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Powering the Future of Health and Care Innovation sets out our strategy until 2030

Powering the Future of Health and Care Innovation sets out our strategy until 2030. This is a summary version.

This feasibility study, commissioned by UK Science and Technology Network and National Health Service England (NHSE) and conducted by Health Innovation North West Coast (HINWC), explores the potential use cases and understanding of quantum computing within the UK’s health and social care system. The study, employing interviews, workshops, site visits and desktop research, aimed to identify the system’s needs, establish relevant use cases, and pinpoint areas that could benefit from this emerging technology.

Health Innovation North West Coast successfully established a community of practice in the region as part of the national Polypharmacy Programme. This community of practice is successfully embedded into ‘business as usual’ in Cheshire and Merseyside.

A North West Coast trust piloted the use of WhatsApp for urgent case escalation as part of the Martha's Rule implementation

There was a requirement to act on the high levels of controlled drug prescribing, and with a culture change and slow, steady work, the practice was able to significantly reduce prescriptions of controlled drugs

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Medication Awareness Pathway Support (MAPS), a new shared-care pathway using a biopsychosocial model of care, has been created by Inspire Lancashire, a specialist drug and alcohol service, Fleetwood (Lancashire) PCN, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and Health Innovation North West Coast.

More than 300 people joined us in Leeds – with another 200 tuning in online – for a day of inspiring discussion, collaboration and fresh thinking on how innovation can deliver the ambitions of the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan and Life Sciences Sector Plan.

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