Our reports

Now in its 13th year, the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) continues to tackle the healthcare needs of the present and the future.

In 2023,  we have been working collaboratively to address some of the biggest challenges facing healthcare systems worldwide.

From supporting global patient safety, reimagining healthcare design, educating future leaders, and optimising medical innovations, our work looks to champion high-quality healthcare for all.

Read more in IGHI Annual Report 2023: Our year, our progress

Our latest reports

Global state of patient safety - explore our comprehensive report to delve into the current state of patient safety

Global State of Patient Safety 2023 report

The Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, commissioned by Patient Safety Watch, presents this analysis of the Global State of Patient Safety 2023.

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Our year, our progress: IGHI Annual Report 2022

In 2022, our clinicians, scientists, designers, engineers, policy makers, developers, patient and public involvement specialists and more have been improving patient safety, reimagining healthcare design, educating future leaders, optimising medical innovations and championing healthcare for all.

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Digital Health in Primary Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Our report 'Digital health in primary health care: Current use and future opportunities in the Sub-Saharan African region' sets out where digital technologies are being used to drive primary health care innovation across Sub-Saharan Africa, underpinned by examples and lessons learned from experts across the region.

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Our most recent report

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NHS Data: Maximising its impact for all, 2023

Our report, 'NHS Data: Maximising its impact for all' identifies strategic and technical recommendations to move towards developing a health data policy ecosystem that is designed so that value, either clinical, societal or financial, is more readily extracted from patient data.

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IGHI 12 year anniversary

Celebrating 12 years of innovation in healthcare

The Institute of Global Health Innovation has been solving healthcare problems for 12 years, transforming health for all through evidence-based innovation.

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National State of Patient Safety 2022

The continuous improvement of patient safety is a priority for all modern healthcare systems. This report explores the progress made in England by the NHS over the past 15 years.

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Our reports

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The children's palliative care provider of the future

This report about Children’s Palliative Care (CPC) worldwide sets out a vision for how to radically improve the levels of care for the rapidly growing number of children around the world with life-limiting conditions.

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COVID-19 Global Behaviours and Attitudes

Our report highlights insights and trends in people's behaviours related to COVID-19 from April 2020 to March 2022.

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Addressing inequities in data-driven health technologies

Our white paper highlights the opportunities and barriers for artificial intelligence to improve the health of the UK’s minority ethnic groups.

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Our reports

Our year, our progress, 2021

Explore our annual report, through which we share examples of care, innovation and ingenuity, focussing on persistent problems such as patient safety, and emerging issues like the interplay between climate change and mental health.

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Healthy Environments, Diverse Perspectives (full), 2021

This report describes an innovative online public dialogue about healthy environments that was co-designed with a multidisciplinary team of researchers, designers, videographers, community involvement experts, and six community “co-creators”, with a focus on engaging with under-represented groups using a creative approach.

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Healthy Environments, Diverse Perspectives (summary), 2021

This summary report details findings from a community-led innovative online project about healthy environments. A diverse group of about 100 members of the UK public took part, with various interactive elements to spark discussion. The aim was to gather their views to inform the UKRI/NERC’s healthy environment research programme in making decisions about priorities for future research, supported by public funds.

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Our reports

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The impact of climate change on mental health, 2021

Our report, 'The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: current evidence and implications for policy and practice,' explores the interrelationship between the climate crisis and mental health and presents a series of recommendations to address this growing global issue. Co-authored with Imperial's Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment.

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Harnessing the power of data, 2021

Our report, 'Harnessing the power of data: can reality catch up with ambition?‌' highlights the key barriers and enablers of the successful use of data-driven technologies in health care. It also offers a diagnostic toolkit for health and social care organisations to determine readiness to enable data and analytics. Produced in partnership with EY.

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Embracing digital, 2021

Our report, 'Embracing digital: Is COVID-19 the catalyst for lasting change?' explores the uptake and impact of digital technologies in health and social care since the pandemic. It also identifies a number of factors that must be addressed to support the sectors’ long-term implementation of data and technology. Produced in partnership with EY and YouGov.

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Our reports

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Our year, our progress, 2020

As we marked our 10th anniversary, we shared how our community been responding to the pandemic and caught up with our pioneering teams whose research, design and innovation are endeavouring to transform global health and care.

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NHS data, 2020

Our report, 'NHS Data: Maximising its impact on the health and wealth of the UK', offers a strategic framework and underlying principles
to underpin how health data should be used to improve patient care.

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The global state of patient safety, 2020

Our report explores the global burden of unsafe care while highlighting opportunities for learning and the potential for diffusion of innovations. It showcases exemplar safety systems and facilitates exploration of their characteristics and enablers.

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Our reports 2019

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Patient safety research, our progress, 2019

This report chronicles our progress in understanding, designing and developing patient safety interventions that can measure safety, pre-empt error and support positive behaviours.

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Improving cyber security in the NHS, 2019

Our report identifies key insights for the UK health and care sector to consider for future cyber security practices, policies and protocols, in order to protect against cyber attacks.

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IGHI reports 2017

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The impact of private providers on health, 2017

We developed and tested a framework for understanding the impact private providers can have on the patients they treat and the health ecosystems to which they belong.

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Unlocking the value of health care data

The final report of the Sowerby Commission summarises 5 years of work to develop a strategy to bring together primary and secondary care data.

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Our reports

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Patient safety 2030, 2016

This report highlights four pillars of a strategy to improve patient safety: a systems approach, positive working cultures, partnering with patients, and bias towards action on emerging evidence.

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NRLS research and development, 2016

This report presents the findings of IGHI's National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) Research and Development Programme, setting out the current state of patient safety incident reporting in the NHS and offering recommendations for improvements to incident reporting systems.

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The Peter Sowerby Commission report, 2014

This document presents a strategy for the safe and effective introduction of electronic health records in the English NHS, presenting five areas of action.

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