NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP): Evaluating discharge to assess pathways across Kent, Surrey and Sussex

The NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP) was set up to accelerate the evaluation and implementation of promising innovations – selected for their potential to support the evolution of post-pandemic ways of working, build service resilience and deliver ongoing benefits to patients.

Launched in 2021 by NHS England and the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC), the programme invited local health innovation networks and National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) to bid for a share of £4.2m investment to test and evaluate promising innovation within their Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).

Individual health innovation networks were already linked with their corresponding local NIHR Applied Research Collaborations. NIPP presented an opportunity for them to work closely together on a specific project, benefitting from each other’s unique skills and links with system partners.

Each of the Health Innovation Network and NIHR ARC projects aimed to demonstrate a positive impact on health inequalities, focusing on four priority areas:

• Remote consultation
• Remote monitoring
• New approaches to service delivery
• Health and social care workforce innovation

The programme ran from November 2021 to March 2023. You can read the outcomes and learning from the programme in our summary report, which also includes valuable insights into how these innovations can be taken up in other health and care systems.

Read the NIPP programme report

Evaluating discharge to assess pathways across Kent, Surrey and Sussex

In our region, the project evaluated the impacts, capacity, processes and barriers in Kent Surrey and Sussex’s discharge to assess pathway. The intention was that the work would expand on existing knowledge and ensure wide service improvements. We therefore looked at the experiences and outcomes of service users and informal carers, recommending outcome and process measures for use in ongoing monitoring and engagement, and developing a toolkit for service improvement.

Download the Kent Surrey Sussex report