Great ideas only make a difference for our health when they are put into practice.

At Health Innovation East we help the best innovations in health and care reach the people, places and problems where they bring most benefit.

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Our year in review - our 2024/25 Impact Review

Our latest impact review is now live. Find out how we have helped great ideas reach the people, places and problems where they will bring most benefit throughout 2024/25

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Scaling the impact of health data research

Unlocking the potential of data to improve health and care

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Listening, escalating, acting: turning concern into safer care

Supporting local NHS hospitals to embed Martha’s Rule and influence national change

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We are the innovation arm of the NHS in the East of England.

Our team of clinicians, clinical scientists, commercial and NHS experts works with pioneering start-ups, universities, global corporates and the NHS to ensure that the best innovations in health and care reach the people and places where they deliver the most benefit. We also have a growing team of specialist programme managers, experts in real world evidence and data scientists who can support you in the specialist work increasingly needed to deliver today’s world of technology-enabled patient care.

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CONNECT

We bring together the right people to create the conditions for innovation. We share diverse perspectives and build lasting partnerships.

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ACCELERATE

We advance ideas within complex health systems and make change happen at pace using evidence.

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We introduce the best innovations in health and care, working alongside clinicians and staff, to deliver benefits to patients.

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At Health Innovation East we deliver meaningful change across health and care by supporting individual projects and large complex programmes from initial concept through to implementation.

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We work in partnership with public and private organisations across the innovation landscape to deliver our common goal of improving patient care.

Impact stories

Impact stories

Establishing a regional multidisciplinary interstitial lung disease service

Improving care for patients with interstitial lung disease

Working closely with the East of England Respiratory Clinical Network and colleagues at Royal Papworth Hospital and across the region, Health Innovation East funded and helped mobilise the virtual ILD multidisciplinary for the region. The regional MDT helped to increase provision of care closer to home and ensured patients benefited through improved treatment options.

 

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Influencing national standards and facilitating the safe use of AI in health data research with the creation of a test bed for the safe application of AI models.

Creating a national test bed for safe AI using NHS data

With partners from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH), and Cambridge University Health Partners we are creating a test bed for the safe application of AI models to health data. The goal is to influence national standards and facilitate safe use of AI in health data.

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Building a practical framework for digital inclusion of children and young people

Bridging the digital divide to support children and young people

Health Innovation East was commissioned by NHS England East of England to develop a practical framework to support digital inclusion for children and young people (CYP) across the planning, commissioning, and delivery of healthcare services.

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Health Innovation East’s real-world evaluation team worked with BLMK ICB to understand the impact of their cancer (p)rehabilitation service.

Evaluating the Cancer (P)rehab pathway in BLMK

Health Innovation East conducted a mixed-methods evaluation across BLMK ICB to inform the development of the cancer (p)rehab service.

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Using automated digital contact tracing methods to transform infection control measures

Preventing the spread of hospital acquired infections

Proxximos offers a transformative approach to contact tracing by digitising and automating what is traditionally a manual and labour-intensive process. Through the partnerships built with Norfolk and Waveney ICB and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB, Proxximos is in the process of implementing and evaluating pilots at both James Paget University Hospital and Addenbrooke’s Hospital – two major milestones that are vital for validating and scaling their technology.

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