Health Innovation Network

We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks across England, commissioned by NHS England/Improvement and the Office for Life Sciences to spread innovation at pace and scale.

As the Network for North Central London, North East London, and Mid and South Essex we connect the NHS and academic organisations, local authorities, the third sector and industry, creating the right conditions to facilitate change across health and social care economies to improve outcomes for patients.

About our Health Innovation Network role

As a Health Innovation Network, our strength lies in our ability to operate locally because of the trust our member organisations have in us. We understand the needs of our health systems and are well placed to broker innovative solutions, while collaborating across England to take what works best and quickly spread it nationally.

We are catalysts for innovation, helping facilitate change across whole health and social care economies – to improve health, drive down the cost of care, and stimulate economic growth.

We connect regional networks of NHS and academic organisations, local authorities, the third sector, industry and citizens – responding to the diverse needs of our patients and populations through partnership and collaboration.

We create the right environment for relevant industries and innovators to work more effectively with the health and social care ecosystem.

We are collaborators – we identify successful innovations in our local and regional communities and support the spread of these across our national Network at pace and scale.

Health Innovation Networks work locally and benefit from being part of a national network.

Each Network is embedded in its regional health and care community, understanding the system and patient needs on the ground. We develop projects, programmes and initiatives that reflect the diversity of our local populations and healthcare challenges.

Each individual health innovation network is part of a national network known as the Health Innovation Network, linked into a unique collaborative of expertise and experience, sharing learning, pooling intelligence, and benefitting from a pipeline of emerging and proven solutions from around the country.