The Innovation & Health Connected: Business Plan Summary 2017–2018 sets out how the Innovation Agency worked as an honest broker to spread proven innovation, improve quality of care and reduce costs across the North West Coast.
It outlines an early system‑wide approach to collaboration between the NHS, academia, industry and communities, aligned with the Five Year Forward View and the Accelerated Access Review.
The summary is structured around five core goals covering system transformation through innovation, economic growth, digital health adoption, patient safety, and national collaboration through the AHSN Network. It highlights foundational work in spread and adoption, support for SMEs and innovation centres, early digital and data‑driven programmes, and the development of capabilities such as health coaching, evidence champions and patient safety collaboratives that shaped later system transformation.
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Impact Report 2026 Read more
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Powering the Future of Health and Care Innovation: our strategy 2026-2030 Read more
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For delivery teams: Introducing Neuro Rehabilitation Online (NROL) Read more
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