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Digital health acceleration · Founded 2018 · Exeter, UK

We build digital health ventures.
And the people building them.

For founders, university spinouts and NHS innovation teams.

Multi-award winner for digital innovation support · Founder coaching · Team development.

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BMJ + HSJ winners·Renurture scaling now·Behaviourally-informed loop
01 Audiences

Three buyers. One method. Pick your lane.

UXC Accelerate adapts to where you're starting from — but the underlying engine is the same. Iterative. Behaviourally-informed. Evidence-driven.

01 For founders

Get build-ready, get funded, get adopted.

Pre-seed to Series A digital health founders who need clarity, conviction and an evidence base — without losing 18 months to dead-ends.

Engagement12 wks · cohort
OutcomeFunded venture
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02 For universities

Translate research into ventures.

TTOs and spinout teams bridging the TRL gap. We design the accelerator, train the founders, and connect the spinout to clinic.

Engagement6–18 months
OutcomeSpinout pipeline
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03 For organisations

Accelerate change at organisational scale.

Corporates moving through transformation. NHS bodies, innovation teams, accelerator commissioners. Wherever the people side of change has to land at scale — with Project5 and national programmes as the proof.

Engagement3 – 24 mos
OutcomeChange that holds
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Twenty minutes. Three useful questions. A written read either way — within 48 hours.

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02 The method

Three stages. One loop. Built to be re-run.

The U·X·C engine: User research, eXperience iteration, evidence-led Change. Not a single waterfall — a sprint cycle that keeps re-entering discovery.

Stage 01 · ~3 wks
User

Discover

Ethnographic research, jobs-to-be-done, behavioural diagnostics. We find out what's actually broken — clinically, operationally, behaviourally — before anyone touches a build.

Deliverables
  • Stakeholder map + power dynamics
  • Jobs-to-be-done backlog
  • COM-B behavioural diagnostic
Stage 02 · ~6 wks
eXperience

Accelerate

Service blueprints, prototypes, founder coaching. Two-week sprints with real users in the loop from week one. Behavioural patterns built into the design itself.

Deliverables
  • Hi-fi prototype, clinician tested
  • Service blueprint + roles
  • Weekly founder 1:1 coaching
Stage 03 · ~3 wks
Change

Evidence

Implementation playbook, adoption metrics, evidence pack. The thing that makes commissioners say yes — and clinicians actually use it past week six.

Deliverables
  • Adoption KPI dashboard
  • Commissioner-ready evidence pack
  • Hand-off + 90-day retro
↻Every loop re-enters discovery — no waterfalls, ever. Full method →
03 Outcomes

What moved when the method ran.

Real scale across NHS digital health work since 2018.

NHS wellbeing — burnout prevention
5,000+
NHS staff supported through wellbeing sessions to prevent burnout — across local, regional and national teams since 2018.
Source: uxcgroup.com/nhs
Public-sector evaluations
100+
Public-sector evaluations supported by the UXC team — innovation programmes, change initiatives and clinical-pathway work.
Source: uxcgroup.com/abouttus
Track record
  • 200+
    NHS teams supported with development — local, regional and national
    uxcgroup.com/nhs
  • £2.5m+
    in research and innovation grants captured by the team
    uxcgroup.com/abouttus
  • 1,000+
    wellbeing practitioners trained by the team
    uxcgroup.com/abouttus
  • 5 yrs
    of primary-care learning, published as the book Leading Primary Care
    uxcgroup.com/nhs
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It's that psychological safety for someone to lead an intense project — and still come out sane at the other end.

Clinical lead After UXC coaching · NHS Quoted at uxcgroup.com — used here with the parent practice's permission
04 Work in the world

Things we helped ship.

A handful from the last seven years. Each one started in discovery, ran the loop, and made it past the pilot.

★ Flagship · Project5 2020 — 2025

Project5 — wellbeing for the NHS, built under pressure.

Project5 — free wellbeing service for NHS staff

A free mental-health and wellbeing service for NHS staff. Set up by UXC at the start of COVID. Bringing together a team of specialists to deliver a massive value gift to the NHS. Zero funding. Zero ask from the state. Partnered with the NHS wellbeing taskforce. Recognised with a Points of Light award from the Prime Minister.

15,000+
wellbeing sessions delivered at no cost to the NHS
£1.5m+
value of the gift to the NHS · all volunteer-delivered
★
Points of Light · PM award
National · UK primary care 3-year programme

Coached the national digital transformation team.

UXC coached the national team responsible for the UK's entire primary care digital transformation — and the national clinical lead — across a three-year programme. Strategic, behavioural and team-development work at the level where national policy meets implementation.

Devon NHS STP multi-award nominated

Devon Digital Accelerator.

Change-management programme and research evaluation for the Devon NHS STP. Supported the rapid implementation of online consultation across primary care — and the blueprint that scaled to support the national change programme during COVID.

Devon-wide · 120+ teams regional

Primary Care Digital Optimisation.

Regional change-management programme delivered to 120+ NHS teams across the whole of Devon. Regional conferences, leadership coaching to build change capability, and educational assets for every team.

Selected past UXC partners — NHS, university and innovation organisations
Past partners · selected2018 — present

The visible partners.

Many of our corporate clients we don't name — we work as their secret sauce, on the inside. The logos here are the visible subset. You get the same confidentiality offer.

05 Recognition

Award-winning, measurably.

Independent recognition — selected from a longer list across health innovation, neurology, patient safety and primary-care technology.

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2024
Tech South West · Spotlight Award
Winner — regional technology innovation recognition.
★ Winner
2020
Points of Light · Project5
Prime Minister's award for outstanding voluntary service — recognising Project5, the free wellbeing service for NHS staff during COVID.
★ Awarded — pointsoflight.gov.uk/project5
2020
Building Better Health Award
Best Use of Technology (Primary / Community Care) — winner.
★ Winner
2019
BMJ Awards · Education Team of the Year
British Medical Journal Awards — winner.
★ Winner — bmj.com/awards
2018
HSJ Patient Safety Awards
Improving Efficiency in Healthcare with Technology — winner.
★ Winner — hsj.co.uk/awards
2016
SUDEP Institute Challenge · 1st place
USA · $30,000 prize. Recognised for digital innovation in epilepsy care.
★ 1st place
2016
BMJ Awards · Neurology
British Medical Journal Awards — winner.
★ Winner — bmj.com/awards
Start here

Ready to ship something real?
Start with a 20-minute call.

We'll diagnose where you are, name the next move, and decide together whether UXC is the right fit. No pitch deck. No CRM follow-up loop. Written diagnosis sent within 48 hours, regardless of fit.

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Duration 20 min · video call
With Dr. Craig Newman, founder
Prep None — just show up
Next Written diagnosis · 48h
Or — start with a fixed-price step £750 All-inclusive

The Formulation. A needs assessment in one meeting.

90 minutes with both Chartered Psychologists. You leave with a two-side written formulation of your challenge — current state, maintaining factors, untapped resource, diagnostic needs and a first-pass intervention. Designed as a needs assessment to support your budgeting and resource-allocation decisions.

90 min · meeting 2 psychologists · both involved 2-side formulation document
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