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We ask Diarmuid Denneny, Chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Association (PPA): “is it ok to ask patients if their chronic pain is affecting their mental health?” With #worldmentalhealthday taking place this week (October 10) there is an opportunity to promote the role that #physiotherapists can play in identifying difficulties with #psychologicalwellbeing at an early stage. […]

• Mental Health Musculoskeletal

You are warmly invited to join our second virtual Diabetes in Pregnancy Community of Practice session: Screening for GDM This is the second of a 3-part virtual series through autumn to support the sharing of experiences, practice and learning in diabetes in pregnancy care through the Coronavirus pandemic. Join us to be part of the […]

• Patient Experience Patient Safety

We are delighted to support Rekha Govindan from Chegworth House, Sutton. She was nominated for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards. Read about the story below. “With her focus on nutrition, I put on weight. I was so thin and frail before. The team helped me to get back on my feet […]

• Healthy Ageing

Applications for the NHS Innovation Accelerator are now open. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) – an NHS England initiative supported by England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and hosted at UCLPartners – has launched its call for applications representing high impact, evidence-based innovations. The call is open to local, national and international healthcare innovations […]

• Covid-19 Innovation Mental Health Workforce

In order to deliver ESCAPE-pain for backs, providers must attend facilitator training. ESCAPE-pain for backs facilitator training About this Event ​This training will be delivered online via Zoom. Please note: attending the training enables you to deliver face-to-face ESCAPE-pain for backs classes when social distancing measures have been lifted. The training does not enable you […]

• Musculoskeletal

Combatting preventable causes of disease is a key NHS priority. According to the King’s Fund, seven in ten adults do not follow the NHS-recommended guidelines on tobacco, alcohol, diet and physical activity, which contribute to such health conditions as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and poor mental health. NHS organisations need to collaborate with local authorities […]

• Innovation

ESCAPE-pain Outcomes Website – Virtual Induction The MSK team at the Health Innovation Network are pleased to announce that the new online ESCAPE-pain outcomes website is now live and ready to be implemented across all ESCAPE-pain sites. The website is participant-led and collects pre and post ESCAPE-pain data without the need to complete paper forms […]

• Musculoskeletal

Ayobola Chike-Michael, Patient Safety Project Manager at the Health Innovation Network (HIN) shares her thoughts on how safe health care workers means safe patients. Focusing on Healthcare workers Patient safety is a global health priority that aims to prevent errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care (WHO, 2020). Exponential medical development has […]

• Patient Safety

In this edition, we caught up with Matt Elcock, Founder of Push Doctor; an innovation that provides clinicians with the technology to enable patients to access primary and secondary care digitally through the NHS across the UK. Pictured above: Matt Elcock of Push Doctor Tell us about your innovation in a sentence. Push Doctor provides clinicians with the […]

• Industry

ESCAPE-pain Webinar: ‘Resuming face-to-face delivery in a time of Covid’ The ESCAPE-pain programme is an intervention for people with chronic joint pain developed by Professor Mike Hurley. The programme is hosted by the Health Innovation Network and supported by NHS England. ESCAPE-pain offers two programmes: ESCAPE-pain for knees and hips: designed to benefit people with […]

• Musculoskeletal

You are warmly invited to join our first virtual Diabetes in Pregnancy Community of Practice session: Where are we now? This is the first of a 3-part virtual series through autumn to support the sharing of experiences, practice and learning in diabetes in pregnancy care through the Coronavirus pandemic. Join us to be part of […]

• Diabetes Patient Experience

We try to make this as relevant to you as possible so please let us know if there is anything we have missed that you feel should be included. Covid-19 Specific Funding Other Featured Funding Other Funding Opportunities INNOVATE UK: For more information on all open IUK funding opportunities Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)  More information […]

• Covid-19 Industry

Joint Pain Advice Training Joint Pain Advice (JPA) training is provided by the Health Innovation Network to enable healthcare and non-healthcare professionals to provide the Joint Pain Advice service as an adjunct to their current roles. The training is also open to individuals who would like to improve their knowledge, skills and awareness about joint […]

• Musculoskeletal

Joint Pain Advice Training Joint Pain Advice (JPA) training is provided by the Health Innovation Network to enable healthcare and non-healthcare professionals to provide the Joint Pain Advice service as an adjunct to their current roles. The training is also open to individuals who would like to improve their knowledge, skills and awareness about joint […]

• Musculoskeletal

Therapeutic Interactions and Person centred care Skills (TIPS) We are looking forward to welcoming you to join our innovative new course developed in partnership with the Physiotherapy Pain Association, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Health Innovation Network South London. The course focuses on exploration and application […]

• Mental Health

Medical Director at the Health Innovation Network (HIN), Dr Natasha Curran discusses how positivity, potential and practicality must be balanced when delivering truly innovative new ways of working. I feel privileged to hold a number of varied health and care positions so read the newly published People Plan with cautious optimism. Whilst undoubtedly a big […]

• Covid-19 Workforce

Experts in their field from around the world are to review the topic Generating Evidence for Digital Health in a series of upcoming webinars. This was made possible through an innovative collaboration between University College London, the Health Innovation Network, the DigitalHealth.London Generator and MedCity. The series will span a wide range of issues around […]

• Digital Industry

ESCAPE-pain Outcomes Website – Virtual Induction The MSK team at the Health Innovation Network are pleased to announce that the new online ESCAPE-pain outcomes website is now live and ready to be implemented across all ESCAPE-pain sites. The website is participant-led and collects pre and post ESCAPE-pain data without the need to complete paper forms […]

• Musculoskeletal

ESCAPE-pain Outcomes Website – Virtual Induction The MSK team at the Health Innovation Network are pleased to announce that the new online ESCAPE-pain outcomes website is now live and ready to be implemented across all ESCAPE-pain sites. The website is participant-led and collects pre and post ESCAPE-pain data without the need to complete paper forms […]

• Musculoskeletal

Call out to NHS staff who are pioneering digital innovations within their organisations Digital innovations have provided vital support and capacity to the NHS over the last few months and will continue to do so as the impact of Covid-19 continues, and the focus turns to resuming services. Today, DigitalHealth.London opens applications to its Digital […]

• Digital Workforce

South London MSK Digital Solutions Learning Event We are pleased to bring together physiotherapy colleagues in south London to share their experiences of implementing digital solutions so we can support improvement across MSK services. The session will discuss the implementation of digital solutions in MSK physiotherapy departments, with a focus on self-management tools and virtual […]

• Digital Musculoskeletal