Supporting HealthTech from development to deployment
Technology is shaping the future of the NHS. We’re collaborating with industry to strengthen the evaluation of new health innovations, benefitting patients and the NHS services they rely on. With proven expertise and renowned evaluation methods, we provide valuable support to HealthTech developers while expanding capacity through our Fellowships and training opportunities.
Accelerating HealthTech innovation and NHS adoption
We support HealthTech developers to refine and prove the value of their innovations, helping them reach clinical practice faster and deliver benefits to patients. Our goal is to improve regulatory approval success rates, speed up the process, and expand capacity through recruitment, training, and education. We also collaborate with the wider HealthTech evaluation community to strengthen NHS capacity. We work with patients, the NHS, universities, NIHR Exeter BRC, industry partners, and key regulators like NICE, the National Screening Committee, and MHRA to help bring new innovations into practice smoothly.
Key Goals: Supporting HealthTech growth, regulation, and NHS integration
- Support for Commercialisation Plans – Help HealthTech developers navigate NHS decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and adoption challenges.
- Regulatory Approval Support – Guide developers through regulatory processes with expertise in approvals, quality management, and evaluation methods.
- HealthTech Evaluation Enquiries – Act as a central contact point for industry, academics, and healthcare professionals, prioritising patient-focused projects.
- Building Critical Skills Capacity – Expand expertise in human factors, statistics, modelling, and health economics through recruitment and training.
- Advancing HealthTech Evaluation Methods – Strengthen methodologies in test evaluation, economic modelling, and sustainability in collaboration with industry.
Cost-effective and eco-friendly solutions for the NHS
The transition to a sustainable future presents a major opportunity for industry to develop products that reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint, improve health, or both. We’re combining our expertise in sustainable innovation and cost-effectiveness to ensure new technologies are both financially viable and environmentally beneficial. We’re supporting industry to develop impactful, market-ready HealthTech solutions by prioritising innovations that are cost-effective for the NHS or commercially viable for the public while also contributing to environmental goals.
