| 11 P R O G R A M M E uncertainty, workload pressures, and the complexity of change. The growth of the programme, its increasing diversity across professions and backgrounds, and its recognition within the NHS 10 Year Health Plan all signal that innovation is no longer peripheral to the future of healthcare, but central to it. Above all, the last ten years have shown that when people working on the frontline are given permission, community, and support, they do not simply adapt to the future of healthcare but help to create it. Dr Tamsin Holland Brown Paediatrician, Founder Of Hear Glue Ear and Clinical Lead for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Over the past ten years, the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has grown from a small pilot into one of the largest multidisciplinary healthcare innovation workforce programmes internationally. The programme has created space for frontline staff to develop ideas, leadership skills, and implementation capability while remaining connected to patient care and NHS values. It has supported charities, social enterprises, pathway redesigns, digital health, patient entrepreneurs, and community-led innovations, while helping retain talented staff within the NHS who may otherwise have felt there was no place for them. This ten-year Big Pitch celebration is therefore much more than an anniversary. It is a reflection on a decade of clinicians, patients, mentors, and NHS staff choosing to improve healthcare despite
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTA4ODM=