This publication aims to provide a set of evidence-based principles that can
underpin innovation in health and social care providers and help them to deliver real improvements for the people who use their services. This isn’t an innovation methodology – since the evidence tells us there are many ways to succeed – but it is a set of things that all providers should think about and incorporate in their approach.
Alongside these principles, we also want to dispel some myths that get in the way of innovation. There is a tendency in our sector to think that invention is more valuable than adoption, and that it is only the biggest and most established providers that we should look to for solutions. We want to start to correct this and encourage greater enthusiasm to adopt some of the fantastic ideas already out there.