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South London drive to detect and treat irregular heart rhythm helps prevent an estimated 100 deaths and 400 strokes
Use of hand held devices to test for irregular heart rhythm in GP surgeries, care homes and religious settings is helping prevent strokes and saving lives. Since the start of the programme, the number of additional people with AF receiving treatment each year has increased by almost 300,000 nationally. New NHS figures reveal that a […]
- Cardiovascular Innovation Technology
Keep moving to manage pain
BlogBack Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions such as osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain affect over 18 million people across the UK. These conditions can cause pain and functional limitations, as well as impact on our mental health, which can make ordinary, everyday activities a struggle and prevent us from being able to work or remain independent. […]
- Musculoskeletal
TfL and London Ambulance Service trial workplace diabetes education to improve staff health
Two major London employers embedded clinically-proven Structured Education for Type 1 diabetes to tackle one of London’s biggest health challenges. 671K Londoners live with diabetes and employers in the capital lose an average £250K due to ill health each year. An initiative with two major London employers has shown that face to face and virtual […]
- Diabetes

Testing platform supports target of 100,000 Covid-19 tests per day
A new platform has been set up to support the drive to achieve 100,000 coronavirus tests per day by the end of April – the platform can be accessed here. In addition to scaling up existing technologies and channels, the government is looking for innovative solutions in specific areas. Solutions, ideas and comments can be […]
- Covid-19 Industry
Looking after your mental health and wellbeing: our staff and community Covid-19 resilience message
In these uncertain times following the outbreak of Covid-19, it is more important than ever that we exemplify our HIN value of ‘Together’ – not only among our own staff, but to our members, stakeholders, partners and the people we serve. There isn’t one “right” way to process and deal with a situation like this, […]
- Covid-19 Mental Health
Tech challenge launched to offer digital support during Covid-19 outbreak
People confined at home because of Coronavirus (Covid-19) could soon benefit from new technology to combat the effects of social isolation. Funding is being made available by NHSX through ‘Techforce 19’, for innovators who can find digital ways to support those who need help, including people requiring mental health support and those with social care […]
- Covid-19 Industry
Are you taking your medicine? Nearly half the time, the answer is “no”
This blog is by Ayobola Chike-Michael, Patient Safety Project Manager at the Health Innovation Network The real life cost of non-adherence Medicines are made to be taken. Right? Well, medicines are being manufactured, prescribed and dispensed, but up to 30–50 per cent of prescribed medicines may not be taken as directed. This is a big […]
- Patient Safety
Don’t talk to me about savings – my innovation saves lives
Patient safety and benefits are paramount when assessing new innovations, but commissioners need to understand the financial benefits too. Here Lesley Soden, Programme Director of Innovation at Health Innovation Network, explains how innovators can make sure they have a robust case by gathering the right data and accessing the right support. Picture the scene: you’re […]
- Industry
Meet the new NHS Innovation Accelerator fellows
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has announced the 11 high impact innovations joining the national accelerator in 2020. Four of the 11 innovators are DigitalHealth.London Accelerator companies; Health Navigator, Locum’s Nest, MyPreOp (Ultramed) and Safe Steps. At a launch event chaired by Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director for NHS England and NHS Improvement, the […]
- Industry
Saved by social: can young people be helped to cope online with social networks
By Rita Mogaji, Digital Marketing Manager at Health Innovation Network I love social media. I love everything about it. I love that you can learn most things, connect with likeminded people, or even better, very different people from all over the globe. In that one click a whole world of interests, breaking news and funny […]
- Mental Health
The AI in Health and Care Award: accelerating testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies
The AHSN Network welcomes the launch of the new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health and Care Award. This will make £140 million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies that meet the strategic aims set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. The Award is run by […]
In the quest for healthcare innovation, there is no Holy Grail.
Health Innovation Network’s Director of Patient Safety and Experience, Catherine Dale, and Deputy Clinical Director (Musculoskeletal) and Evaluation lead, Andrew Walker, debunk the myths and share the joys of a flexible approach when innovating in health. As AHSNs, we’re often asked ‘What’s your innovation methodology?’, ‘How do you do it?’, ‘What framework do you use?’. […]
Meet the innovator: Christian Moroy
In this series, we’ll get up close and personal with an innovator asking them to share their thoughts and experience from their journey into the world of health and care innovation. In our latest edition, we caught up with Christian Moroy, Co-founder & CTO of Edge Health; supporting NHS organisations use data more effectively to increase theatre […]
Enough of being digitally ‘done-to’
Recently, Health Innovation Network (HIN) hosted a roundtable discussion with senior nurses involved in digital from across south London. The event was chaired by Breid O’Brien, Director: Digital Transformation at Health Innovation Network with special guest speaker Natasha Phillips, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and Digital Health’s CNIO […]
We know we need genuine public involvement in healthcare. Why are we still getting it wrong?
Andrew Walker, Deputy Clinical Director MSK and Evaluation Lead, Health Innovation Network reflects on a recent patient and public involvement and engagement process and the need for a relentless focus on true engagement. Healthcare in the NHS has come a long way from the paternalistic, prescriptive model and principles upon which it was founded in […]
ESCAPE-pain trains 1000 trainers
By Professor Mike Hurley, Clinical Director MSK Programme, Health Innovation Network and creator of ESCAPE-pain. If we are serious about achieving the goals of the NHS’ Long Term Plan, physical activity should be prescribe-able on the NHS and we need to facilitate its delivery through leisure centre and community halls. It is well documented that […]
- Musculoskeletal
Meet the innovator: Shaun Azam
In this series, we’ll get up close and personal with an innovator asking them to share their thoughts and experience from their journey into the world of health and care innovation. In our latest edition, we caught up with Shaun Azam, CEFO at Sweatcoin; an app that incentivises physical activity by converting steps into points that […]
Latest innovation projects set to improve care for south Londoners revealed
Ten NHS teams, working with universities and a wide range of partners, have been given vital funding to kickstart innovation projects designed to help health and care teams improve care for south Londoners and help services evolve to meet future health needs. The funding comes from the Health Innovation Network Innovation Grants, which have been […]
Winners of the 2019 Recognition Awards Announced
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) work together with a variety of health and care teams in south London to speed up the best of health and care for our communities. The HIN Recognition Awards 2019 celebrate some of the fantastic work and partnerships we are involved in. Our membership is made up of organisations from […]
- Innovation
CRADLE Scale up South London
Globally, bleeding is one of most common reasons women die around the world in childbirth. The main reason things get so serious is that the issue is not recognised and managed quickly enough. Identifying women with dangerous bleeding can be very difficult and it is widely acknowledged that delays in spotting and starting treatment for […]
Creating a toolkit for effective implementation of the QUiPP app
The app is an innovative and evidence-based diagnostic tool that uses analytics to help clinicians understand the risk of pre-term labour more accurately. This improves the lives of women and babies by identifying those who truly need medical intervention and reassuring those who don’t. The app has currently been tested in 20 UK sites. The […]
Improving Patient and Staff Experience and Safety with Queue Management Software in the Emergency Department
Related NewsEnough of being digitally ‘done-to’Innovation Exchange – the digital innovations transforming the NHSHomeward Bound This project will pilot a visible electronic queue management system so that patients can see where they are in the queue to be seen at any time. The team is understood to be among the first in the UK to […]
- Patient Experience
Virtual reality relaxation and coping skills for reducing stress and challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards
Funded by the HIN Innovation Grants, this project aims to evaluate the implementation of a new virtual reality (VR) technology, VRelax, to reduce stress and arousal in service users with complex mental health conditions. The VR headsets allow people to experience calming and relaxing environments. Previously, the NHS typically asked people to think of positive […]
Simulation Lab for Health Technology Development and Adoption: Discovery project
The NHS has used hi fidelity patient simulation for high pressure clinical scenarios for many years, where either actors or sophisticated dummies act as patients and scenarios are played out and recorded. This gives NHS staff a learning environment that is safe and controlled so that the participants are able to make mistakes, correct those […]

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