NOVEMBER 202319to be adopted by clinicians, an IT department or governance managers. Working on implementation is quite important from the start because you might be able to deal with some of the issues during your clinical trial. You can gather evidence of what implementation is going to be needed or use the process to help drive some of the future uses.One of the complications when promoting uptake is scaling a technology from a single site to many sites. Processes can grow disconnected and adoption becomes complicated. There needs to be great care that communication is clear in this pivotal last stage.Healthcare Technologies of the FutureUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is focussed on smoothing this pathway so more technologies can transform patient care. We are launching the Southampton Emerging Therapies and Technologies (SETT) Centre to catalyse research and innovation on NHS needs in emerging areas. The Centre covers emerging therapies, data and AI, medtech and innovation.We are going to simplify these three steps by doing things in a standardised way and directing people so that they don't get caught in the wrong part of the process. We are determined to deliver services that will build clinical capability as part of research. Over time, this will shorten the gap between testing and implementing new medical technologies.At the core of our research and innovation is the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre that takes new discoveries, treatments and technologies into the clinic. Our longstanding NIHR Clinical Research Facility is supporting these and other early-stage trials. Southampton is a growing hub for medical technologies. Working together, we will drive the next generation of hospital services. Christopher Kipps, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustPioneering innovations in medtech will reach patients only if they can be integrated in clinical processes
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