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In the UK, Type 2 diabetes affects African and Caribbean communities at a higher rate than white European communities. To address this disparity, a type 2 diabetes self-management, and education progr
People from Black, Asian, or mixed ethnic backgrounds are significantly more likely to experience poor outcomes during maternity. Darzi Fellow Rosie Murphy writes about work in Croydon to address these inequalities and improve local services.
It’s been a busy year at the Health Innovation Network, from publishing new reports on digital health inequalities and diabetes care for mental health inpatients
With more people living with dementia, it’s important that care home leaders feel well equipped in supporting those living with it.
The UK government recently announced more than £100m inlife sciences funding. Hear from Lesley Soden about how patients will benefit
Digital health adoption is the focus of a newly published set of journal papers, jointly curated by the HIN’s executive director of digital transformation Amanda Begley. Here she reflects on the rol
Medicines are the most common healthcare intervention in the NHS. It is increasingly important that healthcare professionals work collaboratively with patients to minimise harm from medicines. Natasha
On World Prematurity Day, we hear the latest from the Pan-London Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme Team. Key stats: Around 2,900 babies are stillborn and 60,000 preterm
The HIN’s Ayo Chike-Michael writes about the part we are playing to address the harmful over-prescription of opioids.
This World Diabetes Day we are very excited to share with you all the transformational work occurring in type 1 diabetes outpatient care in south east London.
Good Boost, a project funded by a Health Innovation Network innovation grant, has used artificial intelligence to improve the lives of Londoners with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.
In this edition, we catch up with Antoine Lever, Co-founder and Commercial Director of babblevoice, an affordable, high quality and reliable phone system that is purpose-built for primary care providers.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK experience painful slow-healing lower leg wounds such as ulcers each year. A new collaborative project led by the Health Innovation Network (HIN) and Bromley
Andy Scott-Lee recently joined our Mental Health team, having spent most of his career with front-line mental health roles. We speak to him about his reflections on his first few months at the Health
Covid-19 catalysed huge changes for mental health services, with many appointments switched from face-to-face to video or telephone consultations almost overnight. More than two years on from the star
Our anti-racism project is co-led by Catherine Dale, Programme Director of Patient Safety and Pearl Brathwaite, Project Manager in our Accelerated Access Collaborative team. We hear from Pearl and our
James Friend, Director of Digital Strategy at NHS England London region, writes about how the Access Denied report is shedding light on digital inequalities and what you can do to help. The NHS has th
We hear from Arjun Panesar, Founding CEO and Head of AI at DDM Health, developers of the Low Carb Program which provides type 2 diabetes structured education across South London, with a particular focus on supporting ethnic minority communities.
In this edition, we caught up with Gabe Jones, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at St George’s Hospital and Director of Patientcheck.in which allows Patients provide simple clerking information and see their accurate waiting time on their smartphone, while they wait.
