliver the worldleading innovation that will be transformational for patient outcomes - removing barriers to the uptake of the very best new solutions, so that NHS patients have faster than ever access to innovations.

The 15 AHSNs cover the whole of England. Individually, we serve the regions and care systems within which we work, while collectively we ensure that transformative innovations become available as widely as possible, as quickly as possible. Our work drives improvements in quality of care and supports economic growth through our support for evaluation, adoption and spread of innovation.

We deliver the national Patient Safety Collaborative programme in the North West Coast, in collaboration with the AHSN Network and NHS Improvement. The focus has been on three areas: early identification of deterioration; maternal and neonatal health safety; and a culture of continuous improvement. In addition, we help to introduce and spread innovations which improve patient safety

As new networks and systems evolve in our region, our teams are delivering programme management support and helping to introduce innovations which are improving care.

Much of our work is in collaboration with the AHSN Network, spreading an endorsed set of innovations and connecting partners in our region with national NHS initiatives, such as the NHS Innovation Accelerator and NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs.