Our support to partners re COVID-19

The work of the Innovation Agency continues to support our local systems to meet the challenges created by the pandemic. This includes a focus on curating successful innovations in mental health, pulmonary rehabilitation and CVD; and providing coaching and improvement programmes.

Innovation Agency Exchange

The latest products selected for inclusion on our Innovation Agency Exchange website include the following which are particularly relevant during the pandemic:
 
Rehab Guru – an exercise tool for prescribing by physiotherapists and clinicians in the community, without the need for physical contact.

Elevated Body Temperature Detection Thermographic CCTV – can identify people displaying a raised body temperature, allowing discreet monitoring of people entering and moving around facilities.

Woundworks – combines precise camera technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning to transform a smart device into a digital wound management platform.

innovationagencyexchange.org.uk

COVID-19 research across North West Coast

The Innovation Agency, Lancashire and South Cumbria SEED Health Alliance and the NIHR ARC North West Coast are contributing to a system-wide COVID-19 lessons learned programme, by gathering data from people across the region and evaluating responses to make recommendations for  future practice. This will complement a significant amount of work being undertaken by all organisations.

To find out more about how your organisation can get involved, contact David.Nutter@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk.

NHS appointments by video – a temporary fix or here to stay?

Many hospital outpatient appointments are now taking place by video, using the website Attend Anywhere. This webinar brings together three paediatricians in Lancashire and South Cumbria; a patient and parent; and the NHS England and Improvement digital lead for the region, to look at how it’s working – and whether it will continue post COVID-19.
 

Learn how to develop an ‘Innovator’s Mindset’

A 12 week foundation course from our Coaching Academy, ‘Innovator’s Mindset’ is offered to curious individuals seeking to develop or reaffirm a mindset for innovative thinking and behaviours.

As well as online modules there will be a weekly forum chat and virtual coaching and collaboration session every Wednesday from 11.00 to 12.00.

REGISTER NOW     eventbrite.co.uk
before 24 July.

For more information contact: coach@innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

Excellence in Supply Awards – nominate now ★

Applications are invited for our annual NHS in the North Excellence in Supply Awards. We want to hear inspirational stories of partnerships between NHS organisations and companies, social enterprises and charities helping to provide great patient care in the North of England.


Find out more ►  innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

UKRI £18.6m boost for Liverpool-led infections bid

A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine-led consortium has received £18.6m from UK Research and Innovation Strength in Places Fund, for an innovative project delivering integrated therapeutic solutions for human infections.

It will be matched with £95m from other public, private sector and philanthropic organisations. It is one of only seven projects approved and the only one in the North of England.

LSTM’s consortium partners are Liverpool University Hospitals; Evotec; the AMR Centre; Unilever UK and the University of Liverpool. Find out more here.


Find out more ►  lstmed.ac.uk

Call for next cohort of NHS Innovation Fellows

The next call for NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellows is due to launch in September.

This award-winning initiative supports individuals with proven, impactful innovations, in a partnership between NHS England/NHS Improvement and the Innovation Agency and AHSN Network.

In the North West Coast there are four Fellows – Liz Ashall-Payne of Orcha; Dave Burrows of Damibu; Charles MacKinnon of Continuing Healthcare; and the most recent Fellow, Lee Omar of Safe Steps.

Follow on Twitter for updates on dates and themes, @NHSAccelerator and find out more at nhsaccelerator.com.

Find out more ►  nhsaccelerator.com

Patient safety support during COVID-19

We are offering resources and support to help those working in care homes, primary care and pharmacies in the North West Coast, in their response to COVID-19.
 

Safe tracheostomy care toolkit

A toolkit for healthcare staff was published by the National Tracheostomy Safety Project in collaboration with the AHSN Network and the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to support healthcare staff who are looking after patients with tracheostomies.

One of our Patient Safety Team, Katie Whittle, helped to create the toolkit.

Access the toolkit ►  ahsnnetwork.com

Watch a recorded webinar from the Intensive Care Society about tracheostomy care.

Support for healthcare workers’ wellbeing

This extract from a forthcoming report on learning from deaths across the 15 Academic Health Science Networks and Patient Safety Collaboratives provides reflections on promoting staff wellbeing and some examples of good practice.

You can download the extract, which includes links to many useful resources and it has also been added to our patient safety COVID-19 pages on the AHSN Network website.
 

Barriers to information sharing

21 September 11.30-13.00

This is an event for our community of Innovation Scouts which is open to all. It will explore some of the innovative solutions for data and information sharing in health and care.
 
Register now ►  innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

Recorded webinars

Matching research to health system needs

This recorded webinar from Oxford AHSN explores how England’s evolving research and innovation infrastructure is working to match health system needs.

Watch now ►  hsruk.org

Patient education innovations

Explore useful examples of innovation to support patient education; and find out how to identify communities of practice that include patient and public representatives, in this Innovation Scouts recorded webinar.

Watch now ►  youtube.com

Podcasts

Coaching Academy playlist

A new series of short podcasts from the Innovation Agency Coaching Academy is now available.

Around ten minutes each, the podcasts cover: Why Coaching; Liberating Structures; Psychological Safety; a Growth Mindset; Dupont’s Dirty Dozen; and How to Develop a Culture of Innovation.

Adult mental health innovations
 

The latest podcast from the AHSN Network Innovation Exchange features three mental health innovators; Vicki Haworth from Isorropia Foundation; Louise Morpeth of Brain in Hand; and Caroline Gadd of MaST.
 

Listen now ► ahsninnovationexchange.co.uk

Blogs

Read now ►  innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

Home not so sapiens
by Dr Bina Rawal

Read now ►  ahsnnetwork.com

Working differently
by Innovation Agency Chief Executive Dr Liz Mear

The pandemic has shown the NHS can adopt and drive change rapidly
by Professor Gary Ford, Vice Chair of the AHSN Network and Chief Executive of Oxford AHSN

Personal stories about digital changes during COVID-19

Read now ►  innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

Online network keeps kidney patients connected
by Tara Bashford

Read now ►  innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk

Comms Team in the thick of it
by Christine Hughes of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS FT

Training our amazing people to do amazing things
by Keren Jamieson of AFG