Securing NHS adoption and attracting investment for your AI or health tech innovation depends on clearly demonstrating its value. Health economic evidence is crucial, but the HE landscape can be complex. In this blog, we explore three common pitfalls that innovators face and provide guidance on how to effectively navigate them.
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a year that showed the power of real-world evaluation to improve patient outcomes and NHS productivity. Working with NHS partners and healthcare innovators, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley has helped translate ideas into practical solutions that strengthen services, enhance patient care and help to create an NHS fit for the future.
Learn how net zero shapes healthtech and medtech funding, what grant bodies expect and how innovators can strengthen bids.
Working with Friends, Families and Travellers to co-produce “Gypsy, Roma & Travellers: Attitudes to Healthcare Data for Planning & Research” has been a privilege. The work explores how healthcare data is perceived and, more importantly, how we can build trust with communities which are often overlooked. The report is a testament to the fact that […]
Discover why a strong health economics strategy is vital for AI and health tech innovators. Learn how it supports NHS adoption, investment and long-term success.
Over the next two decades, the UK’s population is predicted to grow by 7.3% (Office for National Statistics) and by 2040 one in seven people will be aged over 75 (Government Office for Science). More people are living with multiple long-term conditions requiring care, increasing demand on NHS resources. The health service must evolve and […]
Innovation and Insight Panels connect health innovators with NHS partners and experts to refine solutions and navigate healthcare challenges. These panels provide actionable feedback, foster collaboration, and support innovations that improve patient care.
Attending Digital Health Rewired 2025 at the NEC Birmingham was both energising and insightful. The event showcased just how far digital health has come – and the exciting opportunities that lie ahead.
If you are developing any new digital mental health technology, you need to know about the new government guidance. This guidance helps innovators understand whether their technology qualifies as a medical device and, if so, what that means in practice. But it also raises key questions.
Health Innovation Networks (HINs) and their respective regional NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) came together to evaluate new ways of working which emerged during the pandemic. The Oxford and Thames Valley project looked at virtual outpatient clinics following a transient ischaemic attack or mini-stroke. Tracey Marriott, our Director of Clinical Innovation Adoption, led this […]
