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We are working in collaboration with NHS England on a new Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Digital Pathway Demonstrator. The demonstrator will enable women who suspect they have a UTI to access fast-track testing and treatment without seeing a GP.
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Our East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) care home safety initiative has been announced as the winner of the Patient Safety Education and Training Award at the annual HSJ Patient Safety Awards ceremony. The initiative was also shortlisted for the Patient Safety in the Community and Improving Care for Older People Awards.
SBRI Healthcare have announced the launch of their next funding competition this week (24 June 2019).
Companies and organisations are invited to bid for funding to develop solutions to challenges in:
East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) is today announcing that its Managing Director Mike Hannay will be leaving the organisation at the end of August to take up the position of Managing Director at a new £23 million Medical Technologies Innovation Facility in the East Midlands.
The findings from a survey to identify local NHS innovation and research needs have been published.
The views of local health stakeholders, including clinical leaders, managers and directors, within each AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) region were collected through qualitative interviews with 61 people and a questionnaire which received more than 250 responses in total.
East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) has given two solutions the green light for further development as part of its Rural Health and Care Innovation Exchange.
EMAHSN will support demonstrator projects to test the real-world application and viability of two solutions and their potential for positive impact on the health, care and wellbeing of those living in remote and/or rural settings. The chosen initiatives are:
We're currently recruiting for a Head of Patient Safety on a secondment basis (between one and three years). The post holder will lead on patient safety transformation work across the East Midlands.
This fantastic opportunity will be key to leading and developing the East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative agenda in addition to working on a national scale alongside the country's 15 Academic Health Science Networks.
3D heart modelling to rapidly diagnose coronary disease and an advanced blood test that can cut the time it takes to rule-out a heart attack by 75% are among a raft of technological innovations being introduced for patients across the NHS.
New innovations have already reached 300,000 patients, and speaking at the Reform digital health conference in London today (5 June 2019), NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens will announce that over 400,000 more will benefit this year from new tests, procedures and treatments as part of the Long Term Plan.
We've opened a round of funding totalling £15,000 for community and voluntary sector groups that provide vital support in shaping local health services.
This is our fourth year of providing bursaries to support East Midlands’ voluntary groups that have an impact on patient and public involvement in healthcare.
The East Midlands Digital Health Accelerator is now open to applications for its 2019 cohort. The scheme will support companies to spread their digital health technologies and innovations, with a tailored package of support available to the successful applicants.
Applications to the scheme are invited from all East Midlands digital health innovators, ranging from fully-fledged businesses to those with ideas and concepts for digital health innovations that they would like a platform to develop.