Launch of a new Patient Entrepreneur Programme

Are you a patient whose experience has led you to develop a healthcare innovation? Do you want to develop your skills to help scale this innovation?  

The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) is offering a 12-month pilot programme for people who have experience of a long-term health condition and are working on healthcare innovations.  

The NHS CEP Patient Entrepreneur Programme, ran by Anglia Ruskin University and in collaboration with NHS England’s Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team, is free, part-time, and open to all patients, or carers with an innovation in healthcare. The programme aims to give individuals the skills and knowledge to develop their innovation, while giving them access to a network of mentors, healthcare experts, and patient support. 

Applications for this programme will open on the 1 November 2023, with the programme starting March 2024.  

So, if you are a patient with lived experience of an illness or condition who has developed an innovation to improve patient care, this is your chance to scale your idea with the help of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.  

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