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Accelerating ideas that transform healthcare

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Ideas

Have an innovative idea to improve healthcare?

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Expertise

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Impact

What is the impact of NHS-led innovation?

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Our role

Innovative ideas have the power to significantly improve health and social care, while supporting an ambitious, entrepreneurial, forward-thinking Scotland.


InnoScot Health has been working in partnership with NHS Scotland for over 20 years.


By harnessing the talent, entrepreneurism, and commitment of staff across the NHS, we support improvements in patient care while stimulating economic wealth.

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2000 ideas

Ideas

We have assessed over 2000 innovative ideas from health and social care professionals across Scotland. These range from simple medical devices to complex data platforms, and span a range of therapeutic areas.

Ideas protected

Expertise

We have protected the Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright and Design Right for over 250 NHS innovations; and negotiated multiple commercial licence deals with companies in the UK and internationally.


Spin out companies

Impact

We have a strong record in producing spin-out companies on behalf of NHS Scotland; each set up to produce and market healthcare innovations that originated from NHS Scotland employees.

Homepage quote Graham Watson

“We hold a unique and valued position in supporting NHS-led innovation.”

Graham Watson, Executive Chair, InnoScot Health

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View our latest news

From innovation calls to new products or opinion pieces, read all the latest news and updates from InnoScot Health.

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Check out the latest events

From exhibitions to webinars, stay up to date with the latest opportunities to meet with the InnoScot Health team.

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Latest innovation calls

A package of support is available from InnoScot Health for ideas relating to areas of priority need.

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