<div>An entrepreneurial doctor whose company is backed by the Innovation Agency, has become an Innovation Fellow with the NHS Innovation Accelerator. <br> Dr Michael Watts has helped to create a patient-centred, emergency-support software system designed to improve safety in maternity - Emergency Role Allocation (ERA). <br> ERA was the brainchild of midwife Caroline Lacey, of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. <br> Michael is one of 17 new Innovation Fellows, selected to help spread cutting-edge solutions with the potential to transform healthcare.<br> In this podcast, Michael and Caroline tell us how the innovation came about – and the potential for the system to improve the safety of patients in a range of settings.<br>  <br> News story: <a href="https://www.innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk/news/Medic-backed-by-Innovation-Agency-joins-NHS-innovation-accelerator">https://www.innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk/news/Medic-backed-by-Innovation-Agency-joins-NHS-innovation-accelerator</a><br> NHS Innovation Accelerator: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/">https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/</a><br> Blum Health: <a href="https://blumtechgroup.com/">https://blumtechgroup.com/</a><br> NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/">https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/</a>what-we-do/how-can-the-aac-help-me/clinical-entrepreneur-programme<br> <br> <br> </div>