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Impact Report2024-2025
Local change, national impact
We are health innovation adoption experts. We work across the East Midlands and nationally as part of the Health Innovation Network, driving innovation within the NHS.
As one of 15 local health innovation networks (HINs), we help health and social care teams to find, test, and implement solutions to the NHS’s most pressing challenges.
Our positive impact rests in our ability to bring people, resources and organisations together to deliver benefits that could not be achieved alone.
We work across NHS and care organisations, we collaborate with research partners, and we support the growth of the life science industry by building cross sector partnerships that tackle health priorities and generate economic growth.
The East Midlands is home to a diverse population, and we act as catalysts to create the conditions for transformative change within the communities we serve.
We have over a decade of experience of enabling successful innovation adoption, and many of our projects have been implemented beyond the East Midlands, benefiting patients around the country. Since we were established in 2013, we estimate that more than 1.6 million people have been positively impacted through our work. This contribution is enabled by our committed and passionate team members. We work flexibly to ensure we align with the biggest challenges facing our NHS, focusing on the NHS 10-Year-Plan and the three ‘shifts’ identified by the government as key to the future of the NHS.
Foreword
We are pleased to share our 2024-2025 Impact Report, showcasing our work to enable healthcare transformation over the past 12 months.
During the year, we positively impacted the lives of more than 260,000 people, and our value to the healthcare system is estimated at over £53.8 million, achieved against funding of £4.9 million.
Whilst this report reflects on the achievements of the past 12 months, its publication comes at a pivotal moment, coinciding with the launch of the NHS 10-Year-Plan. We welcome the Plan’s commitment to innovation as a key driver for NHS reform and the vital role of Health Innovation Networks formally recognised: “Our 15 Health Innovation Networks do important work; we will continue to fund and support them.” We are committed to building upon the positive impacts achieved over the last 12 months and supporting our East Midlands NHS and care organisations to deliver on the ambitions of the plan. Our focus remains on enabling efficient and effective services, driving productivity gains, and supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality care for the diverse populations we serve.
During 2024-2025, we positively impacted the lives of more than 250,000 people, and our value to the healthcare system is estimated at over £53.8 million, achieved against funding of £4.9 million.
The past year has been one of significant change nationally, regionally, and locally, with pressure on NHS resources, structural change to health and care systems, and an imperative to generate efficiencies – all balanced with the need to increase productivity whilst ensuring quality and safety.
The case for innovation has never been more urgent.
The government’s three shifts, from hospital to community care, from sickness to prevention, and from analogue to digital, provide a huge opportunity for the NHS to adopt and implement innovation.
With our unique role operating locally, and as part of a national movement – the Health Innovation Network – we can support the implementation of innovation. With this in mind, we will remain agile and responsive to align our work with national, regional and local health priorities.
This report provides just a brief snapshot of our work across the shifts, alongside our range of supporting services and programmes.
If you would like more details about our work and supporting services, please get in touch. Our contact details are at the end of this report.
This report is presented under the government's three shifts
Shift: from from analogue
to digital
Shift: from sickness
to prevention
