As a Network, we are committed to supporting the transformation of care pathways through adopting and scaling innovations equitably, ensuring that no one is excluded when trying to access services and/or suffers poorer clinical outcomes as a result of innovation.
We align our programmes to NHS England’s Core20PLUS5 framework and prioritise supporting innovations that address health inequalities through our innovator support offer.
Digital innovation has a vital role to play in addressing unfair variation in access, experience and outcomes.
Leaders from across the northern health and care system, NHS England, health foundations and industry came together at HETT North earlier this year, in February, to explore the role of digital and data in addressing health inequalities – with the aim of sharing learnings and creating a list of recommendations that can be shared nationally.
We are pleased to publish the findings from this roundtable event: Forging a more equitable healthy future through digital and data: 6 recommendations to reduce health inequalities.
Lesley Bull, a South London GP and our 1000th delegate chats to Lois-Hooper Ainsworth, Programme Coordinator on the National Polypharmacy Programme, about why she registered for the Health Innovation Network Polypharmacy Action Learning Set, what she got out of it and why other GPs should attend. Lesley Bull So, Lesley, could you tell [...]
Jo Barosa is Account Director at Qbtech UK. Qbtech is a market leading provider of innovative objective tests for assessing and treating ADHD, changing the landscape of ADHD care. Driven by its mission to improve the lives of people with ADHD, Qbtech supports by providing digital and clinical solutions to improve clinical decision making, service [...]
Dr Cheryl Crocker, interim Chief Operating Officer at the Health Innovation Network, explains the vital role innovation plays to not only reduce waiting lists and improve access to care, but to decrease system pressure by improving people’s health and keeping them well for longer. The new Government has rightly declared its focus on moving the [...]
