This report outlines key findings from a Health and Wellbeing Commission Inquiry, conducted by ILC, supported by EY and Audley.

This report is one of four reports drawing together findings from evidence sessions held by the Commission during 2018.

In our mental and physical health session we examined the potential for innovations which directly impact mental and physical health. We found there are significant gains to be made by increasing the rate of development, incubation and spread of innovation in this area.

The benefits of innovation include improved quality of care, enhanced patient outcomes, and cost efficiencies. However, there are challenges to realising the potential of innovation in this area – and particularly in relation to moving from development to roll out and scaling.

We identified innovations right across the care pathway. In the area of prevention and early diagnosiswe found examples of simple and effective innovations that could deliver positive outcomes at relatively low cost.

Author: Sally Bowell