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The Innovate Healthier Together Programme aims to increase the uptake and spread of successful innovative practices across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
This programme will look at innovation through a broad lens; it could be a new way of working, a new idea, method or device.
The ‘Innovate Healthier Together Programme’ will support NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) in their ambitions to change lives and improve health, wellbeing and care for the populations they serve.
This is a space for you to find out more about innovation in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire and explore opportunities to get involved in the Innovate Healthier Together Programme.
“I’m delighted that colleagues across the ICS will have the opportunity to connect and learn about the huge amount of innovative activity going on in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire through this new programme. Innovate Healthier Together will foster new connections and nurture a culture of innovation; to encourage innovative thinking and drive innovative activity in health and care to improve outcomes for our citizens and patients.” – Shane Devlin, Chief Executive, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
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Latest news from Innovate Healthier Together
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X update
Considering recent events the Innovate Healthier Together Programme has decided to move away from X (formerly Twitter) for the time being. You can still find us on LinkedIn and our Instagram, so if you’re not already following us, do join us for updates!
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NEW West of England Commercialisation Academy
Starting on 10 October 2024, the West of England Commercialisation Academy is a free eight-week programme designed to support innovators who are seeking wider adoption and scale of their solutions across health and care services. Successful applicants will join weekly workshops guiding them through the development of their strategic commercialisation plans.
Applications are open now and close on Sunday 8 September 2024.
Find out more about the West of England Commercialisation Academy course and apply
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Innovate Healthier Together Development Training participant feedback
The Innovate Healthier Together Development training was developed by the West of England Academy in partnership with members of the ICBs Transformation Team. They undertook a skills-gap analysis considering what tools and techniques would support the development of innovation mindsets.
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Resources of the month
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Guide – NHS IMPACT Improvement Guide for programmes
Magic, epiphanies and collaboration: How to lead in the NHS, with Sue Holden
Webinar – How digital can support NHS with integrated mental health care
HANDi app head injuries pathway
Guide – NHS IMPACT Improvement Guide for programmes
The NHS IMPACT Improvement Guide provides the opportunity for large-scale programmes to self-assess whether they are applying best practice principles in adopting improvement as a method for design and delivery.
Magic, epiphanies and collaboration: How to lead in the NHS, with Sue Holden
In one of the latest National Health Executive podcasts, Sue Holden discussed her leadership philosophy, where her mindset comes from and the epiphanies she’s had while working in the NHS.
Webinar – How digital can support NHS with integrated mental health care
Join Douglas Hiscock CPsychol, Behavioural Health Lead at SilverCloud by Amwell, as he shares how the NHS are using digital to support integrated care. This webinar takes place 11 September at 11am.
HANDi app head injuries pathway
Dr Michael Malley, an Emergency Department Consultant at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, has developed the head injuries section on the NHS HANDi App – a free app designed to help parents and carers when looking after a poorly child.
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Upcoming Events
The Innovate Healthier Together Programme is committed to fostering a community passionate about innovation in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
By hosting monthly lunch-and-learn events, alongside a mix of online and in-person networking and learning gatherings, we aim to create forums for collaboration and knowledge exchange as well as provide opportunities for continuous learning, allowing participants to keep up to date on the latest trends and advancements in health and care.
These events serve as vital touchpoints for people from diverse backgrounds to connect, share insights, and explore new ideas in health and care.
Our goal is to cultivate an environment where interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly around innovation, is not just encouraged but actively facilitated.
Monthly Lunch and Learn events
September lunch and learn
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Our next lunch and learn is coming up on 11 September at 12:30, where Huda Hajinur from Caafi Health will present a collection of key learning from the entire series, discuss potential collaborative projects across BNSSG ICS, and create a framework for continued innovation in our health service provision.
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Meet the Innovate Healthier Together Programme team
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Ellie Wetz, Associate Director
I’ve had the pleasure of working at Health Innovation West of England for about 10 years now. I was also fortunate to be recently seconded to NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB for 18 months, so feel I know this system and all its partner organisations well.
I’m thrilled to be working on a programme that has such a big ambition to accelerate innovation into practice in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. I think the foundations are there – but with a bit of dedicated support to strengthen the culture of innovation through practical application of design-thinking, networking, thought leadership and collaboration across sectoral and organisational boundaries, I think we could collectively and genuinely, achieve better outcomes for our citizens and patients.
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Get in touch
If you see something that interests you, we would love to hear about it. Big or small, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Ellie Wetz
Associate Director of the Innovate Healthier Together Programme
Ellie.Wetz@nhs.net
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