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Fellowship Programme
NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA)
NHS England / UCLPartners
Healthtech
Early revenueScaling
Three-year NHS England fellowship for healthcare innovators who are ready to scale nationally. Open to digital health, MedTech, medical devices and healthcare delivery innovations already deployed in at least one NHS setting. Hosted at UCLPartners (King's Cross). Annual call opens September, closes October. Fellows receive a bursary, bespoke support from NHS navigators, and access to all 15 Health Innovation Networks. 80+ Fellows supported; £203M raised by alumni.
Why this programme
Find customers / partnerships
Access to all 15 NHS Health Innovation Networks for spreading your innovation nationally. NHS Navigator assigned to broker introductions to NHS organisations and procurement.
Scale & grow
The NIA's explicit purpose is national-scale NHS adoption. Fellows get 3 years of support to spread their innovation across the whole NHS.
Raise funding
Alumni have raised £203M in external investment. NIA fellowship provides significant credibility signal for investors in the health space.
Access to mentors / operators
Guidance from NHS leaders, senior clinicians and experienced healthcare entrepreneurs. Peer network of 100+ current and former Fellows.