Healthcare inequalities can be caused by poverty, housing, employment and nutrition and combined with inequitable access to care ultimately leads to chronic illness for CYP across their life course, reducing, health, wellbeing and life expectancy.

At Alder Hey Innovation we will focus on delivering innovative solutions that will advance child health and have global impact for all Children and Young People. We will solve the real-world healthcare problems children and young people face today, with the aim of creating fair access to care and enabling a healthier future for all.

We will also build areas of technical strength and excellence and continue to scan the horizon for cutting-edge technologies. We will innovate to support the growing need for digital models of care, preventive interventions and individualised healthcare delivery.

Our methodology is problem focused, an open innovation co-creation model with the needs and voice of Children and Young People at its heart.

Central to our methodology is a thriving partnership ecosystem; large corporates, small to medium enterprises (SME), investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers and academia. Our ambition is to create commercially viable products enabling a monetization strategy and becoming financially sustainable.

Our dual approach will enable us to become an exemplar for how innovation is encouraged and supported in healthcare and make us sustainable and investable to ensure we succeed in delivering Todays Child, Tomorrow’s Healthier Adult.