Adoption & Implementation in the Health and Social Care Systems for SMEs – A Pilot Course
BACKGROUND
LGC Group, on behalf of NIHR, will be working with Health Innovation Wessex to assist SMEs in navigating the complexities of health and social care system adoption and implementation. The focus is on early-stage support, providing insights at Technology Readiness Level Three (TRL3) or below. See here for further guidance on the TRL stages.
As an SME you may be looking at your business strategy and be a start up with a new product concept, an existing business (not in the healthcare sector) with a new product, or an existing healthcare business looking at an innovative new product pivot.
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We are proposing a pilot training course for SMEs, in Birmingham on four individual sessions (a session being an evening then following day, all held in-person) each approximately six weeks apart.
Attendees will learn from and network with a range of subject matter experts at Health Innovation Wessex and other stakeholders, including Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The proposed dates are:-
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18/19th September 2024
20/21st November 2024
15/16th January 2025
12/13th March 2025
Sector Change
You might be an SME in the gaming, tech, digital, food
manufacturing sectors and have a product that could be adopted to suit the healthcare sector.
Product Pivot
You might be an SME already working in the health & social care sector and have an idea for a new product and could use support to develop this new product from its inception with expert guidance
New Concept
You might be an entrepreneur or innovator that has a great product concept for the healthcare sector and need some support to develop it
About Us
The NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.
Working in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients and the public - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.
We are also a major funder of applied health research in low and middle income countries, work that is principally funded through UK aid from the UK government.
Who are the NIHR?
COURSE CONTENT
The course consists of four in-person sessions held in Birmingham, each approximately 6 weeks apart. See here for the full course itinerary.
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Attendees will learn from subject matter experts and network with stakeholders, gaining valuable insights into various aspects of health and social care implementation.
Participation in the pilot is by invitation, post application only via the website link here. You will need to sign into Google to apply here
All course fees, food, and accommodation will be covered for selected SMEs.
Participants must commit to attending all sessions and engage in evaluation exercises to ensure the effectiveness of the pilot.
The closing date for application is 27th June 24. All course fees will be covered, and food and relevant accommodation provided.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
We are looking to recruit SMEs of less than £2 million a year turnover and fewer than 25 FTEs, have been funded and operating as an SME for 1 or more years, and have an innovation at technology readiness level three or below. We would be pleased to talk to SMEs, for example those who are currently working in other sectors but are looking to supply the health and social care market for the first time. We are happy to talk to larger SMEs but not with a turnover of over £50 million.
COURSE BENEFITS
This course supports SMEs in understanding and planning for the adoption and implementation of their ideas in the complex healthcare system. It aims to build a cohort of SMEs capable of applying these requirements to their evolving prototypes and products, avoiding costly retrofits later in the development cycle. As such, SMEs who complete the course should be able to:
Identify health or social care pathways for their ideas
Understand the evidence needed for adoptable and implementable products
Articulate the value proposition for their innovations.
Describe necessary service or cultural changes for successful implementation.
Identify and engage relevant stakeholders in the health or social care pathway
Develop a regulatory strategy for early-stage innovations.