Speeding up the adoption and spread of established innovations
The Momentum Accelerator has been created for companies whose innovations are already making waves and are ready to expand their reach.
Whether you're developing cutting-edge medical devices or innovative digital solutions, our bespoke 8 session programme, spread over 16 weeks, provides the resources and guidance you need to effectively scale up.
Tailored support for targeted growth
Momentum will be different every time.
Our accelerator will be co-designed with companies to meet their needs – instead of trying to shoe-horn unique companies into a rigid programme.
Before each programme is created, we’ll work with you to understand your challenges and goals to make a bigger impact in the NHS, and seek out external partners to supplement our expertise.
A comprehensive 16-week journey
Each masterclass will include a morning focused on the following key areas for any business:
- NHS engagement: Learn how to effectively navigate the NHS innovation landscape, and build meaningful relationships with decision makers.
- Growth and spread: Develop strategies to scale your innovation across different healthcare settings.
- Value proposition: Craft compelling narratives that highlight the unique benefits of your solution.
- Stakeholder mapping: Identify and engage key players in the health ecosystem.
- Funding opportunities: Explore avenues for equity and grants to fuel your growth. There will also be a chance to ‘pitch’ to private equity funders.
- Procurement and legal frameworks: Understand how to ensure your solution is aligned to these frameworks, including to the significant changes coming to public sector procurement in 2025.
- Accreditations and compliance: Navigate the ever-changing standards landscape in the UK, US, EU and globally.
- Social value and sustainability: Increase your business success by being aware of social value and sustainability. They are now a typical, and vital, part of bids, procurement, governance and more.
Showcase your innovation
The programme culminates in an exciting showcase event, where you will present your refined offer to a panel of industry leaders, potential investors, and healthcare stakeholders. This is your opportunity to gain more visibility and momentum in the health sector.
Introducing our 2026 innovators and their innovations
ESH AI Healthcare has developed KINsight, an AI-powered platform that helps identify people at increased risk of inherited cancer. By analysing family health information and supporting ongoing monitoring, it aims to enable earlier screening, prevention and personalised care.
Haptiv8 is developing a smart sensory insole to help children with tip-toe walking adopt a natural heel-to-toe gait. Using personalised visual, audio and vibration feedback, the technology offers a non-invasive alternative to traditional treatments.
HealthOrbit AI develops AI-powered tools that reduce administrative burden across healthcare. Its ambient Voice-First Ambient AI Scribe automatically generates clinical documentation in real time, helping clinicians spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients..
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Joint Academy is a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care platform providing personalised rehabilitation, education and physiotherapy support. The solution helps healthcare providers deliver evidence-based MSK care remotely and at scale.
LOHA Platform is a digital family support platform designed to improve communication, relationships and wellbeing between young people and their parents or carers. Through interactive activities, it helps families build healthier habits and better manage challenges together.
My Sleep Health is developing Indigo Sleep, a personalised digital sleep health platform that combines sleep tracking, assessment tools, behavioural interventions and tailored support. Designed for individuals, clinicians and employers, it aims to improve sleep health and support earlier identification of sleep-related issues..
OpalMedica is developing technology to help identify rare and underdiagnosed diseases earlier in primary care. Its GP Clinical Flags platform supports clinicians by highlighting patterns in patient records that may warrant further investigation or specialist referral.
Primary Care Partnership has developed AskForHealth, a patient self-referral platform that helps people access NHS Pharmacy First services more quickly. By assessing eligibility before a pharmacy visit, it improves patient access, reduces GP workload and supports community-based care..
Rate My Care is an AI-powered platform that transforms patient feedback into actionable insights. By bringing together data from multiple sources, it helps healthcare organisations identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities for service improvement.
SAHA Care is developing SAHA Triage AI a pharmacist-led digital platform that gathers and organises patient information before a consultation. It helps patients access the right care pathway sooner while supporting safer, more efficient clinical triage and documentation.
Introducing our 2026 partners
Cheshire Business Angels is a regional investor network connecting innovative businesses with experienced investors who can provide both funding and strategic support. The network supports high-growth companies across sectors including healthcare, manufacturing and digital technology, helping founders access investment, expertise and valuable commercial connections.
CoEntry Health Tech is a consultancy built to make life easier for digital health companies who want to work with the NHS. They know from experience that success in this space isn’t just about having a great product. It’s about understanding how the NHS works, where the opportunities are, and how to get the right people on board.
Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading international commercial law firm providing services to public and private sector clients across a range of specialised operating sectors. They help clients navigate a legal and regulatory landscape that is continuously evolving in response to innovation as well as societal and ethical challenges.
The Organisation for the Review of Health and Care Apps (ORCHA) is the world’s leading digital health quality management and distribution platform, featuring the core infrastructure needed to deliver digital health safely in healthcare services at scale.
GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura is a £20m investment fund to find and back health and life sciences businesses based, or willing to build a material presence, in the Greater Manchester or Cheshire region. The Fund is in its active deployment phase seeking the most innovative companies in the region.
Softcat provide bespoke, innovative end-to-end technology solutions that help your business and organisation to succeed. Their goal as a business is simple; to be the leading voice in the IT infrastructure, product and services industry – maintaining, and exceeding, levels of customer and employee satisfaction.
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Value Match provide ethical and sustainable procurement solutions for public and private sectors that deliver value for customers while ensuring social value and positive environmental impact are maximised.