@katced.bsky.social
Leading on Patient Safety and Improvement at HIN Oxford and Thames Valley @healthinnovox.bsky.social, working on how to improve all sorts of care in the NHS, with a particular interest in maternity services
A big thank you to the 46 pregnant volunteers who helped us run the 1st session of a new training programme for doctors to better predict & prevent preterm birth with @ouhospitals.bsky.social. One of them said: "I want to help other mums and babies."
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Our evaluation shows the Concentric digital consent tool has benefits for patients, efficiency & cost savings at @ouhospitals.bsky.social (ophthalmology) & @buckshealthcare.bsky.social (obstetrics/gynaecology), and makes case for wider implementation.
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Recordings are now available of our webinars with
@ouhospitals.bsky.social to help healthcare professionals provide better counselling support to parents facing up to the challenge of their babies being born too soon.
Read more: healthinnovationoxford.org/news-and-eve...
Headshot of Amelia James with the quote "The NHS's Net Zero goal is reshaping procurement. Innovators need to keep up." Free NHS Net Zero workshop | 24 July | Online
The NHS is legally bound to hit Net Zero by 2045. If you’re a health innovator, this affects you.
Join our free workshop on 24 July to learn what NHS Net Zero means for suppliers.
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#WorldEnvironmentDay #NetZeroNHS
MYTH: Health economics is just about cost-cutting.
🚫 It’s not. It’s about proving value - outcomes, cost-effectiveness, NHS fit.
Our free guide helps health tech innovators use health economics the right way - early, strategically, and with impact.
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In the style of a magazine cover, test reads: Your month updates on health innovation. May 2025. Innovation, unlocked. Stories listed: Asthma innovation in focus. The future of NHS care. Less wait, more care.
Our latest newsletter is here! Packed with expert insights, funding news and practical support for innovators and healthcare professionals.
Read the full newsletter: mailchi.mp/healthinnova...
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We can only meet the challenges facing the NHS by harnessing innovation.
Find out how we’re addressing the government’s 3 key shifts in our latest blog. www.healthinnovationoxford.org/news-and-eve...
@healthinnovnetwork.bsky.social
Bringing innovation into the NHS isn’t easy. From unclear funding to fragmented decision-making, here are 5 common challenges we see trip up great ideas.
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#HealthTech #NHSInnovation
Developing a healthcare innovation?
You need more than clinical results - you need a clear economic case too.
Our free guide explains when and how to engage health economics experts.
Download now: www.healthinnovationoxford.org/news-and-eve...
#HealthEconomics #Innovation #MedTech #NHS
6 years ago hardly any stroke units in England were using AI brain imaging. Now they all are.
Join us TOMORROW (Tuesday 18 March, 1300-1400) to find out the secrets of this successful digital transformation – and how to incorporate AI technology into other patient pathways. 1/3
Today we're hosting our annual #MatNeoSharedLearning event.
For the past 11 years this network has been inspiring and supporting dedicated NHS teams from across our region to deliver the best care to mothers and babies.
📸 Photo shows some of our patient safety team who put the programme together.
New government guidance on digital mental health technology. Does your product qualify as a medical device? What’s its risk class? Find out what this means for you.
🔍 Insights from Matt Williams at HIOTV.
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#MedTech #HealthInnovation
Headshot of Tracey Marriott, Director of Clinical Innovation Adoption, Health innovation Oxford and Thames Valley. Quote says NHS staff at all levels understand their daily challenges – and often have solutions. This programme helps turn them into reality.
5️⃣ fully funded places available on new Masters level module for NHS innovators in Thames Valley and Frimley regions.
Apply by 14 March 2025. In-person programme delivered by Bucks New University across 6 full days starting 9 April.
Details here: www.healthinnovationoxford.org/our-work/ado...
🚀 Funding alert for healthcare innovators!
Funding is open for medical devices, diagnostics, digital health & AI-driven solutions. Don’t miss your chance to secure support for your innovation.
🔗 Explore opportunities: www.healthinnovationoxford.org/news-and-eve...
#HealthcareInnovation #HealthTech
Preterm antenatal counselling is important, is difficult but can be taught @healthinnovox.bsky.social are facilitating 2 webinars by clinical experts for healthcare professionals to develop skills & confidence to communicate with parents to help them make decisions. Register via URL or scan QR code
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Our February newsletter includes details of the latest events, case studies and support - as well as opportunities to secure funding and free training.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: We need an experienced Executive Assistant/Office Manager.
This is a permanent, full-time post with NHS terms and conditions (NHS AfC pay band 6). Flexible options available.
Apply by 31 January 2025.
➡️ jobs.ouh.nhs.uk/job/v6800233
Influences on safety of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring practices: a scoping review. New out from @thisinstitute.bsky.social, offering a review of 142 articles and 14 reports structured using the Yorkshire Contributory Factors framework bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...
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FREE! 60-minute polypharmacy online training for healthcare professionals on how to safely stop inappropriate medicines.
Delivered with BOB, Frimley & BLMK ICBs.
📅 30 January, 1200-1300 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e3bc84...
Or
📅 25 March, 1200-1300 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1cb7ca...
📢 We're recruiting!
We're looking for a Senior Programme Manager to join our Community Involvement and Workforce Innovation team.
➡️ Full time post, flexible options.
➡️ NHS pay and conditions.
➡️ Apply by 10 January 2025.
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#HealthInnovationWorks
Baby Luna's birth at 24 weeks placed her in a very high risk group of babies. In this film Dr Eleri Adams @ouhospitals.bsky.social highlights the importance of multiple small interventions which made a huge difference to her outcome @nhsgirft.bsky.social @michelleeast.bsky.social
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ICYMI: “This is great example of how every day in the NHS, staff in maternity & neonatal services make sure premature babies get the best possible start in life” @KatCEdwards
🎥 Follow Luna’s amazing journey after her mum's labour started at 24 weeks
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I'm really proud of the work @eileendudley10.bsky.social, @healthinnovox.bsky.social and the teams in our region have done to improve the chances of preterm babies like Luna who was born at 24 weeks. Using #QISky methods to increase the use of small interventions that can help these babies survive
12.12.2024 11:33 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Babies born too soon are getting the best possible start in life thanks to a package of interventions applied by @healthinnovox.bsky.social working with NHS England and a regional network of maternity and neonatal units.
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This short video features some of those highly skilled health professionals, Rebecca and her partner Alan, and, of course, their daughter Luna! 2/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPtR...
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Follow little Luna’s amazing start in life after her mum Rebecca went into labour just over halfway through her pregnancy.
We worked with NHS maternity and neonatal staff to make sure they got the right care in the right place at the right time. 1/3
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Happy child in arms of woman with man's head partially in the image. Smaller image of healthcare worker with older woman. Health Innovation Network Local change, National impact. Impact Report 2023-24. With logos of NHS, Office for Life Sciences and Accelerated Access Collaborative
A new report outlines how local change involving England’s 15 health innovation networks (HINs) led to national impact benefitting patients, addressing NHS challenges and supporting economic growth. #HealthInnovationWorks
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Researchers found that to address the epidemic of mental ill health among HCPs, workers needed:
Targeted MH interventions
Hot food
Rest areas/lockers
Free parking
Essentially staff just need to be valued & treated like human beings.
Rocket science it is not.
evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/system...
Healthcare providers and commissioners need help in identifying the AI solutions that will bring benefits to their patients and productivity to working practices. There's a lot of AI around and a lot being promised. HIOTV can help you, your staff and patients decide which solutions to adopt.
19.11.2024 11:12 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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In our November newsletter:
➡️ Find out how to apply for 2⃣ roles in our team
➡️ Read about the shift to prevention, community & digital
➡️ Get our case study evaluating an AI tool to identify patients at risk of dementia
➡️ Find training and funding opportunities
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