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The AHSN Network and LGBT Foundation have joined forces to launch a nationwide call for innovations to help address health inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, many of which have been exacerbated by COVID-19.
Deadline for submissions is 19 April 2021
Today, the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) announces the 12 innovators (‘Fellows’) and innovations selected to join its award-winning programme in 2021.
Find out more about the innovations selected for 2021
The East Midlands and West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (AHSNs) are pleased to be able to offer a small number of funded places on the Information Analysts’ Development Programme.
Apply for the Analyst Development Programme
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an unprecedented level and pace of change in health and care services, with rapid implementation of new pathways and service models, coupled with a dramatic shift to digital and remote provision.
Read the white paper on shaping a sustainable solution post COVID
How to get financial support for developing and commercialising innovation is hugely important to the innovators out there, and it is an area that our teams at East Midlands AHSN are regularly asked about.
Check out the funding for innovators podcast
We have been working with the Lincolnshire Care Association, Lincolnshire CCG/STP and the University of Lincoln to evaluate the impact of a new supply pathway and processes for paracetamol in care homes.
Find out more about the evaluation of paracetamol supply and pathway in care homes
In the first wave of the pandemic, many clinicians found that using pulse oximetry helped with earlier detection of ‘silent hypoxia’ in people with coronavirus. Silent hypoxia is where people have low oxygen levels in the absence of significant shortness of breath.
Listen back to webinar on using pulse oximetry in care homes
Whether you’re an SME (clinical or non-clinical entrepreneur) or established innovator in a large global health tech company, the AHSN Network’s Bridging the Gap online event could provide you with the insights and guidance you need to take things to the next level.
Register for the Bridging the Gap
The NHS East Midlands Imaging Network (EMRAD) have published an insightful report, sharing learnings from their trailblazing project, which used artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to support breast screening.
New report shares key learnings from AI breast screening project
The impact that new innovations has had on the NHS is set out in the Accelerated Access Collaborative’s (AAC) report, Our Year in Focus 2019/20.
New AAC report reveals over 700,000 patients given access to proven innovations