The practice lead for this area of work is Sylvia Wyatt.

Our work on health focuses primarily on innovative ways of meeting the needs of people with long-term conditions. Health Launchpad has supported a range of ventures which point the way to the health service of the future, including:  Neuroresponse, Healthy Incentives Company and Maslaha.

• We have developed a programme of Social Entrepreneurs in Residence to support creative social venturing in the health field -  the first of whom are now in place in Birmingham and The University of Northampton.
  

• The Young Foundation, alongside NESTA, has been appointed national advisor to the Strategic Health Authorities' Regional Innovation Funds.

• Our research project on health include the development of new tools to measure and evaluate promising innovations. Other recent outputs include an inquiry on behaviour change in health for the Department of Health; and work on ‘Health in All Policies' with the World Health Organisation.

Key reading:

Health and Social Innovation: A briefing on our work to achieve radical improvements in health and care

Young Foundation Director Geoff Mulgan's King's Fund lecture in 2008