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In response to COVID-19, three additional East Midlands trusts have accelerated their uptake of a specialist software that enables trusts to communicate changes in patient’s medication to their local community pharmacy so they can receive additional support.
East Midlands medicines programme accelerates during COVID-19
Last year, NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Office for Life Sciences commissioned research to explore and evaluate the views of AHSN stakeholders. The aim of the research was to understand our strengths, opportunities and any issues that can be improved on.
Feedback reports published following AHSN stakeholder survey
England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks have teamed up with NHS Confederation and the Health Foundation to share knowledge around the critical role of innovation in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
EMAHSN joins with NHS Confederation to launch ‘Reset’ campaign
The Royal College Of Psychiatrists has made available change packages to address key areas of practice they've identified as requiring significant change for those working in mental health services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Royal College Of Psychiatrists communication change package
A toolkit for healthcare staff has been published by the National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) in collaboration with the AHSN Network and the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to support healthcare staff who are looking after patients with tracheostomies.
Safe tracheostomy care toolkit for healthcare staff
Several resources have been produced with the view to support care homes and their staff effectively deal with deterioration among patients and residents.
The COVID-19 pandemic raises challenges for care home residents, their families and the staff that look after them. Some people are more at risk than others of becoming unwell very quickly and developing serious illnesses, this is known as deterioration. It is important, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak that those who care for individuals who are at risk know how to spot the signs of deterioration.
Deterioration in Care Homes resources available
The East Midlands and West Midlands Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) are working together to provide support for GP practices to scale up Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
Scaling up Electronic Repeat Dispensing across the Midlands
The AHSN Network partnered with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to deliver a webinar focusing on primary care in care homes during COVID-19.
This is the second joint webinar from the RCGP and the AHSN Network, with the first titled COVID-19: Patient assessment and the role of physiology and oximetry. Access this first webinar here.
Listen to RCGP webinar - primary care in care homes during COVID-19
ChatHealth, a safe and secure messaging service which allows users to have conversations with health professionals via their mobile devices, has achieved 100% coverage across public health teams serving young people in the East Midlands.
ChatHealth services reaches 100% coverage in the East Midlands
A new online package is available to support NHS staff and healthcare students with psychological wellbeing during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The package has been developed by Dr Holly Blake (University of Nottingham) in collaboration with the University of Leicester. It contains information, advice and tips from experts and signposting around:
Online package available to support psychological wellbeing of NHS staff