‘The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement supports the NHS to transform healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world class leadership.’

Our focus changes annually in line with changing needs and in consultation with the Department of Health and key people in the NHS.

In 2008-09, we’re prioritising:

• Safer care

• Delivering quality and value

• Commissioning for health improvement

• Building capability for a self-improving NHS

• Learning

• Leadership

• Service transformation

• Exploiting innovation - national centre for innovation.

Identifying powerful and large impact solutions to some of the NHS’s biggest challenges, the Institute’s true value will be realised by adopting and spreading its ideas and programmes across the NHS.

So the challenge is to not only to develop the appropriate strategies, but to deliver and implement them effectively too.

The Institute’s work process methodology builds rigour into the whole process from planning through to design, delivery and evaluation. This ensures our products are proven, valuable, tested and evidence based.

To find out more visit the NHS Institute website.