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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.
In addition to this space, please sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all things innovation in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
“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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Funding available for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
The Business Innovation Fund awards grants to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to undertake research and development activities that lead to the creation of novel/new products, processes and/or services. This includes developing prototypes and proving concepts, development work, testing and trialling. You can apply for a grant of between £15,000 and £25,000 to cover up to 45% of your project costs. You must fund the remaining 55% of your project costs. The deadline for Round 5 application is 12pm on Thursday 23rd May 2024.
Innovate Healthier Together Lunch and Learn Series: Mayden
The Innovate Healthier Together programme hosted its third lunch and learn session which focused on fostering healthy behaviours through innovation. Chris Sivers, Executive Director of Children, Adults and Health at South Gloucestershire Council and chair of the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Improving he Lives of our Children Health and Care Improvement Group, introduced the session.
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Resources of the month
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How the government is supporting the future of medical technology
HANDi app head injuries pathway
Health Tech Newspaper interview with Deborah El-Sayed
Innovate UK West of England Local Action Plan
How the government is supporting the future of medical technology
In this article in the National Health Executive, Andrew Stephenson, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, discusses how the government is supporting the future of medical technology.
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.
Health Tech Newspaper interview with Deborah El-Sayed
Deborah El-Sayed, Director of Transformation and Chief Digital Information Officer at Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, talks about her role, current and past projects, and her insights from a career which has spanned local, regional and national levels.
Innovate UK West of England Local Action Plan
Innovate UK have co-created an action plan with the West of England Combined Authority which acts as a blueprint for how they work together to build an even more successful regional economy with improved skills and opportunities to support the already thriving ecosystem.
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Upcoming Events
The Innovate Healthier Together Programme is committed to fostering a community passionate about innovatioin 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.
Innovate Healthier Together Fellowship launch event
We are pleased to announce that our launch event for the Innovate Healthier Together Fellowship on Wednesday 1 May has reached capacity and we have a range of health, social care and industry partners attending.
The objectives of the day will be to:
- connect with people with an enthusiasm for innovation
- share research on current attitudes and culture of innovation in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- co-design a road map for collaboration across the Fellowship – actively translating ideas into action
If you have registered for this event, we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, if you haven’t registered but are interested in attending, email eleanor.powell@nhs.net and we will add you to the waiting list.
Monthly Lunch and Learn events
Next Session: May Lunch and Learn
Guest speakers: Dr Paul Downie, Consultant Chemical Pathologist at the Bristol Royal Infirmary
Date: Friday 24 May, 1-2pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams
Book your place on the May Lunch and Learn
Dr Paul Downie, Consultant Chemical Pathologist at the Bristol Royal Infirmary will discuss Child Parent Screening and how this is used to detect Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH). FH is an inherited condition passed down through families which will lead to extremely high cholesterol levels. It affects 1 in 250 within the UK, yet still over 90% of patients with this condition remain undiagnosed.
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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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