Author: Adam Ashworth, ICHP Innovation Lead Safe, timely discharge from hospital is one of the most persistent challenges across the NHS. Every delayed discharge impacts patients, staff, and the wider health and care system – straining capacity, creating inefficiencies, and affecting the experience of those in our care.  At Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP), as part of North West London’s (NWL) mission-led approach to innovation, we’ve been working with...Read More

Part of the North West London (NWL) Mission to optimise long-term conditions involves identifying, testing and evaluating promising innovations that can make a real difference in detecting, preventing and optimising cardiorenal metabolic health (CRM). As part of a new, regular ‘Innovation Spotlight’ feature, we’ll be showcasing innovations of interest, sharing examples of innovation in action...Read More

Dr. Venothan Suri, GP in South Hillingdon, reflects on his time at ICHP as a Clinical Innovation Fellow, providing clinical expertise and support to the North West London Mission-led approach to Cardiovascular Disease.  Read More

Partner: NW London ICB In December ‘23 ICHP launched a Call in partnership with NW London ICB for applications from local health and social care providers to become the first Implementation Sites for Mission 2: enabling more days at home. The Call was positioned as a unique opportunity to receive dedicated support to test cutting-edge...Read More

Partners: NHS England’s InHIP, the Accelerated Access Collaborative, the Health Innovation Network, NW London Integrated Care Board (ICB) The national Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme (InHIP) aims to address local healthcare inequalities experienced by deprived and other under-served populations. Delivered by all 15 health innovation networks, in NW London we worked with the ICB to...Read More

Partners: Discover-NOW, North West London Networked Data Lab (collaboration of ICHP, Imperial College London, NW London ICS, commissioned by The Health Foundation)  Photo credit: Centre for Ageing Better Discover-NOW worked with the NW London Networked Data Lab to identify and understand the needs and health issues of unpaid carers through the analysis of linked datasets....Read More

Partners: London Business School Healthcare Club, NW London ICB  The London HealthTech Challenge (HTC) is an annual competition hosted by the London Business School Healthcare Club aiming to foster entrepreneurship and stimulate the development of innovative healthcare product ideas. Winning teams receive funding, mentorship, training and networking opportunities. ICHP partnered with HTC in 2024 to...Read More

Partners: NW London ICB The CVD Champions programme was initiated in June ‘23 to identify, train, and support a network of healthcare professionals committed to improving the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and management of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) across the eight NW London Boroughs. Initially funded by the Collaborative Lipids Fund for nine months, the programme was...Read More

Partners: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT), Healthshare Group, NW London ICS ICHP worked with ICHT in collaboration with the Healthshare Group and NW London ICS to design and deliver an evaluation of its Rheumatology One Stop Mass Clinic (ROSMaC) – a new care model piloted to reduce the backlog of rheumatology outpatients.   In NW...Read More