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Delegate Brochure 2014 - 15

Annual Stakeholder Event

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“Already we are beginning to deliver on programmes that have put innovation and generating wealth at the heart of healthcare in the West Midlands”


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“Already we are beginning to deliver onprogrammes that have put innovation andgenerating wealth at the heart of healthcarein the West Midlands”

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Introduction

WMAHSN Annual Stakeholder Event

Speaker profiles

Exhibitor profiles

Delegate list

Our approach



Introduction

IntroductionOn behalf of the Chairman, the Board members and the Executive Team of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network, it gives me great pleasure to welcome so many of you to the 2015 WMAHSN Stakeholder Event.

Only a year ago we were cementing our governance structures and embarking on our first full year of operating. Much has happened during the 13 months since we were last at Chateau Impney. Consequently, today’s programme affords an opportunity to reflect on a wide range of achievements in a multitude of areas, as well as to look forward to what we will offer in the future.

In regard to the programmes themselves, you will hear from the clinical leads and theme directors in person. I know that many of you have worked with them on their projects, some of you on more than one initiative. However, what’s significant is the breadth of our engagement and I would encourage you to take away knowledge and information about the programmes with which you are less familiar. That is why it is so important to have such good attendance today; for this is your network, one that will continue to help improving the care of all citizens across our region.

In regard to facilitating those improvements, our Commercial Director, Tony Davis, will today describe the operational “push and pull” model that we have developed. Later on, Tony will also outline our intentions with regard to membership and what benefits that model will present for the future. Again, your presence is important at the discussions and workshops that will follow on these subjects; to reiterate – this is your AHSN and we welcome your input to shape the future in

a way that allows us to continually improve health and at the same time generate wealth in the West Midlands.

I hope you enjoy the day and are able to make the best use of the opportunities it affords for networking, as well as to visit the various stands that have been set up throughout the venue.

Dr Christopher Parker CBEManaging Director, WMAHSN



Programme8.30am Breakfast, networking and exhibition9.30am Registration10.00am Introduction to the WMAHSN Annual Stakeholder Event

Main conference roomProfessor Michael Sheppard, Chair, WMAHSN

10.10am Overview of the past year Main conference roomDr Christopher Parker CBE, Managing Director,WMAHSN

10.30am Programme successes and outcomes, with case studies Main conference roomLong term conditions – Dr Ruth Chambers OBEMental Health – Dr Peter LewisDrug safety and medicines optimisation – Dr Jamie ColemanPatient safety – Professor Gavin RussellEducation and training – Marie MooreClinical trials – Dr Jeremy KirkIntegrated care – Rhian Hughes

11.40am Refreshment break and exhibition12.10pm Programme successes and outcomes, with case studies (continued)

Main conference roomDigital Health – Tim Jones and Professor Theo ArvanitisInnovation and adoption – Lucy Chatwin Wealth creation – Tony Davis

12.40pm The AHSN’s approach to innovation - the push and pull approach and the opportunities for innovation process Main conference roomTony Davis, Commercial Director, WMAHSN

1pm Lunch, networking and exhibition1.45pm Introduction to the afternoon session

Main conference roomProfessor Michael Sheppard, Chair, WMAHSN

1.50pm Launch of the new WMAHSN websiteMain Conference Room Dr Christopher Parker, Managing Director, WMAHSN

2.00pm How the WMAHSN will operate in the future: the move to membershipMain conference roomTony Davis, Commercial Director WMAHSN

2.30pm WMAHSN service proposition: breakout discussion sessions1. Digital Health Service - King’s Suite, Facilitator Tim Jones/Theo Arvanitis2. Integrated Care Service - Grandstand Suite, Facilitator Rhian Hughes3. Innovation and Adoption Service - Main Conference Room, Facilitator Tony Davis/Lucy Chatwin4. Patient Safety Service - Hadzor Suite, Facilitator Gavin Russell/Peter Jeffries5. Genomics Medicine Service - Ombersley Suite, Facilitator Debbie Porter

3.10pm Refreshment break and exhibition3.40pm Membership: discussion workshops

Main Conference Room, Grandstand Suite and Ombersley Suite• Discussion of membership offering• Demonstration of the online innovation and adoption relationship management platform• Analyse push and pull model • Discuss the opportunities for innovation process

4.25pm Closing remarksMain conference roomProfessor Michael Sheppard, Chair, WMAHSN

4.30pm Event close

WMAHSN Annual Stakeholder EventChateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire WR9 0BN

Tuesday 28 April 2015 - 8.30am – 4.30pm



Speaker profiles

Professor Michael Sheppard, Chair, WMAHSN

Michael served most recently as Provost and Vice Principal and Dean of Medicine at the University of Birmingham. He received the degrees of MBChB (Honours) and PhD from the University of Cape Town. He was elected Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998.

Michael had a major clinical service commitment and international reputation in pituitary and thyroid disease, publishing over 250 papers. He has been a member of and chaired a number of UK and international committees (endocrine societies, Royal College of Physicians, Medical Research Council (MRC) and World Health Organisation (WHO). He was President of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland and holds Honorary Professorship at University of Birmingham. He was previously a non-executive director at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and is currently a Non Executive Director (NED) at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Christopher Parker CBE, Managing Director, WMAHSN

Christopher worked in the NHS for four years before being commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1985.

During 28 years in uniform his duties took him to Europe, Russia, America, the Middle East, Africa and south Asia. He accredited as a consultant in occupational medicine and served on operations in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. Also a graduate of the Army Staff College and the Royal College of Defence Studies, he filled many senior leadership roles. These included Chief of Staff of the Army Medical Directorate, Commandant of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and 12 months in Afghanistan as the medical adviser for the International Security Assistance Force.

Christopher was awarded the OBE in 1998 and made a CBE in 2009. From 2010 until his retirement from the army, he was a Queen’s Honorary Physician.

Professor Ruth Chambers OBE, GP principal, Stoke-on-Trent, Clinical Telehealth lead, Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group, Honorary Professor, Keele and Staffordshire Universities and Clinical Lead for Long Term Conditions Priority, WMAHSN

Ruth has dedicated most of her career to improving patient care in North Staffordshire, most recently a quality improvement programme that has generated pan-population changes to blood pressure and cholesterol control. Ruth has been a GP for over 30 years and has written 70 books. Ruth is currently a partner in a GP practice, Furlong Medical Centre in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.

Ruth has been instrumental in establishing a wide range of clinical applications for the innovative Simple Telehealth/Flo (STH/Flo) service, which enables remote interaction and support between patients and clinicians via mobile phone texting. She also works with Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group to disseminate and embed digital delivery of care and is now the CCG’s national ambassador for the telehealth programme. Her achievements were recognised with an OBE in 2012.

Dr Peter Lewis, Medical Director, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Lead for Mental Health, WMAHSN

Peter was appointed Medical Director for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in June 2009. He completed his training at the University of the West Indies in 1972, then specialised in psychiatry, gaining his FRCP from the University of Toronto in Canada.

Peter joined the trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist in 2001. Prior to that, he was a Consultant Psychiatrist for a mental health trust in north-west England, and also had a number of consultant assignments for global organisations including the United Nations and the World Health Organization.

Speaker profiles



Dr Jamie Coleman, Senior Clinical Lecturer Pharmacology at the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham and Clinical Lead for Drug Safety and Medicines Optimisation, WMAHSN

Jamie is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and also an honorary consultant physician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, with leadership responsibilities in their locally-developed hospital electronic prescribing and medication administration system (PICS).

Jamie obtained his MBChB and MD at the University of Birmingham and has been on the faculty there since 2009, holding a competitively HEFCE-funded senior clinical lectureship. He is deputy programme lead for the medical degree programme and has an extensive portfolio of teaching and research activities.

He is a co-principal investigator on an NIHR-funded programme grant investigating the implementation and adoption of hospital electronic prescribing systems in England. His research interests include drug safety and medication errors, pharmacoepidemiology, adverse drug reactions, clinical decision support systems and electronic prescribing. He is on the specialist advisory committee for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the UK and is a member of the Pharmacovigilance Expert Advisory Group at the MHRA. Jamie has been instrumental in the establishment of SCRIPT, a suite of e-learning modules to develop and maintain professional knowledge and competence in prescribing and therapeutics. Working with the WMAHSN, Jamie has now introduced new content as part of SCRIPT.

Professor Gavin Russell, Associate Medical Director, at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust and Interim Patient Safety Lead, WMAHSN

Gavin is Associate Medical Director for research and education at University Hospitals of the North Midlands Trust, and Clinical Lead for the integration of health services in Stoke and Stafford provider units. He was previously a member of the steering group which oversaw the establishment of the WMAHSN and is currently interim lead for the West Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative. As well as being a Board member, Gavin also chairs the North Spoke Council of the WMAHSN.

Marie Moore, Theme Lead – education and training

Marie’s role is a joint post between WMAHSN and Health Education West Midlands. Marie’s previous roles include working for the East Midlands Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) as the Programme Lead for the Midlands and East Clinical Academic Training Programme, Implementation Consultant for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and within commissioning as Programme Lead for Long Term Conditions with NHS Northamptonshire. Her role with NHS Northamptonshire involved commissioning and implementing a countywide clinically led, evidence-based best practice pathway for diabetes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Marie is a nurse by background, having trained at Guy’s Hospital in London, and has extensive operational and management experience across the public sector, as well as from within the NHS, and has also worked within secondary, further and higher education.

Dr Jeremy Kirk, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Theme Director for Clinical Trials, WMAHSN

Jeremy initially trained in both adult and paediatric medicine in London, before moving in 1994 to the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham as Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist (honorary Reader). He is also currently West Midlands Clinical Director of the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network, the largest of the 15 English Clinical Research Networks, having previously been Deputy and then Clinical Director of the National Institute of Health Research Birmingham and the Black Country Comprehensive Local Research Network. Jeremy is both a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and was subspecialty council member in the latter from 2007-12.

Rhian Hughes, Co-director, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences at Keele University, Primary Care Delivery Lead, NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Primary Care and Theme Director for Integrated Care, WMAHSN

Rhian has a joint University/NHS appointment as Co-Director of the Primary Care and Health Sciences Research Institute at Keele University and Associate Director of Research and Development at North Staffordshire Clinical commissioning Group.



She co-leads a Research Institute where 91% of its research activity was assessed in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework as world leading or internationally excellent. She is Co-Director of the Keele Clinical Trials Unit and is also primary care delivery lead within the CRN West Midlands, reflecting her particular interest in developing innovative methods to support NHS engagement in research and strong patient participation. Rhian has also undertaken secondments to the NIHR Clinical Research Network Co-ordinating Centre, where she supported development of the CRNs into a national framework, and developed the Research Passport scheme.

Tim Jones, Executive Director of Delivery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Theme Director for Digital Health, WMAHSN

After graduating from University College Cardiff, Tim joined the District Management Training scheme based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. He joined The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in 1992 as Business Manager for Medicine, before taking up his first post at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in 1995.

In 1999 he became the first Divisional General Manager for Emergency Services, before being appointed as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer in 2002. He was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in June 2006.

In September 2008 he was appointed to a newly created role of Executive Director of Delivery. His key responsibilities are to lead on research, strategy and performance, education, organisational development and human resources. He is also an executive lead for Birmingham Health Partners and the West Midlands Academic Health Science Centre, and a board member of MidTech and Birmingham Science City.

Professor Theo Arvanitis, Professor of e-Health Innovation, Institute of Digital Healthcare and Theme Director for Digital Health, WMAHSN

Theo’s research interests span the areas of biomedical engineering, neuroimaging and health informatics. His neuroimaging research has been done in collaboration with the Institute of Child Health, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, where he also holds an honorary post. Recently, he has been awarded a large Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council programme for investigating the relationship between structural and functional

networks in the human thalamocortical system.Theo received his BSc degree in 1990 from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, and his DPhil in biomedical engineering in 1997 from the University of Sussex. In 1998, he joined the University of Birmingham as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and subsequently Reader in Biomedical Informatics, Signals and Systems.

Lucy Chatwin, Head of Programmes

Lucy works across the enabling themes of innovation and adoption and industry and wealth creation, along with the clinical priority of drug safety and medicines optimisation. Lucy works alongside the Theme Directors and Clinical Leads to drive sustainable service improvement in healthcare by empowering members and partners to collaborate at a regional level on adopting and disseminating research and innovation at pace and scale.

Prior to joining the WMAHSN, Lucy spent seven years within a West Midlands acute trust in various roles, but predominantly as the Head of Transformation, leading on the service improvement initiatives across the trust and the local health economy.

Tony Davis, Commercial Director

Tony is the Commercial Director for the WMAHSN, a partnership bringing together NHS commissioners and providers, academia and industry, uniquely placed to support the NHS in increasing its contribution to both health improvement and the economy.

He was previously Chief Executive of Medilink West Midlands, the regional life sciences industry association. Tony founded Medilink West Midlands Ltd in 2003, with the aims of promoting the life sciences industry to government organisations and helping SMEs in the market place to grow their business. In 2005, he was appointed the first chair of Medilink UK and held the post again from 2009 until 2013.

Speaker profiles



Exhibitor profilesMyAmego Healthcare LtdMyAmego is a non-intrusive monitoring system with the capability to provide intelligent risk alerts and activity data for patients, prompt staff and evidence care contact times. Designed to support person-centred care of people with diverse and changing needs such as dementia and learning disabilities in hospital wards or care homes. www.myamego.com

Medilink Professional Development If your company works within the medtech sector and is located in England, Medilink Professional Development can help you access a 50% grant to help provide workforce training that will ultimately drive business. If you think that the cost of professional development is out of your price range, think again. If you want to discuss your business development needs, contact Rebecca Ridley on 0121 452 5630 or email [email protected].

SollisSollis delivers business intelligence and health analytics in support of NHS service transformation and re-design. Sollis™ Clarity Patients with integrated ACG® System is a comprehensive family of measurement tools that explores how healthcare resources are delivered and consumed. Delivers population health analytics, population segmentation and stratification, predictive modelling, resource management and case-mix risk adjustment. www.sollis.co.uk.

Midlands and Lancashire CSUThe Insight database is an innovative and holistic tool to collate patient feedback from multiple locations, collating, aggregating and triangulating data across organisations, providers and functions. Insight takes feedback from MP letters, PALS, complaints, social media, press, patient opinion, NHS Choices, workshops, focus, patient and locality groups and patient congress and puts it all in place under the domains of patient experience. www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk.

Safe Patient Systems LtdSafe Patient Systems mobile healthcare solution supports personalised care plans, enables clinicians to monitor their patients at home and intervene proactively when needed, and empowers people with long term conditions to actively manage their own health. The Safe Mobile Care platform uses familiar mobile and cloud-based technology which is easy to deploy, easy to use, flexible and cost-effective. www.safepatientsystems.com.

CLARHC WMNIHR CLAHRC West Midlands is a five-year programme funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and matched funds provided by local health and social services. The programme builds on the successful CLAHRC for Birmingham and Black Country pilot with a mission to create lasting and effective partnerships across health and social care organisations, universities (Birmingham, Keele and Warwick) to improve the services we can deliver for patient benefit. For more information about us, visit www.clahrc-wm.nihr.ac.uk.

Breaking Free GroupBreaking Free Group provides clinically robust, online treatment and recovery programmes for substance misuse and has been commissioned by over 60 local authorities. Their programmes have been implemented across a range of alcohol and drug services by several national service providers, and also the Ministry of Justice within prison settings. www.breakingfreegroup.com.



Exhibitor profilesGround VisionGroundvision provides a unique Advanced Warning System complementing configured EWS/MEWS/NEWS scoring: • using cloud-based infrastructure, it offers latest AI and heuristics applied to patient observations and vital signs• ability to record patient acuity using existing standards (e.g. AUKUH/ SNCT), configured by the trust or translated from the EWS scoring. www.ground-vision.co.uk T: 01462832202

Amies Innovation LtdAmies Innovation is an EN13485 quality registered, Midlands-based engineering thermoplastic injection moulder specialising in safety critical components for medical technology, point of care, monitoring and screening applications. Two shot moulding and class 8 cleanroom are available. www.amiesplastics.co.uk.

BetterPointsBetterPoints is an incentive-led, evidence-based behaviour change platform. We enable our partners to motivate and reward users for meeting goals based around evidenced outcomes. Our solution comprises a web portal and mobile app, and it can be applied to intervention programmes like physical activity, weight loss and more. www.betterpoints.uk.

University of WorcesterSince securing University title in 2005, the University of Worcester has been the fastest growing university in England. The Institute of Health and Society provides a range of courses from foundation degree to doctorate level. It has an extensive research portfolio, covering many aspects of health and social care. www.worcester.ac.uk.

Grale HDS - Trajan Scientific and MedicalGrale HDS is a Trajan brand for pathology consumables and has evolved to represent quality pathology products available worldwide. The Grale HDS SureFrost™ range of microscope slides includes adhesive coatings for superior sample adhesions and smooth operation with automated systems. The revolutionary MiPlatform transforms your smartphone to quickly capture images from virtually all microscopes. www.grale.com.au.

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry UniversityThe Faculty of Health and Life Sciences has a number of clear research themes and four dedicated research centres focusing on real world issues, including whole-life span approaches from pre-natal to older adult, psychological and behaviour interventions, pharmaceuticals, biochemical innovations, sports and exercise; health economics, social policy, disease prevention and innovative use of technology. Furthermore, the CPD unit can offer professionals who wish to develop their career, or to gain greater job satisfaction, a wide range of established taught and online learning courses, fully accredited. www.coventry.ac.uk.

Xperio HealthFounded in 2014, Xperio Health is developing DiabetesCareFinder, a platform to help diabetes patients in England find and review local care and support services. Currently being trialled with patients, discussions are ongoing with a number of CCGs to run local pilots to access quality, real-time patient experience data.Exhibitor profiles



Exhibitor profilesGround VisionGroundvision provides a unique Advanced Warning System complementing configured EWS/MEWS/NEWS scoring: • using cloud-based infrastructure, it offers latest AI and heuristics applied to patient observations and vital signs• ability to record patient acuity using existing standards (e.g. AUKUH/ SNCT), configured by the trust or translated from the EWS scoring. www.ground-vision.co.uk T: 01462832202

Amies Innovation LtdAmies Innovation is an EN13485 quality registered, Midlands-based engineering thermoplastic injection moulder specialising in safety critical components for medical technology, point of care, monitoring and screening applications. Two shot moulding and class 8 cleanroom are available. www.amiesplastics.co.uk.

BetterPointsBetterPoints is an incentive-led, evidence-based behaviour change platform. We enable our partners to motivate and reward users for meeting goals based around evidenced outcomes. Our solution comprises a web portal and mobile app, and it can be applied to intervention programmes like physical activity, weight loss and more. www.betterpoints.uk.

University of WorcesterSince securing University title in 2005, the University of Worcester has been the fastest growing university in England. The Institute of Health and Society provides a range of courses from foundation degree to doctorate level. It has an extensive research portfolio, covering many aspects of health and social care. www.worcester.ac.uk.

Grale HDS - Trajan Scientific and MedicalGrale HDS is a Trajan brand for pathology consumables and has evolved to represent quality pathology products available worldwide. The Grale HDS SureFrost™ range of microscope slides includes adhesive coatings for superior sample adhesions and smooth operation with automated systems. The revolutionary MiPlatform transforms your smartphone to quickly capture images from virtually all microscopes. www.grale.com.au.

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry UniversityThe Faculty of Health and Life Sciences has a number of clear research themes and four dedicated research centres focusing on real world issues, including whole-life span approaches from pre-natal to older adult, psychological and behaviour interventions, pharmaceuticals, biochemical innovations, sports and exercise; health economics, social policy, disease prevention and innovative use of technology. Furthermore, the CPD unit can offer professionals who wish to develop their career, or to gain greater job satisfaction, a wide range of established taught and online learning courses, fully accredited. www.coventry.ac.uk.

Xperio HealthFounded in 2014, Xperio Health is developing DiabetesCareFinder, a platform to help diabetes patients in England find and review local care and support services. Currently being trialled with patients, discussions are ongoing with a number of CCGs to run local pilots to access quality, real-time patient experience data.

Exhibitor profilesInhealthcareInhealthcare provides a suite of robust digital health solutions and services, helping both public and private health organisations improve patient care while creating more efficient and cost effective care pathways. The Inhealthcare offering comprises digital health services and an innovative digital care platform. This platform has the ability to connect patient data to N3 hosted clinical applications including the Spine, TPP, EMIS and SystmOne, meaning patient readings flow straight into the patient record. Providing healthcare professionals with instant access to patient readings means better decisions can be made which are underpinned by accurate and real-time patient data. www.inhealthcare.co.uk.

Keele University - Research Institute for Science and Technology in MedicineISTM takes a “bench to bedside” approach, bringing together scientists and clinicians. ISTM achieved top ratings in the Research Excellence Framework 2014, and has “outstanding” research impact for its international quality work in key areas such as:• Bioengineering, regenerative medicine• Genetics and epigenetics• Novel imaging and diagnostics• Neuroscienceswww.keele.ac.uk/istm

Chamberlain Dunn LearningChamberlain Dunn Learning (formerly GateHouse), with over 20 years’ experience, delivers bespoke learning and development programmes to public and third sector organisations and specialises in management, leadership, personal skills, finance and budgets, and project management. Its 20 strong faculty of course leaders and associates are all highly experienced in these sectors.www.chamberlaindunnlearning.co.uk



Delegate list

Delegate listHollier Simulation Centre Ann AbbassiBuddy App Syed AbrarMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Katie AdamsShrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust Marion AdamsNHS England Strategic Clinical Networks and Senate Sharon AdamsHealthwatch Worcestershire Simon AdamsInHealthcare Georgina AdamsonNovartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd Amjid Ali

Ruth AllenYellow Card Centre West Midlands Christopher AntonHealth Fabric Ltd Mohammed

FarhanArif

West Midlands Academic Health Science Network Theo ArvanitisBernadette Aucott

Health Education West Midlands Lynda AustinThe Aston Institute of Photonic Technology Jolade AzzanMatsSoft Kash BagaNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Kerri BaileyHealth Fabric Ltd Satnam BainsHealthwatch Staffordshire Jack BarberBirmingham City Council Denise BarrettBirmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group Alima BatchelorBreaking Free Group Clive BawdenUniquedoc Nimish

KumarBhatt

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals UK Ruth BickleyXperio Health Ltd Jens BirkenheimStaffordshire University Liz BoathNHS England Russell BoothUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Amy BoultonGedeon Richter Nola BourneHelicon Health Ltd Tony BowdenSustainability West Midlands Anna BrightRYW Community Systems Ltd Christopher BristowUniversity of Birmingham Hannah BrooksMyAmego Healthcare Ltd Lesley-Anne BryantMyAmego Healthcare Ltd Neil BryantShrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust Nigel CappsAstraZeneca UK Ltd Jo CarradineCoventry University Elaine CartmillAstraZeneca UK Ltd Jane ChallinorThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Jo ChambersFurlong Medical Centre Ruth ChambersNIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure Ravi ChanaMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Preetpal ChannaWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Lucy Chatwin



Delegate listHollier Simulation Centre Ann AbbassiBuddy App Syed AbrarMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Katie AdamsShrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust Marion AdamsNHS England Strategic Clinical Networks and Senate Sharon AdamsHealthwatch Worcestershire Simon AdamsInHealthcare Georgina AdamsonNovartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd Amjid Ali

Ruth AllenYellow Card Centre West Midlands Christopher AntonHealth Fabric Ltd Mohammed

FarhanArif

West Midlands Academic Health Science Network Theo ArvanitisBernadette Aucott

Health Education West Midlands Lynda AustinThe Aston Institute of Photonic Technology Jolade AzzanMatsSoft Kash BagaNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Kerri BaileyHealth Fabric Ltd Satnam BainsHealthwatch Staffordshire Jack BarberBirmingham City Council Denise BarrettBirmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group Alima BatchelorBreaking Free Group Clive BawdenUniquedoc Nimish

KumarBhatt

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals UK Ruth BickleyXperio Health Ltd Jens BirkenheimStaffordshire University Liz BoathNHS England Russell BoothUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Amy BoultonGedeon Richter Nola BourneHelicon Health Ltd Tony BowdenSustainability West Midlands Anna BrightRYW Community Systems Ltd Christopher BristowUniversity of Birmingham Hannah BrooksMyAmego Healthcare Ltd Lesley-Anne BryantMyAmego Healthcare Ltd Neil BryantShrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust Nigel CappsAstraZeneca UK Ltd Jo CarradineCoventry University Elaine CartmillAstraZeneca UK Ltd Jane ChallinorThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Jo ChambersFurlong Medical Centre Ruth ChambersNIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure Ravi ChanaMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Preetpal ChannaWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Lucy Chatwin

Delegate listCollaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)

Peter Chilton

Staffordshire University Nachiappan ChockalingamHealthwatch Solihull Martin ClarkeBaxter Healthcare Ltd Ann ColeUniversity of Birmingham Jamie ColemanCollaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)

Gill Combes

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Chris ConnellGFC Diagnostics Ltd Graham CopeNHS England Strategic Clinical Networks and Senate Bernie CountyBirmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust John CraggsWarwick Medical School Elizabeth CromwellLundbeck Ltd Angela CrosslandJanssen-Cilag Ltd Kate Da CostaNHS England Genevieve DaltonHealthwatch Dudley Robert DalzielHeart of England NHS Foundation Trust Indranil DasguptaWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Blair DavisWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Tony DavisLeanvation Jonathan DayBaxter Healthcare Ltd Tazeem DearnleyNHS England Karen DeenyBecton Dickinson U.K. Ltd Richard Devereaux-

PhillipsNIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Catherine DexterMercia Technologies PLC Peter DinesCollaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)

Hannah Dodd

Keele University Helen DuffyThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kevin DunnMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Gareth DurberUniversity of Worcester Gina DuttonMedilink West Midlands Chris DykeKeele University Professor DziedzicBreaking Free Group Sarah ElisonGFC Diagnostics Ltd Jean-Pierre EllisWithers and Rogers LLP David ElsyAtrium Health Ltd Stuart EnnisHeart of England NHS Foundation Trust Vicki Ensor

Andrew EntwistleBirmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Caron EyreWorcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Alan FarmerUniversity of Birmingham Claire Fenlon



Delegate list

Delegate listBurton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Gary FletcherCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Jed FranciqueCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Susanne FriessUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Yvonne GatleyUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Diptika GillBirmingham Science City Susannah GohMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Lesley GoodburnJohn Taylor Hospice Mike GraveneyNIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Matthew GreenhillCoventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group Juliet HancoxBirmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kelly HardUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Elaine HardyStaffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust Tina HarkinHealth Fabric Ltd Tracey-

LouiseHarrington

Health Education West Midlands Sue HarrisNIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Susie HarrisonUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Clive HawkinsNHS England Yvonne HigginsCoventry University Suzanne HiltonCoventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group Clare HollingworthUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Tammy HolmesKeele University Peter HooperArthritis Research UK Rhian HughesUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Alison JarvieCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Naila JawaidAmies Innovation Bill JohnsonSpotty Dog Communications Lisa JonesCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Sophia JonesWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Tim JonesBirmingham City University Alex KendallConsilient Health Maz KhanUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Adam KhimjiCliniSys Ian KirbyWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Jeremy KirkNHS England Strategic Clinical Network and Senate Ben KnightUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Bethan KnightBirmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Christopher KotaraSouth Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ruth Lambley-Burke

Helicon Health Ltd Mark LeaningInHealthcare Oliver LeesHome To Home Calls Jayde LewisWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Peter LewisAir Liquide Ltd Judith LivingstonBlack Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Laura Lord



Delegate listBurton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Gary FletcherCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Jed FranciqueCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Susanne FriessUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Yvonne GatleyUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Diptika GillBirmingham Science City Susannah GohMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Lesley GoodburnJohn Taylor Hospice Mike GraveneyNIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Matthew GreenhillCoventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group Juliet HancoxBirmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kelly HardUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Elaine HardyStaffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust Tina HarkinHealth Fabric Ltd Tracey-

LouiseHarrington

Health Education West Midlands Sue HarrisNIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands Susie HarrisonUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Clive HawkinsNHS England Yvonne HigginsCoventry University Suzanne HiltonCoventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group Clare HollingworthUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Tammy HolmesKeele University Peter HooperArthritis Research UK Rhian HughesUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Alison JarvieCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Naila JawaidAmies Innovation Bill JohnsonSpotty Dog Communications Lisa JonesCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Sophia JonesWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Tim JonesBirmingham City University Alex KendallConsilient Health Maz KhanUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Adam KhimjiCliniSys Ian KirbyWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Jeremy KirkNHS England Strategic Clinical Network and Senate Ben KnightUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Bethan KnightBirmingham Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Christopher KotaraSouth Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ruth Lambley-Burke

Helicon Health Ltd Mark LeaningInHealthcare Oliver LeesHome To Home Calls Jayde LewisWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Peter LewisAir Liquide Ltd Judith LivingstonBlack Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Laura Lord

Delegate listAxSys Technology Richard MangeollesAston University Melina ManochinNIHR Clinical Research Networks West Midlands Andrea MarshallInHealthcare Matt MarshallAtrium Health Ltd Pat MarsonSafe Patient Systems Ltd Sara McCrackenSouth Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group Claire McWilliamsMedilink West Midlands Joanne MewisNIHR Clinical Research Networks West Midlands Kate MiddlemissWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Sarah MillardBirmingham Biohub Helen Miller-VineyRoche Diagnostics ltd Bogdan MilojkovicNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Sue MolesworthKeele Science and Business Park Rosi MonkmanArissian Ltd Ian MoodyThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Faye MooreWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Marie MooreWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Neil MortimerMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Abeda MullaWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Paddie MurphyBirmingham City University Geraldine NevinNovartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd Jackie O’Brien

John O’DonnellOtsuka Pharmaceuticals UK Dominic OppongHealth Education West Midlands Jenni OrdBritish Heart Foundation Ian PainterWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Christopher ParkerHealth2Works Ltd Steve PashleyTrajan Scientific and Medical Heather PatrickBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Emma PattersonActive Research Karen PearsonSafe Patient Systems Ltd Harvey PhlorayKeele University Mark PorcheretUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Debbie PorterCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Joanne PorterHeart of England NHS Foundation Trust Sarah PountainInspiralcare Ltd Sarbjit PurewalSuresearch Duncan PurslowPym’s Consultancy Kate PymPym’s Consultancy Nick PymPfizer Ltd Geoff QuinnUniversity of Warwick Claire RaistrickRonin Chris RamsdenMedilink West Midlands Rebecca Ridley



Delegate listTrajan Scientific and Medical Harry RitchieCoventry University Katrina RittersEducation for Health Emma Rivers

FletcherNHS England Claire RobertsAction Starter Ltd David RobertsWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Andrew RoseHTS Malvern Ltd Thomas RoseUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Jonathan RossInnovate UK Chris RoweWest Midlands Health Informatics Network Martin RowlandUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Gavin RussellBoilerhouse Media Vicky SargentUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Prakash SatodiaBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Katie SaundersNIHR Clinical Research Networks West Midlands Robert ScottUniversity of Birmingham Sonal ShahHealth Education West Midlands Mandy ShanahanCareflow Connect Ltd Jon ShawNHS Improving Quality Sabhia SheikhWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Michael SheppardPhilips Healthcare Kim SheridanAdvanced Digital Institute Keli ShipleyBirmingham City University Sue ShortlandUniversity of Birmingham Anne SimperAbbott Healthcare Sukhbinder Singh VagreeSollis Nigel SloneHealth Design and Technology Institute Guy SmallmanKeele University Mark SmithUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Mike SmithNovo Nordisk Bridget SprostonWarwick Medical School Neil StocktonMedilink West Midlands Richard StoneBoehringer Ingelheim Ann SweeneyBoehringer Ingelheim Andrew TargettAssociation of British Healthcare Industries Andy TaylorUniversity of Birmingham David ThickettUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Hana ThomasNIHR Research Design Service West Midlands Neil ThomasUniversity of Birmingham Sarah ThomasBirmingham Community Heathcare NHS Trust Clive ThursfieldBlack Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Jo TomkinsCoalition for Collaborative Care David TriggerMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Alison TurnerMidTECH Innovations James Turner



Delegate listTrajan Scientific and Medical Harry RitchieCoventry University Katrina RittersEducation for Health Emma Rivers

FletcherNHS England Claire RobertsAction Starter Ltd David RobertsWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Andrew RoseHTS Malvern Ltd Thomas RoseUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Jonathan RossInnovate UK Chris RoweWest Midlands Health Informatics Network Martin RowlandUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Gavin RussellBoilerhouse Media Vicky SargentUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Prakash SatodiaBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Katie SaundersNIHR Clinical Research Networks West Midlands Robert ScottUniversity of Birmingham Sonal ShahHealth Education West Midlands Mandy ShanahanCareflow Connect Ltd Jon ShawNHS Improving Quality Sabhia SheikhWest Midlands Academic Health Science Network Michael SheppardPhilips Healthcare Kim SheridanAdvanced Digital Institute Keli ShipleyBirmingham City University Sue ShortlandUniversity of Birmingham Anne SimperAbbott Healthcare Sukhbinder Singh VagreeSollis Nigel SloneHealth Design and Technology Institute Guy SmallmanKeele University Mark SmithUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Mike SmithNovo Nordisk Bridget SprostonWarwick Medical School Neil StocktonMedilink West Midlands Richard StoneBoehringer Ingelheim Ann SweeneyBoehringer Ingelheim Andrew TargettAssociation of British Healthcare Industries Andy TaylorUniversity of Birmingham David ThickettUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Hana ThomasNIHR Research Design Service West Midlands Neil ThomasUniversity of Birmingham Sarah ThomasBirmingham Community Heathcare NHS Trust Clive ThursfieldBlack Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Jo TomkinsCoalition for Collaborative Care David TriggerMidlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Alison TurnerMidTECH Innovations James Turner

Delegate listUniversity of Birmingham Hannah VallanceSandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group

Christopher Vaughan

Birmingham Science City Pam WaddellBayer Healthcare Gulfam WaliUniversity of Warwick Clare WalkerMartyn White Consulting Ltd Martyn WhiteNHS England Strategic Clinical Network and Senate Rob WilsonMedilink West Midlands Sarah WoottonNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Laurie WrenchBirmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust Hamid Zolfagharinia



“The ‘push and pull’ innovation approach results in a regional ecosystem that stimulates both service improvement and service redesign”

Our approach



Our approachThe objectives of the WMAHSN are linked to the NHS Outcomes Framework and the Five Year Forward View. Through its “push and pull” approach, and in particular the opportunities for innovation process, individual areas of focus will look at supporting efforts that ensure that programmes are aligned to the characteristics of high quality, sustainable health and care.

Push and pullThe WMAHSN’s push and pull approach sets out the processes and procedures for the business operations of the WMAHSN. “Push” refers to an innovation or best practice that can be developed by the WMAHSN and adopted at scale and pace by the West Midlands’ health and social care providers, on behalf of their population. The push of innovation and the WMAHSN’s operational response to it will be in a multiple of ways - clinical, industrial, academic and from the patient.

“Pull” is where a problem is identified that could be resolved by an innovation, developed and catalysed by the WMAHSN. The pull of innovation is through the regional ecosystem identifying potential need for solutions in support of how it creates sustainable service improvement through often radical redesign. The emerging solutions, once worked through by WMAHSN, can become potential market opportunities that can go on to create value and wealth in both the regional and national economy.

The “push and pull” innovation approach results in a regional ecosystem that stimulates both service improvement and service redesign through the systematised adoption of evidence-based innovation and best practice.



Innovation pushInnovation proposed

Review relevance againstWMAHSN priorities/themes

Relevant?

Review fitness for purpose:health/wealth gain, market readiness

Fit for purpose?

Market ready?

Build and catalyse a communityof champions

Identify resource and serviceredesign requirements

Investmentrequired?

Attract investment

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Delivery and evaluation

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In most cases, WMAHSN supports proposals that

are market ready or close to readiness

AHSN stakeholders withappropriate clinical, academic

or commercial expertise,knowledge and influence

May be from partners,industry investors, research

grants, public fundingbodies or AHSN investmentOur approach



Innovation pullProblem/needindentified

Review relevance againstWMAHSN priorities/themes

Relevant?

Review fitness for purposeProblem understood & defined,

health/wealth gain; market opportunity

Fit for purpose?

Build and catalyse achallenge community

Identify potential solution

Engage market to design,build and test solution

Indentify and cost serviceredesign requirements

Attract investment

Adoption

Delivery and evaluation

Regional roll outImproved health and/or wealth

Signpost toalternative support

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Solution exist/being developed?

Investment required?

Can come from anystakeholder. Driven byproactive marketing


Head of Programmes

Theme Director/ClinicalLead and Head of

Programmes/AdvisoryGroup/Spoke Council

AHSN stakeholders withappropriate clinical, academic

or commercial expertise, knowledge and influence

May be from partners,industry investors, research

grants, public fundingbodies or AHSN investment



Opportunities for innovations processAs part of its pull approach, in January 2015 the WMAHSN launched its opportunities for innovation process, setting out the thematic challenges faced by the West Midlands network over the coming years. Particular areas of focus are drawn from the Five Year Forward View, as well as the challenges presented by the local health economy, and include the need to promote health and disease prevention. Innovative ways to reduce the burden of disease and demand on health and social care services are to be welcomed. The WMAHSN also seeks and promotes initiatives that will enhance and improve models of care, especially regarding greater effectiveness and efficiency by linking primary and specialised care, mental and physical healthcare and the improved integration of health and social care services.

The WMAHSN considers proposals from the industrial, healthcare, academic and third sector members of its network to work on potential innovative solutions, models and technologies that address these challenges.

The WMAHSN seeks new innovations in the following areas:

• Digital health• Education and workforce of the future• Evidence and adoption• Integrated care• Long term conditions• Medicines optimisation and adherence• Mental health• Open data• Patient experience and feedback• Patient safety • Wealth creation• Wellness and healthy ageing.

Approved proposals will receive support from the WMAHSN in various ways. The WMAHSN seeks proposals for partnership approaches, and while these may identify resource requirements, this is not a bidding process. Proposals can be received or agreed throughout the year.

MembershipMembership of the WMAHSN is composed of standard members, corporate partners and premium members.

The annual “standard” membership commenced on 1 April 2015 and is free of charge to all institutions within the West Midlands AHSN geography.

The annual “premium” membership offer commences on 1 January 2016 and will consist of stratified membership fees in the following categories in year one:

• Academic institutions • NHS providers• NHS commissioners

Also commencing in year one will be the corporate partner membership (CPM), which has been designed to benefit the following institutions:

• UK/global large pharmaceutical companies• UK/global large medical technology companies

For CPMs, their membership will provide them with real-time West Midlands’ market intelligence and knowledge and an opportunity to raise their profile through a series of much publicised events and meetings.

The WMAHSN Expert NetworksAccess to these networks is open to the WMAHSN’s standard and premium members.

West Midlands Integrated Care Network The West Midlands Integrated Care Network links organisations and professionals who are interested in integrating care services across different settings (social care, public health and primary, acute, tertiary, community and mental healthcare) in the context of the NHS England’s Five Year Forward View and other strategies. The network aims to share knowledge and best practice approaches to rolling out innovation across different organisational interfaces and infrastructures, with the overall aim of producing cost-effective and seamless patient journeys which result in the best possible patient outcomes.

Our approach



West Midlands Health Informatics Network The West Midlands Health Informatics Network (WIN) is a group of health informatics professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about health service improvement, education and research in the health informatics domain. To improve health services, WIN collates relevant information and provides guidance on health informatics solutions for the benefit of healthcare organisations in the West Midlands. It looks to support educational initiatives that will enhance health informatics knowledge among healthcare staff and research programmes that will transform patient care. WIN also facilitates forums through social media, its website, workshops and conferences to discuss and disseminate what we have learnt around priority areas in health informatics.

West Midlands Innovation and Adoption and Improvement NetworkThe innovation ambition for the WMAHSN is to act as a catalyst to drive co-operation and productivity between academia, business, NHS commissioners, the third sector and care providers to accelerate the creation, development, commercialisation and adoption of innovation in order to improve the region’s health and generate wealth. The development of a network of innovation, commercial and service improvement professionals will be formally established in order to share lessons learned, exploit economies of scale and develop and create innovation champions across the region in order to increase the pace and scale the adoption of carefully selected innovations.

The WMAHSN is in a unique position to provide a regional service to its members as a trusted source to support the commercialisation of NHS ideas, along with having access to a menu of tried and tested innovations to deliver an enhanced patient experience with the same or less resource. The selected innovations will be triaged to meet members’ requirements and are ready for adoption with mitigated risk and practical, evidence-based support to assist the implementation.

An online innovation and relationship management platform will be established to support and enable the network and West Midlands members in sharing information, practical tools and access to centres of excellence and specialist advice.

West Midlands Patient Safety CollaborativeBuilding on the recommendations from the Berwick report and with due note of the Francis and Keogh inquiries, the WMAHSN will, in partnership with NHS England, develop one of the 15 patient safety collaboratives (PSCs).

The West Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative’s aims are to support frontline staff across the region to reduce avoidable harm and ensure patient safety and quality improvements are integral to each organisation and improve between organisations. In order to achieve this, the collaborative will bring together frontline teams, experts, commissioners patients and the public to develop solutions and to learn from each other in an effective community of practice.

Following on from our successful launch in November last year, the priorities were identified as removing organisational boundaries, setting up a regional network but using the concept of community of practice. The first area of focus was endorsed as preventing pressure ulceration generally, but more specifically in care and residential and domiciliary environments. Initially, the work will focus on sharing and translating good practice across the health and social care sectors bridging social care, community and acute settings. It is anticipated that this will be the basis of other programmes of avoidable harm. There will also be working between AHSNs in clusters.

The WMAHSN is already working on medicines compliance issues and with the CLARHC WM on hydration.

The PSC programme will work alongside the Sign up to Safety campaign, with regional project providers encouraged and supported to participate. The potential to form networks of providers of specialist facilities such as simulation centres is also under consideration.

West Midlands Genomics and Precision Medicine NetworkThe award of a Genomics Medicine Centre (GMC) licence to a West Midlands-wide consortium of acute provider trusts and the University of Birmingham affords a fantastic opportunity for the region, not only to contribute to the initial objective of realising the 100,000 Genome Project, but also



to radically change service delivery and develop the practice of personalised, stratified medicine across the West Midlands.

The comprehensive nature of this initiative has brought together a group of premier academics and service deliverers who will be able to join with industry colleagues, as well as patient and carer representatives, to push the innovative boundaries of healthcare for the next generation. As well as permitting the recruitment and collection of samples for the 100,000 Genome Project, the structure of the West Midlands GMC will allow the key groupings to come together with other world-class experts in pursuit of research transformation, to develop, exploit and deliver first class education and training opportunities, to innovate service provision, integrate care pathways and achieve wealth creation through increased interoperability, automated business processes and software development.

WMAHSN premium member servicesAccess to these services is only open to the WMAHSN’s premium members.

Digital Innovation Service for Healthcare (DISH)The original vision for the WMAHSN was to draw upon the industrial heritage and unique characteristics of the region to deliver Innovation, Health and Wealth. The West Midlands is characterised by its tradition of innovation providing solutions to new challenges connected to a cohesive and supportive ecosystem. The UK health sector, in common with all modern industrial economies, is facing unprecedented challenges as it attempts to balance the benefit of modern technology and innovation in reducing mortality against finite resources. The WMAHSN from its inception identified that digital health would play a leading role in providing solutions to achieve an effective balance between supply and demand.

The digital healthcare vision for WMAHSN is to provide the first true digitally enabled region in the UK. By exploiting the latent potential of digitisation in healthcare, the WMAHSN will provide a fertile environment to support innovative solutions to current healthcare challenges, improve the health of the population through timely use of real time data and create wealth through exploiting commercial and employment opportunities for mutual benefit.

The first phase of delivering the WMAHSN is coming to a conclusion, as a number of short term “proof of principle” developments were established by the digital health theme. While each of the individual programmes were effective projects in their own right, the sum of the programmes in identifying a clear and cohesive direction of travel for delivering the vision provides the greatest value. The initial work of the theme has identified three key areas of focus:

• Co-production • Interoperability and integration • Economy-wide health improvement.

The co-production component is focusing on delivering digitisation across the health economy through supporting organisational systems, such as e-prescribing and individualised systems, patient accessible health records, Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS), Mobile Health (mHealth) and Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures (e-PROMs), to develop co-produced solutions. Interoperability and integration is focusing on linking digital systems to allow for health and social care system wide analysis through system agnostic tools. The economy-wide health improvement component is the creation of an ecosystem that facilitates innovation and also leverages the digital economy via the AHSN-supported West Midlands Health Informatics Network (WIN). This economy-wide ecosystem will both be an engine for attracting inward investment and a means of providing regulatory/commercial support and advice to drive adoption.

The learning from the initial phase of the digital health theme has supported the development of a service-based vehicle to accelerate the delivery of the WMAHSN’s digital vision.

The West Midlands Digital Innovation Service for Healthcare (DISH) will provide a framework and technological platform for the following:

• The integrated provision of a universal Personal/Patient Healthcare Record (PHR) with associated tools

• A range of services for semantically-enriched clinical and research data collection

• The interoperable communication of healthcare information at a regional level which facilitates integrated care, genomic provision, precision medicine and overall digital standardisation.

Our approach



DISH is a resource available to the WMAHSN members which will allow them to accelerate the adoption of digital solutions and provide a framework to develop a wider system for mutual benefit. DISH, alongside a WMAHSN-supported regional network and the WMAHSN digital challenge process, can support the WMAHSN digital health theme’s vision to become the first digital health economy in the UK.

The West Midlands Innovation and Adoption ServicesThe Innovation and Adoption Management Services will deliver value to WMAHSN members in the following areas:

• Management of NHS intellectual property

• Quality-assured interactions with commercial providers that meet genuine requirements and interests

• Bringing together clinical and commercial expertise in order to explore an innovation’s validity and evidence in order to maximise the outcomes in health and wealth terms

• Delivering a suite of practical tools and means of support for individuals and teams to use in their own organisation to adopt innovation and encourage creative thinking

• Providing capacity and capability through skills development, practical support and advice to understand the best approach to the adoption of NICE guidelines and technical appraisals.

It is expected that the implementation of the network and service will achieve the following objectives:

• Becoming the UK’s premier location for providing high quality, cost-effective evidence for the adoption of innovation, from global, national, local and SME health technology and pharmaceutical businesses

• Engaging with industry at the highest level possible in order to resolve local health economy problems and create markets through a collaborative and solution-focused approach

• Creating a health economy that is known for best practice in delivering high quality healthcare and economic wealth for its population

• Providing capacity and practical support to understand the best approach to the adoption of NICE guidelines and technical appraisals• Increased number of regional ‘home grown’ and commercialised NHS ideas from conception through to widespread adoption

• Reducing the time it takes to implement innovations in order to realise patient outcomes, experience and service delivery benefits.



Our approach

The West Midlands Integrated Care Service The Integrated Care Service will provide members with access to expertise and knowledge based on the learning from the successful integrated care, long term conditions and other programmes delivered in the first year of the WMAHSN.

The West Midlands Patient Safety Service The West Midlands Patient Safety Service is in development, with discussions to be initiated with a range of stakeholders across the region to refine plans. Initial suggested areas of focus are:

• Collation/presentation of a variety of different regional and national patient safety data sources to provide greater clarity to colleagues across the health and social care sectors and potentially to patients and members of the public

• Provide enhanced training and development opportunities

• Provide advice to regional health and social care providers on safety issues, with links into networks of experts being facilitated.

The West Midlands Genomics Medicine Service The West Midlands Genomics Medicine Service will provide:

• Unique opportunities for research and development in a geographical area that affords a richly diverse population mix

• Opportunities to attract inward investment and co-production of innovative new treatment methods

• Opportunities for enhanced training and education that prepares the current West Midlands’ workforce for new, innovate means of service delivery

• Opportunities to improve care and reduce wastage through inappropriate or unsuitable treatments

• Opportunities to identify the future requirements of the healthcare service and to guide education authorities, career guidance officers and pupils in the future needs of the NHS and other providers’ workforce.


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