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The Health Innovation Network (HIN) has worked with partners across the two south London Integrated care systems (ICS’s) to expand the provision of Diabetes structured education services to include digital and remote options to help manage the condition remotely. At the start of the pandemic, a significant challenge was created when diabetes structured education courses, […]
The HIN’s ESCAPE-pain team received requests from sites that were eager to pilot ESCAPE-pain classes using a digital platform. The team adapted to meet this need and supported sites to trial virtual delivery if they could. The ESCAPE-pain programme is an intervention for people with chronic joint pain. Covid-19 forced over 290 venues to suspend […]
The Health Innovation Network (HIN), in partnership with the End of Life Clinical network for London, secured funding from the NHS England (NHSE) personalisation team to work with Marie Curie nurses to create CMC records for care home residents in three nursing homes in South East London over a five week period. Care home residents […]
As a result of Covid-19, many patients and care home residents with dementia were no longer able to see their friends and family. The Healthy ageing and Tech team set about doing secondary research into digital dementia friendly activities and produced a short guide. In south London, 377 (61%) of 621 homes are registered for […]
To support people living with persistent knee, hip and back pain, the MSK team have developed two new, free and interactive ESCAPE-pain e-learning resources with Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare, aimed at helping prospective ESCAPE-pain sites/providers learn more about the programme. The resources can also be useful as a refresher for those who have […]
The HIN is proud to host a variety of dynamic Patient Safety-focussed Communities of Practice (CoP)
Not only does chronic hip, knee and lower back pain impact adversely on all aspects of an individual’s personal and social lives, it also impacts on their working lives. In the workplace, joint pain can force people to change duties, reduce hours, take sick leave and retire early. Each year, osteoarthritis results in 3 million […]
England’s increasing older population is fuelling greater demand for adult social care services. We need to look at different ways of delivering social care in England and the implementation of new technology provides an opportunity to improve the quality and efficiency of care in older age. In March 2020, Health Innovation Network (HIN) and DigitalHealth.London […]
ESCAPE-pain is a rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain that integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen individualised for each participant. It helps people understand their condition, teaches them simple things they can help themselves with, and takes them through a progressive exercise programme so they learn how to cope with […]
Recognised by NICE as an excellent example of how NICE guidance and standards are being put into practice, our Joint Pain Advice (JPA) model of care is a safe and cost effective alternative to GP consultations. Involving a series of face-to-face consultations, Advisors work collaboratively with people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and/or back pain, […]
An eating disorder is an unhealthy attitude to food, which can take over an individual’s life and cause illness. It can involve eating too much or too little or becoming obsessed with your weight and body shape. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED), and other specified feeding or […]
Around five per cent (one in 20) of school-aged children are affected by ADHD, a neurobiological disorder of brain development that impacts on behaviour. ADHD is a treatable disorder yet if left untreated, can have a significant impact on personal development, academic outcomes and family interaction. The AHSN Network is working with NHS trusts across […]
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are healthcare associated infections occurring in patients using urinary catheters.
DoctorLink is a GP online consultation system being implemented across South West London by the South West London Health and Care Partnership (SWL-HCP). It provides online symptom checking and appointment booking for patients, and aims to streamline access to GP and other local healthcare services. SWL-HCP commissioned the Health Innovation Network to evaluate the approaches […]
We are part of the Health Education England ‘Building a Digital Ready Workforce Programme’ to provide a new fast track development programme for graduates to join NHS Trusts, CCGs, CSUs, Local Authorities, primary and third sector. The Graduate scheme is a highly-focused development pathway for Digital, Data and Technology graduates to become the next NHS […]
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) was one of four national test sites selected by the Q Improvement Lab (part of the Health Foundation) to test ideas in practice to improve care for people with mental health problems and persistent back and neck pain. As a result of this work, further funding was awarded from the […]
This project, delivered in partnership with South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, aims to improve the identification and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors for people with (SMI) in south west London. It is increasingly well-known that the life expectancy of people living with severe mental illness in the UK is 15-20 […]
The tech team worked on a project to review the social prescribing tools currently on the market. As part of the drive towards Universal Personalised Care (with 2.5 million people planned to receive personalised care by 2023/2024), the NHS Long Term Plan promotes the creation of a solid social prescribing infrastructure within primary care: For […]
For more information about the Innovation Grants project please contact hin.southlondon@nhs.net.
This project provides insight into the opportunities and challenges across a wide range of settings for providing opportunistic testing for AF using mobile ECG devices in asymptomatic groups In 2017, NHS England commissioned the 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) across England to undertake a system-wide procurement initiative to promote the uptake of digital technology. […]
Polypharmacy is a global patient safety challenge and literally means ‘many medicines’. It has been defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the routine use of four or more medicines including those that are prescribed or bought in a pharmacy (including herbal medicines).1 This project explored ways to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy in care homes. […]
Structured education is recommended as a basic and crucial part of care for an individual with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the NHS’ guidance on clinical standards. It is clinically proven to help people living with diabetes to make changes to their diet and […]
The Health Innovation Network is a founding partner of DigitalHealth.London, which supports the adoption of digital solutions across the health and care system to improve patient and population outcomes and experiences. The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator works with a cohort of SMEs across a 12-month period, to speed up the adoption of innovations at scale to benefit […]
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust successfully implemented a CTG trace integration system, known as FetaLink in 2017. Using interviews conducted by the Technology Team at the Health Innovation Network with staff directly involved in the implementation, this resource contains condensed lessons and key facts which aim to aid other NHS organisations considering implementing similar solutions. […]