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Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) visited leading healthcare manufacturer Urgo Medical, a leading East Midlands healthcare manufacturer, to see first hand how traditional British manufacturing and cutting-edge clinical innovation are working together to improve patient outcomes and deliver significant efficiencies across the NHS.
Chief Executive Nicole McGlennon and Commercial Manager Alison Mlot toured the company's manufacturing facilities, where medical hosiery continues to be produced in the UK using specialist expertise developed over decades.
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Our latest Impact Report (2025–2026), has been published today showcasing how we are supporting the NHS to improve patient outcomes, and accelerate the adoption of innovation across the East Midlands and beyond.
Health Innovation East Midlands and Health Innovation West Midlands will showcase nine innovations as part of an exclusive event for its Grow Digital Midlands Health programme.
Taking place on Thursday 10th September, 11:00am-12:00pm, this online event will spotlight innovators from the 2026 cohort and launch an enabling funding opportunity offering awards of up to £20,000 to health and care organisations to support the adoption of one of these innovations.
Health Innovation East Midlands is proud to have supported two East Midlands’ health systems to successfully bid for funding from the national Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP).
Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) has supported Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) to adopt an innovative digital technology that improves the assessment and rehabilitation of stroke patients.
Stroke affects more than 100,000 people each year in the UK, with around a third of survivors experiencing long-term disability. This figure is projected to rise to 150,000 new cases annually by 2035 (King et al., 2020), placing increasing pressure on services to deliver timely, standardised care in line with national guidelines.
In collaboration with the local health innovation networks across England, we have published our new national Prospectus – a forward-looking statement of our collective ambition, priorities and opportunities for collaboration.
Listen to our latest podcast with representatives from the Midlands Clinical Senates, which discusses their research examining how risk is perceived and managed across individual, organisational and system levels.
The application deadline has been extended for new members to join our East Midlands Patient and Public Involvement Senate (PPI Senate).
The latest episode in HIEM’s Talking Innovation podcast series is now available, exploring how innovation can help neighbourhood health models thrive and support earlier access to care within communities.
SISU Health is an innovative solution that provides scalable, accessible health checks and supports the early detection of serious conditions such as cardiovascular disease.
This episode explores the role of health innovation networks as catalysts for enabling innovation and collaborative working, using the SISU project in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, enabled by HIEM, as a real-world example.
Pitch Your Product: Medtech 2026 has returned for its second year, offering an exclusive opportunity for Medtech innovators to develop, refine and scale their innovations within the NHS and care sector.
Delivered by Health Innovation East Midlands in collaboration with Pennine Health, Pitch Your Product Medtech offers the chance to pitch to a panel of key stakeholders and attract a tailored package of support from expert partners.