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Summary report: Neonatal technology enabled care (NTEC): Current state, future opportunities
Neonatal care would benefit from many available technologies to improve care and enable families to feel closer to their babies. This new report has identified a number of basic recommendations that need to happen to enable these technologies to be brought in.
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This AF Quality Improvement Toolkit has been created with the purpose of spreading improvements in the diagnosis and management of AF in primary care and is aimed at GPs, practice nurses, practice managers and administrative staff.
Meet the innovators - Coaching for Mental Health and Wellbeing in the... Read more
Well done to the participants of our coaching for spread and adoption programme focussed on innovations in mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. This report includes some of their stories and their 100-word ‘pitches’ which were honed during the programme.
Safer care during COVID-19 Read more
The AHSN Network, of which the Innovation Agency is a part, has published a rapid-learning report on the role of Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) during the pandemic.
A ‘curious experiment’ the birth and growth of the Innovation Agency Read more
This independent paper was commissioned by the Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast of England. The views in the report are those of the author and all conclusions are the author’s own.
Innovation Agency Business Plan 2020-2021 Read more
Our business plan for 2020 to 2021 is written in summer 2020 as we continue to grapple with the challenges presented by COVID-19.
Innovation Agency Book of Highlights 2019-2020 Read more
The Innovation Agency annual report for 2019-2020
Kick Starts for QI in North West Coast Read more
The Innovation Agency is providing a fund offering small grants to enable collaborations among Q members in the North West Coast.
Innovation Agency stakeholder research report Read more
A report about perceptions of the Innovation Agency has been published following an independent survey.
PrescQIPP e-learning package Read more
E-learning package for domiciliary care staff in nursing and residential homes for PrescQIPP, the NHS-funded organisation that supports optimised prescribing.
Fast-track preparation of injectable medicine Read more
This is a competency-based training package for use by technicians and pharmacists during Covid-19 in the preparation of intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, bolus and infused medicines.
Round-up of information to support end-of-life care Read more
Round up of information to support EoL care in the community 8.4.2020
Royal Pharmaceutical Society ethical framework Read more
There is a wide recognition that all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, like other health professionals, are working under extreme pressures during the current pandemic. These are likely to get worse before they get better and may recur. Staff are already having to make prioritisation decisions and are planning for previously unseen situations.
Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) training guide Read more
The latest phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS – also known as ETP2) involves the electronic transfer of the prescription to either the patient’s nominated pharmacy via the Spine. By using EPS Phase 4 users can transfer a prescription to the Spine to be dispensed by any pharmacy where the patient presents. The patient can then collect the prescription from the pharmacy without needing a paper prescription.