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InnoScot Health works in partnership with NHS Scotland to accelerate ideas that transform healthcare.

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New on our website, Executive Chair of InnoScot Health Graham Watson discusses the best way forward to fully utilising new digital capabilities to bring about positive, sweeping change to the health service.

"It is incredibly easy to think of digital transformation as technology that brings about positive, sweeping change just by its mere identification and adoption.

"Of course, that is true to a degree – we live in exciting times, and no one doubts that digital-led innovation is vital to the future of the NHS if we are to realise ambitions for better patient outcomes, greater efficiency, and a more sustainable health service.

"The potential is vast, particularly in meeting the needs of a changing population. We also know that the workforce is overwhelmingly keen to engage with, and fully utilise, new digital capabilities where possible.

"However, the existence and availability of fresh technology does not necessarily equate to immediate success – potentially the opposite in fact if not considered properly. The most important facet of enduring digital transformation is therefore changing the way we think and approach it – not with a quick fix mindset, but through rigorous evaluation, testing, and integration into effective day-to-day healthcare.

"Digital is not an object or any singular approach. It is a data-driven expression of how to perform tasks better through technology across a wide range of opportunities. For those looking to effectively implement those opportunities, the first step then must be engendering a fresh mindset. Initially at least, that is what is truly transformational."

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Through the commercialisation of products and launch of innovative companies, InnoScot Health is not only improving patient care, but generating financial income, putting our country on the international map for wider economic benefit.

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We are seeking ideas from health and social care staff that can help transform the quality of life for people living with frailty, while helping NHS Scotland adapt to changing demographics and increase in people becoming frailer.

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Learnings from a Horizon Europe roadshow event at the University of Glasgow must be embraced if Scotland is to fully capitalise upon the £80bn research, development and innovation programme, says InnoScot Health.

Organisers of the recent in-person gathering at the University of Glasgow labelled it an ideal platform to “learn, connect and discuss the Horizon Europe collaborative research and innovation opportunities that can accelerate your project”.

It invited innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs to “unlock the potential” of Horizon – the world’s largest collaborative research programme – over its duration lasting until 2027.

InnoScot Health Project Manager Paula Sweeten works alongside innovators across Scotland and is encouraging the community to analyse learnings from the Glasgow event in order to maximise opportunities of the programme – with the average Horizon grant being worth £450,000.

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Formal NHS Scotland partner InnoScot Health has welcomed a new net zero strategy which reflects its own sustainable ambitions for greener healthcare.

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has published a new Climate Emergency and Sustainability strategy (2024 – 2027) detailing its role in supporting NHS Scotland’s commitment to achieving a net zero health service by 2040.

The strategy outlines an NES action plan aimed at reducing its own emissions, as well as the educational support and training it plans to provide to the health and social care workforce with a view to mitigating climate change through raising awareness and embedding fresh initiatives.

Karen Reid, Chief Executive of NES said the strategy and accompanying action plan is focused on areas including transport and travel, digital infrastructure, waste reduction, and greenspace and biodiversity.

InnoScot Health fully supports the timely publication and the important focus on the workforce as enablers of change, alongside accelerated use of technology and innovation which are vital to inspire collective action in the fight against climate change.

At the recent NHS Scotland Event, delegates heard how NHS Tayside and the NHS 24 Green Flow Navigation Centre (FNC) had focused on the positive benefit to patients and the environment from the introduction of new urgent care pathways promoting remote patient consultation and delivery of care closer to home, in turn saving some 55.2 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

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