Dr. Ben Maruthappu

DigitalHealth.London connects NHS staff, digital health companies and academics, and equips them to improve the NHS and social care in London through digital technology. Our programmes provide bespoke advice, mentoring, education, peer networking, brand awareness and partnership opportunities, to digital health leaders who are tackling the biggest challenges facing patients, and NHS and Social Care staff. DigitalHealth.London is delivered by the Health Innovation Network for South London (HIN), which is hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust. The Health Innovation Networks were set up by NHS England in 2013, and relicensed from April 2018 and again in October 2023 to operate as the key innovation arm of the NHS. The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is part-funded by the UK Government via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Office for Life Sciences, as well as through DigitalHealth.London’s partners CW+ and MedCity.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is an NHS England Initiative delivered in partnership with the country’s 15 Health Innovation Networks (HINs) and the Accelerated Access Collaborative. Hosted by UCLPartners, it supports delivery of the Five Year Forward View by accelerating uptake of high impact innovations for patient, population and NHS staff benefit, and providing real time practical insights on spread to inform national strategy. Fellows supported by the NIA all share a set of values and passion for scaling evidence-based innovation to benefit a wider population, with a commitment to share their learnings. Some impressive results have been achieved by Fellows since the NIA launched in July 2015: 2,980 additional NHS sites now using NIA innovations; £203 million in external funds secured; 193 awards won; 1,145 jobs created; and 57 innovations selling internationally. In addition, impact data is already available at adopter sites and this demonstrates earlier intervention, reductions in complications and emergency admissions, alongside cost savings.

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Based in West London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is an acute NHS trust with five hospitals – St Mary’s, Hammersmith, Charing Cross, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye hospitals. Together with Imperial College London, Imperial College Healthcare forms one of only seven academic health science centres in the UK. Imperial College Healthcare is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England. We employ over 10,000 staff; we treated more than 1 million patients in 2012/13. Please note: Images and videos in these pages are copyright Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare Charity. Images of artworks are the copyright of the artist also. This page is monitored weekdays from 9am - 5:00pm.

Kairos is a portfolio of brands across healthcare and financial services that focuses on making life simpler and more affordable for our generation. We start by identifying the toughest problems and build products to solve them. We have built five Kairos solutions to date: Rhino replaces the security deposit, Cera provides affordable care from the comfort of the home, and Little Spoon is a modern parenthood brand to help keep your kid healthy. Bilt is the first rewards program that lets you earn points on rent. Alloy is a new kind of women’s health brand. Kairos’ 5 brands have a collective market cap of $2.5bn, and we’re currently funding our businesses through our venture studio fund.

Cera is a digital-first home healthcare company that harnesses technology to bring care directly to homes, transforming the healthcare landscape by providing higher quality services at a fraction of the cost. Cera’s carers and nurses now provide technology-enabled services covering a population of 30 million people across the UK and Germany. This amounts to 60,000 patient appointments a day in the community, on behalf of governments, insurers, and the NHS - equivalent in capacity to almost 100 hospitals. With 150-fold growth in the past four years, Cera is one of Europes fastest-growing businesses, recently passing $300m in annualised revenues. Cera has also gathered one of the largest home healthcare datasets globally, powering the development of cutting-edge AI products that have reduced hospitalisations by up to 70%. Consistently ranked as the UKs top HealthTech company, Cera’s pioneering approach has been recognised by numerous industry awards including Home Care Awards’ Most Outstanding Home Care Provider, a top-ten position in Deloitte Fast 50 for three consecutive years, and the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2023. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE. Its Advisory Board is Chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission.

DigitalHealth.London connects NHS staff, digital health companies and academics, and equips them to improve the NHS and social care in London through digital technology. Our programmes provide bespoke advice, mentoring, education, peer networking, brand awareness and partnership opportunities, to digital health leaders who are tackling the biggest challenges facing patients, and NHS and Social Care staff. DigitalHealth.London is delivered by the Health Innovation Network for South London (HIN), which is hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust. The Health Innovation Networks were set up by NHS England in 2013, and relicensed from April 2018 and again in October 2023 to operate as the key innovation arm of the NHS. The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is part-funded by the UK Government via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Office for Life Sciences, as well as through DigitalHealth.London’s partners CW+ and MedCity.