NIA Alumna Bernadette Porter MBE, CEO of NeuroResponse, shares her reflections on responding innovatively to the COVID-19 crisis. NeuroResponse rapidly created a new @home service for monitoring blood for people with MS to ensure patients continued to receive the care they needed. This blog was originally published by UCLPartners. At the end of April during
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NIA Fellow and co-founder of the UK’s fastest growing digital pharmacy Echo, Stephen Bourke has spent his time during the COVID-19 lockdown thinking about his customers. Realising that HealthTech founders tend to be 30 to 40 years younger than the patients they serve, he explains below why innovators should use this experience to gain a
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The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is excited to welcome 3 new Mentors to our existing group of high-profile specialists providing bespoke support to Fellows. Bobby Kaura is involved in seed investment and International development of Illumina Accelerator Cambridge. He advocates for building ecosystems that support better population and patient outcomes with partners involved in driving
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People confined at home because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) could soon benefit from new technology to combat the effects of social isolation. Funding is being made available by NHSX through ‘Techforce 19’, for innovators who can find digital ways to support those who need help, including people requiring mental health support and those with social care
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11 new innovators tapped to transform England’s NHS through national acceleration   The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has announced today the 11 high impact innovations joining the national accelerator in 2020. At a launch event in London chaired by Professor Tony Young, National Clinical Lead for Innovation for NHS England and NHS Improvement, the 2020
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