Record cancer check referrals welcomed
The news of record numbers of patients coming forward for urological cancer checks has been welcomed by NHS South East’s Medical Director.
Urgent referrals for urological cancers across the South East reached an all-time high in March this year, with over 4300 people checked in that month alone. All four Cancer Alliances in the South East also saw an increase in their urological referrals during the same month. The surge in referrals regionally backs a national increase as almost 25,000 people (24,331) were checked across England during the same time period. The much welcomed increases come following a campaign launched by the NHS and Prostate Cancer UK in February.
NHS South East Medical Director Vaughan Lewis said:
“Lives are being saved thanks to a record-breaking number of patients making a decision to get themselves checked. Often, it won’t be cancer, but if it is finding it earlier makes it easier to treat.
“This is fantastic news, but we’re not complacent and we recognise there is always more we can do to encourage people to come forward, which is why we’re continually investing and working towards faster and earlier diagnosis across all cancers.”
The latest monthly performance figures also showed nationally the NHS saw the highest month on record for total cancer referrals, with more than a quarter of a million people checked in March alone – an almost 40% increase on the number of checks made in March 2020.
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Digital Health Partnership Award open for bids
KSS AHSN is offering support to NHS organisations and companies making bids to the The Digital Health Partnership Award to deliver and accelerate digital health technology projects.
The award is focused on leveraging the value that partnership working can bring in delivering and accelerating digital health technology projects within the NHS.
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AHSN Network launches innovation awards with NHS Confederation
New national awards to celebrate innovation in health and care have been launched by the AHSN Network, working in collaboration with NHS Confederation. The Innovate Awards are focused on celebrating excellence in innovation and transformation across the health and care system. There are 10 award categories as well as a 'winner of winners' award.
Anyone working in integrated care communities, including local authorities, care providers and other NHS health and care services, can enter. These awards represent a golden opportunity to tell the story of those who have collaborated and developed new initiatives against the backdrop of the pandemic.
The 10 award categories open for entry this year are:
• Net Zero Innovation of the Year
• The Diversity in Innovation Award
• Excellence in Patient and Public Involvement in Transformation and Innovation
• Innovation Spread Award
• Best Workforce Innovation
• Innovation Helping Address Health Inequalities
• Outstanding Contribution to Population Health Through Innovation
• Innovative Health System of the Year
• Outstanding Collaboration with Industry
• Enabling Safer Systems of Care Through Innovation.
The final award – Innovation Champion of the Year – will be selected by the judges from across the other category winners.
The closing date for submissions is midnight on 23 June and winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 29 September 2022.
For more information and to enter, please visit the awards website.
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Health and care app expertise shared
In partnership with the Health Innovation Network, KSS AHSN hosted a webinar on health and care apps libraries, including the company ORCHA who have an assessment process for health and care apps and create bespoke apps libraries for health and care systems.
Speakers were from Best For You, a new model of mental health care and support for young people and their families in partnership with Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; the Digital Innovation Group at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; and the Digital Access to Services at Home team at Our Dorset Digital.
Each gave their experience of implementing an ORCHA apps library for a variety of use cases and discussed accessibility, inclusion, patient benefits and more.
A link to the webinar can be found here and you can email Jill Owens, KSS AHSN Programme Manager, for further information.
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Join the AHSN Network at ConfedExpo 2022
Come and find out more about health innovation by visiting the AHSN Network’s Innovation Feature Zone at ConfedExpo 2022.
The Innovation Zone will comprise of a mini-theatre, hosting 13 content sessions about different aspects of health innovation. There will also be a networking space, where you can meet AHSN colleagues and our partners; innovator pods – showcasing 28 health and care innovators that have worked with AHSNs as well as stand presence from our partners in the Life Sciences Hub Wales and the NHS Innovation Accelerator. We will also be joined by the team behind the new NHS Innovation Service, created by NHS England’s Accelerated Access Collaborative.
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Digital Boards: Digital Download May 2022
As the sector emerges from the pandemic, new ways of working are required to support staff and service recovery. Trusts are looking at digital ways of working and quality improvement approaches to transform services. While sometimes considered separate, these approaches share many similarities. These include putting the user at the heart of service design and improvement, empowering teams, and having a test, learn and iterate model for change.
This digital download from NHS Providers' Digital Boards programme explores how boards can connect the dots and create allies in service transformation.
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Putting patients first
A new report based on research and case studies of good practice in combatting digital health inequalities demonstrates the importance in working with patients who are digitally excluded.
Procduced by The Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health, it focuses on digital health inequalities and the impact that digital exclusion is having on health in the UK.
It also looks at four case studies demonstrating unique ways to combat digital health inequalities and improve access, and use of digital health technology for patients.
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SBRI Healthcare - Competition 20
SBRI has launched a call for innovations to support challenges around Health Inequalities in Maternity Care, and Autism and Learning Disabilities. The deadline for applications in both categories is Wednesday 6 July.
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NICE Lipid Management Pathway
The clinical pathway for lipid management has now been updated to include bempedoic acid to primary prevention and Inclisiran into the secondary prevention pathway. This pathway unifies multiple NICE guidance and technology appraisals into a single document to support clinical decision making on lipid management, supporting the NHS Long Term Plan’s ambitions for cardiovascular disease prevention and to improve patient outcomes.
The pathway can be found here.
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Building a business that's NHS ready - new bite sized workshops offer access to expertise
We know that running a health tech business is challenging. From managing your first set of business accounts to driving new growth for your company, from understanding how the NHS works to connecting with the right people, innovators working in health and social care face new challenges at every stage. At KSS AHSN we are here to share our expertise and experience to help you navigate this complex ecosystem.
Our industry team is launching a new series of free, interactive, bite-sized workshops hosted by subject matter experts, to support start-ups, clinical entrepreneurs, and SMEs to manage and grow their business. Our first three bite-sized workshops are focused on the business fundamentals needed to drive and sustain the growth of your company and the key things to make you "NHS ready":
9 June, 10.30 – 12:00: "Understanding your accounts for non-business managers". Online workshop led by Hayley Ross, Financial Controller, KSS AHSN. Book here
4 July, 14:00 – 16: 30: “DTAC / Understanding your regulation requirements”. In person workshop led by Lyndon Johnson, CEO, 8Fold Governance, and Dr Alastair Kirby, Industry Navigator. KSS AHSN. Book here
10 August, 10:00 – 11:30: “Developing your value proposition for health and social care”. Online workshop led by Dr Alastair Kirby, Industry Navigator KSS AHSN. Book here
To find out more about how KSS AHSN can support your business or innovation drop us an email at kssahsn.bridgingthegap@nhs.net
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Behold.AI wins UK’s most prestigious life science innovation award
Congratulations to Behold.AI on winning Best UK Digital Health Solution at the Prix Galien awards ceremony on 12th May for their red dot® clinical analysis software. Pictured above are (L-R) Dr Tom Naughton, Chief Medical Officer & Consultant Radiologist, and Simon Rasalingham, CEO, Chairman & Cofounder, Behold.AI.
The red dot® artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm is a pioneering software as a medical device that can process adult (18+) frontal chest x-rays and flag a suspected nodule or mass to a radiologist within 30 seconds. Patients with chest x-rays that show potential lung cancer can then be prioritised for further examination and a same-day CT. With the technology, the time from initial scan to referral under current standards of care is reduced to 1 hour 40 minutes, supporting NHS Trusts to meet the 28-day cancer diagnosis target.
Nuala Foley, Portfolio Lead: Commercial and Partnerships, KSS AHSN, said "We at KSS AHSN are delighted to be able to congratulate Behold AI on their recent and much deserved success. It has been very rewarding to watch this company grow and develop in their ability to tackle real challenges facing the NHS through innovation and specifically AI. We look forward to their future development and supporting them in their journey."
To find out more about how we can support innovators, please drop us an email
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Innovator support day - videos published
Our Innovator Support Day was a pilot that brought together a small number of companies that we’ve been supporting to share experiences and knowledge, with a particular focus on addressing health inequalities.
We were also joined by our colleagues at Centric Health Media who recorded short interviews with each of the innovators. All the videos from the day have now been published and are a great chance to find out more about some of the incredible work they're doing and the impact they're making:
Healthcare task management featuring Infinity Health
Making healthcare one language featuring CardMedic
More accessible ear and hearing healthcare featuring Tympa Health
Driving early intervention for children's speech and langauge therapy featuring Kids Speech Labs
Using safe AI to improve NHS lung cancer care featuring Behold.AI
Reducing health inequalities and digital exclusion featuring Cenigma
Total surgery solution featuring Definition Health
To find out more about how KSS AHSN can support your business or innovation, drop us an email at kssahsn.bridgingthegap@nhs.net
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KQ Labs accepting applications
KQ Labs is a five-month accelerator programme for exciting early-stage start-ups using data as a core part of their business model to improve human health, run by the Francis Crick Institute and funded by LifeArc.
The programme is aimed at early-stage data-driven health entrepreneurs looking for support to validate their ideas and develop their business goals in a supportive and enriching environment.
Find out more
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AHSN Network Funding Newsletter
We bring you the very latest edition of this comprehensive list of funding and grant news for start-ups, SMEs and health innovators has just been published.
Click here to access a range of funding opportunities
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Professor Sally Kendall, ARC KSS Research Capacity Lead, introduces this year's Research Week which reflects equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms and how it is important for applied research, researchers across all professions and disciplines and engaging with the public.
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Funded scholarship opportunities
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex is looking for students who are enthusiastic about applied health and social care research and can become part of the research communities within ARC KSS and the University of Kent.
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PPE innovation forum
Various dates and locations to the end of June 2022
A series of events across England for front-line health and care staff to share their views and experience to inform the development of the next generation of PPE. They aim to create a forum for dialogue, learning and innovation to support the development of new PPE and cleaning/decontamination products.
These events are led by CleanAIR in partnerships with the NHS.
The event for the South East is in Brighton on 28 June. Find out more
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NIHR innovation showcase
17 June, 09.00 - 13.00 - online
This free-of-charge event will offer the opportunity to listen to some of today’s most disruptive innovations in the UK supported by NIHR i4i, NHS England and NHS Improvement Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare, NHS Cancer Programme and the NHS AI Lab, AAC and NIHR sponsored AI in Health and Care Award.
It will include networking with entrepreneurs, investors, the NIHR Innovations team and a number of stakeholders who catalyse and spread innovation in the healthcare and medtech ecosystem.
Please save the date in your calendar and register your interest
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A practical guide to human factors in healthcare
17 June, 10.00 - 17.00 - online
Aimed at clinicians and managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process and safety.
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How SMEs can engage corporate partners, patients and the public
23 June, 12.00 - 15.00 - online
Health Innovation Manchester are offering a new series of events bringing opportunities for collaboration with big corporations to local SMEs. The first event showcases Johnson and Johnson Innovation
Register here
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NIHR Fellowship event
29 June, 10.00 - 13.00 - online
NIHR Research Design Service South East's Fellowship Event is open to anyone across Kent, Surrey and Sussex who is considering applying for one of the NIHR fellowships.
The aim of the day is to raise awareness and understanding of the various NIHR Fellowship opportunities amongst clinicians, practitioners and researchers.
Speak to your RDS SE Research Adviser or email A.Lux@brighton.ac.uk for more details, or book your place via Eventbrite
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People, technology, equality, experience: how technology-enabled remote monitoring is changing lives
29 June, 10.00 - 16.00 - online
This Innovation Collaborative event aims to explore challenges and discuss the next steps towards empowering people from all walks of life to benefit from technology-enabled remote monitoring.
Find out more and register for a free place
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Discover the AHSN Network support offer for innovators
30 June, 11.00 - 12.00 - online
The Association of British Healthtech Industries (ABHI) is hosting a joint webinar with the AHSN Network on Thursday 30 June, 11am-12pm, to promote the support that AHSNs can offer innovators, and introduce the new NHS Innovation Service from NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC). If you have an innovation that could transform lives and need support to reach healthcare leaders, register here to find out more.
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SEHTA 2022 International MedTech Expo and Conference
13 October - London
Register today for South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) 2022 International MedTech Expo and Conference, on Thursday 13 October 2022 in London. An early-bird delegate offer to attend, with prices starting from £225+VAT for SEHTA members, is available until 30 June.
Find out more and book
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