Innovation Agency, Cheshire West and Chester Health Sector Business Opportunities Breakfast Sept 2017

1. Presentation 1
Government Health
Innovation Funding
Mike Kenny,
Associate Commercial
Director

2. Idea Proof of concept Adoption Spread
Innovation and Technology Payment
Central reimbursement of innovative products, services
and technologies
NHS Innovation Accelerator
Supporting a small number of fellows to spread
their innovations in the NHS
Accelerated Access Partnership
Comprised of cross health economy stakeholders, supporting the development of
transformative products, services and technologies via existing routes
NHS Apps Library
Setting standards for apps looking to be
used in the NHS
Health Apps Briefing (NICE)
Assessment of the economic and
efficacy of apps
Test Beds (NHSE)
Pioneering & evaluating use of novel combinations of interconnected devices
Small Business Research Initiative (NHSE)
Provides funding to develop innovative ideas to
NHS problems
Invention for Innovation
Provides funding for development
of prototypes
There are a number of initiatives supporting the identification and adoption of
innovative products, services and technologies

3. • Test Beds
• 5 NHSE
• 2 NHSE and Innovate UK
• Wave 2 in progress
• SBRI Health
• National Innovation Accelerator
• Innovation Technology Payment
• Accelerated Access Partnership
Opportunities for Industry:
nationally supported, locally delivered

4. NHS England funded initiative led by the AHSN’s to develop technology
solutions for known healthcare challenges
• Up to £100,000 of funding for Phase one (feasibility) and up to £1m for
Phase Two (development)
• Last call closed on 6th Sept 2017 and was for:
• Applications for innovations that can enhance the screening, diagnosis or management of
cancer
• Prev calls have included –
• Improving patient flow to maximise operational efficiency in the Acute Sector
• Reducing pressure on Urgent and Emergency care
• Minimising the impact of falling
SBRI Healthcare

5. NHS Innovation Accelerator

6. • Supports NHS Adoption of innovation by removing financial or procurement barriers to
uptake of innovative products or technologies
• Competitive process to identify innovations and technologies offering the greatest
quality and efficiency benefits with wider adoption
• Medical devices, digital platforms and technologies
• Applicants can be from healthcare, academia, commercial or voluntary sectors
• Maximise learning and foster culture change
• ITP is specifically focused on low cost & high impact innovations which can deliver
significant patient outcomes and savings to the NHS
• Delivered in partnership with AHSNs, sponsors, national & international experts
• Agreed payment mechanism or procurement will be operational from April 2018
The Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP)

7. The Accelerated Access Review recommended that a network of Innovation Exchanges
could play a key role in supporting the adoption and uptake of healthcare innovation.
• Hosted by AHSNs, Innovation Exchanges will be a central place that stakeholders can go
to for information, guidance and support.
• Their core functions will include:
1) Identifying need and communicating regional priorities – Help innovators understand what
and where are the healthcare demands, and the evidence requirements
2) Signposting – Act as a ‘first port of call for information’
i. Direct innovators to additional support or market access
ii. Direct patients towards information about trials and pilots in the region, or
new products
iii. Offer practical support to commissioners/providers on uptake, collaboration
opportunities, dissemination of best practice
3) Validation in a real world setting – Broker regional partnerships with commissioners and
providers to offer real world testing opportunities
4) Spread and adoption of innovation across the system – Support scaling up of innovations
which are promising on a local level
Accelerated Access Partnership

8. Speeding up access to innovation
The funding is split into four packages. These are:
• £39m for the AHSN Network, enabling them to locally assess the benefits
of new technologies and support NHS uptake of those that deliver real
benefits to patients according to the local need
• A £35m Digital Health Technology Catalyst (over 4yrs) for innovators –
match funding development of digital technologies for patients & NHS
• Up to £6m over the next 3 years to support SMEs with innovative
medicines and devices get the evidence they need by testing in the real
world, building on existing opportunities such as the Early Access to
Medicine Scheme
• A £6m Pathway Transformation Fund which will help NHS organisations
integrate new technologies into everyday practices - help overcome more
practical obstacles such as training staff on how to use new equipment

9. Digital health technology catalyst
First Round :Up to £8 million is on offer for UK businesses to work on innovation projects that tackle
the biggest healthcare challenges.
The aim is to support the development of digital health products that meet NHS needs.
• Feasibility or development projects that advance digital health or digitally-enabled medical
technologies. These should:
• improve patient outcomes, such as through better clinical decision-making and supporting them to
manage their own care
• offer new approaches to healthcare that transform its delivery
• reduce the demand on the health system, make it more efficient and create savings
• Opened 31/7/17 & deadline for registrations is 4 October 2017
• Feasibility studies £50k to £75k - up to one year
• Industrial research & experimental development projects £500k - £1 mill - up to 3 yrs
• work alone or in collaboration with other organisations, but projects must be led by a UK-based SME
• you could get up to 70% of your eligible project costs
• projects must start by 1 February 2018

10. Innovate UK Funding
The competitions cover the 4 core sector groups, plus the
Open programme, with each sector group having 2
competitions in the year.
The submission deadlines are:
• Emerging and Enabling Technologies – 08.11.17
• Health and Life Sciences – 06.12.17
• Infrastructure Systems – 13.09.17 and 14.03.18
• Manufacturing and Materials – 17.01.18
• Open Programme – 07.02.18
• Also piloting Accelerator fund – joint grant and VC funding

11. Resources
• SBRI Healthcare Competitions Info
• https://sbrihealthcare.co.uk/
• Accelerated Access Review Report
• https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565072/AAR_final.pdf
• Digital health technology catalyst 2017 round 1
• https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/50/overview
• Innovate UK Competitions information (Medicines
Manufacturing, Biomedical Catalysts etc)
• https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search