Primary Care Programme

Programme Brief

There is no shortage of innovation in the NHS, but too often innovations do not have the reach or impact that would be expected in other industries. This is partly due to innovations being tested in isolation from the complementary NHS services needed to unlock their full potential. Innovations have also been implemented without rigour, discipline or evaluation, generating...

There is no shortage of innovation in the NHS, but too often innovations do not have the reach or impact that would be expected in other industries. This is partly due to innovations being tested in isolation from the complementary NHS services needed to unlock their full potential. Innovations have also been implemented without rigour, discipline or evaluation, generating little evidence on the full scale potential.

Many programmes support academic research and early-stage innovation, e.g. the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). There are initiatives to help scale innovations which already have evidence, such as the National Innovation Accelerator, and to help small businesses to prototype their ideas including the Small Businesses Research Initiatives scheme. Innovate UK also provides funding through a number of channels. However, there are comparatively few programmes to support the generation of real world evidence in ‘live’ clinical settings. These sites will enable the evaluation of new technologies in a real world setting.

The Wessex Primary Care programme fills this gap, focusing on conducting pragmatic, reasonably rapid (within a year) yet robust trials of packages of innovations that offer the opportunity to fundamentally improve outcomes and efficiency of clinical services.

Demonstrator Sites

The Wessex AHSN Primary Care Demonstrator Site (PCDS) Programme covers practices and PCNs within Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset and South Wiltshire. Any practice or PCN can register to become a Demonstrator Site and as a result will be able to trial innovations that are of interest.

You can use the interactive map below to view examples of previous and current demonstrator site projects

Joining the PC Programme

If you are interested in having your site join the programme and potentially improving your patients' care, please email the Programme Manager Sarah Turtle at Turtle.Sarah@wessexahsn.net

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