Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Grants 25/26 Funding Call

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We invited applications for:

• Standard applications: £75 - £10,000

We were interested in receiving applications that:

• We were interested in receiving applications for innovations that will improve patients’ access to treatment and care at hospital or discharge from hospital within 12-24 months.
• Barriers to accessing treatment and care in hospital may include: language and literacy, digital exclusion, transport issues, health literacy, fear, stigma, hidden costs, physical accessibility, and long waiting lists.
• Applications needed to show the involvement of patients and the public. Demonstrate innovative ideas, integrating art, nature or other sensory elements

The funding opportunity was open to all staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals across all Clinical Service Units and Departments within both medical and non-medical roles, including staff employed by academic partners who hold an honorary contract with Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

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Approved Applications: 

Evaluating NeuroViveXRC Extended Reality Rehabilitation to Improve Inpatient Stroke Recovery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Pilot NeuroVive-XRC, an in-clinic Extended Reality (XR) rehabilitation system, within the inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit (Ward C6) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Awarded: £7,153.20
CSU: Neurosciences 

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Keeping Mothers and Babies together: reducing separation of mother and baby during a maternal critical care admission

A project seeking funding to keep mothers and newborns together during maternal critical care by providing essential equipment and tools that support safe care, bonding, and breastfeeding.

Awarded: £6,765.92
CSU: Women’s

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Innovating Stroke Rehabilitation: Accurate Spasticity Treatment with Ultrasound

Funding to purchase ultrasound machine to support ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin (BoNT) treatment for spasticity across the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) stroke pathway

Awarded: £5,382.00
CSU: Neurosciences

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Insight in Images: Improving Care Conversations for Adults with Aphasia

Developing a set of accessible resources for adult patients with aphasia to facilitate informed decision-making about their care whilst in hospital - particularly with regards to the management of swallowing problems.

Awarded: £1,000.11
CSU: Adult Therapies

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Maternal Journal- Empowering, enhancing and improving experience and access in Maternity

Renewal of Maternal Journal project previously funded by Leeds Hospitals Charity, with the inclusions of three ‘Sound Bath’ experiences as requested by the participants.

Awarded: £2,395.00
CSU: Women’s

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Maternity communication lanyards: empowering and improving access to high quality communication support using visual aids

Maternity Communication Lanyards, designed to empower patients and improve visual identification and access to high-quality communication support through the use of visual aids. To assist staff in identifying communication needs quickly and effectively.

Awarded: £2,200.00
CSU: Women’s

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‘IMT SKIP’ day – Internal medicine trainee Skills In Palliative care, an innovative simulation training programme.

Funding to support the continuation and delivery of this course over the next 2 years to the future rotating IMT doctors. Funding is required to pay for four simulated patient actors, resource development and catering for the course

Awarded: £3,990.00
CSU: Oncology

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Understanding Discharge Experiences of Families of Autistic Children Following Dental General Anaesthetic (Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement)

Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) project focused on listening to families of autistic children about their experiences of discharge and recovery following dental treatment under general anaesthetic (GA) for tooth decay.

Awarded: £10,000.00
CSU: Leeds Dental Institute

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Implementation and integration of Ai driven Fracture detection tool into the reporting of plain film radiographs for trauma

Deployment and implementation of an AI enabled fracture detection solution, Radiobotics RBF across Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, encompassing both A&E and minor injury units, and additionally to support our community based care at Seacroft Community Diagnostic Centre.

Awarded: £10,000.00
CSU: Radiology

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A Digital Motion-Capture Tool to Improve Assessment and Monitoring of Infants with Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

Pilot to evaluate a video-based motion-capture approach that uses sensor-less computer vision to objectively quantify infant upper-limb movement during routine clinical appointments.

Awarded: £9,224.00
CSU: Trauma and Related Services

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Enhanced Novel Concussion Recovery in the Emergency Dept (ENCORED): A Digital Innovation Integration Service Improvement Project 

The project aims to embed the Heady app into patient discharge pathways, improve TBI (traumatic brain injury) management practices, and evaluate how the app is used to guide its refinement and wider adoption, with potential lessons for future patient-centred digital innovations.

Awarded: £8,153.04
CSU: Urgent Care

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Download our full funding review:

Innovation in healthcare review

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If you still have questions about this funding opportunity, please contact the Grants Team on 0113 539 7091 or email [email protected]