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 to navigate the complex health and care system so that this can happen, faster.

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  Healthy ageing: improving quality of life in older age

  BlogBack Post Title Each year, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England publishes a report on a theme of importance to national health and care. This year CMO Professor Chris Whitty has focussed on

  • Community and Care Homes Musculoskeletal
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  Reducing restrictive practice: it’s always the right time to make a difference

  Forensic mental health units (sometimes referred to as secure units) provide a vital service in caring for people with severe mental health conditions who may be a risk to the safety of themselves or others.

  • Patient Experience Patient Safety
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  Patient Safety Collaboratives continue to support improvement across the healthcare system

  The Health Innovation Network supports the delivery of the National Patient Safety Improvement Programme through its 15 regional Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs). The programme supports the NHS

  • Patient Experience Patient Safety

• 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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  Benchmarking Physical Health Checks in People with Severe Mental Illness

  People with severe mental illness (SMI) die up to 20 years earlier than the general population. Mental Health Trusts offer an annual physical health check on all their patients living with bipolar dis

  • Mental Health
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  Evaluation of Remote Monitoring of COVID-19 in South East London

  The Doctaly Assist platform, created by the health tech company Doctaly, uses WhatsApp to monitor and manage patients with COVID-19 in the community by facilitating the collection of patient informati

  • Evaluation and Informatics Services Technology
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  South London Care Home Pioneer Programme

  Project Overview The South London Care Home Pioneer Programme is a nine-month programme, run by the Health Innovation Network and My Home Life England, aimed at improving leadership skills and promot

  • Community and Care Homes

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  Transforming dermatology outcomes using digital technology: results from pilot programmes in London and the south east

  Skin conditions are a growing concern in the UK; more than 100,000 new cases of skin cancer are reported every year, with rates of some skin cancers growing by up to a third in the past decade. About

  • Evaluation and Informatics Services Industry
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  Adopting the Triangle of Commitment to work in partnership with people and communities in health and social care

  This article was written by Aurora Todisco, a Lived Experience Partner at the Health Innovation Network. Find out more about our Lived Experience Partner roles and how their work forms an important pa

  • Involvement
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  Preventing clinician burnout: could Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) be key?

  Clinician burnout and workload is a national emergency which is impacting on patient safety. Technology may make an important contribution to helping to mitigate some of the workload-related challenge

  • Digital Industry Technology