22 | THE BIG PITCH Professor Tony Young OBE National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS England, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Anglia Ruskin University, Consultant Urological Surgeon, and Associate Medical Director, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust In 2014, Tony became the first National Clinical Lead for Innovation for the NHS, providing clinical leadership in delivering improved health outcomes in England. Driving the uptake of proven innovations across the NHS, he promotes economic growth through innovation, and helps to make the NHS the go-to place on the planet for medical innovation. In 2015, Tony founded the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. This has become the world’s largest entrepreneurial workforce development programme of its kind. In the 2019 New Year’s Honours list Tony was awarded the OBE for services to clinical leadership. LinkedIn: /in/drtonyyoung
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