NHSX Innovation Lab

Solving today’s healthcare problems with tomorrow’s technology

The NHSX Innovation Lab rapidly creates proofs of concept to test innovative ideas in real-world settings. Find out more about the Innovation Lab.

Latest work

How can we reduce the amount of typing required when patients arrive in a care setting? Admit Me tested whether contactless data transfer from the NHS App to patient admissions systems can reduce the need for typing data, to improve speed, data accuracy and patient experience.

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Now and next

Current focus

Capturing non-prescription medicines to increase patient safety

On the roadmap

Avoiding the robot doctor

Send us your challenges

We believe that people working in health and social care are the best placed to know how technology could make a real difference. If you've noticed something that you think could be solved with innovative thinking and digital technology, we'd love to hear about it.

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Unsolved challenges to explore

Hospital wayfinding

Can we help patients find their way to clinics more reliably?

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