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The HRC in Accelerated surgical care are working with medical device, diagnostic and digital health technology companies to develop new innovative medical technologies, generate the evidence to demonstrate financial value (health economics) or improve operational efficiency in the NHS (real-world evidence generation).
They aim to drive HealthTech innovation for patients and healthcare systems to deliver socio-economic benefit through quicker diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions with safe, early recovery in the community.
About HRC's theme
Accelerated Surgical Care
Accelerated Surgical Care is a specialised, multidisciplinary approach that focuses on speeding the time to surgery following a diagnosis. Reducing the duration between these key health milestones can have a positive impact on overall health outcomes. Related to this is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) which speeds up the post-surgery recovery process (e.g., through early mobilisation).
Support provided
- Expertise through unrivalled access to world-leading medical diagnostics expertise and extensive clinical networks.
- State-of-the-art facilities by facilitating access to specialist equipment relevant to distinct specialisms, for example, simulation suites.
- Advice on the suitability of new technologies and the evidence required to support their commercial uptake.
- Collaboration by brokering collaborations between industry and clinical practice to test new technologies in community settings.
- Patient and public involvement – public contributors are at the centre of the HRC, helping to steer and govern our work to ensure it is relevant to patients and carers.
- Study delivery – in-house delivery of clinical trials, health economics, health informatics, multidisciplinary pathology capabilities, and generation of high quality evidence. Advice and collaboration.
- Early diagnosis and personalised care
- Minimally invasive therapies and digital technologies
- Assistive healing and rehabilitation
- Timely clinical and economic evaluation
- Sustainability and NHS Net Carbon Zero
- Surgical care observatory
- SurgTech (annual international conference)
- National HealthTech Series Industry
- Engagement Events/Roadshows
- SUSTAIN - high-fidelity simulated operating theatre providing a testbed for circular innovations, enabling industry and academia to evaluate new technologies, improve decision-making, and train healthcare teams in sustainable practices
Find out more
HRC website
HRC LinkedIn
Contact details
HRC Address & Postcode
NIHR HRC in Accelerated surgical care
Level 7 Clinical Sciences Building
St James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
Host Trust and University
Hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Leeds University
Available support
Technology Readiness Levels supported
3 - 8
How to access support
Innovators wishing to access support from Accelerated Surgical Care should complete the Technology Assessment Form on the HRC website. Note that they can only provide support to innovators with clinical relevance, so innovators are advised to check this against the HRC theme details on their website.