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Professor Phil Baker has been appointed the new Independent Chair of Health Innovation East Midlands, from April 2024.
Phil started his career within the NHS as an obstetrician and has since gained extensive experience within research and academia.
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Health Innovation East Midlands announced the winners of the 2024 Care Awards at an event yesterday.
The winners, across six categories, were shining examples of care provided in Care Homes and in people’s homes across the region.
Five digital health innovations have been selected for the East Midlands Digital Health Accelerator programme 2024, to help the NHS and care system to address the challenges of:
Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) has been selected by NHS England as a key delivery partner for implementing Martha’s Rule across our region.
Children, young people, and adults across the East Midlands suffering from sickle cell disease will benefit from better care closer to where they live, following the announcement of a national £1.5M investment in 25 red blood cell exchange devices.
Funding for the Spectra Optia® Apheresis System devices has been distributed to 22 NHS trusts around England, including University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Health Innovation East Midlands granted £2000 to Nottingham West PCN to engage with people living locally who have learning disabilities – to see how local services could better support them to live more healthily.
Health Innovation East Midlands is working with key partners from the research, health and commercial sector to progress a large research funding bid.
The collaboration, which is known as EMERGE - East Midlands Emerging Research Growth for MedTech Enterprise, is looking for health innovators working within the rehabilitation field (in its widest sense) to help them to develop the bid.
We are seeking a new Independent Chair for our organisation, as Martin Hindle’s term of office is coming to a close.
Martin has been with Health Innovation East Midlands since its launch in 2013 as East Midlands Academic Health Science Network and is stepping down after 10 years in the role, in March 2024.
Health Innovation East Midlands (formerly East Midlands Academic Health Science Network) in partnership with Medilink Midlands have launched a new funding programme.
The Health Innovation Fund offers support and financial aid (between £5k and £10k) to East Midlands based SMEs or businesses working with a healthcare system partner in our region to further advance innovations that are ready for NHS uptake.
A new guide to innovation implementation, readiness and resourcing has been published sharing practical learning from the Health Innovation Network’s successful adoption and spread of the national Focus ADHD programme.
Despite the impact of the pandemic on non-emergency services the three-year ADHD programme exceeded its targets and by June 2023 had benefited 65,000 young people.