12 & 13, 26 & 27 November 2024
In-person, Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel, BH2 5DU                             

- Are you an innovator or SME in the health landscape? 

- Do you have a healthcare innovation but not sure how to navigate the complex NHS system? 

- Are you struggling to demonstrate the impact and benefits of your innovation to all your different stakeholders? 

If so, apply now to our Health Innovation Programme (HIP):  Application Form 

Course Summary

The HIP course is designed to help accelerate the progress of innovations into the NHS. Helping innovators to get their product/pathway market ready sooner, so they’re more attractive to NHS customers and therefore more likely to be adopted into widespread use.

We are looking for innovators from across the UK who have a health innovation that have a minimal viable product and has completed a level of proof-of-concept this could include pilot scale studies. Applicants can include clinicians, academics, SMEs, innovators and entrepreneurs. 

This fully funded, free to attend, four-day course is designed to help support you, the innovator, in the development of your health innovation/product. We will be focusing on how to navigate the complex landscape that is the NHS and healthcare in the UK, including looking at how to find the right route to market that works for your innovation. You will learn knowledge and skills to help you to understand and explain the value of your proposition to NHS and health and social care stakeholders. 

Speakers from Health Innovation Wessex (HIW) will be joined by experts from specialisms across the health innovation landscape including regulation, commercialisation, research and funding. There will also be members of the local NHS integrated care board (ICB) to provide insights, plus presenters who have lived experience of successful health innovation implementation and commercialisation. This panel of speakers, with a wealth of experience between them, will be sharing their knowledge and expertise from years of experience working in the NHS, health innovation and project management arenas, to help guide you and provide key resources that can support your journey from idea to commercialisation. 

Throughout the course HIW staff will provide mentorship and 1-1 support to applicants, which can continue after the programme. To hear how HIW can support innovators please check our webpage.

Feedback from previous HIP alumni

“The event was a great opportunity to network with fellow innovators in the health sector.  The focus on honing our innovation value proposition through the NHS lens, using the lean methodology was really valuable. The pitching sessions followed by ‘speed mentoring’ gave me actionable insights and feedback.” March 2024 alumnus

“Fantastic opportunity to network, learn and collaborate within a safe environment. Looking forward to next steps with HIW to demonstrate impact and protect IP. Would highly recommend.” March 2024 alumnus

Learning objectives

Delegates will: 

1. Learn how to identify and understand the UK health and/or social care pathway their idea could be used in (setting, market gap, user need)
2. Clearly describe the value proposition for their innovation, in a way recognisable to and validated with users, payers and other stakeholders in its intended setting(s),
3. Describe the existing products, job roles, practices, pathways and culture in current place that the innovation would need to impact with or displace, and changes to these that would be required to achieve successful implementation and adoption,
4. Map out the development pathway, regulatory strategy and route(s) to market at scale in the UK, including all critical-path stages, the requirements to pass these and related stakeholders, and resources available to support this journey,
5. Identify the relevant stakeholders to engage with to ensure co-design and alignment with user and system requirements and priorities; within this to understand the cultural conditions relevant to adoption of the innovation,
6. Identify and understand the necessary evidence and other information required for development and adoption, around safety, efficacy, regulatory approval, and impact in real-world settings,
7. Identify the protectable intellectual property associated with the innovation and mechanisms for protection and describe the reasons for protecting it.  In this context, describe the mechanisms for determining freedom to operate. 

Course structure

The four-day course will run over three weeks, the first week will consist of two days back-to-back with a week gap before another two consecutive days the following week – please check the dates to ensure you are available for all four days to guarantee you are able to optimise the opportunity. Those unable to attend the four days will not be successful in their application. Applicants are expected to attend all sessions. 

The course will consist of direct teaching sessions, self-directed learning, collaborative workshops, networking opportunities will culminate with the delegates completing a market access presentation to a guest panel of members from the health innovation sphere, amalgamating all they have learnt throughout the course. 

The most successful pitch be awarded on the final day of the course following the presentations. 

This course will provide you with skills, knowledge and resources to help you navigate your health innovation journey. 

Applications

Applicants will be provided with resources throughout the course to support their innovation development, including the development of a value proposition template. 

The selection process starts Monday 23 September 2024 - Places are limited. Applications received after this date may not be considered if capacity has been reached.

Applications will be reviewed by a team from HIW, successful applicants will be contacted as soon as possible. There will be a virtual 1-hour launch webinar for applicants to meet the HIW team and fellow delegates prior to the start of the course in addition to access to resources and further information. 

Unsuccessful applications will receive feedback and the offer of alternative support if appropriate. 

If you have any questions, please contact: Angus Donald – angus.donald@hiwessex.net or claire.martin@hiwessex.net.

Apply now