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New initiative launches to spark innovations in health and care services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

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An exciting new community of innovation pioneers and change-makers is forming to reimagine local health and care services as part of the Innovate Healthier Together programme. Health Innovation West of England, in partnership with NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB), has launched the new Innovate Healthier Together Fellowship. The…

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Supporting the introduction of a digital solution offering vital support for local people with COPD

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Thousands of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are able to benefit from a new digital scheme launched to provide more support at home. Living Well with COPD has been launched by Healthier Together, the Integrated Care System in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, to support people with COPD.  Health Innovation West of…

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Health Innovation West of England sponsors regional health tech award

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We’re sponsoring the Delivering Innovation into Health and Care Award at this year’s Medilink South West Awards.  The awards, which recognise health tech innovation in the region, will be held on Wednesday 27 April onboard the SS Great Britian in Bristol. Winners of the regional awards will automatically be entered into the National Medilink Awards…

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Unique research collaboration highlights innovative approaches for post-pandemic healthcare

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A new report outlines the findings of 14 projects which identified and tested promising innovations to support post-pandemic ways of working in the NHS. The NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme was launched in 2021 to contribute to the recovery from COVID-19, build resilience and deliver benefits to patients. Health innovation networks (HINs) and the National Institute…

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House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee hear evidence on impact of PERIPrem

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The operational clinical lead for the PERIPrem programme, Dr Sarah Bates, has given evidence alongside a panel including Professor David Edwards, Professor of Paediatrics & Neonatal Medicine at Kings College London and Professor Chris Gale, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London, to the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee. The Committee was appointed…

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PERIPrem webinar highlights: The scope, data and challenges

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PERIPrem stands for ‘Perinatal Excellence to Reduce Injury in Premature Birth’ and is a bundle of 11 interventions launched in 2020 across the South West region that have a significant impact on brain injury and mortality rates in babies born preterm. Implementation of PERIPrem is being encouraged across the rest of the country to help…

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Supporting Economic Growth

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Our commission from the Office for Life Sciences focuses on the creation of a dynamic pipeline of healthcare innovations so that innovative new devices, services, treatments, and medical technologies reach patients faster and to support economic growth in the West of England. Here Alex Leach, Health Innovation West of England’s Deputy Director of Programmes, looks…

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In conversation with Deborah Lee

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Deborah Lee leaves her role as Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals this month, which means she is also stepping down as a Board Member of Health Innovation West of England, a role she has held since we were first licensed as an AHSN back in 2013. We caught up with Deborah recently and asked her…

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Evaluation of SHarED published in BMJ Open Quality

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An evaluation of our work with local hospital trusts to improve outcomes for ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments (EDs) has been published in the BMJ Open Quality journal. In England, patients who attend EDs five or more times a year represent 2% of attendees but account for 11% of attendances. These patients are known…

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Health Innovation West of England publish survey findings on maternity staff views, feelings and experiences of breastfeeding support and technology

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As part of a real-world evaluation of the use of a parenting app, we surveyed maternity staff to understand their views, feelings and experiences around breastfeeding support and the use of technology. We are working with Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS)  to support their implementation of Anya, a smartphone parenting and breastfeeding app…

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