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Summer newsletter - August 2023 | |
Welcome to our summer newsletter. We already have many achievements to be proud of from the first half of 2023. We have helped to launch a trail of green technology in primary care, supported the development of a digital menopause support programme and celebrated a year of collective impact through the national Blood Pressure Optimisation programme.
If you would like to hear more about our impact, the recent publication of our 2022/23 impact review shares the story behind our work from over the last year. We are proud of the difference we have made, and my thanks go to our partners who make this work possible by striving to improve health and care in the Eastern region.
In July, we celebrated alongside the NHS as it marked 75 years of service. Since the establishment of the NHS, we have seen tremendous developments in healthcare, including many world firsts – the world’s first test-tube baby, the world’s first heart, lung and liver transplant, the world’s first laser surgery on babies in the womb and the world’s first COVID-19 vaccination programme.
With the recent announcement of the government and NHS England’s intention to relicense England’s 15 Academic Health Networks, we look forward to continuing to support the diverse healthcare requirements of the Eastern region while aligning to NHS priorities to meet the areas of greatest health need as we begin our next chapter under a new name.
Piers Ricketts Chief Executive, Eastern AHSN | |
Eastern AHSN impact review 2022/23 | |
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Our annual impact review highlights how we have worked in partnership with the health and care innovation community to turn great ideas into positive health impact. Told largely in the words of the people we have collaborated with, topics include: | |
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The NHS turns 75 The National Health Service (NHS) marked 75 years since it was established on 5 July– becoming the first universal health system to offer free medical care to the entire population. Tendai Nzirawa, Maternity Clinical Improvement Lead, Eastern AHSN, joined colleagues and partners from across the NHS at the celebratory service, held at Westminster Abbey, to mark the incredible milestone. As we couldn’t join Tendai at the service, we spoke to colleagues across Eastern AHSN to share what the NHS means to them. | New app is streamlining genomic investigations Our partners at NHS East GMSA have launched QGenome across the East Midlands and the East of England. The NHS England-funded app offers clinicians readily-accessible, evidence-based clinical guidance and a streamlined mechanism to instigate genomic investigations and onward referrals. | Therapeutic digital intervention shortlisted for awards Lumi Nova, created by BfB Labs, has been shortlisted for two categories in the Innovate Awards. Eastern AHSN, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and BfB Labs have worked together to evaluate the impact of Lumi Nova in providing accessible and timely therapeutic intervention to children with anxiety. | |
Are you a problem solver, creative thinker, or innovator in the NHS?
The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) is a widely-admired free programme for clinical and non-clinical NHS staff to help them develop and scale their idea for patient benefit. Now in its sixth year, this initiative provides a programme of learning which supports entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.
To date, the programme has supported over 850 NHS staff with their innovation journeys, raised over £850 million of funding and helped to retain 283 staff in the NHS. Applications for Cohort 8 will open on 2 October 2023.
Get your application ready by joining their CEP Prep events. | New resources for professionals in stroke care Have you seen the latest resources on the stroke forum repository?
A collection of new resources has been added including, toolkits and guidance, latest research, national guidelines as well as learning opportunities. If you missed the first four stroke forum learning sessions, these are available to watch on our website.
Each session draws on a range of expert speakers to cover topics in alignment with the Stroke-Specific Education Framework. | | | |
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Gut reaction
By combining trusted research environments, we can better understand conditions and genetic factors that determine a treatment’s effectiveness and find the most appropriate way to get the best and quickest outcome for patients. Read how Eastern AHSN collaborated with partners to deliver the Health Data Research Hub for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) to enable researchers to use the pooled data to support important research into IBD. | |
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Detecting atrial fibrillation remotely
Eastern AHSN brokered a pilot of a new remote Atrial Fibrillation (AF) detection pathway in partnership with West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WSH) to prevent potentially avoidable strokes. | |
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Innovation challenge: rare diseases | |
Do you have a digital solution or idea that could help relieve some of the everyday challenges faced by those living with rare conditions? | |
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CamRARE and Eastern AHSN are bringing a live innovation challenge to RAREsummit23, inviting the audience be the final judges. The overall winner will receive support from Eastern AHSN and CamRARE to help develop their innovation into the healthcare system. You have until 4 September to respond. Submissions will be scored by an expert panel and the five highest scoring will be invited to present live at RAREsummit23 on 12 October 2023.
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How much does the general public know about their blood pressure?
Around one in three adults in the UK has high blood pressure and according to Blood Pressure UK around six million people in the UK have high blood pressure and don’t know it. Katherine Cummergen, Senior Advisor, shares what we learned from a survey of over 700 people about blood pressure optimisation. | |
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Defining a regulatory strategy for your innovation
Avoiding stumbling blocks on your route-to-market journey. Timothy Bubb, Technical Director, IMed Consultancy, and Ashleigh Batchen, Head of Regulatory Affairs, British In Vitro Diagnostic Association (BIVDA), discuss the importance of considering regulatory strategy when developing your innovation. | |
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Overcoming obstacles to securing grant funding
Esther Lawrence, Senior Business Development Manager, TBAT Innovation, uncovers the tools for success when applying for grant funding. | |
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AHSN Network Health Innovation Podcast The AHSN network has launched a series of ConfedExpo 2023 speaker interviews on their Health Innovation podcast, covering topics on: | |
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Value proposition toolkit Learn how to build your value proposition and translate an innovation into a clear value-based solution to meet an unmet need. | | | |
Digital framework and development toolkit This toolkit provides essential guidance on digital health technology frameworks and digital standards. | | | |
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Scale up academy open for applications
The Scale-Up Academy is a programme developed by Eastern AHSN in partnership with the Triple Chasm Company to help tackle the healthcare scale-up challenge. The programme brings together company leadership teams, our advisors, members of the Triple Chasm team and selected domain experts to help develop high-impact commercialisation plans. Applications close 15 August 2023. | |
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Thank you for supporting us as we continue to turn great ideas into positive health impact.
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