Innovation news

Innovation Masterclass 18th March 2009

We joined up with SHAs in the East Midlands and East on England to hold an Innovation Masterclass on behalf of the Department of Health.

Over 100 staff heard from David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive and from case studies from the three regions, including Birmingham OwnHealth and a film of the Wellness programme in NHS Stoke on Trent from the West Midlands.

West Midlands NHS Innovation Competition 2009

The aim of the competition is to identify and reward innovative individuals and teams within NHS Trusts and PCTs in the West Midlands region, and to promote innovations which have the potential to lead to improvements in healthcare for patients in the region and beyond.

The competition will also raise awareness of innovation in the NHS across the West Midlands.  A prize fund of £10,000 will be shared between a number of winners and runners-up.  Prizes will be paid to the employing Trust with the intention of them being ring-fenced for the development of the winning innovation.  Winners will be selected by a regional panel of judges, drawn from the NHS, industry and academia. The awards ceremony will take place in Birmingham on Thursday 26 November 2009.

2008 Awards Winners

OVERALL WINNER

‘About Me’ Person Centred Care for Confused Older People, developed at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

RUNNERS-UP

‘Paediatric Early Warning System: good, safe care’, developed at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

‘Hand-held Diabetes Antenatal Records’, developed through the Diabetes in Pregnancy Advisory Group of the Perinatal Institute:

‘ONES TO WATCH’

‘Taking a Genetic Family History’, developed at the National Genetics Education Centre, Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust:

‘New Lighter Weight Breast Prosthesis’, developed at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust:

Competition opens in June 2009 at www.midtech.org