On Thursday 23 October we were delighted to welcome eight companies onto the second year of our West of England Commercialisation Academy, designed to support health and care innovators whose products and services offer potential for wider adoption and scale. Run in partnership with Triple Chasm, the eight-week programme will help each of the companies…
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Patient safety teams across England gained invaluable insights into effective patient care escalation systems earlier this month during a Health Innovation Network webinar featuring Shaune Gifford, Programme Manager for Ryan’s Rule, Queensland Health in Australia. The webinar focused on Queensland Health’s introduction of ‘Ryan’s Rule’, a safety net process that served as a precursor for…
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Innovation Insights is a series of free-to-attend webinars about the latest opportunities to improve patient outcomes and drive system improvements through health innovation, designed and delivered by the health innovation networks. Featuring examples of the latest health innovations tackling unmet NHS need, aligned with the three national shifts and ambitions of the 10 Year Health…
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Developed by nurses in the Emergency Department at Great Western Hospitals (GWH) NHS Foundation Trust, UniWee™ is an innovative device that has been commercialised in collaboration with Omni-Pac to provide female patients who are unable to walk with a dignified, pain-free way to urinate whilst sitting or lying down. As part of our support to…
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As the Health Innovation Network’s Polypharmacy: Getting the Balance Right programme – which we have led on behalf of the Network – draws to a close, a suite of new reports highlights its transformative impact on patient safety and clinical practice across England. The programme has successfully engaged with over 12,000 healthcare professionals to support…
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At Health Innovation West of England, we support innovators and the health and care system to develop and deploy innovations that improve healthcare. With more services moving online, it is essential we understand how digital health tools are experienced by people who are often excluded from shaping services. We are inviting VCSE sector organisations in…
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