Health Innovation Network

What Health Innovation Network does

Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is an NHS-hosted organisation, established in 2013 and one of 15 Health Innovation Networks commissioned across England to accelerate adoption of proven health technologies. It is hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and operates with a multidisciplinary clinical, evaluation, and programme delivery team (pharmacists, midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, social workers, data analysts, health economists, and project managers).

HIN operates a portfolio of programmes and services rather than a single product. Flagship programmes include DigitalHealth.London, an accelerator connecting digital health innovators to NHS pathways, and the Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme, delivered as part of Innovate UK's £20m Mindset programme to bring extended-reality solutions for mental health into NHS use. Supporting service lines cover digital transformation and technology, innovator support, insights and evaluation, health and behaviour change communications, and involvement. Thematic programmes address community and care homes, long-term conditions, mental health, patient safety, women's health, and respiratory care. Recent measurable outcomes include 52% of venous leg ulcers healed within 12 weeks, an 84% lower-limb wound healing rate over a year, and a 27.6 benefit-cost ratio on the wound care programme.

The business model is publicly funded: HIN receives NHS England commissioning and grant funding (including NIHR and Innovate UK) and provides services free at the point of use to NHS organisations, innovators, and partners. Pricing is therefore not commercial, and HIN's 'customers' include NHS trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Innovate UK, NIHR, academic partners such as King's College London, UCLPartners, and Imperial College Health Partners, and private-sector innovators supported through DigitalHealth.London and Mindset-XR.

Name

Health Innovation Network

Legal name

Health Innovation Network

Website

https://healthinnovationnetwork.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Health Innovation Network South London is an NHS-hosted organisation (since 2013) that accelerates adoption of proven health technologies across NHS, academia, industry, and investors, delivering programmes in digital health, XR mental health, wound care, and AI/AVT procurement across south London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Innovation Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Surveillance & Digital Public Goods Partnerships for Global Health (HLAJAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Health, Health Information Systems & Data Programs (BPADAIAJ), Health Access & Social Care Innovations (Community Health, Telehealth for Underserved) (BPAGALAG), Hospital-at-Home & Acute Virtual Care Platforms (HLALABAC)

Keywords

• Health innovation adoption
• NHS digital transformation
• Innovator support services
• Digital health evaluation
• Population health programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. NHS and Government Funding: Health Innovation Network South London is an NHS-hosted organisation providing health innovation services. Funded through NHS England and national health innovation programmes. Services are provided free at point of use to NHS organisations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Health Innovation Network South London is an NHS-hosted innovation adoption network that connects healthcare providers, innovators, academia, industry, and investors to accelerate the spread of proven health technologies and pathways. It delivers programmes (e.g., DigitalHealth.London, Mindset-XR) and specialist services in digital transformation, innovator support, insights/evaluation, behaviour change communications, and patient involvement.

Product overview

Health Innovation Network South London is an NHS-hosted innovation network (one of 15 across England) that connects healthcare providers, innovators, academia, industry, and investors to accelerate the adoption of proven health technologies. Rather than a single software product, the organization operates as a portfolio of programmes and specialist services. The core offerings include DigitalHealth.London (digital health adoption accelerator) and the Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme (extended reality for mental health innovation). Supporting these are specialist services in digital transformation and technology, innovator support, insights/evaluation, health and behaviour change communications, and involvement/engagement. Thematic programmes cover community and care homes, long-term conditions, mental health, patient safety, and respiratory care. The organization has operated since 2013, making an impact in south London and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme: Part of Innovate UK's £20m Mindset programme supporting innovators developing extended reality digital mental health solutions.
• DigitalHealth.London

Products and services

• DigitalHealth.London A flagship programme that accelerates the adoption of digital health innovations in London by connecting digital health innovators with NHS clinical and operational teams to spread proven health technologies that improve patient outcomes and system efficiency.
• Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme A support initiative, part of Innovate UK's £20m Mindset XR programme, that helps innovators develop, test, and prepare extended reality (XR) products for real-world NHS use in mental health, providing networking, expert advice, regulatory guidance, and learning resources across feasibility testing through commercialization.
• Digital transformation and technology service A specialist service offering expertise and hands-on support for every stage of digital transformation, including technology assessment, procurement guidance, implementation support, and evaluation services for AI-enabled and emerging technologies in healthcare settings.
• Innovator support service Delivered through DigitalHealth.London and other innovator support programmes, connects health innovations to real-world NHS challenges, providing guidance on evidence validation, regulatory compliance, market access, and NHS adoption pathways.
• Insights service Evaluation and informatics teams apply specialist techniques to build understanding and evaluate innovation effectiveness, including health economic evaluation, real-world evidence generation, and population health analytics.
• Health and behaviour change communications service Specialist communications support to help health innovations achieve system-wide spread, including behaviour change communications strategies and stakeholder engagement services.
• Involvement service Service supporting the meaningful involvement of people and communities in improving health and care, including co-design, patient and public involvement in innovation development, and community-based approaches to health improvement.
• Community and Care Homes programme A programme working with partners to support delivery and improvement of out-of-hospital care, including care home support, community health services, and integration of health and social care at the neighbourhood level.
• Long Term Conditions programme A programme focused on improving care for people with long-term health conditions including respiratory diseases, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and weight management, supporting earlier detection and proactive care planning.
• Mental Health programme A programme using innovation to improve mental health outcomes across south London and the UK, including support for XR technologies, digital mental health tools, crisis response, and neighbourhood-level mental health care integration.
• Patient Safety programme A programme helping the NHS put patients first and improving safety across services and systems, including standardized training, tools and pathways for managing clinical emergencies like impacted fetal head at caesarean birth.

Quantifiable outcome

• 52% venous leg ulcers healed within 12 weeks
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability14 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• UCLPartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026One of three London Health Innovation Networks collaborating on AI workforce report. UCLPartners published the report on behalf of the London Health Innovation Networks.
• Imperial College Health PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026One of three London Health Innovation Networks collaborating on AI workforce implications report commissioned by NHS England London Region.
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024HIN South London and Guy's and St Thomas' jointly leading a £1.3m NIHR-funded three-year study evaluating digital weight management platform Roczen. HIN serves as analytical partner alongside clinical staff.
• King's College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Academic partner leading clinical and cost-effectiveness evaluation alongside HIN South London in the NIHR i4i Programme funded Roczen study.
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (Host)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Health Innovation Network South London is hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, providing the organizational framework for health innovation activities.
• Merton Provider AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted by local authority and Merton Health CIC. HIN South London supported the alliance in securing £300k NHS England Respiratory Pathway Transformation Fund.
• South East London Integrated Care BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on three-year programme transforming lower limb wound care across all six south east London boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark).
• South West London Acute Provider CollaborativecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommissioned HIN South London to support procurement of Ambient Voice Technology across its Trusts, generating insights for NHS AI procurement.
• SyncVR MedicalsupportingTechnology or IntegrationConsortium partner in Mindset programme, successfully deployed XR applications in over 100 European hospitals including 25 NHS trusts.
• DigitalHealth.LondoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHIN South London delivers programmes including DigitalHealth.London connecting digital health innovators to NHS pathways and adoption support.
• National Wound Care Strategy ProgrammesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvidence-based recommendations and best practice guidelines informing south east London wound care transformation programme.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UCLPartners: One of three London Academic Health Science Partnerships. Operates an almost identical model of NHS-hosted innovation adoption across north London, including joint delivery of NHS England London Region commissioned AI workforce work with HIN South London. Most directly comparable peer.
• Imperial College Health Partners: The third London Academic Health Science Partnership, covering north west London. Co-authored the AI workforce report with HIN South London and UCLPartners and shares the same NHS-hosted structure and innovation adoption remit.
• NHS Innovation Accelerator: NHS England commissioned programme supporting scaling of proven innovations across the NHS. Shares HIN's mandate of accelerating innovation adoption and serves many of the same innovator and trust stakeholders.
• DigitalHealth.London: Accelerator programme connecting digital health innovators with NHS pathways. Operates as a sub-brand within HIN South London's portfolio but functions as a distinct go-to-market for innovator support, making it both a programme and a directly comparable peer.
• King's Health Partners: Academic Health Science Partnership bringing together Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley with King's College London. Overlaps with HIN South London on south London population health and academic evaluation partnerships, including the NIHR Roczen study.
• MedCity: London life sciences cluster organisation promoting collaboration between academics, clinicians, and industry. Comparable in convening role across the London health innovation ecosystem and overlapping stakeholder base with HIN South London.
• Oxford Academic Health Partners: Academic Health Science Partnership serving the Thames Valley region with the same NHS-hosted innovation adoption model. Comparable structure and mandate outside London, addressing the same innovator-to-NHS translation challenge.

Broad incumbents

• The Health Foundation: Independent charity funding health care improvement research and innovation adoption across the UK. Comparable in mission (evidence-based health improvement) but operates at national funding scale rather than regional delivery.

Others

• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Principal funder of the £1.3m i4i grant to HIN South London for the Roczen evaluation. Functions as the funding counterparty rather than a competitor, but defines the evidence standards and grant processes that shape HIN's research portfolio.
• Innovate UK: Funder of the £20m Mindset programme that underpins HIN South London's Mindset-XR work. As the UK innovation agency it shapes the policy and funding environment in which HIN operates, making it a key ecosystem counterpart rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hinsouthlondon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-innovation-network---ahsn-for-south-london
• Facebookfacebook.com/HINSouthLondon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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