House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee hear evidence on impact of PERIPrem
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The operational clinical lead for the PERIPrem programme, Dr Sarah Bates, has given evidence alongside a panel including Professor David Edwards, Professor of Paediatrics & Neonatal Medicine at Kings College London and Professor Chris Gale, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College London, to the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee. The Committee was appointed…
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PERIPrem webinar highlights: The scope, data and challenges
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PERIPrem stands for ‘Perinatal Excellence to Reduce Injury in Premature Birth’ and is a bundle of 11 interventions launched in 2020 across the South West region that have a significant impact on brain injury and mortality rates in babies born preterm. Implementation of PERIPrem is being encouraged across the rest of the country to help…
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Supporting Economic Growth
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Our commission from the Office for Life Sciences focuses on the creation of a dynamic pipeline of healthcare innovations so that innovative new devices, services, treatments, and medical technologies reach patients faster and to support economic growth in the West of England. Here Alex Leach, Health Innovation West of England’s Deputy Director of Programmes, looks…
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In conversation with Deborah Lee
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Deborah Lee leaves her role as Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals this month, which means she is also stepping down as a Board Member of Health Innovation West of England, a role she has held since we were first licensed as an AHSN back in 2013. We caught up with Deborah recently and asked her…
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Evaluation of SHarED published in BMJ Open Quality
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An evaluation of our work with local hospital trusts to improve outcomes for ‘high impact users’ of emergency departments (EDs) has been published in the BMJ Open Quality journal. In England, patients who attend EDs five or more times a year represent 2% of attendees but account for 11% of attendances. These patients are known…
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Health Innovation West of England publish survey findings on maternity staff views, feelings and experiences of breastfeeding support and technology
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As part of a real-world evaluation of the use of a parenting app, we surveyed maternity staff to understand their views, feelings and experiences around breastfeeding support and the use of technology. We are working with Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to support their implementation of Anya, a smartphone parenting and breastfeeding app…
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Celebrating Black Maternity Matters
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Colleagues from across the West of England and beyond gathered at the Malcolm X Community Centre in Bristol on 7 December for a joyous celebration of our Black Maternity Matters programme and the achievements of all the participants and champions involved in cohorts one and two. Thanks to George Chan at Blue Fire Films for…
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Health Innovation Network driving successful innovation roll out
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A new guide to innovation implementation, readiness and resourcing has been published sharing practical learning from the Health Innovation Network’s successful adoption and spread of the national Focus ADHD programme. Despite the impact of the pandemic on non-emergency services the three-year ADHD programme exceeded its targets and by June 2023 had benefited 65,000 young people.…
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Launch of the Innovate Healthier Together Programme
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Health Innovation West of England is working in partnership with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB) over the next 12 months to deliver an exciting new programme to accelerate the adoption and spread of innovation across, Healthier Together – the local Integrated Care System (ICS). This programme will look at…
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Our name has changed to Health Innovation West of England
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The Government and NHS England have relicensed England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) from 1 October 2023. To better reflect our role as the innovation arm of the NHS, our name has changed to Health Innovation West of England on this date. Celebrating our 10th anniversary this year, the AHSNs have worked locally and…
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