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We lead, facilitate and develop opportunities for digital innovation through our work in digital research and development, creating new innovative products, technologies and services solving both existing problems and unmet needs.
The Digital Innovation Unit is a small team of skilled experienced professionals whose drive and passion adds value and achieves better health outcomes for patients through innovative digital technology and solutions.
As an NHS organisation we make no profit, with all returns invested back into NHS innovation.
Around two thirds of our work is national for NHS England on high-profile strategic prevention programmes. The remaining third is diversely spread across a range of regions and organisations – such as integrated care boards (ICBs) and provider organisations. We also do research and development (R&D).
Our wide range of knowledge, skills and expertise include:
We offer a unique blend of flexible services, with ability to cover broader specialisms collaborating with other subject matter experts from across NHS Midlands and Lancashire, including business intelligence, information management and technology, clinical and so on.
Our services are easy to access – we are part of the NHS and on all the main procurement frameworks.
We provide:
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NHS Activate is a digital communications platform which makes the flow of information between organisations and patients seamless. This leads to better experiences for patients and increased productivity and reduced costs for healthcare providers. It activates the patient to take positive steps to improve their health and care.
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Acting as an independent and trusted partner within the system to facilitate working across stakeholders and integrate elements of the provider system…
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Digitising care and partnering with systems for the transformation of digitally enabled service delivery (and other supporting processes) across vision, planning and…
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Supporting systems to build a sustainable and integrated workforce, transforming systems, organisations and the workforce experience to improve resilience.
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Providing end-to-end funded care services, including patients as active partners in identifying their healthcare needs and then commissioning care to meet these.…
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Supporting providers to work together at a place and neighbourhood level to manage common resources, integrate community teams, improve health and reduce…
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