All AHSNs within the AHSN Network are actively supporting the NHS and social care system regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you would like advice on immediate or future needs, and how best to present your offer to local and/ or national commissioners, please contact the commercial team at your local AHSN via the AHSN Network Innovation Exchange or register on-line. Use the postcode checker to help you find your local AHSN.

The government has provided national guidance on where to register products to support the COVID-19 response. Please find these details below. 

PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)

Contact the Surgical MedTech Co-operative (one of NIHR’s Medtech and In vitro diagnostics Co-operatives) if you have a technology that could be adapted quickly for the healthcare setting to help protect healthcare workers against aerosol contamination. 

Find out more about their 'COVID-19 PPE Challenge here.

Vaccines

Contact Public Health England: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 Ventilators

Contact the Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 0300 456 3565

 Innovation and Tech

Contact NHSX: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Diagnostics

Contact Public Health England: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

General

The UK government has set up a service allowing businesses to share any support that might help the COVID-19 response, from PPE and medical testing equipment to transport/logistics and warehouse space. Find out more here.