We help health and care teams in south London benefit from innovation faster
Health Innovation Network is the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for south London, one of 15 AHSNs across England. We are the bodies uniquely established to connect NHS and academic organisations, local authorities, the third sector and industry, in order to increase the spread and adoption of innovation across large populations, at pace and scale.
Learn more about our priorities in our Strategy 2021-26.
Our year at a glance
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We invite you to explore examples of our work that best showcase what we do here at the Health Innovation Network (HIN), and why we do it.
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 an Academic Health Science Network, our role is to advise, support and connect health and care
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How we work with industry
We are dedicated to ensuring that patients and citizens benefit from the latest in innovation. As an AHSN we are uniquely positioned to help innovators to navigate the complex health and care system so that this can happen, faster.
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In 2022, the Health Innovation Network launched an Involvement Strategy that represents a refresh in thinking and effort to co-produce health innovation. Part of this strategy was a new Lived Experien
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Involving the public is crucial to ensuring health and care services are designed as effectively as possible. However, it can be difficult to get the language of involvement right. Alice Beaumont, in the HIN’s Insights team, shares what we’ve learnt about using appropriate language around involvement and how this can help improve engagement.
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The NHS have received long-term loan offers of FeNO devices to improve access to lung function testing in primary care/the community. This initiative can support the mobilisation of quality-assured R
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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
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ESCAPE pain, a project that has helped thousands of people around the UK to manage common types of musculoskeletal pain has been named as the winner of this year’s Self Care Innovation Award by the
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In 2019, the HIN’s Patient Safety and Experience team partnered with the South East London Cancer Alliance to plan and launch this CoP, to develop a vision for patient involvement for SELCA, to
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BP@Home Evaluation
During the Covid-19 pandemic, blood pressure monitoring within primary care decreased. Remote blood pressure monitoring was identified as a priority for cardiovascular disease (CVD) management to ensu
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Tackling Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of several thousand known diseases affecting fewer than one in 2,000 people. It is a rare disease and has not received the attention it deserves. We were funded by UCB to
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Fellowship
The CVD Prevention Fellowship was a quality improvement programme for primary care clinicians in south London.
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Virtual Ward Models in South West London Evaluation
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) Insights team was jointly commissioned by the @home team and the London Digital team at NHS England to undertake an evaluation aiming to understand the role of virt
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of remote monitoring for patients?
The arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 bought huge challenges to the way healthcare was delivered. Remote monitoring technology helped to meet those challenges by allowing people to be cared for in the comfo
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Innovating London’s musculoskeletal services
The London MSK Improvement Network is a learning and sharing forum directed towards multidisciplinary professionals involved in delivering, leading or managing musculoskeletal services in London. The