NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

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The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) was a special health authority of the National Health Service in England. It supported "the NHS to transform healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world-class leadership".

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Its priority programmes were originally stated as:

In its 2008/2009 work plan these were restated as: [1]

The NHS Institute published papers on its research. These are not, however, publicly available without payment.

It closed in March 2013. [2] It was replaced by 'NHS Improving Quality', which was subsequently replaced by 'The Sustainable Improvement Team'.

NHS National Innovation Centre

The National Innovation Centre was part of the NHS Institute. Its aim was "to speed up the development of pre-commercial technologies likely to benefit the NHS". [3] It invited proposals for commercial or other innovation which might benefit the NHS and provided support to develop these where appropriate in the given climate. It was closed in 2013.

Innovation hubs

The NHS network of regional NHS Innovation Hubs was set up to support NHS-funded organisations to identify and develop innovations that were in the interests of patients and society as a whole. They did this through the activities and services of the network and by adoption of the Department of Health (United Kingdom) Guidance. The Innovation Hubs offered legal and commercial support to NHS staff who had a pre-market product.

The NHS Innovation Hub Network worked to fulfil the following functions:

The NHS Innovation Hub network in England consisted of the following organisations: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement - NHS Institute Business Plan 2008/09".
  2. ↑ Closure Notice. http://www.institute.nhs.uk/ . Retrieved 15 February 2014.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "National Innovation Centre - About Us". www.nic.nhs.uk.
  4. ↑ "NHS – National Innovation Centre". www.nic.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-11-17.

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