Our purpose is to transform lives through health and care innovation.
Health Innovation South West is one of 15 Health Innovation Networks set up by NHS England in 2013.
We exist to help transform the way our health and care systems in the South West identify, adopt and spread innovation to transform lives, improve population health, and drive economic growth.
Together with our local and national partners we are increasing the impact of research and innovation across the peninsula.
Health Innovation South West —
Our approach is grounded in the context of the place we work.
- A place with one of the lowest population densities in the country
- With people living across a mix of coastal communities, isolated rural areas and urban centres – who experience health and health & care services in very different ways
- Creating considerable challenges in delivering health & care services and improving population health
- And generating significant variation in equity of health – in equity of access to services, equity of health outcomes and equity of opportunity to live a healthy life.
The Accelerated Reform Fund provides us with a real opportunity to test some innovative change in our services, and Health Innovation South West have helped us ensure we are able to properly evaluate our work. We look forward to continuing to work with them as the projects unfold.
— Giles Colton
Strategic Commissioning and Markets Lead, Social Care Commissioning, Devon County Council
What we do
Finding innovation
We identify innovation needs and horizon scan for innovative solutions.
Testing innovation
We prepare innovation for adoption through real world evaluation.
Implementing innovation
We accelerate the adoption of proven innovation at scale.
