Our
Projects

This page provides an overview of our current and recent projects.

Resources – Remote Consultations in Mental Health – Learning from Evaluation

Covid-19 led to a rapid shift in how mental health services were delivered. Our Remote Consultations in Mental Health – Learning from Evaluation project seeks …

London Mental Health Crisis Hub Assessment Framework

Creating a safe and efficient model for people experiencing a mental health crisis during the Covid-19 surge/winter pressures period. In response to a request from N…

Preventing prescribing errors in south London with PINCER

PINCER is the Pharmacist-led Information technology iNtervention for the reduction of Clinically important ERrors in medicines management. Project overview PINCER se…

Covid Oximetry @home and virtual ward

The HIN has been commissioned to support a drive to equip members and partners to offer the Covid Oximetry @home model.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Digital Solutions Learning Event

Prof Mike Hurley Clinical Director, Musculoskeletal and Andrea Carter Programme Director, Musculoskeletal and Healthy Ageing reflect on the south London Musculoskele…

Embedding “Think Diabetes in the Workplace” – an evaluation

This report evaluates a project by the HIN to offer diabetes education working with two major London employers. Working closely with the London Ambulance Service (LA…

Improving AF detection in high-impact settings

People with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) are at increased risk of stroke, but a gap in detection means thousands of people across south London are not benefiting from po…

Youth Empowerment Skills (YES) for teenagers with Type 1 diabetes

Guy’s and St Thomas’ YES programme gives 14-19 year-olds in south London the support they need to live with Type 1 diabetes. Participants meet other young people wit…

Modernising Primary Care Telephony

In 2020, the HIN worked with the South East London Integrated Care System to explore how modern telephony systems can impact primary care service delivery. This culm…

Supporting remote monitoring in an outpatient setting

We are supporting three rheumatology departments across south east London (SEL) to trial a new service that supports patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to remot…

Safer medicine administration in care homes during Covid-19

The HIN engaged with OPUS and commissioned them on a pro bono basis to adapt their existing comprehensive guidance to ensure care home staff were aware of how to saf…

Helping people access diabetic foot services during Covid-19

With outpatient appointments reduced due to the pandemic, the South East London Diabetes Foot Network which covers seven London boroughs and a population of two mill…

Supporting care homes with digital resources through Covid-19

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 se…

Reducing Innapropriate Polypharmacy in Care Homes

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…

New e-learning resource launched to support ESCAPE-pain providers

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 Hea…

Communities of Practice

The HIN is proud to host a variety of dynamic Patient Safety-focussed Communities of Practice (CoP)

Joint Pain Advice: supporting employees in the workplace

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 li…

Only Human: supporting wellbeing during and post Covid-19

Materials to help you positively impact staff physical and mental health These materials aim to help you in supporting the physical and mental health of your staff. …
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