<p>Innovation and Health Connected
Presented by:
Dr Liz Mear
Chief Executive
The North West Coast AHSN
• 15 Academic Health Science Networks across England
• Licensed and funded by NHS England
• Promoting innovation in healthcare
• Networked structure to improve outcomes regionally and
nationally
• Creating wealth
Our Aims and Objectives
• To spread innovation at pace and scale across NHS
• To promote and integrate the strengths of higher
education, the NHS, industry, third sector
• To improve health of individuals and communities
• Bring investment to North West Coast
• Create jobs for local people
Our decision to locate at Daresbury Sci Tech was strategic
System Wide Support
• Digital health
•
Infection and Tropical Medicine
• Neurological conditions
• Personalised Medicines
• Procurement
Our Regional Health
Improvement Priorities
• Cancer
• Cardiac
• Stroke
• Children and maternal health
• Mental health
• Long-term conditions
But our scope is not limited to our support areas and
improvement priorities
Our Campaigns
• Reducing health inequalities – focus on stroke due to
Atrial Fibrillation in 2014/15
• Good procurement practice
•
Integrating patient records and using consented data
to inform future healthcare outcomes
• New model of specialised services
• Digital health solutions
• Medicines Safety
The Squeeze on the NHS
• People are living longer
• More long-term conditions
• Budget is ‘flat-lining’
• More demand and fewer resources
• £30 billion gap identified to be addressed by 2015 – QIPP
agenda
Service redesign, supported by excellent technology has
enormous potential for addressing these issues
The Opportunities within the NHS in
England
Questions for Suppliers to Consider:
• Will my product deliver cost benefits to the NHS?
– Reduce the length of stay in hospital/prevent
people going to hospital
– Redesign the current care pathway
• Will it increase patient safety and prevent
disease?
• Will it deliver improved diagnosis, treatments
and/or care?
Questions for Suppliers