The Business Plan 2020-2021 sets out how the Innovation Agency adapted its role during the first year of the COVID‑19 pandemic, reshaping priorities to support urgent local system needs while continuing to deliver national innovation and improvement programmes.
Written during a period of rapid change, it reflects a decisive shift towards agile, digitally enabled working and close collaboration across sectors.
The plan outlines priorities across patient safety, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, mental health, medicines optimisation, digital transformation, workforce innovation, and support for local systems and economies. It also introduces the organisation’s Innovation Pipeline approach, strengthening how innovations are identified, evaluated and adopted at pace to improve outcomes for patients and communities across the North West Coast.
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Powering the Future of Health and Care Innovation: our strategy 2026-2030 Read more
Powering the Future of Health and Care Innovation sets out our strategy until 2030.
Summary report: Establishing a Health and Care Quantum Innovation Centre Read more
This feasibility study, commissioned by UK Science and Technology Network and National Health Service England (NHSE) and conducted by Health Innovation North West Coast (HINWC), explores the potential use cases and understanding of quantum computing within the UK’s health and social care system.
Full report: Establishing a Health and Care Quantum Innovation Centre Read more
This document is a feasibility study, commissioned by UK Science and Technology Network and National Health Service England (NHSE) and conducted by Health Innovation North West Coast (HINWC) to explore current understanding of and potential use cases for quantum computing within the UK's health and social care system.