Dr Liz Mear showcases how the Innovation Agency is supporting and spreading innovation in healthcare throughout the North West Coast region.

1. Presentation 1Health is Wealth
Supporting and Spreading
Innovation
Dr Liz Mear, Chief Executive

2. Presentation 1

3. Why AHSNs are unique
Delivering benefits to our local
members
- Aligning to members’ priorities
- Support local delivery of New Care
Models for health and social care
- Collaboration with local transformation
&
improvement partners
Spreading innovation at pace &
scale / supporting companies to
grow
- Promoting economic growth
- Diffusing innovation
- Improving Patient Safety
Supporting the NHS to deliver a
step change, e.g.
- NHS Innovation Accelerator
- Test Beds
- Personalised medicine / Genomics
Medicine Centres
Pan-AHSN collaboration
- Mobilising our shared expertise &
resources to support national spread
of innovation
Transforming
Health, Generating
Economic Growth,
advancing
technology

4. Health is Wealth at a national level

6. NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA)

7. All applicants undergo a rigorous
assessment process to join the
NIA
• Application form
• Review by a range of assessors
• Interview
• NICE involvement
• Final decision by NHS England’s
Medical Director:
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh

8. Fellows represent a range of
innovations
Earlier diagnosis
Brush DJ
AliveCor
Scarred Liver Project
Supporting people to
live healthier lives
MyCOPD
i-thrive
Sleepio
Owise
NeuroResponse
HealthCoaching
Safest, highest quality health care
Non injectable arterial connector (NIC)
Episcissors-60
PneuX Prevention System
NerveCentre
Digital health
Sapoientia
Joint Dementia Research
HealthUnlocked
Patients Know Best

9. Impressive results achieved to
date:
• 345+ additional NHS providers and
commissioners using NIA innovations
• £17m+ raised in funding for life science
businesses
• Led to Innovation and Technology Tariff

10. • Creating solutions that will improve patient care,
improve efficiency for the NHS and enhance
economic growth for British companies.
• NHS England backed programme that provides
funding to companies to solve healthcare
problems.
• 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs)
and NHS England leads to give detailed
specifications to industry for some of our most
pressing health needs.
• 15/16 awarded contracts with a total value of
£17.5m to 44 companies.
SBRI Healthcare

11. AHSN Network - impact through SBRI

12. Examples of Health is Wealth
at a local level

13. The Innovation Agency ERDF Programmes
Business Connect
Lancashire ERDF
Programme:
Lead Partner with
Lancaster University as
delivery partner
Business Connect
Liverpool / Health
Enterprise Hub ERDF
Programme: Delivery
Partner with Liverpool
CCG Lead Partner
Business Connect
Cheshire & Warrington
ERDF Programme: Lead
Partner with GM AHSN as
Delivery Partner (nb both
AHSNs cover different parts of
Cheshire)

14. Investment to support change
culture - Innovation Scouts
Champions of change, Creating a culture of innovation;
part of the AHSNs regional networks for supporting and
implementing new technologies and systems

15. The HEH Innovation Exchange is part funded by the
European Regional Development Fund

16. Health Enterprise Hub (HEH)
Innovation Exchange Project
• Project to grow Liverpool City Region (LCR) SMEs
• Supports the development and commercialisation
of innovative SME products and services for the
health and care sector
• Enhances LCR’s reputation as a centre of excellence
in developing and scaling innovative solutions
• Enables the healthcare sector to deliver more
effectively and efficiently

18. SME support
• Procurement
• Funding
• Clinical evaluation
• Health Economics
• Sales Pitch Development
• Signposting
• Product Development
• Commercialisation

19. Products and services that
focus on:
•Prevention
•Increasing self management
•Allowing remote management
•Increasing community provision
•Improving and speeding up diagnostics

21. Outcomes . . .
The £6.5m over the next 3 years will help:
• Support 282 healthcare SMEs
• 156 SMEs recruit additional staff due to expansion
• 34 SMEs launch new products into the NHS
• 74 SMEs develop new products for the NHS
• 49 New SMEs will be created

22. Some of our regional SMEs in the
Innovation Zone
• Damibu
• DCD
• Ice Creates
• Needle Smart
• Onteca
• Orcha
• Red Ninja
• Rescon
• Smyl Connect
• Studio Mashbo
• Wellbeing
Enterprises
Business Support
• HEH Innovation
Exchange
• Invest Liverpool

23. If you would like to work with us and make a difference
to the lives of millions of local people, please contact:
Dr Liz Mear
Chief Executive
E: Liz.Mear@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
T: 01772 520260
M: 07891 698692
Lisa Butland
Director of Innovation and Research
E: Lisa.Butland@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
T: 01772 520263
M: 07900 715261
Dr Phil Jennings
Interim Medical Director
E: philip.jennings@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
T: 01772 520258
M: 07538 902165
Lorna Green
Commercial Director
E: Lorna.Green@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
T: 01772 520259
M: 07507 845982
Email: info@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk Twitter: @innovationnwc
www.innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
Caroline Kenyon
Director of Communications and Engagement
E: caroline.kenyon@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk
T: 01772 520256
M: 07950 866394
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