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
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The NHS Innovation Accelerator is recruiting for an Interim Deputy Director on a 1-year fixed-term contract. The Deputy Director will work with the National Director for the NIA to co-lead delivery of the accelerator in partnership with NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), AHSNs and other key stakeholders. The post holder will take on operationalRead 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
East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) has published an evaluation of Dip.io’s urinary tract infection (UTI) digital pathway demonstrator, which shows positive outcomes for women seeking treatment for a UTI. Dip.io was selected to join the NIA in 2017. The below was originally published by EMAHSN. In July 2019, East Midlands AHSN collaborated withRead more
NIA Fellow Ranjit Manchanda (2019) recently published an international study on broadening cancer BRCA gene testing to entire populations, which showed it is cost effective and could prevent millions more cancer cases worldwide. Read an overview of the paper below and find the full text, published in Cancers, here. Screening entire populations for breast andRead more
