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  • Empowering Change: A Nurse’s Journey as an Innovation Champion within the NHS

    Empowering Change: A Nurse’s Journey as an Innovation Champion within the NHS

    Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, a seasoned NHS leader, weaves innovation and education into her mission to enhance patient experiences.  Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas is a head of portfolio at NHS England who enrolled onto the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme in 2018. With 20 years of NHS experience, Henrietta initially trained as a Mental Health Nurse before transitioning to project…

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  • A Clinical Entrepreneur pioneers groundbreaking solutions for the NHS. 

    A Clinical Entrepreneur pioneers groundbreaking solutions for the NHS. 

    Dr Alastair Darwood is an innovator focused on developing novel technologies to solve challenges within healthcare.  Dr Alastair Darwood is a Doctor, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Skarper and Founder of Inspired Ventilation Ltd, who joined the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme in 2019. As a medical device innovator, Alastair focuses on early-stage translation and…

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  • HSJ Award Win for NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: Celebrating Excellence in Healthcare Education.

    HSJ Award Win for NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: Celebrating Excellence in Healthcare Education.

    We are thrilled to announce that the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP), delivered by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), has won the prestigious 2024 HSJ Partnership Award for Best Education Programme for the NHS. The award ceremony, held last night, recognised outstanding contributions to healthcare education and innovation. The HSJ Partnership Awards, now in its seventh…

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  • Entrepreneur programme expansion welcomes new patient innovators.

    Entrepreneur programme expansion welcomes new patient innovators.

    The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) and NHS England are delighted to announce the successful recruitment of its first cohort of Patient Entrepreneurs. Starting this February, the NHS CEP Patient Entrepreneur Programme (PEP) is a pilot programme aimed at people with lived experience of an illness or condition who have developed an innovation to improve…

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  • NHS CEP finalists for HSJ award

    NHS CEP finalists for HSJ award

    Anglia Ruskin University delivering NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has been  shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Partnership Award: Best Education Programme for the NHS Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is delighted to announce that the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) has been shortlisted for Best Educational Programme at the HSJ Partnership Awards recognising an outstanding dedication to…

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  • MSE Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort announced!

    MSE Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort announced!

    The Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) founded the MSE Innovation Fellowship, to help improve patient care by encouraging and supporting its innovators to develop, test and advance new healthcare ideas. This year, 19 clinical and non-clinical, internal and external innovators have been chosen to join the cohort 2023/24 fellowship, which includes 8…

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  • Innovation dedicated to researching and helping children with Glue Ear.   

    Innovation dedicated to researching and helping children with Glue Ear.   

    Hear Glue Ear is an App and hearing solution which aims to positively change the development, learning and prospects of children with hearing loss. Dr Tamsin Holland Brown is a Paediatrician with over 20 years of experience in the field of childhood hearing loss. She is a cohort 4 clinical entrepreneur and Founder of Hear…

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  • World Mental Health Day 2023- ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.

    World Mental Health Day 2023- ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.

    Tuesday the 10th of October is World Mental Health Day. The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.   This day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone’s mental health. It’s also a chance to talk about mental…

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  • Meet our mentors: Piyush Mahapatra

    Meet our mentors: Piyush Mahapatra

    Piyush Mahapatra is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical, and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Piyush Mahapatra Occupation: Trauma and orthopaedic surgeon & Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical “I have a passion for fixing things that are broken. It is what drove me to pursue a…

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  • Innovation supports men’s mental health to promote a healthier population.   

    Innovation supports men’s mental health to promote a healthier population.   

    Mensmindgp.com aims to support men with scientifically proven lifestyle change approaches for depression, anxiety, stress and burnout.  Dr Edward Rainbow is a GP and certified lifestyle medicine practitioner who joined the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme in 2023.   Founded in 2022, Mensmindgp.com aims to help men with mental health problems achieve long term sustainable change via…

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