Consultancy
Where We’re At
After 15 years of staff cuts, endless “do more with less” drives, and constant restructuring, the NHS has squeezed every last drop from traditional improvement methods.
The only way forward now is to do things differently and sharing what works.
The Health Innovation Expedition has already helped NHS organisations solve real problems, build collaborations, and strengthen partnerships with local universities, ICBs, and other bodies. But training alone isn’t enough. You need a way to keep the momentum going.
The Need
The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the pressure:
Staff shortages and retention problems
Poor workplace culture and well-being
Leadership challenges and burnout
At the same time, the push toward digital: AI, robotics, electronic records, data-driven decision making, will transform every aspect of healthcare. That shift demands new skills and new ways of working.
But here’s the catch: most pre-reg students never get taught innovation. And most Trusts don’t even have a shared definition of what innovation means to them. Without clarity, good ideas stall, staff disengage, and energy gets wasted reinventing the wheel.
The Solution
I work with Trusts to turn innovation from a buzzword into a working reality.
That means:
I’ve done this with Trusts across the NHS, managing regional Innovation Champion Networks, mentoring organisations through culture change, and embedding approaches that doubled the number of innovation disclosures within a month of training.
