Supporting post-pandemic priorities
The NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP) was set up to accelerate the evaluation and implementation of promising innovations – selected for their potential to support the evolution of post-pandemic ways of working, build service resilience and deliver ongoing benefits to patients.
Working together to generate insights for ICSs
Launched in 2021 by NHS England and the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC), the programme invited AHSNs and Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) to bid for a share of £4.2m investment to test and evaluate promising innovation within their Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).
Each of the AHSN and ARC projects is now gathering momentum and will demonstrate impact on health inequalities, focusing on one of four priority areas:
- Remote consultation
- Remote monitoring
- New approaches to service delivery
- Health and social care workforce innovation
The programme began in November 2021 and will run to March 2023, with each project expected to deliver rapid insights by spring 2023.
The funded projects
The list of successful bids was announced in November 2021.
| AHSN/ARC Collaboration | Project title |
| Eastern AHSN/ARC East of England | Understanding the implementation and impact of remote monitoring pathways in Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) |
| Health Innovation Manchester/ARC Greater Manchester | Optimising neighbourhood vaccination hubs in Greater Manchester |
| Health Innovation Network/ARC South London | Healthy eating and active lifestyles for diabetes (HEAL-D) in African and Caribbean communities |
| Imperial College Health Partners/ARC North West London | Improving identification and preventing progression of chronic kidney disease |
| Innovation Agency/ARC North West Coast | Neonatal early supported transfer home |
| Kent Surrey and Sussex AHSN/ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex | Evaluating ‘Discharge to Assess’ pathways in Kent, Surrey and Sussex |
| North East and North Cumbria AHSN/ARC North East and North Cumbria | Evaluating the impact of an evidence-informed, digitally-deployed GP video intervention that aims to reduce opioid prescribing in primary care |
| Oxford AHSN/ARC Oxford and Thames Valley | Virtual clinics for managing transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke – developing a safe and effective model for post-pandemic working |
| South West AHSN/ARC South West Peninsula | Evaluation to enable scale-up of Community Assessment and Treatment Units (CATUs) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s rural and coastal communities |
| UCL Partners/ARC North Thames | Implementing a learning health system approach for the Community Diagnostic Centre programme in London |
| Wessex AHSN/ARC Wessex | Evaluation of the use, applicability and acceptability of digital remote monitoring for people living with frailty in the community, to inform development of frailty virtual wards |
| West of England AHSN / ARC West | Evaluating the use of advanced practitioner additional roles as a sustainable approach to expanding workforce capacity and improving the quality of primary care |
| West Midlands AHSN/ARC West Midlands | Acute assessment and medical care without hospital transfer for older people living with frailty |
| Yorkshire & Humber AHSN/ARC Yorkshire and Humber | Evaluation and implementation of (community) unscheduled care coordination to reduce hospital attendance |
The NIPP builds on a collaboration between the Beneficial Changes Network and the AAC. To find out more, visit the AAC website.
