45: How to sustain innovation in the NHS

<div>It’s fantastic to create an innovation and get it into practice with support from innovation systems and startup funding; but how is it sustained beyond its initial launch? <br> In this episode we hear how two innovators have been supported and how national innovation schemes are helping them to accelerate their adoption and spread. <br> In conversation with Caroline Kenyon are Konrad Dobschuetz of the NHS Innovation Accelerator and UCLPartners; Antoinette Honegan of Muther Tongue; and Piyush Mahapatra of Open Medical. <br> The episode was recorded at NHS ConfedExpo 2023 following a theatre session.<br> <br> Useful links:<br> NHS Innovation Accelerator: <a href="https://nhsaccelerator.com/">https://nhsaccelerator.com/</a><br> NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: <a href="https://nhscep.com/">https://nhscep.com/</a><br> Open Medical Ltd: <a href="https://www.openmedical.co.uk/">https://www.openmedical.co.uk/</a><br> Muther Tongue: <a href="https://www.muthertongue.co.uk/">https://www.muthertongue.co.uk/</a><br> Find your local AHSN:  <a href="https://www.ahsnnetwork.com/about-us/your-local-ahsn/">https://www.ahsnnetwork.com/about-us/your-local-ahsn</a> </div>