In this week’s episode we are joined by Prof. Young, the National Clinical Director for Innovation at NHS England. He shares his love for the NHS and the story behind why he decided to became an innovating surgeon. We touch on the importance of mentors, why innovation and entrepreneurship is key to having impact on thousands if not millions of patient lives. We discuss the inception of the widely popular clinical entrepreneur programme and why it is so important for the future of the NHS. Prof Young shares his experience of what makes a successful entrepreneur and the success stories of companies such as Touch Surgery. 


The NHS clinical entrepreneur programme offers expert mentoring, exclusive networking, and bespoke training to develop innovative ideas into products and businesses to benefit NHS patients.


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Deadline is 1pm on 13th October 2020


Prof Tony Young is a practicing frontline NHS surgeon, Director of Medical Innovation at Anglia Ruskin University, and has founded four Med-Tech start-ups. He has also co-founded the £500m Anglia RuskinMed-Tech Campus, which will become one of the world’s largest health innovation spaces. He is the National Clinical Director for Innovation at NHS England.


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