NHS Fife and Innovation
At NHS Fife, our Innovation team is dedicated to fostering a culture of creativity and forward-thinking across our organisation. We:
- Identify and develop innovative solutions to healthcare challenges
- Collaborate with clinical teams to implement new technologies and processes
- Partner with industry leaders and academic institutions to bring cutting-edge ideas to life
- Support staff in turning their innovative ideas into reality
- Evaluate and scale successful innovations across NHS Fife and beyond
Introducing Health Innovation South East Scotland (HISES)
Health Innovation South East Scotland (HISES) is an Innovation Hub set up by the Scottish Government Chief Scientists' Office which forms part of national network created to deliver the Government's vision to utilise the innovation process to deliver a healthier and wealthier nation for the future.
NHS Fife's Role in HISES
As a key partner in HISES, NHS Fife's Innovation team plays a crucial role in:
- Identifying local healthcare challenges that could benefit from innovative solutions
- Collaborating with other HISES partners to develop and test new technologies and processes
- Providing a real-world healthcare environment for piloting innovations
- Sharing insights and learnings from innovation projects across the HISES network
- Contributing to the broader goal of improving health outcomes and economic growth in Scotland through innovation
NHS Fife projects
At NHS Fife, we're committed to ensuring that all innovation projects are thoroughly evaluated, ethically sound, and aligned with our organisational goals. To this end, all innovation projects are governed by our Innovation Governance Framework.
Drug-related deaths have been on an upward trend for the past decade across the UK, with Scotland seeing drug misuse deaths increase by 4.5 times since 2000. Supported by the UK Office for Life Sciences (OLS) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office, through the Scottish Health Industry Partnership (SHIP), funding is being provided to support innovators to accelerate the development and deployment of disruptive solutions to prevent drug related deaths and harm from overdoses.
