10 | THE BIG PITCH NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Network Northern Ireland “Recognising the success of the NHS (Clinical Entrepreneur Programme) CEP nationally, Invest Northern Ireland in 2022 committed funding for up to March 2026 to enable 10 HSC NI staff per annum to participate in the NHS CEP. The programme is supported locally by HIRANI, delivered by Anglia Ruskin University and is part of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative. Over the past two years we have welcomed the NHS CEP Pitstop to Northern Ireland which has allowed all participants to gain an understanding of the Northern Ireland Life and Health Sciences ecosystem and meet with founders and companies. In June 2023 Invest NI, in partnership with HIRANI, hosted the second NHS CEP Pitstop to Northern Ireland. Led by Professor Tony Young, over 60 Clinical Entrepreneurs joined us for a range of talks, workshops, and networking with innovators from the Northern Ireland life and health sciences ecosystem. Through the NHS CEP, local entrepreneurs have accelerated their innovative ideas, resulting in collaborative connections to scale health innovation, securing further investment in Northern Ireland. As we look forward to the coming year, we will welcome the third NHS CEP Pitstop to Northern Ireland in Autumn 2024 and continue to build on momentum established with this key programme for the future of the sector.” X: @HIRANIhealth / @InvestNI
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