England - Manchester Ecosystem

The aim of the Ecosystem is to create a collaborative, innovation-friendly environment to enable all members to benefit from the rapidly expanding connected health marketplace, and the opportunities afforded by the devolution of Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget.

With a large and diverse membership across academia, the NHS, industry, Public Health & local government, the Ecosystem can potentially benefit participants in a number of ways:

Industry

• Understanding of user needs and priorities
• Co-development of solutions and innovations
• Access to professional independent cost-benefit evaluation & independent, clinical evaluation of innovations
• Opportunities for sustainable deployment of products in an innovation-friendly environment

Health and Social Care Commissioner & Provider Organisations

• Opportunity to inform research agendas
• Development of more efficient & higher quality care services
• Access to state-of-the-art technology and knowledge
• Access to professional independent cost-benefit evaluation & independent, clinical evaluation of innovations
• Supported sustainable deployment of products and innovations
• Addressing unmet needs & priorities through being early adopters

Research & Academia

• Access to state-of-the-art technology and knowledge in industry and other partner organisations
• Develop an understanding of user needs & priorities
• Opportunity to inform research agenda
• Develop partnerships to apply for Research Council, and other, funding streams

Patient Groups, Third Sector & Charity Organisations

• Addressing of unmet needs and priorities
• Influencing design and deployment of new services
• Providing a voice for the service user, carer, and consumer
• Opportunity to engage with partners and develop own research and funding opportunities
• Early adopter of new technologies