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One of the causes of heart attack and stroke is a genetic condition called Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH), which creates an abnormal level of cholesterol in the blood.

A 34-year old woman in Carlisle, Ciara Wannop, didn’t know she had the condition until she had a heart attack while 26 weeks’ pregnant. She feels lucky to have had an early warning of a potentially life-limiting condition.

In this podcast, she is joined by Dr Youssef Beaini who is the clinical lead of a national programme from the NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative, to help reduce heart disease.

Called the Rapid Uptake Products programme, which is delivered by the AHSN Network, it focuses on a number of products which have been proved to significantly improve care and reduce NHS costs.

Our guests talk to Dr Phil Jennings, AHSN Network Lead for the Rapid Uptake Products.

In this episode, Dr Hasan Chowhan explores the challenges facing pulmonary rehab services, which have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Greater strain will continue on these services as we support COVID patients with longer term respiratory problems. So what can innovators do to help? Listen and find out...

Dr Chowhan interviews Kelly Redden-Rowley, a Respiratory Physiotherapist and Head of Community Respiratory Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust. We also hear about exciting innovations from: Jan Van Aken from Spirit Digital; Kevin Auton from Aseptika, Simon Taylor from Rehab Guru and Farhan Amin from Concept Health. 

In this episode we chat to Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, a psychiatrist with more than 20 years' experience of helping people with mental health and substance misuse problems. He is also the founder of the Club Drug Clinic and author of 'The Drug Conversation'. He sets out the challenges facing this sector and where innovation may help.
We also hear from the innovators behind the Smoke Free app, Kontigo Care and Build on Belief helping those with addiction related problems.

In this episode, Kevin Brooks, a bids specialist working for Wessex AHSN, gives listeners some hugely helpful tips on how to be successful in applying for health and care innovation funding.
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Since Covid-19 hit the UK in early 2020, health and care services have digitised at a dramatic pace. 

When the crisis is over, a number of questions will need to be answered: for example, was the technology deployed in the most effective way; were downsides addressed; what further changes are needed to achieve full benefits; and how do providers protect the interests of particular groups? 

 

In this podcast, Dr Hasan Chowhan interviews Ben Collins, Project Director at The King’s Fund, to discuss these questions and his research findings published in a recent report: ‘Technology and innovation for long-term health conditions.’

 

The paper considers four innovation examples from the United Kingdom (UK) and the Nordic countries that use digital technology to support more ambitious transformations of care. One such innovation is Patients Know Best - their CEO Mo Al Ubaydli also joins the podcast to tell us how his company has succeeded, and gives insights into how to move forward and make the changes necessary to improve future care.   

 

Read the King's Fund report here

At the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, NHSX, the AHSN Network, PUBLIC and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government launched #TechForce19 to find technology that could help vulnerable people during the pandemic.
In this series of three podcasts, hear from the companies who were selected to receive nationwide support and funding to take their innovations to the next level.

Episode 3 is the final episode in the TechForce series and features stories from Chanua, PeopleToo/ Novoville, Alcuris, Birdie and Aparito.

At the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, NHSX, the AHSN Network, PUBLIC and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government launched #TechForce19 to find technology that could help vulnerable people during the pandemic.
In this series of three podcasts, hear from the companies who were selected to receive nationwide support and funding to take their innovations to the next level.
Episode 2 features stories from Ampersand, SureCert, Vine Health, Team Kinetic and Feebris.

At the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, NHSX, the AHSN Network, PUBLIC and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government launched #TechForce19 to find technology that could help vulnerable people during the pandemic.
In this series of three podcasts, hear from the companies who were selected to receive nationwide support and funding to take their innovations to the next level.

Episode 1 features Rix, Buddi, Peppy and Beam.

The mental health sector is under more pressure than ever, with our society facing extraordinary challenges during the Covid-19 outbreak.
In this episode, our host Dr Hasan Chowhan explores innovation in mental health care for adults. Vick Haworth from Isorropia Foundation joins him to talk about their new successful approach to treating patients on the Isle of Wight, we hear from Brain in Hand's Louise Morpeth about the technology they use to support those with autism, and Caroline Gadd tells us about MaST, an effective system to help community mental health teams better manage caseloads and easily identify priority cases. 

This episode was produced by The Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network for the north west coast.