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NHS R&D Collaboration Network

Members Area

Clinicians drive the development process here. We build together, test on real examples, and get input from stakeholders across the NHS to create technology that actually works.

How Our Community Research Platform Works

Achieving the best digital outcomes for the NHS depends on small, deliberate steps. We've identified obvious inflection points, but those working inside know the specific challenges that don't surface in surveys and research reports.

Who Can Join

NHS professionals who want to test, compare, and evaluate different approaches using real examples. Define requirements from clinical reality, not vendor promises.

NHS & Academic

Direct Interest

Healthcare professionals, government officials, and academic researchers with institutional email addresses.

Institutional Domains:

  • .nhs.uk - NHS professionals
  • .gov.uk - Government officials
  • .edu / .ac.uk - Academic researchers

How to Get Involved:

  • Express interest via contact form
  • Join early planning discussions
  • Help define what we build
  • Be part of the founding community
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Healthcare Tech

Tell Us More

Healthcare technology professionals, researchers, and other qualified individuals working in the space.

Share With Us:

  • Your professional background
  • Why you're interested
  • Relevant experience in healthcare AI
  • What you'd like to contribute

What Happens Next:

  • We'll get back to you personally
  • Discuss mutual interests
  • Explore collaboration opportunities
  • Join the building process
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Commercial Organizations

Let's Talk

Technology vendors, consulting firms, and commercial organizations interested in healthcare AI research.

How to Connect:

  • Use our contact form
  • Tell us about your organization
  • Explain your interest in NHS AI
  • We'll explore how we might work together

Note:

We're open to discussing collaboration with organizations that share our evidence-based approach.

Our Approach

Small steps. Real problems. Evidence over promises.

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Start with Daily Challenges

Focus on the problems NHS staff actually face, not what vendors think they need.

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Test Everything

Compare approaches. Document failures. Share what works and what doesn't.

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Build Deliberately

Understand first, build second. Get input from those doing the work.

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Share Everything

All findings, all code, all results. No vendor lock-in.

What We're Building

A collaborative environment where clinicians test and evaluate different approaches on real examples.

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Clinical Testing Environment

Real patient scenarios. Real workflows. Real feedback.

  • Test AI tools on actual clinical cases
  • Compare different approaches side-by-side
  • Document what works in practice
  • Built-in safety compliance (DCB0129/DCB0160)
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Connect with the Right People

Find collaborators who understand your specific challenges.

  • Match by specialty and experience
  • Share problems, not just solutions
  • Build cross-trust working groups
  • Focus on what matters to your patients

Core Platform Features

Tools that support real clinical workflows, not theoretical use cases.

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Test FHIR Integration

See if your systems actually talk to each other

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Track Safety Issues

Log what goes wrong. Fix it. Share the fix.

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Compare Approaches

Test different tools on the same problem. Document results.

Current Focus

Starting with the basics. Getting them right.

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Research First, Tools Second

Testing what actually helps before building what might help.

Active Research

  • Which AI models handle clinical text best?
  • How do we remove patient data without losing meaning?
  • What extraction methods work with NHS documents?
  • Can we automate safety testing?
  • What fails and why?

No grand platform yet. Just methodical research and honest results.

Get Started

Next Steps

We follow where the evidence leads. Build what testing proves useful.

Every small step forward is documented, shared, and built upon.

Ready to Test Something?

Join if you have real problems to solve. We'll figure out the solutions together.