Innovation management
Turning promising ideas into impactful solutions
Enabling Innovation in Health and Care
The health and care system is rich with innovation, but too often, good ideas struggle to gain traction, scale, or achieve meaningful impact.
At Future Care Capital (FCC), we specialise in unlocking the potential of innovation by identifying and removing the systemic barriers that stand in the way.
We work with health and care providers, policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs to support, scale, and sustain innovation that delivers real-world improvements for people and communities.
Our approach
At our heart, FCC is a pragmatic, independent, and knowledgeable advisory for innovation in health and care.
We understand the complexity of the health and care landscape – and what it takes to move an idea from early-stage concept to system-wide adoption. That’s why our innovation management support goes beyond theory: we provide real-world, delivery-focused support to help innovation succeed at scale.
What we do
Implementation and Adoption Support
Helping MedTech, HealthTech, and NHS organisations move from concept to application – ensuring strong governance, robust strategy, and risk management are in place. This might include:
- Dedicated delivery resource
- Evidence gathering and business case development
- Advisory input across the lifecycle of the innovation
Integration Support
We work with organisations that need pragmatic, hands-on help to integrate innovations into existing services and pathways.
This can be a tricky stage – having an independent partner who understands the NHS landscape can make the difference between success and stalled progress.
Independent Evaluation and Validation
We provide evidence-based assessments to support adoption, procurement, and scale-up. Our evaluation expertise helps de-risk decision-making for:
- Tech and innovation investment
- NHS procurement
- Regulatory approvals
(Delivered in close alignment with our Impact Evaluation service)
Landscape Reviews and Market Intelligence
We offer deep-dive sector insights to help innovators move from pilot to scale, including:
- Ecosystem and market mapping
- Competitor and demand analysis
- Opportunity scoping aligned with system priorities
Facilitation and Stakeholder Alignment
We act as a trusted convener, bringing together investors, NHS decision-makers, and technology providers to align around shared goals – bridging common disconnects in health and care transformation.
Building Networks and Partnerships
We act as a connector, helping innovators access the right people, partners, and platforms to accelerate their impact – including funders, adopters, and policy influencers.
We recognise that Innovation Management and Impact Evaluation are two ends of the same spectrum. Both are essential to ensuring that innovations in health and care are:
- Successfully implemented
- Confidently adopted
- Rigorously measured for real-world impact
Our team works across both domains to ensure ideas lead to outcomes.
Who we work with
We partner with:
- Startups and SMEs – looking to test early-stage ideas or explore sector fit and scale-up pathways
- Health and care providers – who have the ambition but may lack the internal capacity or know-how to adopt new solutions
- Funders and investors – seeking validation and assurance that their investments deliver both proof of concept and impact
- Policy and system leaders – working to create more innovation-friendly environments across the UK
Why FCC?
- We are pragmatic and independent
- We bridge sectors, systems, and silos
- We offer cross-sector insight and convening power
- We operate at both strategic and delivery levels
- We are driven by outcomes, not commercial return
- We focus on what works – and why it matters to the patient
Interested in Working Together?
Whether you’re developing a new idea, struggling to scale an existing innovation, or working to create the conditions for others to succeed, we can help.
📩 Contact lauren@futurecarecapital.org.uk
Key Information
DISCHARGE - Fixing the Bottleneck
Delayed hospital discharge has become the pressure point that everyone recognises—yet no one seems able to resolve.
Every day across England, more than 13,000 patients remain in hospital beds despite being medically fit to leave. That number has remained stubbornly static for years. At a conservative estimate of £395 per bed per day, the financial burden on the NHS is close to £2 billion a year. But the real cost is even higher: unnecessary harm, blocked beds, cancelled procedures, ambulance delays, and a workforce stretched to its limits.
Winter pressures now start in September. Elective care targets fall by the wayside. Flow collapses before it begins.
Despite repeated national mandates and new funding streams, local systems still struggle to move people on safely, confidently, and quickly. The reason? The system is not designed for it. The discharge process breaks down at the interface—between hospitals, transfer hubs, social care, and providers—precisely where joined-up action is most needed.
This is where Future Care Capital works. And this time, we’re not doing it alone.
In partnership with Autumna, we’ve developed a practical model that removes the guesswork from discharge. Autumna’s real-time Dashboard for Accelerated Discharge (DAD) provides hospitals with a verified shortlist of care options—residential, home-based, or live-in—within 60 minutes. With a 75% success rate and the UK’s most detailed database of care providers, it reduces admin time, improves patient outcomes, and frees up vital hospital capacity.
But technology alone doesn’t fix the system. FCC leads the wider change—facilitating trust-level adoption, brokering collaboration across ICBs and local authorities, and embedding evaluation from day one. Our goal isn’t another pilot. It’s a working, scalable solution that delivers immediate impact and long-term value.
Fixing the Bottleneck: A New Model for Breaking the Discharge Deadlock