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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 […]
Our project teams are experienced clinicians, programme directors, project managers, strategists and analysts. Many of our staff have worked at a senior level within the NHS, voluntary and the private sector. They are all leaders in finding innovative solutions to difficult challenges facing the NHS. We also understand that pace matters. We are very happy […]
Health Innovation Network regularly holds themed ecosystem events to connect relevant stakeholders for particular clinical and system-wide topics and encourage the adoption of relevant innovations. All details of future events will be posted on this page. If you would like to join our invite list please email Karla Richards. Upcoming events We will post our new […]
Health Innovation Network regularly works with industry to offer advice, guidance and the knowledge of our member networks. The case studies listed below are recent examples of our engagement with industry. Useful ResourcesReal World Testing of “Combinatorial Innovation”: A Global Invitation to Innovators Download
Communities of Practice (CoP) are groups of people who share a passion for practice in health and care. They come together as peers in shared enquiry, learning from and with each other about what works, what doesn’t and why. They share promising practices and know-how in pursuit of improving practice where they work and across […]
The deteriorating patient is a patient that moves from one clinical state to a worse clinical state, increasing their risk of morbidity, organ-dysfunction, prolonged hospital stay or death. Led by NHS Improvement, the deterioration workstream aims to reduce avoidable harm and enhance the outcomes and experience of deteriorating patients across England, by improving the reliability of […]
During World Heart Rhythm Week (4 – 10 June 2018), 16 people (out of a total of 585) were identified as having possible AF. Thank you to: June 4, 2018 February 14, 2018 Watch Sadiq Khan urge Londoners to #KnowYourPulse Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to have a simple pulse rhythm check […]
The management of urinary catheter varies from trust to trust, country to country. There is very little evidence showing what is the best way to manage catheter and prevent infections. CAUTI is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections and we still see patients not getting the right care they need in the acute settings […]
Catheter Care Awareness Week consists of five days of events and activities in June, in partnership with our member organisations, aiming to raise awareness of the risks of CAUTI (catheter-associated UTIs), reduce harm, fight stigma and improve general catheter care in south London and beyond. Read about this years week here.
Project We were recently awarded £348,500 from the Health Foundation for their Behavioural Insights Research Programme. We are working on a behavioural insights programme called: ‘From thermometers to thermostats: taking control of preventable harm from urinary catheters’. We aim to use behavioural science and communications expertise to enhance the efficacy and scale of the catheter […]
It all started as a two-year catheter quality improvement programme across south London aiming to reduce CAUTIs by 30% and improve catheter practice. We adopted the Institute for Healthcare Improvement ‘Breakthrough Series Collaborative’ methodology to form a south London collaborative, made up of 9 acute hospitals and 8 community services, where all organisations could share […]
Led by NHS Improvement, the MatNeo Collaborative is a three-year programme to support improvement in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal units across England. Patient Safety Collaboratives across the country are working in collaboration with NHS Improvement to offer training and coaching to teams within maternity and neonatal units and supporting them to […]
Magnesium sulphate has been demonstrated as an effective neuroprotectant for babies delivered prematurely. Antenatal administration reduces the risk of cerebral palsy by around 30%, however, in the UK, uptake has been significantly lower than other countries. In 2016, the National Neonatal Audit Programme reported only 43% of women who delivered at <30 weeks of gestation […]
The link between physical and mental health is a key priority for all our themes. Learn more about how themes have incorporated mental health in the work that they do. If you have any questions or would like more information about our work in south London, please contact us. Useful ResourcesCovid-19: Identifying the needs of […]
People diagnosed with dementia whose symptoms started before they were 65 are often described as ‘younger people with dementia’ or as having young-onset dementia. The symptoms of dementia are not generally determined by a person’s age, but younger people often have different needs, and require some different support (Alzheimer’s Society). The South London Mental Health […]
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) has been working in partnership with Coordinate My Care (CMC), to explore implementing CMC, an electronic urgent care planning service, in care homes. CMC is a digital solution to “Advance Care Planning” currently available in London. It enables patient’s wishes and clinical recommendations about future care to be viewed by […]
Catheter Care Awareness Week consists of five days of events and activities, in partnership with our member organisations, aiming to raise awareness of the risks of CAUTI (catheter-associated UTIs), reduce harm, fight stigma and improve general catheter care in south London and beyond. This year, it falls between 18 – 22 June. Here’s how you […]
ProjectBack to Healthy Ageing Falls and fall-related injuries are a common and serious problem for older adults. People aged 65 and older have the highest risk of falling, with 30% of people older than 65 and 50% of people older than 80 falling at least once a year. The HIN is currently working to improve […]
Health Innovation Network and our partner AHSNs are proud to be able to offer access to Life QI to our local partners and members in the south London region. Life QI is an online quality improvement (QI) platform that makes it easy for teams to run QI projects and organisations to report on QI […]
During Global AF Aware Week 2017 (20-26 November), five people (out of 492 tested) were found to have possible AF and referred for a 12-lead ECG to confirm diagnosis. Thank you to: November 29, 2017 June 21, 2017 Watch Sadiq Khan urge Londoners to #KnowYourPulse Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to have a […]
We are delighted to be working with several member organisations on our Think Diabetes initiative. The project aims to document case studies of good practice within organisations, highlighting how they support staff to manage their diabetes (by allowing them time to complete structured education, for example), and other long-term health conditions. Evidence informs us that […]