Innovation belongs to all of us and needs to be embedded in our work every day to continue to provide high quality care for our patients, their carers and families and to support our workforce.
It’s really important that we embrace both invention and adoption so that new solutions are developed and implemented at pace.
We’ve launched an innovation pathway, a process to help support the development of solutions across the trust, focusing on four steps – include, understand, test and share.
We’re building and strengthening our networks and working closely with industry and the regional and national healthcare system.
We have developed a range of case studies to showcase initiatives developed by colleagues.
Read our innovation case studies
Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
Newcastle Hospitals is an ‘In Site’ test bed site for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, helping to develop and evaluate new solutions to benefit staff and patients.
Our clinical entrepreneurs are working to transform services and develop innovations including support for our young patients with sensory needs, those children and young people undergoing treatment for cancer, and adults with pelvic health problems.
Our innovation team works with colleagues and partners to help nurture and develop solutions to turn them into reality. Discover out more about their work.
Festive innovation showcase
The Great North Children’s Hospital held a festive innovation showcase to provide a unique opportunity for staff and patients to share thoughts, ideas and challenges to help us improve patient care.
The initiative aimed to create a culture of innovation that continually enhances the quality of care that our patients experience.
In the NHS, every staff member and community member is in a unique position to see opportunity for improvement.
Patients, staff and the public submitted their own innovation challenges – real life challenges or areas of improvement observed through experiences within the NHS. From patient care pathways to digital tools and even ideas for improving our hospitals physical environment.
This approach is designed not only to engage but to empower. By giving everyone a voice, we foster an inclusive culture where every idea is valued, and the hospital continues to be a place of continuous improvement.
The festive challenges have been collected by the innovation team so we can understand our most pressing challenges and work with you to solve these.
NHS partners
We hope our showcase will inspire other NHS organisations to adopt similar initiatives, learning from our experience of tapping into the wealth of ideas held by the wider community.
If you would like to find out more please email the team at [email protected].
