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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  Want better results? Start with health equity

  In this blog, Programme Director Catherine Dale explores how designing digital technology with a focus on health inequalities not only supports vulnerable communities but also enhances the likelihood of success by aligning with the goals of the NHS 10-Year Plan.

  • Health and behaviour change communications Mental Health Technology
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  Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme company spotlight: Reneural

  Our Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme spotlight for July is on Reneural who are dedicated to transforming stroke recovery through NeuroVive, a VR-powered neurorehabilitation system and NeuroMind

  • Mental Health Technology
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  Supporting older adults to drink more for their health

  Dehydration can cause serious health problems, particularly for older adults and other vulnerable people. Despite this, the importance of effective hydration is sometimes overlooked, and preventative

  • Community and Care Homes

• 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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  Evaluation of the Health Equity Team programme in Lewisham

  Between 2022 and 2024, an innovative model of integrated care focused on reducing health inequalities – the Health Equity Team (HET) programme – was piloted in Lewisham. The programme brought together Black-led voluntary and community sector organisations and primary care health equity fellows to form health equity teams for each of Lewisham’s six Primary Care Networks.

  • Evaluation and Informatics Services
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  Health Inequalities Fund Impact Report – Southwark

  The Health Inequalities Fund programme, initiated in late 2023, aims to address health inequalities in Southwark. It is funded by South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) and supports various

  • Evaluation and Informatics Services
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  OneLondon Health Data Strategy

  Since 2022, we have led the communications and engagement workstream of the OneLondon Health Data Strategy (OLHDS) – a collaboration of the five ICSs, NHS England London and other partners, working

  • Health and behaviour change communications

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  Accelerating FemTech 2024-25 evaluation

  Contents Overview Key Findings Reflections Conclusion Read the full report Learn more about Accelerating FemTechOverview What is Accelerating FemTech? The UK has the largest gender health gap in the G

  • DigitalHealth.London
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  NHS TEST: not every AI is intelligent, but we need an intelligent framework to choose new technologies

  Authors: Shankar Sridharan, A  Catherine Peters, B  Luke Readman, C  Bruno Botelho, D  Andrew Taylor, E Neil Sebire, F  and Robert Robinson. G ▸AuthorsA. Chief Clinical Information Officer

  • Digital
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  PSIRF in General Practice

  In June 2024, the Health Innovation Network South London (HIN) began a pilot programme to introduce the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) to general practice (GP).

  • Patient Safety