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.
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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HIN Chief Executive Rishi Das-Gupta has hailed this week’s launch of the NHS Innovation Service as an important step forward in delivering life-changing innovation more quickly. Coordinated by the N
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Quality Improvement (QI) series to learn and gain practical support on how to implement a QI project in Maternity and Neonatal Safety You are warmly invited to the South London Maternity and Neonata
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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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Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme
The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (known as MatNeoSIP), was renamed following the launch of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy in July 2019. It was previously known as the Maternal
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Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D) in African and Caribbean communities
In the UK, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is up to three times more common in people of Black African and African-Caribbean ethnicity than people of White ethnicity (Becker et al, 2004). Existing structured ed
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Perinatal health inequalities: bringing people together to make pregnancy and birth safer
Women and birthing people from a Black, Asian or mixed ethnic background are up to five times more likely to experience poor outcomes during their maternity journey, including a higher risk of materna
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South London Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme: Quality Improvement series
The South London Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme: Quality Improvement (QI) series is currently being delivered at the HIN. The programme aims to deliver a learning programme to bui
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Understanding the Process Automation Landscape for Primary Care
NHS England’s London Digital First team are currently driving the digitisation of primary care through several workstreams, with one key focus area being the potential of automation to yield service
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FeNO Pathway Transformation Fund (PTF) Project Resources
The Pathway Transformation Fund (PTF) helps NHS organisations integrate eligible Rapid Uptake Products into everyday practices. On this page you can find resources to support you with FeNO asthma diag