Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley staff group February 2025. Pic by Jon Lewis / JC Lewis Photography
Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley (HIOTV) supports improvements in health and social care through innovation and system transformation. It is a regional partnership covering around three million people in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. This region is a leading national and international life sciences cluster with more than 640 life science businesses.
HIOTV (formerly Oxford AHSN) employs 50 staff and has an operational budget of approximately £6 million a year funded by three national commissioning teams – NHS England Innovation, Research, Life Sciences and Strategy (IRLSS); the Office for Life Sciences (OLS); NHS England Patient Safety – as well as partner contributions and grants.
HIOTV uses its knowledge, expertise and experience to develop sustainable solutions in response to population needs in collaboration with the NHS, life sciences industry and universities at local, regional and national level. In doing so it seeks to improve patient outcomes, reduce health inequalities, help save the NHS money, support the economy and empower healthcare staff.
We support integrated care systems to optimise health and life expectancy by developing high value innovations and improvements, taking account of health inequalities and ensuring patients and public are included at all times. Read about ten examples from our first ten years.
The HIOTV strategic plan aligns with that of the Health Innovation Network, the overarching collaboration covering all 15 Health Innovation Networks in England established in 2013.
HIOTV is hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.