Our expertise and services

We are an NHS team that works flexibly across the health and care sector, industry, academia and in partnership with south London residents to speed up innovation and improve care. We advise, support and connect teams to successfully adopt innovation. Whether you are a member in south London or another organisation seeking innovation support, you can contact us at any time to discuss your innovation project and see how we can help.

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• How we work with health and care teams

  

  As the Health Innovation Network for south London, our role is to advise, support and connect health and care
  teams to adopt innovation successfully, in order to improve patient care, health outcomes, and efficiency.

• How we work with industry

  

  We are dedicated to ensuring that patients and citizens benefit from the latest in innovation. As the Health Innovation Network for south London, we are uniquely positioned to help innovators and their partners to navigate the complex health and care system so that this can happen, faster.

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  Accelerating FemTech: Announcing the new cohort

  Health Innovation Network South London welcomes 21 innovators to cohort two of the Innovate UK and Medical Research Council Funded Accelerating FemTech Programme. Today, the Health Innovation Network
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  Caregivers and digital health: Bridging the gap in access and usability

  HIN Project Support Officer, You Tae Jeon, writes about the stand-out theme at the multi-day HETT conference this year: the inclusion of caregivers in the development of digital tools and innovations.

  • Involvement
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  ’Considering what?’ Lessons from the Paralympics on the power of the Social Model of Disability

  Our understanding of disability has changed significantly in the past few decades. Nowadays, people tend to avoid concentrating on a person’s condition or disability and instead focus on challenging s

  • Involvement

• Early Intervention Eating Disorders (FREED) National Spread Programme has been shortlisted for an HSJ Award 2023

  A mental health programme which has benefitted 1000s of young people with eating disorders has been shortlisted for a prestigious national HSJ Award. An early intervention eating disorder model which

  • Mental Health
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  HIN projects shortlisted as finalists for HSJ Digital Awards 2023

  We are delighted to announce that three projects involving the Health Innovation Network have been selected as finalists for the HSJ Digital Awards 2023. HIN programmes shortlisted for the prestigiou

  • Diabetes Digital DigitalHealth.London
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  HIN Patient safety team and AHSN network win at the prestigious HSJ Awards

  The Health Innovation Network (HIN) Patient Safety and Experience’s Covid Oximetry @home work was announced as the winner in the patient safety category for the significant support Patient Safe

  • Digital Patient Experience Patient Safety

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  Cancer and Serious Mental Illness

  In partnership with South East London Cancer Alliance, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts asked people with lived experience to design and produce a cancer elearning resource for people with serious mental illness.

  • Mental Health
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  Eating Disorders: Transition from Adolescent Eating Disorder Services to Adult Eating Disorder Services

  In partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College London and people with lived experience, HIN South London have designed and produced a national e-learning resource to support and guide eating disorder clinicians, young people and families through the transitions process of moving from a child and adolescent NHS Eating Disorder service to an Adult NHS Eating disorder service.

  • Mental Health
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  Testing Enablers to Support the Implementation of Lumi Nova

  Lumi Nova is a digital therapeutic game that helps children aged 7-12 years self -manage worries and build resilience.

  • Mental Health

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  Mindset XR Module 19: Dissemination

  Welcome to the Mindset Extended Reality (XR) Innovation Support Programme learning resources, which include three series delivered in conjunction with our expert Mindset-XR programme partners:• Medi

  • Mental Health
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  Mindset XR Module 18: Analysis and interpretation

  Welcome to the Mindset Extended Reality (XR) Innovation Support Programme learning resources, which include three series delivered in conjunction with our expert Mindset-XR programme partners:• Medi

  • Mental Health
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  Top tips for navigating conferences: from attending to speaking

  It has become increasingly clear in recent years how important it is to involve people with lived experience in decision-making within health systems. The 2024 Independent Investigation of the Nationa

  • Involvement