Innovation Pathway AHSN Stakeholder Event Russ Watkins Assistant Director – Business Innovation & Improvement Newcastle Hospitals

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – provides all aspects of NHS services – community – quaternary services Excellent NHS clinical care and cutting edge of innovation Highest number patients recruited into clinical trials Successful commercialisation of a number of ideas Recently launched our innovation strategy

Our links to innovation pathway NUTH fully supports all aspects of the AHSN innovation pathway in particular: –Innovation idea generation –Innovation scouts –Business Development Managers – IP - commercialisation –Joint Research Office – Clinical trials and host Clinical Research Network –Provide clinical expertise and a single point for innovation in –Evidence expertise and specific input into the pathway –Fully support the Bright Idea Awards

Evidence National Institute for Health Research Diagnostic Evidence Cooperative – Newcastle (NIHR DEC) –1 of 4 in the Country –Response to industry need, with a remit to catalyse the development of evidence on the benefit and value of in vitro diagnostic tests (IVDs). Value for patients? Value for the health system? Is the test affordable? Value for Industry? –Currently working with 9 different companies Plan your project Develop a grant proposal Carry out your research Disseminate evidence from research studies

National Institute For Health and Care Excellence – External Assessment Centre (NICE EAC) Partnership between NUTH and York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) –1 of 4 nationally –independent assessment of clinical and cost evidence for novel medical technologies –developing and facilitating independent, targeted research projects to fill gaps in the evidence identified by NICE committees –physiological measurement and diagnostic imaging technologies for the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) –substantial expertise in regulatory affairs (CE marking) and technology transfer

Part of the innovation pathway offering Provide expertise in assessment, developing of medical technology, health economics, evaluation, clinical trials and dissemination into the NHS AHSN focus towards local SME’s Industry liaison and corporate support Long term collaboration The Offer