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Drug overdose is now the largest cause of accidental death in most developed countries and in the USA and UK alone, more than 80,000 lives were lost last year. Death rates are increasing and all existing efforts have failed to reverse this trend.
In partnership with South East London Cancer Alliance, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts asked people with lived experience to design and produce a cancer elearning resource for people with serious mental illness.
In partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College London and people with lived experience, HIN South London have designed and produced a national e-learning resource to support and guide eating disorder clinicians, young people and families through the transitions process of moving from a child and adolescent NHS Eating Disorder service to an Adult NHS Eating disorder service.
Our MSK Improvement and Innovation forum (formerly the Back Pain Forum) was set up to address an identified need for a regular in-person information sharing event to showcase innovative interventions,
ESCAPE-pain is an award-winning exercise programme that helps patients feel more in control of their pain, and more able to do things they enjoy. An app version of the programme, which has been downloaded more than 1,000 times, features the exercise videos that can help improve mobility and reduce knee and hip pain.
A high proportion of admissions and readmissions to hospitals are from residents in care homes. Care homes in South London have expressed a need for better information sharing and communication durin
Tackling Alcohol Misuse in NHS Hospitals Alcohol misuse places a considerable burden on the NHS and wider society. One in five adults in England drink above the Chief Medical Officer’s safe drinking
Sepsis Sepsis is a deadly reaction to infection, occurring when an infection causes the immune system to go into overdrive and cause damage to the body. In England, there is estimated to be 150,000 ca
Stories Behind The Bottle Stories Behind the Bottle is a compelling training film for frontline NHS staff that aims to reduce the stigma encountered by patients with alcohol problems. Last year our Al
The Health Innovation Network and London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust worked in partnership to develop and implement an improved referral pathway for people requiring LAS assistance for a hypogly
IBA Commissioning Toolkit The Health Innovation Network has produced an Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) toolkit to promote the commissioning of alcohol brief interventions. It brings tog
IBA in Primary Care – SMS Project An innovative project to increase access to alcohol interventions through use of SMS text messaging, to reduce alcohol-related harm. Alcohol misuse is one of t
IBA Direct Service Evaluation In August 2015, an innovative alcohol IBA pilot project was delivered on the streets of Lambeth, south London. Funded by Lambeth Council and Lambeth Clinical Commissionin
Stories behind the bottle While an excellent standard of care is usually provided, people with alcohol problems occasionally still experience judgemental and stigmatising attitudes when seeking health
Digital Content Prescribing Health Innovation Network – Digital Content Prescribing from Health Innovation Network on Vimeo. In 2017, we worked with IMS Health to explore digital content