Empowering Healthcare Through Digital Innovation

We harness cutting-edge digital technologies to create practical solutions for healthcare professionals, improve patient outcomes, and shape the future of NHS care delivery. From immersive training to AI-powered tools, we're building tomorrow's healthcare experience today.

Transforming Healthcare Through Digital Solutions

We are an innovative digital technology lab embedded within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. As one of the NHS's pioneering digital innovation teams, we explore and implement cutting-edge technologies to enhance healthcare delivery, education, and patient care.

Co-Design Ethos

We collaborate directly with healthcare professionals to identify real-world challenges and opportunities. This partnership ensures our digital solutions meet genuine clinical needs and practical requirements.

Delivering through Collaboration

Our in-house development expertise, combined with strategic external partnerships, enables us to create comprehensive solutions that leverage innovation from within and beyond the NHS.

Embedding Sustainable Solutions

Through rigorous evaluation and testing, we ensure our digital tools integrate seamlessly into clinical pathways and training programs, delivering measurable, long-term benefits.

Breaking Barriers Through Digital Upskilling

We empower clinical teams to confidently embrace digital technologies through hands-on deep-dive sessions. These interactive workshops break down barriers to access, fostering familiarity and comfort with cutting-edge tools. By strengthening digital skills training, we're working to close the digital literacy gap across healthcare, ensuring every professional is equipped to deliver the best possible care in an increasingly digital world.

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Latest Posts from the Lab

Explore our latest insights, projects and innovations.

Publication: Extended Reality for Mental Health & Wellbeing

A scoping review synthesising 277 empirical studies to evaluate the therapeutic applications, interaction designs, and implementation barriers of immersive tech in mental healthcare.

Publication: Co-Designing an Evidence-Based AI Assistant for ADHD

The co-design and prototype evaluation of the SmartADHD chatbot, combining NHS-grounded guidance with lived-experience user testing to support young people.

Publication: Giving children a voice in their own care

We've published new research on Virtual Reality Check-In: a co-designed VR questionnaire that helps children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) express their pain and quality of life when words alone aren't enough.