80% of the world’s healthcare professionals have reported that their patient’s mental health has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic [i]. There is growing concern that ADHD care is compromised as patients have not been able to make clinic visits during lockdown. ADHD is strongly associated with anxiety and other related disorders and in a recent
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The NHS Innovation Accelerator is recruiting for an Interim Deputy Director on a 1-year fixed-term contract.   The Deputy Director will work with the National Director for the NIA to co-lead delivery of the accelerator in partnership with NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), AHSNs and other key stakeholders. The post holder will take on operational
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This blog was originally published by the AHSN Network on 27 August 2020. Following the recent release of Simon Stevens’ letter addressing the third phase of NHS response to COVID-19, NHS Innovation Accelerator  (NIA) Deputy Director, Laura Boyd, reflects on the opportunities for innovation. I have had the enormous privilege of supporting NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellows and
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Mark Lomax, PEP Health (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 21 September 2020.  Mark Lomax is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and CEO of PEP Health, a platform that analyses real-world, real-time patient feedback. Here he reflects on the spike in NHS patient
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Paul Upton, MyPreOp (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 1 September 2020.  Dr Paul Upton is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and CEO of Ultramed Ltd, the creator of the MyPreOp® patient-driven online pre-operative assessment platform. Here he reflects on his experience as an innovator during
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Caroline Gadd, MaST (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 16 September 2020.  Caroline Gadd is an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and Director of Otsuka Health Solutions. Here she writes about how her innovation, Management and Supervision Tool (MaST), has adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the
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Ahmed Shahrabani, Locum’s Nest (NIA 2020) This blog was originally published as part of the AHSN Network‘s COVID-19 Lessons blog series on 3 September 2020. Dr Ahmed Shahrabani is an NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow and the co-founder of Locum’s Nest, a total workforce management system, which he worked closely with Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN to grow. Here he writes
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