Consultancy
Training is just the start.
Real change happens when organisations know what innovation means for them, have leadership alignment, and put practical systems in place to support it.
That’s where I work with Trusts and universities - beyond training - to make innovation operational rather than aspirational.
Where We’re At
After more than a decade of workforce reductions, repeated restructures and successive “do more with less” initiatives, most NHS organisations have extracted all they can from traditional improvement approaches.
Incremental change through improvement activities alone is no longer enough.
Across the NHS, organisations are being asked to adopt new technologies, new models of care and new ways of working — while maintaining safety, quality and staff wellbeing. That tension is real, and it cannot be solved by training alone.
The Health Innovation Expedition has already helped organisations surface real problems, create credible solutions, and build productive relationships with universities, Integrated Care Boards and regional innovation partners. But without follow-on support, that momentum risks being lost.
The Need
The Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England is explicit about the challenges facing the system:
Workforce shortages, retention and burnout
Pressure on leadership capacity and culture
The need to adopt digital, data-driven and technology-enabled care at pace
At the same time, innovation capability is unevenly distributed. Most pre-registration students are never taught how innovation works in practice. Many Trusts do not have a shared definition of innovation, let alone a consistent way of evaluating, supporting or progressing ideas.
Without clarity, good ideas stall, staff disengage, and energy is wasted reinventing solutions that already exist elsewhere.
The Solution
I work with Trusts and universities to turn innovation from a buzzword into something practical, strategic and achievable. That typically involves:
This work is grounded in experience from:
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Managing regional NHS Innovation Champion Networks
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Mentoring Trusts through innovation strategy development
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Embedding approaches that led to rapid increases in innovation disclosure
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Supporting organisations to move from isolated ideas to coordinated pipelines - a one stop shop!
The focus is always on what will actually work in your organisation, not importing frameworks that look good on paper but fail in practice.
