April 2019 Newsletter
All the latest news, information on events, and other relevant opportunities – including why there are too many fellowships in the NHS, an invitation to pitch at an NHS HR showcase event, and how “paying it forward” pays off.
Month: April 2019
Don’t suffer in silence: maternal mental health awareness week
When you mention “maternity” to the majority of the population, Hollywood-style images of happy families might come to mind. However, as we enter into “Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week” this week, Dr Julian Nesbitt opens up the conversation about the struggles that many people face surrounding maternity.
Accelerator success: improving postnatal discharge at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Earlier this year, DigitalHealth.London Accelerator partner CW+, selected Accelerator company Lumeon (from our 2016-17 cohort) to help digitise its postnatal discharge process. They launched the innovative software earlier this year, and here describe the difference it is making to new mums and their babies.
Paying it forward: humanity in healthtech
Four years ago, when I was pursuing my own entrepreneurial health venture, through a tech start-up that I founded, I learnt about “paying it forward.” The concept is all about the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor.
Too many NHS Fellowships?
Yinka Makinde thinks there are too many fellowships designed to develop and mentor staff members to become better change leaders. She explains that the need for fellowships reflects a failing in the system: “we have not yet reached a point where individual NHS organisations are consistently providing this type of direction and coaching to their staff members.”
Join our team: Project Support Officer at DigitalHealth.London Accelerator
The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator team is looking for a Project Support Officer to help kick off another year of supporting healthcare technology companies scale in the NHS. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in a growing team that have supported companies like Perfect Ward, Babylon, Medopad and Echo.
Lincolnshire partners with Accelerator company Q doctor
After a successful pilot, Accelerator company Q doctor has partnered with Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trustto give their patients access to video consultations with healthcare professionals – all 735,000 of them. This is a great success, and makes us proud of the work our SMEs do to improve health and care in the UK.
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator Programme Director named one of 100 top women in healthtech
We’re immensely proud that Jenny Thomas has been named as one of 100 top women in healthtech, in a list published by Women of Wearables this month. Jenny is in good company, featured alongside the brilliant Lydia Yarlott and Elin Haf Davies from Accelerator companies Forward Health and Aparito.
DigitalHealth.London NHS Navigator joins NHS Digital Academy
Our NHS Navigator Sara Nelson is fresh out of her first session at the NHS Digital Academy. The Academy was set up “to develop a new generation of excellent digital leaders who can drive the information and technology transformation of the NHS.” Sara is one of only five nurses on the course, and will combine her studies with her full-time role at our flagship Accelerator programme.
Israeli start-ups visit London to showcase new technologies on their way to the NHS
Neurotech Solutions, Day Two and Orpheus Medical were all invited to London as part of the UK Israel Dangoor Health Initiative, a health accelerator aimed at connecting Israeli start-ups in the digital health field with the NHS. The programme is a partnership between DigitalHealth.London, the UK Israel Tech Hub, IBM Alpha Zone, and Dangoor Education.
NHS Digital Pioneer Fellowship Day 1 Photo Gallery
On Thursday 4 April 2019 we hosted the first day of our 2019 cohort of the Digital Pioneer Fellowship. Here are some of our photo highlights from the day.
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