Innovation at York and Scarborough

Our offer to innovation partners:

• A unique patient cohort UK – spanning all clinical specialities and services, including the community setting, including a rural and coastal population
• Track record of success in R&I – we have consistently delivered a range of projects and have been successful in funding awards, including from Government and industry contracts.
• Professional support – our experienced Innovation Team has specialist expertise and extensive knowledge of Intellectual Property (IP), innovation, commercial engagement, grant development, and partnership working – current strategic programmes include our Health Innovation Cluster, IRIS, and local VCSEs
• Rich data assets – our patient population of 800,000 people across the North East, this includes maternity datasets, rare head and neck cancers, and a robust gastrointestinal disease dataset 

IP arising may vary from simple copyright materials such as guidelines, clinical tools and training materials, through to more complex and potential patentable inventions, such as medical devices, diagnostics, digital tools, and therapeutics. 

The team provides support for managing IP and innovation resulting from collaborative research and partnerships with other NHS organisations, universities and industry. We have close links with Medipex who can provide expert advice alongside our Innovation and Commercial team.

The IP and Innovation Management Service offers:

• support for staff creating or developing solutions to meet clinical, workforce, and service needs
• substantial experience in protecting and managing IP and, when commercialisation is the best way of putting innovation into practice, negotiating deals and securing financial benefits, such as royalties on income
• support for staff working with commercial partners to develop or evaluate their products for the benefit of NHS patients and healthcare provision through our commercial team
• advice and support with formalising relationships and ensuring that the value of the Trust’s contribution to collaborative outputs is recognised and managed appropriately, and that there is a mutually beneficial relationship
• guidance for drafting and executing confidentiality agreements, collaboration agreements, clinical study agreements, revenue sharing agreements and other relevant arrangements.

We are currently developing our Ideas Hub. The Ideas Hub will be our internal innovation space, designed to support all staff across the Trust regardless of role with their innovation ideas. It brings together case studies, innovation resources, training videos, and direct links to Quality Improvement and Clinical Effectiveness.

Whether you need guidance, tools, or inspiration from the Ideas Voting System, the Ideas Hub makes it easy to develop and share ideas that improve daily working life, patient care and how services operate.