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Call out to the next generation of digital innovation to transform health and care. Digital products and services have provided vital innovation, support and capacity to the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic and will continue to do so as the healthcare system moves forward into the subsequent recovery phase of the Covid-19 response. DigitalHealth.London has […]
Featured on BBC London TV news and in the Revealing Reality-produced film above, King’s College Hospital (KCH) has adopted the HIN’s behavioural science workforce support campaign #OnlyHuman to help prevent staff burnout caused by the pressures of the Coronavirus pandemic. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs over 11,000 staff. Hundreds of staff at King’s […]
This video provides an update on a 2019 Innovation Awards grant funded project to host community-led health clinics. This video provides an update on a 2019 Innovation Awards grant funded project to host community-led health clinics. Called ‘Stroke Busting Health Checks’, the project aimed to provide various health checks for up to 1,000 people at […]
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: Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a […]
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: Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by […]
A new partnership between the Health Innovation Network (HIN) and Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) has secured the future of an award-winning programme that helps people with knee, hip and back pain. The ESCAPE-pain programme, which stands for Enabling Self-Management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using Exercise (ESCAPE), was developed by Professor Mike Hurley at St […]
An interactive session on AI in social care and care homes will be the focus for a joint HIN/NIHR session at the Intelligent Health 2021, Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference. Along with DigitalHealth.London and AHSN Innovation Exchange, the HIN will be delivering a Challenge session at this virtual conference. Our challenge session is jointly led between […]
St George’s University Hospital Emergency Department unveils one of UK’s first dual queuing and self check-in system where patients see real time updates of their queue position on TV screens and smartphones. St George’s installed the system after winning a HIN Innovation Grants award in 2019 St George’s University Hospital is one of the first […]
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: Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by […]
The winners of five Innovation Grants awards have been announced today (31 March) by the Health Innovation Network, working in partnership with Health Education England (HEE). In all there were 32 applications for the awards. All of the chosen innovations align to key NHS priorities by addressing major health challenges such as managing musculoskeletal pain, […]
For International Women’s Day, we spotlight QUiPP app an innovation that helps to improve outcomes for woman at risk of preterm labour. QUiPP app (Quantitative Innovation in Predicting Preterm birth) determines the risk of pre-term labour more accurately, helping to improve care for women at risk. The app is an innovative and evidence-based diagnostic tool […]
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: Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a […]
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: For more information on all open IUK funding opportunities Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA): Click here for […]
DigitalHealth.London’s Sara Nelson, who leads the flagship Accelerator and Digital Pioneer Fellowship programmes, joins NHSX. Sara Nelson has been announced as the new Deputy Chief Nursing Information Officer for NHSX. Sara is a Registered General Nurse who has worked in the NHS for over 29 years. She has a wealth of experience in operational and […]
Following the appointment of the HIN’s previous CEO Tara Donnelly to Chief Digital Officer at NHSX, Dr Rishi Das-Gupta has been appointed as the new Chief Executive for the Health Innovation Network (HIN). Dr Das-Gupta will be joining the HIN, the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for south London, in March 2021 from his current […]
Shared digital care records mean care home staff, paramedics and hospital emergency department staff know patients’ health and care wishes. Over 115,000 Londoners already have a digital urgent care record Thousands of Londoners will have a greater say over their care and treatment under a £200,000 drive to increase the use of a shared urgent […]
Written by Ayobola Chike-Michael, Patient Safety Project Manager & Zoë Lelliott, CEO of Health Innovation Network Read about the AHSN Networks commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion here. As we round out 2020 and head into a new year—one that many of us have higher hopes for—it’s important to reflect on the progress we’ve made, […]
Three London Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) worked together to support Trusts in the region to quickly embed virtual consultations to safeguard patients and staff during the pandemic. The challenge Covid-19 meant NHS Trusts had to find an alternative to face to face consultations for many patients, to both protect vulnerable patients and safeguard staff. […]
We are looking to support innovative projects that either test or pilot an innovation that improves healthcare, with a grant of up to £10,000 to £30,000 Last year we funded 10 incredible projects that either supported innovative practice that could be spread and adopted across the health and social care landscape or encouraged cross-boundary working […]
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: For more information on all open IUK funding opportunities Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA): Click here for […]
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 […]
COVID-19 has accelerated the speed of adoption by NHS providers of technology to deliver care including the use of remote monitoring solutions. This Innovation Exchange webinar from 9-10.30am, 10 December presented by the Health Innovation Network and DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, will focus upon maximising the use of technology to monitor patients’ health conditions remotely outside of the […]
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 […]
BlogBack Diabetes is one of the country’s biggest health challenges with more than 3.1 million people diagnosed with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in England. It’s a condition that can ruin lives and cause deadly complications but as Faye Edwards argues, it’s never been easier to access support to self-care. Not only is diabetes […]
