On Wednesday 17 April, the Lincolnshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and its partners will be launching their brand-new Research and Innovation Hub at the University of Lincoln’s Medical School.

The Hub brings together our NHS organisations, Lincolnshire County Council, our universities and other partners, and the Lincolnshire public to increase Lincolnshire’s capacity and capabilities for research, innovation, evaluation, and improvement.

Together, they have a huge ambition to grow at pace and create a significant change in the research and innovation culture for the benefit of Lincolnshire’s rural and coastal communities, our workforce and to have further reaching impact regionally and nationally. 

Research and innovation helps to provide the evidence needed to make changes to services so that they can continue to improve. The Research and Innovation Hub is part of Lincolnshire Improvement for Everyone (LIfE) which strives to make continual improvements to the services received by the people that live and work in Lincolnshire.

The event starts at 1pm, and attendees can hear from keynote speakers, including Sir Professor Jonathan Van Tam, the former Deputy Chief Medical Officer, ahead of participating in Q&A sessions and hearing about examples of excellence already happening in the county.

A network reception will then follow from 4pm to 5 pm, with cake and refreshments. There will also be the opportunity to interview key Hub members.

To confirm your attendance, please email abi.cuffling@nhs.net or t.crowden@nhs.net.

As part of the Hub a public facing web presence is being developed which will be a resource to allow access to information about health and care research, why it is important and what is happening in Lincolnshire and how they can get involved.  The page will be launched at the event and will be found here: https://lincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/LincsRIHub.