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Thank you to those of you who have already completed our stakeholder survey. There are just two weeks left to provide us with your opinions. Please spare just 10 minutes of your time to help us ensure that our work meets your expectations and addresses the needs of Greater Manchester.
Take me to the survey.
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Next Steps for End-of-Life Research
GM AHSN delivery partners, NIHR CLAHRC Greater Manchester have recently published a report on end-of-life priority setting for Greater Manchester.
The report, which was produced in collaboration with Bury Carers Centre, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria Strategic Clinical Networks, Manchester Carers Forum, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust; aims to shed some light on a largely under-researched area. It sets out the research priorities in Greater Manchester within the scope of national research priorities.
Read the full story on our website.
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 Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network leading growing the community from May 2017
Q is an initiative connecting people with improvement expertise across the UK. Through Q people are coming together to form a community - sharing ideas, enhancing skills and collaborating on improvement projects.
Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network has had an active role in the development of the Q initiative since its inception as ‘5,000 Safety Fellows’. After feeding into the initial design, we helped to recruit founding members to the community who helped co-design and test the initiative during 2015.
The Q community is made of up a diverse range of people including those at the front line of health and social care, patient leaders, managers, researchers, policymakers and others.
The community is growing – over the coming years it is envisaged Q will become a community of thousands of people.
To ensure the community is grown in a manageable way, and to enable the members to contribute to its evolving shape and design, opportunities to join Q are being phased throughout different parts of the UK.
We are continuing to support Q and helping to grow the community in Greater Manchester, as well as supporting and delivering activities and opportunities for members.
Opportunities for people in the region will be open from May 2017. We will be looking for those with commitment to, knowledge of and experience in collaborative improvement.
For further information or to register for updates, please don’t hesitate to contact the Health Foundation via their website or Q@health.org.uk.
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Have you ever wondered how to get your product or service procured by the NHS? The Innovation Nexus has a team of expert advisors to help you through the process. Watch the animation to find out more.
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Corporation Pop and Lucid Group Limited secure Pitch to TITCH innovation funding to work with NHS to improve care for sick children
The funding will be used to drive forward the development of: a virtual guide to reduce anxiety for children visiting hospital; and a new device aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment for children suffering from faecal incontinence.
Provided by GM AHSN and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT), the Pitch to TITCH innovation fund enables industry:NHS collaborators to develop solutions to unmet clinical needs affecting paediatric patients.
TITCH (Technology Innovation Transforming Child Health) is a national consortium, in conjunction with Devices for Dignity, developed to address the problems associated with the niche and often neglected market for technology in the field of child health.
The two selected innovators are:
Corporation Pop, awarded £19,500 to develop a prototype of a patient virtual guide.
Lucid Group Limited, awarded £14,700 to finance a paediatric faecal incontinence diagnostic feasibility investigation.
The funding call, which was launched following a successful workshop event back in March, is operated by TRUSTECH, the North West Innovation Service, and supported by the CMFT Charity.
Read the full story on our website.
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Team Finland - UK NHS Expo
Academic Health Sciences Network Sponsored Innovation Exchange
Next week we are partnering with Yorkshire & Humber AHSN to present at a 2-day event about both the challenges of working in our respective regions, and the benefits of using the support available in the UK to drive successful commercial engagement with the NHS. The event wil be attended by representatives from Finland, who are in Manchester to attend the NHS Expo later in the week. GM AHSN's Sarah Thew will be presenting about our work and about Health & Social Care Devolution in Greater Manchester, and our Procurement Advisor Nick Allen will be highlighting some of the ways we support companies into the NHS.
Presentations will also be given by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research arm of the NHS, about what sort of evidence the NHS requires before entering into discussion around procurement. Attendees will also hear from commercial large commercial companies like Gsk and GE and smaller companies like Orcha about how to work with the NHS to realise patient benefit and commercial return.
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Mental Health & Dementia Learning event - National AHSN Implementation and Adoption Collaboration
Monday, 26th September 2016
09:30 to 16:00 (BST)
The Place Aparthotel, Ducie Street, M1 2TP
The event will provide an opportunity for colleagues to:
- share completed or ongoing mental health projects
- select collaboration projects and how to take them forward
- hear from Professor Tim Kendall, National Clinical Director for Mental Health and Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia and Older Peoples’ Mental Health, NHS England
- align our priorities with the national need and Clinical Director for mental health and dementia priorities
Register here.
NEWMIND SANDPIT #2
22-23 September 2016
Manchester Conference Centre
The EPSRC funded NewMind Network for the development of technologies to support & transform the management and treatment of mental health conditions will be holding its 2nd Sandpit event in September 2016. This event aims to bring together clinicians, researchers, patient representative groups and service users, industry partners and NHS organisations to develop ideas and proposals to submit for funding to the NewMind Plus Stage 1 Feasibility Fund.
To find out more about the NewMind Network and how to join, please click here.
If you have any queries please contact daniel.morley@manchester.ac.uk
MAHSC Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Showcase
28th September
12.00 to 19.30
The Christie
This meeting, hosted by Professor Sir Salvador Moncada, will showcase the best cancer PED research as part of a wider initiative to encourage other researchers to incorporate cancer PED in their work.
The Cancer PED Showcase is open to all university and NHS researchers across northern England, including those not currently involved in cancer research.
Register here.
Haelo Festival of Learning
With a fantastic array of workshops to choose from, Haelo's Festival of Learning will showcase innovative and cutting edge improvement work being undertaken right here in Salford, regionally and nationally. Packed with ticketed events, there’s something for everyone:
Masterclass: The Science of Improvement
- Join internationally renowned expert, Lloyd Provost, for a one-day improvement and innovation programme complete with comprehensive overview of the science of improvement and detailed insight in to its application. Lloyd 'literally wrote the book’ as one of the authors of the Improvement Guide, the textbook for people working in quality improvement.
Find out more
NAAS Workshop: The secret to 'outstanding' nursing care
- Find out about the (not so) secret ingredient which caused the 'outstanding' transformation of nursing culture and safety at Salford Royal NHS – owned and developed by nurses – the Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System or NAAS for short. Find out more
Filmmaking workshop: Lights! Camera! Improvement!
- Digital media has revolutionised the way we live our lives beyond recognition - libraries replaced by online search engines and letters replaced by email. In this learning lab we will look at how film can be used to harvest, manage and share knowledge about improvement. Take your digital status to the next level. Find out more
You can find out more about the Festival on the Haelo website.
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The NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 takes place next week. This event will see thousands of delegates from across the country attending talks, seminars and workshops at Manchester Central.
