From marvels of engineering to the structured application of common sense, innovation in health is at the heart of what the health service is and how it has evolved over the last 70 years.
England's health service is raising awareness of cancer and working with medical device firm Covidien to launch a cheaper and faster diagnostic to help tackle oesophago-gastric cancers.
pharmaphorum spoke to Tom Lindley, the head of Commercial Development at Yorkshire and Humber AHSN, about the organisation and how it is pushing forward innovation in the NHS.