Healthcare Providers

In Yorkshire and the Humber, building strong partnerships with our three Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) is our top priority. We have developed a unique approach to this via our Innovation Hub model to enhance collaboration and drive innovation. This approach helps us gain a deep understanding of priorities and unmet needs while facilitating the co-production of the best solutions that drive adoption and spread. This model was given as an example of best practice in the Hewitt Review.

The hubs provide dedicated innovation support and a conduit through which innovators can engage with system colleagues in a managed and efficient manner. The creation of our hubs, South Yorkshire in 2019 and West Yorkshire in 2021, embody how this works in practice. The hub staff are part of Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber team but are also integrated within each
system. Through this embedded model of working, the hubs foster the conditions needed to enable the rapid adoption and spread of innovation.

Our West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Innovations Hubs play a pivotal role within each Integrated Care Board (ICB) by bringing together different organisations across the system to accelerate the widespread adoption of cutting-edge health and care innovations. This embedded, partnership approach enables the development of a deep understanding of priorities and unmet needs and co-production of the best solutions.

Find out more about the South Yorkshire Innovation Hub

Find out more about the West Yorkshire Innovation Hub.