TheHill are pleased to announce a new partnership with Acorn Compliance, who are supporting various elements of our activity, alongside our NHS Market Access Accelerator programme.
Digital health compliance in the UK is critically important, but often complex and difficult to navigate. The regulatory landscape can feel like a minefield, particularly for start-ups trying to innovate quickly while staying compliant. It’s an area where many early-stage companies struggle, which is why we believe partnering with an experienced compliance provider is essential to support the companies in our ecosystem and programmes to build compliant and scalable innovations.
Acorn Compliance help companies that are developing world-changing health tech innovations work through the required regulatory frameworks to so they can be adopted and deliver benefits to patients and staff in a timely manner. Acorn Compliance is led by co-founder Michael Bell who has over 25 years of health tech experience, supported by an expert team who have developed Squirrel; the first platform built specifically for health tech compliance, utilising AI-powered automation, validation from regulatory experts, and a platform to manage, track, and scale regulatory frameworks, guiding companies through this process.
Danielle Bird, Operations Manager for TheHill, said: “We’re pleased to welcome Acorn Compliance as a partner of TheHill. Their experience in compliance offers an exciting opportunity for our ecosystem and the support they offer to start-ups in healthtech aligns with our approach of supporting innovators to develop their ideas and bring their digital technologies to market. They recently supported our Social Mixer, where Sarah Smith, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Consultant, joined our panel of experts, sharing her valuable knowledge and insights with our audience regarding AI in Healthcare. We’re excited to continue to work with Acorn Compliance on future projects over the next year.”
Michael Bell, Co-Founder of Acorn compliance said: “We’re really pleased to be working with TheHill and supporting the innovators on their NHS Market Access Accelerator. Like the MAA programme, Acorn’s mission is to help innovators get their solutions into the hands of those who need them most. Compliance is one of the main reasons promising digital health products never reach the NHS, and we’re excited to give these founders the support they need to navigate this complexity. We’re looking forward to sharing our expertise with the cohort and helping them bring safe innovations to the clinicians and patients they’re built for.”