| 11 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 up to 10 HSC NI staff per annum to participate in the NHS CEP. Programme delivery is supported locally by HIRANI, led by Anglia Ruskin University and is part of the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative. Since 2022 Invest NI has welcomed the NHS CEP Pit Stop to Northern Ireland each year which has allowed all participants to gain an understanding of the Northern Ireland life and health sciences ecosystem and meet with innovative founders and companies. In 2024, Invest NI, in partnership with HIRANI, hosted the third NHS CEP Pit Stop to Northern Ireland. Led by Professor Tony Young, over 60 Clinical Entrepreneurs participated in workshops, and had opportunities to network 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 and business start-ups. As we look forward to the coming year, we will welcome the fourth NHS CEP Pit Stop to Northern Ireland in Autumn 2025 and continue to build on the momentum established with this key programme for the future entrepreneurs of the sector.” X: @HIRANIhealth /@InvestNI www.hira-ni.com/ Scotland “The Digital Health & Innovation Centre (DHI), in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, NHS Scotland are embarking on a fourth year with the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Targeted at NHS employees from across NHS Scotland, DHI is co-funding the inclusion of 10 successful Scottish candidates for this year. The DHI is leading the Scottish coordination group for the programme in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise, NHS Education Scotland, InnoScot Health, TechScaler Programme and Scottish Government. The coordination group will support the Scottish candidates in their innovation journey and help them to identify Scottish support while providing networking and collaboration opportunities into the wider Scottish innovation and entrepreneurial landscape.
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