Digital products and services have provided vital innovation, support and capacity to the NHS during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and will continue to do so as the healthcare system moves forward into the subsequent recovery phase of the pandemic response. Today, DigitalHealth.London opens applications to their flagship Accelerator programme for the next generation of digital health companies to transform health and care.
Amongst DigitalHealth.London’s co-founding partners are the AHSN Network’s three London AHSNs; Imperial College Health Partners, the Health Innovation Network and UCLPartners.
Jenny Thomas, Programme Director, DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, said: “The last year and a half in the NHS has seen profound challenges but also incredible progress. NHS Staff and patients have been introduced to new ways of doing things through digital health, and technology has enabled many key services to continue during the coronavirus pandemic. I am extremely proud of the companies and NHS organisations we have worked with and the role they have played during the pandemic and the vital roles I know they will continue to play as we start to look at supporting the NHS to recover. I am very excited to announce the opening of applications to be part of the next cohort of innovators on the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme – innovators who we will support in being part of this next, pivotal stage for our healthcare system.”
Now in its sixth consecutive year, the NHS delivered programme, funded in part by the European Regional Development Fund, has supported some of the biggest and most effective digital innovations now being used by the NHS in London. To date the Accelerator has supported 122 innovative digital health companies and for every £1 spent on the programme it is estimated over £14 is saved for the NHS*.
DigitalHealth.London is passionate about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the long-term success of innovation and transformation within the NHS. To date 15% of the companies supported have been founded by women, 22% have been owned by innovators who identify as Black, Asian or minority ethnic and 2% by a person with a disability*. DigitalHealth.London continues to work to ensure the Accelerator programme is diverse and encourages innovators who identify as being from a minority group to apply to the programme.
The deadline for companies to apply is midnight Sunday 12 September 2021. Find out more about the Accelerator.
Join the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator 101 Webinar at 12:30pm on Wednesday 4 August 2021.