NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
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This article is about the special health authority disbanded in 2013. For non-departmental public body established in 2016, see NHS Improvement.
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) was a special health authority of the National Health Service in England. It supported "the NHS to transform healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world-class leadership".
Its priority programmes were originally stated as:
- Safer care
- Quality and value
- Building capability
- Commissioning
- No delays
- The productive series
- Share and network
In its 2008/2009 work plan these were restated as:[1]
- Safer care
- Delivering quality and value
- Commissioning for health improvement
- iLinks
- Building capability for a self-improving NHS
- Exploiting innovation - National Innovation Centre
The NHS Institute published papers on its research. These are not, however, publicly available without payment.
It closed in March 2013.[2] It was replaced by 'NHS Improving Quality', which was subsequently replaced by 'The Sustainable Improvement Team'.