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80% of the world’s healthcare professionals have reported that their patient’s mental health has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic [i]. There is growing concern that ADHD care is compromised as patients have not been able to make clinic visits during lockdown. ADHD is strongly associated with anxiety and other related disorders and in a recentRead more

This blog was originally published by the AHSN Network on 27 August 2020. Following the recent release of Simon Stevens’ letter addressing the third phase of NHS response to COVID-19, NHS Innovation Accelerator  (NIA) Deputy Director, Laura Boyd, reflects on the opportunities for innovation. I have had the enormous privilege of supporting NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellows andRead more

Mark Lomax, PEP Health (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 21 September 2020.  Mark Lomax is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and CEO of PEP Health, a platform that analyses real-world, real-time patient feedback. Here he reflects on the spike in NHS patientRead more

Paul Upton, MyPreOp (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 1 September 2020.  Dr Paul Upton is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and CEO of Ultramed Ltd, the creator of the MyPreOp® patient-driven online pre-operative assessment platform. Here he reflects on his experience as an innovator duringRead more

Caroline Gadd, MaST (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 16 September 2020.  Caroline Gadd is an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and Director of Otsuka Health Solutions. Here she writes about how her innovation, Management and Supervision Tool (MaST), has adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. When theRead more

Ahmed Shahrabani, Locum’s Nest (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 3 September 2020. Dr Ahmed Shahrabani is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and the co-founder of Locum’s Nest, a total workforce management system, which he worked closely with Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN to grow. Here he writesRead more

On 14 September 2020, the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) hosted a webinar featuring an introduction by Hilary Tovey, NHS England NHS Improvement Deputy Head of Mental Health and Programme Lead of the Digital Mental Health Programme, and several NIA Fellows speaking to their learning from working in mental health through COVID-19.   During the session,Read more

2020 NIA innovation Locum’s Nest recently launched 4 new products! Locum’s Nest has announced the NHS’s first total workforce solution for temporary staffing within hospital Trusts and General Practice. The company believes this move will radically transform temporary staffing management and help ensure it reaches its new target of saving the NHS £1.5 billion duringRead more

NIA Alumna Bernadette Porter MBE, CEO of NeuroResponse, shares her reflections on responding innovatively to the COVID-19 crisis. NeuroResponse rapidly created a new @home service for monitoring blood for people with MS to ensure patients continued to receive the care they needed. This blog was originally published by UCLPartners. At the end of April duringRead more

NIA Fellow and co-founder of the UK’s fastest growing digital pharmacy Echo, Stephen Bourke has spent his time during the COVID-19 lockdown thinking about his customers. Realising that HealthTech founders tend to be 30 to 40 years younger than the patients they serve, he explains below why innovators should use this experience to gain aRead more