Earlier this year the Government confirmed that that Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) are being relicensed for a further five year period as part of a broader commitment to science, research and innovation. As part of the new licence, AHSNs will be renamed Health Innovation Networks.
Set up in 2013 by NHS England to act as innovation arms of the NHS, Health Innovation Networks work to support the spread and adoption of innovation across the healthcare system. Under the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technologies’ joint commission - the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) – Health Innovation Networks provide support to innovators to accelerate innovations from development to adoption and boost economic growth. Each organisation work with their local Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) while continuing to come together as a national network.
At this briefing, techUK will welcome:
- Richard Stubbs, Chief Executive of Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber and Chair of the Network
- Phil Waywell, Director of Digital Partnerships at Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
Richard and Phil will cover some of the below topics, as well as taking questions from techUK members:
- The Network’s plans for spreading innovation across the UK in digital, data and technology.
- How they will work with industry to achieve this.
- What Health Innovation Networks want to see from the digital health and care industry to help achieve the objectives set out for the new license.
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