Entrepreneurship and Innovation lie at the heart of the NHS and we are keen to actively encourage NHS staff from across our region to get involved
EoE Leadership in Digital Health and Entrepreneurship Fellowship Programme was launched in 2021.
The Government mandate to Health Education England outlines that HEE is responsible for workforce planning, education and training. It also states that the workforce should be ‘educated to be responsive to changing service models and responsive to innovation and new technologies with knowledge about best practice, research and innovation, that promotes adoption and dissemination of better quality service delivery to reduce variability and poor practice.’
Programme objectives in relation to the HEE mandate:
• Develop future ‘digital health’ leaders that have the skills, the knowledge and the passion to enable the adoption and spread of digital innovations in the NHS
• Provide cascade model of education where fellows share their acquired expertise with other trainees
• Provide regional support for ‘doctorpreneurs’
The applications for 2022/2023 are now closed. Please submit your queries to england.digitalandentrepreneurs.eoe@hee.nhs.uk
Dr Denys Pak
Associate Postgraduate Dean
Lead for Clinical Entrepreneurs and Emergent Tech (AI/VR)
East of England - NHS England
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The Clinical AI Fellowship Programme activities will be delivered in collaboration with the Clinical Scientific Computing Department at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Foundation Trust. Appointed fellows will work on the deployment and validation of AI solutions in clinical settings. East of England posts will be based at Cambridge University Hospital. Clinical AI projects will be assigned to the fellows upon appointment. Fellows will receive support from their clinical AI supervisors and, where appropriate, additional input from regional stakeholders.
Two Clinical AI Fellowship posts will be available, starting in August 2025. Fellows who are not employed by Cambridge University Hospital Trust at the time of their appointment will be issued an honorary contract in addition to their fellowship secondment arrangements.
Applications are open from 8th November 2025. Closing date: 18th December 2025
More information about the programme is available here
Dr Denys Pak
Associate Postgraduate Dean
Lead for Clinical Entrepreneurs and Emergent Tech (AI/XR)
East of England - NHS England