NHS Innovation Hubs

England has nine regional NHS Innovation Centres (hubs), aligned to Regional Development Agency and Strategic Health Authority boundaries. They can all be accessed via this site.

The Centres were established in 2004 / 05 with a dual mission; to champion the cause of healthcare innovation and to identify, develop and commercialize innovations and Intellectual Property created by NHS staff. The multiple drivers for this activity include improved patient care, enhanced service delivery, increased business and enterprise activity and additional revenue that NHS Trusts can re-invest into patient services.

The nine regional companies are planning to work on a more collegiate basis. The move is designed to optimise the potential of particular innovations and to exploit the benefits of synergies in technology, business values, skills and resources; in short to maximise the benefits of our work to patients nationally and internationally. In this way, the NHS Innovations Centres will help deliver the UK’s strategic imperative of a world class knowledge economy.

This single Portal – which will be developed fully over the next 6 months – opens a window onto the world of NHS Innovations. It is designed to offer healthcare businesses, academia and inventors (both within and outside of the NHS) easier access to up–to–the–minute information on our recent results and current activities as well as on the business opportunities we offer.

If you want to play a part in taking new products to healthcare markets – or would like further information – please get in touch.