Robert Berry, Head of Innovation at Kent, Surrey, Sussex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) reflects on the crucial difference between ‘cost effective’ and ‘affordable.’ Andrew Dillon, CEO of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), recently highlighted the difference between ‘cost effective’ and ‘affordable’: “Something being cost-effective is not the same as beingRead more
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UCLPartners is inviting trusts from across its partnership to apply to be part of an exciting pilot of innovative respiratory rate monitor, RespiraSense. One of 37 evidence-based innovations currently being supported to spread by the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), RespiraSense is the world’s only continuous and motion-tolerant respiratory rate monitor. It improves quality of careRead more
The first three in a series of nine new films about digital health innovations in the NHS have been launched, as part of #NHS70DigitalWeek. Produced by the AHSN Network and NHS England, the films show some of the latest ways the NHS is using digital technology to empower people to take control of their healthRead more
Warren* is a medical student who suffers from anorexia nervosa. Changing universities during the course of his studies caused complications with receiving timely treatment due to long waiting periods. Then Warren* was signed up for FREED (First episode & Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders) . “I first had problems in my fourth year at university.Read more
Kevin* woke up one morning to find his knee swollen to twice its size. Six weeks later, and suffering a lot of pain, he was diagnosed with arthritis Whilst waiting for a diagnosis Kevin* was given Ibuprofen gel for the pain. It would take about ten minutes to get out of bed and get his legsRead more
