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Report on the real-world evaluation of the Anya app

The evaluation of Anya assessed data from women using Anya, two NHS Trusts, LatchAid Ltd, and, NHS health visitors and midwives.

The report found high acceptance of Anya; increased breastfeeding rates; enhanced breastfeeding confidence; satisfied users; and staff were likely to recommend Anya.

Domiciliary Care Workforce Evaluation

A three-year programme to trial the use of optimisation technology in domiciliary care has identified a number of opportunities for local authorities and care providers to improve the planning of homecare, offering potentially significant benefits for care workers, service users and the social care sector as a whole.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme

The NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme was launched in 2021 to contribute to the recovery from COVID-19, build resilience and deliver benefits to patients. As part of this, Health Innovation West of England worked in partnership with with NIHR ARC-West to evaluate the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

Survey on preparing to implement a digital breastfeeding app, Anya

We worked with Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to support their implementation of Anya, a smartphone parenting and breastfeeding app to help support new mothers and hopefully increase breastfeeding rates in their local communities. As part of a real-world evaluation, a survey was conducted amongst NHS maternity staff to understand their views and surface any concerns in order to inform the rollout.

Report on heart monitor patch, Zio XT

Our evaluation of North Bristol NHS Trust’s implementation of iRhythm’s Zio device shows it has successfully improved system efficiencies by increasing the number of patients completing the diagnostic pathway, decreasing waiting times for monitoring and identifying cardiac arrhythmias that otherwise would have been missed.

Create Open Health: Voices for Change

More than 1 in 5 people in the UK are affected by bladder and bowel conditions. This can happen to anyone, although a number of groups are disproportionately affected.

In this project, we focused on under-represented groups and heard directly from them about the challenges of their lived experiences with bladder and bowel difficulties.