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Delivered by
- University of Manchester
Digital Innovation
Helps digital health technology launch, adopt and scale in the NHS.
Building the infrastructure, standards and partnerships needed to enable safe, equitable, scalable adoption of digital mental health innovation across the NHS and beyond. Ensuring digital innovation is driven by the priorities, experiences and outcomes that matter to patients, carers and clinicians.
The Digital Innovation workstream supports digital health technologies through launch, adoption and scale in the NHS — creating clear pathways for digital therapeutics and measurement tools to reach the people who need them.
Delivered with
Primary focus
- Developing sustainable infrastructure and services that support digital mental health innovation, adoption and scale-up in the NHS
- Aligning digital innovation with lived experience, NHS needs and industry priorities.
- Supporting NHS implementation, adoption and scaling of digital mental health innovations.
- Developing sustainable investment models, strategic partnerships and technology horizon scanning.
Key questions & challenges
- How do we create a clear, scalable route for digital mental health technologies into NHS practice?
- How do we ensure digital technologies solve problems that matter to patients, carers, clinicians and industry?
- How do we move beyond pilot projects and achieve sustainable multi-site NHS adoption?
- How do we improve investment readiness, attract partners and identify technologies that meet NHS demand?
How this differs from other infrastructure
- Cross-sector infrastructure spanning industry, NHS, investors, regulators, lived experience groups and international partners.
- Combines lived experience, industry, regulatory and commissioning perspectives to shape standards and adoption pathways.
- Focuses on NHS operational adoption, workforce readiness and implementation support rather than product development.
- Unique focus on public-private investment, international partnerships and systematic technology evaluation.
Who leads this workstream
Health Psychologist and Digital Health Strategist
Percolating Health
DATAMIND Digitally Enhanced Trials Lead
University of Manchester
Next workstream
DATAMIND TRE and Observatory
