Foreword
Innovation has a vital role to play in shaping a healthier population, a more sustainable NHS, and a stronger economy for the future.
The challenge is not invention, it is adoption at scale, moving beyond isolated pilots to bring the best solutions into everyday practice, improving outcomes for patients throughout the NHS and driving a vibrant health and life sciences sector.
As one of 15 health innovation networks we are the health innovation adoption experts. We find, test, implement and scale innovations with the potential to tackle the NHS’ greatest challenges and ambitions, including the‘ three shifts’, and improving NHS productivity.
Embedded within local systems and connected nationally, our work is improving population health, strengthening workforce wellbeing and productivity, and reducing pressure on the NHS through fewer hospital admissions, more efficient care pathways, and shorter waiting times.
In the pages that follow, you will find highlights from the past year that demonstrate the impact of this work. From improving access to earlier diagnosis and lifechanging treatments, to generating the evidence needed to support adoption and scale, our focus remains on delivering measurable benefits for patients, healthcare systems and the wider economy.
Innovation also depends on attracting investment to turn promising ideas into solutions that can be adopted at scale. As part of the national Network, we have helped to leverage £ 1.5 billion of investment into the national health and care innovation ecosystem, accelerating the development, evaluation and spread of innovations that improve patient care and strengthen the UK life sciences sector.
In Yorkshire and the Humber, we secured significant investment to help bring innovative technologies and services into routine care. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 52,800 new diagnoses and over 12,000 deaths each year.
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