Health & care professionals Creating the right conditions for innovation. We understand the challenges you face and support you to find evidenced innovations which help address them. How we can help We have a decade of experience in supporting needs articulation and development, testing and roll-out of innovations. We work in close collaboration with our local NHS integrated care systems (ICSs) and individual NHS and social care organisations. We’re constantly working with clinicians and health and care organisations to identify challenges that could be addressed through innovation. This can lead to breakthroughs enabling earlier diagnosis, more effective treatments, better outcomes and faster recovery times. Get in touch Our work 1/10. Mental health & neurodiversity Health Innovation KSS is working with other organisations and those with lived experience to support the spread and adoption of innovation in mental health. 2/10. Medicine optimisation & safety At Health Innovation KSS, we’re working to support healthcare professionals to identify patients at risk and encourage better conversations around medicines. 3/10. Patient safety The national patient safety improvement programme aims to test and spread effective safety interventions and strategies, learn from excellence and support systems to continuously improve. 4/10. Cardiovascular disease At Health Innovation KSS, our cardiovascular disease prevention programme is planned and delivered collaboratively with partners across Kent, Surrey & Sussex. 5/10. Primary, community & social care At Health Innovation KSS, we work with our local integrated care systems (ICSs), GP practices and primary care networks (PCNs) to understand their priority needs and how we can help to meet these needs. 6/10. Net Zero At Health Innovation KSS, we are working across the system, with innovators, our local integrated care systems (ICSs) and within our own organisation to support the NHS’s approach to climate change and reaching net zero by 2045. 7/10. Ageing well At Health Innovation KSS, we work closely with our integrated care systems and research partners to support our population and health and care system challenges. 8/10. Health inequalities At Health Innovation KSS, we are committing to ensuring socially excluded groups have a voice and to promoting equity, amplifying diverse voices, and tailoring innovations to meet the needs of populations affected by certain health issues. 9/10. Digital, Data & AI Through partnerships and collaboration with other organisations, Health Innovation KSS is working to enable the development of digital, data & AI innovations, from idea conception through to real world adoption and spread. 10/10. MedTech Funding Mandate Health Innovation KSS is the lead health innovation network coordinating the spread of Apos through England through all 15 networks across the country. ← → News and case studies Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship programme launched in Sussex The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have announced they will invest £7.8 million for Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) to build knowledge mobilisation capacity and capability within the health and social care sector. News 8 Apr 2025 More RCGP/RPS Repeat Prescribing Toolkit Lunch and Learn Workshops We will hear from Clare Howard, Medicines Optimisation Clinical Lead, and lead author of the toolkit, and there will be an open Q&A for all. - Tuesday 29th April 12-1pm - Tuesday 6th May 12-1pm - Thursday 15th May 12-1pm Event More Navigating Challenge: A Culture & Leadership Conference Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex Patient Safety Collaborative brought together healthcare professionals from across our region for a pivotal conference exploring culture and leadership in the context of patient safety. Video 28 Mar 2025 More 16 Digital Citizens recruited to Kent and Medway Digital and Data Involvement Group The Kent and Medway Digital and Data Involvement Group has been set up to ensure that the views and needs of our people and communities are at the heart of how we develop digital and data services across Kent and Medway. News 26 Mar 2025 More Working to ensure an insight-led approach to the use of AI in healthcare in Sussex A Sussex Artificial Intelligence Task and Finish Group has been established by the Sussex Digital and Data Delivery Board to share initiatives and progress about the use of AI in healthcare. News 26 Mar 2025 More Embracing Innovation: ‘Thinking Differently’ with our postgraduate clinical workforce Ahead of a joint event hosted by the national Health Innovation Network and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Professor Hatim Abdulhussein explores how to drive change and engagement with the professional workforce to enable grassroots impactful innovation. Blog 24 Mar 2025 More Prescribing Comparators: Getting the Balance Right Learn how the NHS BSA polypharmacy prescribing comparators help us understand variation in prescribing of multiple medicines and identify patients more likely to be exposed to the risk of taking multiple or combinations of medicines. Event More International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate action for gender equality Accelerating action for gender equality means moving beyond conversations to enacting tangible, measurable change. Blog 8 Mar 2025 More NHS Kent and Medway agrees contract with MUTU to help postpartum mums recover after childbirth MUTU®, the evidence-based digital postnatal recovery platform, has secured its first NHS contract. The programme will be implemented in Medway... News 19 Feb 2025 More NHS Sussex and Health Innovation KSS partner to tackle health-related employment barriers NHS Sussex has partnered with Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) to support scoping and evaluation of an employment support programme aimed at helping individuals facing health-related barriers get back into work. News 19 Feb 2025 More Making AI in Healthcare Work for Women: New Reports Healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) systems are consistently failing women, especially women from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to new research released... News 19 Feb 2025 More Celebrating Diversity in Innovation: LGBTQ+ History Month In his latest Monday Musings blog, Professor Hatim Abdulhussein celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month by reflecting on innovations which are helping create a more inclusive healthcare environment for the LGBTQ+ community. Blog 17 Feb 2025 More ← → Sign up to our newsletter Receive the latest health and care news, case studies and events. Subscribe