The Partnership
The Primary Care Accelerator is a joint venture between Our Health Partnership and Harbr.
A partnership
Our Founding Partners
Our Health Partnership, one of the largest and top-performing GP providers in the UK, is delivering on its founding purpose to increase quality, safety and innovation.
Over the last 10 years, OHP are frequently cited as a national exemplar and are known for influencing health policy. Based in the West Midlands, they operate a decentralised model that allows autonomous practice decision making, with centralised leadership and functions such as finance and business intelligence and research and innovation.
Operational Scale & Strategic Focus:
- PCN footprint: 470,000+ patients
- Turnover: £60m
- Staff: 1,300+
- Self-improving autonomous teams on the front line
Leaders in:
- Supporting and Strengthening practices
- Ensuring patients and practices get impact from PCNs
- Left shifting outpatients and diagnostics
- Mainstreaming Research across Primary Care
- Testing and scaling innovation
Harbr is a team of former founders, Venture Capital investors, and Fortune 500 MDs with experience scaling innovation into 25% of the UK Primary Care market in under two years. The team includes experienced healthcare leaders who also operate globally, having worked in 44 countries.
Expertise & Global Reach:
- Background: Former founders, VC investors, and Fortune 500 MDs
- Market Impact: Scaled innovation into 25% of the UK Primary Care market within two years
- Global Experience: Worked in 44 countries
Supporting partners
Our Unique Advantage
- Advisors to the Department for Health and Social Care, Charities, Universities and think tanks
- Deeply embedded within UK primary care decision-making bodies.
- Proven track record of scaling startups in the NHS.
- Led by former entrepreneurs, VC investors, and NHS executives.
- “Wild-type” practices are representative of practices across the UK
- Dedicated resources and SMEs on the accelerator are fully funded
- Partnership with the University of Birmingham and Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Our Network
Healthcare Network
Direct access to GP super partnerships covering a 4M patient
Funding & Investment
Strong relationships with top investors and grant funding sources.
Policy Influence
Strong connections with thought leaders and policymakers driving primary care transformation.
