“Innovation is about delivering value through the implementation of new ideas; whether those ideas are adopted or entirely new. It is essentially about weaving together different knowledge strands - clinical, technical, market, financial and so on - to create value" - Bessant, Moslein; Advanced Institute of Management Research (2011)
“An idea or product new to the NHS or applied in a way that is new to the NHS, which significantly improves the quality of health and care wherever it is applied”.-Innovation, Health and Wealth. Accelerating Adoption and Diffusion in the NHS (2011