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Happy Holidays from GIG Health! For GIG the past year has been one of our best. We want to say thank you, and wish you good rest. There’s so many things we give thanks for this season, And for every last one of them, you are the reason. So now we recharge, as the new year is nigh, And think of the things that defined us, and why… #HappyHolidays https://lnkd.in/eM-a7U3G

A big thank you to the entire GIG Health team. It has been quite the year! 🚀 🌟

I had the pleasure of attending the #GIANT2024 Health Event last week, an NHS innovation festival at The Business Design Centre. I specifically attended the Women’s Health talks, which had a range of really impressive guests who all had inspiring things to say, amongst the frustrating facts we’re currently living with. Here are a few key things I learned: 👉🏻Women’s Health is closely tied to the economy - Reports from McKinsey, the NHS Federation and Deloitte show that if we close the gender health gap, we would save 36 billion dollars annually in the UK – that’s the whole of the NHS budget. - Contraception is the single most cost-effective intervention in healthcare. So why must we pay for it?   👉🏻There is a huge black hole of data missing for women - Women have only been included in clinical trials for the last 30 years and even now, when a condition may mostly affect women, the trial will aim for a 50/50 male/female split. - Instead of just looking at women and men, or those who are Black and those who are White, look specifically at Black women, for example. These are the kinds of gaps we need to fill.   👉🏻AI has a fundamental role in helping with this but we need to be careful with:  - Inheriting bias’  - Privacy - Accessibility - Sometimes innovation actually widens the gap. This is why we need government, NHS and companies to all work together.    👉🏻MedEd and community education needs an overhaul - The topic of menopause is optional in 41% of UK medical schools. We need menopause training in firms and private companies. We need to make a path for menopausal women at senior leadership.  - We should be giving women information on menopause before it happens, so that it’s easier to navigate when they get there. There are cultural variations to be aware of. - Things like endometriosis don’t just start overnight, there are always symptoms. There is an education piece to be done, describing symptoms in language that all communities can resonate with, and addressing what these symptoms can lead to.   👉🏻How can GPs and companies do better for women’s health? - Push for technology to share records between GPs and hospitals to improve patient safety and experience. - Host community classes in different languages. In person connection helps build that trust. Go out and invite people proactively.  - Symptoms need to be tracked through to diagnosis - Societal sources must be the same. Information should be reliable, correct, consistent.    👉🏻We’ve done it before… we can do it here!  - NHS Digital was able to work at scale and pace in the pandemic, because the crisis pulled people together. They had a team diverse of professions, 45% women… all of this helped them do what they needed to do at the time. There’s no reason we can’t apply this to women’s health. It is as essential.  - We need to lobby new products and put incentives in place – solutions will be rushed to!

Patient Empowerment isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the foundation of better clinical trials. In her latest article, GIG Health’s Account Director, Bonnie Nan Jack, explores how co-creating clinical trial materials leads to improved trust, satisfaction, and better health outcomes. Learn more. 👇💡

In case you missed Juliette Rothera's, GIG Health's Marketing Director, key takeaways from the recent pharma communications and reputation conference. #keylearnings #conference #healthcare #education

A wonderful collaboration with Edgewise Therapeutics developing a video that helps breakdown the use of the North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA), used by healthcare teams to assess and measure the impact of Becker and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on everyday activities. When medical information is hard to understand and difficult to digest, its important to consider your audience and creative avenues to aid with medical and scientific understanding. Thank you for your trust! It has been a joy working closely with the Patient Advocacy team: Sarah Tencer, Katherine Krieger, Abby Bronson, and Maureen Franco. #patienteducation #becker #duchenne #musculardystrophy #GIGHealth #Healthcare #Agency

We’re thrilled to finally share the full episode of “Joe’s Journey” with you! Step into the world of a neurodivergent child, Joe, as he navigates life through an unlikely friendship with his extroverted classmate Lotty and his imaginary companion, Stims. At GIG Health, we’re driven by a shared passion for making a difference in healthcare. Each year, we take on a meaningful side project that lets us explore creativity beyond our usual work. This year, we focused our expertise in character animation on neurodiversity, creating a children’s animation that is both heartfelt and impactful. We see immense potential in performance-driven animations like “Joe’s Journey”—not only in healthcare but also in public education. Our goal is to collaborate with behavioural therapists and families of neurodiverse children to expand this pilot episode into a full series, with dreams of bringing it to streaming platforms one day. Your feedback and suggestions mean the world to us as we continue this journey. What did you think of “Joe’s Journey”? A BIG thank you, The GIG Health Team #GIGHealth #Neurodiversity #Healthcare #Animation

Great takeaways from a fab event that we're so grateful to have been part of! Thanks POP Health Communications Ltd and Lynnea Olivarez from Ticket to Biotech for a brilliant evening. Let's hope this is the start of many networking events taking place across the pond!

Is that Stims making a magical appearance...wearing only his underwear? 👀 Throughout the episode, Joe turns to his trusty imaginary friend, Stims, for advice on how to respond appropriately to his friend, Emma. But as he’s a figment of Joe’s imagination, he doesn’t always come out with the right thing to say... Next week we will finally be REVEALING episode one of Joe's Journey! Keep an eye out! 💡📽️🎬️ #childrens #animation #neurodiversity #healthcare #agency #JoesJourney #GIGHealth

A first look at our vibrant and energetic Lotty who’s going off on a little bit of a rant about her classmate Emma. Joe is trying his best to process what she’s saying... #firstlook #childrensanimation #neurodiversity #JoesJourney #GIGHealth