The Dorset Innovation Hub was established as one of four Health Foundation Innovation Hubs across the UK and is hosted by NHS Dorset. Built on a unique partnership of organisations spanning health and care, academia, research, industry, economic development, and patient and public involvement, the Hub was created to support the adoption of innovation across Dorset’s health and care system.
Today, the Hub acts as a collaborative network, bringing partners together to identify challenges, share expertise, and accelerate the adoption of innovations that improve outcomes for patients, service users, and staff. By combining diverse perspectives and experience, we help ensure that innovation is shaped around local needs and can be successfully implemented and sustained.
Our approach is rooted in collaboration, co-production, and system-wide working, creating the conditions for innovation to thrive across Dorset’s Integrated Care System.
Our mission: “We support and sustain the adoption of the world’s best health and care innovations for the benefit of all citizens of Dorset”
In this short video, we explain who we are, what we do, and how our partnership approach helps turn innovative ideas into real-world solutions that benefit people across Dorset.
Dorset Innovation Hub partners are across primary, community secondary and social care, academia, innovation, research, economy, industry and with patient and public involvement and engagement.
Our small team support staff to use new innovations to support patients and our service users.
Our Team is made up of dedicated Innovation Hub team members and support in kind from members of the partners across Dorset.
The purpose of the Innovation Hub Programme Group is to provide strategic oversight and direction for the establishment, development and operation of the Dorset ICS Innovation Hub (DIH).
The Group also provides a forum for shared learning and collaboration.
What is innovation?
- Innovation is defined as an embedded culture covering the spectrum of improvement, adaptation and adoption of existing innovations and invention.
- Innovation is at the heart of how we all provide quality of care and anyone can be involved innovation. Follow the links to find out more about our innovation work programme and work of our innovators.
