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QbTest - a pioneering project to support diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award for Innovation in Mental Health.
The HSJ Awards were held in London last night (21/11/18) and are the largest and most prestigious healthcare awards in the world. Around 1700 healthcare professionals attended the ceremony to recognise and celebrate excellence in health and care services.
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Latest figures show an additional 6,175 East Midlands patients at high risk of Atrial Fibrillation – a leading cause of serious stroke - are now on anticoagulation treatment.
This represents a 9.7% increase over 12 months and means the East Midlands has the highest anticoagulation treatment rate of any region in England.
These encouraging figures are published by NHS Digital ahead of Global AF Aware Week (19-25 November 2018).
NHS staff with ideas for products or services to improve care, treatment and patient outcomes are being encouraged to apply to the new East Midlands NHS Entrepreneurs Programme.
Starting in January 2019, NHS Entrepreneurs will provide free support and advice to people working in a variety of clinical and scientific roles who want to explore setting up a company or NHS commercial enterprise based on big ideas for transforming aspects of NHS practice.
An innovative East Midlands project to improve diagnosis of liver disease is highlighted in a national report launched today (6/11/18) by Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP.
The ‘Scarred Liver Pathway’ is an East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) supported initiative which aims to diagnose liver disease earlier. It is featured as a case study in a national report published this week giving examples of pioneering NHS sites that are improving patient care through innovation. Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation captures insight and learning from successfully implemented innovations ranging from digital to patient safety devices and models of care.
There is an increasing call for patients, carers and public contributors to be involved on boards and governance committees - reviewing and scrutinising NHS safety and improvement data. However, there is very little training, support, and development for patient leaders in patient safety and improvement.
The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative (EMPSC) is offering a FREE training programme with the first cohort starting on 30 October 2018 for Northamptonshire, with further cohorts available for leaders across the region in 2019.
Community and voluntary groups that offer the vital platforms for patients and the public to shape local health services have received a funding boost from the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN).
Ten not for profit groups and organisations across the region have been awarded £1,500 each to help meet their essential running costs – supporting them to start or continue vital work to increase patient, carer and public involvement in healthcare across the East Midlands.
Seven new NHS Test Beds including the East Midlands are being launched to tackle some of the biggest opportunities and challenges in health and care by testing combinations of innovations in real-world clinical settings.
NHS England, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the AHSN Network have joined forces to launch an ambitious new programme, connecting digital health innovators with pharmaceutical companies to explore new innovations that could help people living with diabetes.
Launched today (4 October 2018), the Diabetes Hothouse is the first initiative arising from the NHS England and ABPI Priority Delivery Agreement launched earlier this year, which seeks to facilitate faster access of new, evidenced based technology for patients.
The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) and Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust have received funding to implement a system-wide early warning tool for acute pathways to allow better response planning.
Recent winters have highlighted challenges for the health and care system in managing high volumes of emergency admissions and patient discharges.
A new national register has been launched to provide NHSorganisations with assurance that industry partners have been assessed and approved against a national framework prior to giving them access to NHS premises.
The Academic Health Science Network has been working with NHS England and industry partners to develop a system for managing life sciences industry personnel access to NHS care settings – a process referred to as ‘credentialing’.