We are a health innovation partnership. Our mission is to help five million people from North London to the Essex coast live longer, healthier lives.
We focus on the health challenges that have the biggest impact on the people most in need.
Our work aims to prevent people from becoming ill, give them quicker access to care and transform the quality of their treatment.
NEW WEBINAR: Innovation insights: Applying health equity principles and addressing inequalities
Health equity ensures that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their optimal level of health. This webinar will introduce the Ten Principles of Health Equity, developed by Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, led by Chief Medical Officer, Dr MaryAnn Ferreux, and demonstrate how they can be applied to promote equity across health and care systems. Attendees will hear real-world examples and engage in a Q&A with experts in the field.
Book your place here: https://zurl.co/jn1RJ
📆 Tuesday 11 March, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Find out more about our Innovation Insights webinar series and what other sessions are on offer here: https://zurl.co/AA9Nz
For International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting the incredible women driving XR innovation. 🚀
Be it virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) or haptics, these trailblazing women are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the mental health space.
Meet some of the change-makers:
• May Abdalla, Weareanagram, whose solution for staff and clinicians aims to positively impact their empathy to patients
• Manjul Rathee, BFB Labs, whose solution aims to combine immersive mobile gaming, a CBT approach and real-time data monitoring to engage adolescents and improve treatment adherence
• Gabriela Isas and Dr Ellie Kallis Ph.D, Good With, whose solution aims to not only relieve financial anxiety but also improve confidence in money management and enhance financial capability in young people
• Laura Stembridge, Let The Inside Out, whose solution aims to improve mental health by offering personalised content and vetted mental health experts in a trusted environment
• Dr Fin Williams, MindPsy, whose solution aims to harness passive data and Ai to optimise emotional wellbeing for young people
• Zillah Watson and Katie Grayson, Phase Space Ltd, whose solution aims to provide rapid relief from stress and anxiety as well as developing long-term coping skills
• Dr Sarah Campbell and Claire Koenig, Play Well For Life, whose solution aims to improve psychological intervention for adolescents, helping improve mental health at school
• Camille Sainsbury, Safe Space Labs, whose solution aims to empower young people with special needs by improving their social and emotional skills through immersive tech
• Nicola Honey, Scenegraph Studios, whose solution, aims to help users manage their mental health both within and outside the app by teaching mindfulness skills that can be applied to everyday life
• Silvia (Juan) Lin, Tycho MedLink, whose solution aims to address cognitive impairment in individuals with neurological conditions, ageing populations and those who have experienced brain injuries or strokes
• Morag Maskey, XR Therapeutics, whose solution aims to empower therapists through custom-built digital environments to engage directly with clients within real-world scenarios
• Persis Jade Marvalla, ZECORA URA THEATRE, whose arts-based XR simulation is designed to transform nursing training by enhancing empathy and the use of affective touch
Significant gender disparities still exist in many areas of health tech such as inequitable access to investment and the wide-ranging impacts of male-centric models of health.
We’re proud to be supporting efforts to #AccelerateAction on gender equality.
#IWD2025#WomenInTech
Our programme works in partnership with Hardian Health, The XR Health Alliance, MQ Mental Health Research, Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI), Hill Dickinson LLP, Health Innovation South West, Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria
On the same day that UCLPartners, in collaboration with The Health Foundation, shared our report AI in London healthcare: The reality behind the hype attended the Turing AI Fellowship showcase & AdSoLve Co-Creation workshop.
It was great to hear all about the potential of LLMs to improve mental health and the ongoing work by QMUL to ensure that LLMs are effectively identifying moments of change, improving temporal reasoning, benchmarking and evaluation. We also heard from international colleagues who are already deploying AI for MH as well as looking at using AI to advance precision in treatment of depression.
Got a healthcare idea to grow? Our 12-month Innovation Fellowship is open!
Who can apply?
All staff within Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS)
Small and medium businesses in Mid and South Essex
Clinical Entrepreneur Programme members
https://lnkd.in/dNz5PQZR
Join us for the Pan-London PSIRF Summit: Empowering Small Providers — a dedicated day on the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) in the independent sector.
We are hosting this in-person event in collaboration with UCLPartners on Friday 21 March 2025 in London.
Topics on the agenda include:
📋 Developing PSIRF plans and policies.
📈 Turning learning into improvement.
📚 Real-life case studies to ensure your organisation is fully compliant with PSIRF.
Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to network and connect with colleagues from across the sector.
Find out more and sign up: https://lnkd.in/gAdvPz4W
📢 NEW WEBINAR SERIES
Innovation Insights is a brand-new webinar series designed to share insight, knowledge and expertise on the latest developments in health innovation.
Each webinar will feature opportunities for learning, insight from expert speakers, interactive Q&A sessions and key takeaways. This series is free to attend and is open to everyone, regardless of their role or organisation.
Applying health equity principles and addressing inequalities, hosted by Health Innovation Kent Surrey and Sussex
Tuesday 11 March, 1:30pm - Just one week to go! 🔔
Harnessing AI brain imaging to transform delivery of thrombectomy for stroke, hosted by Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley
Tuesday 18 March, 1pm
Measuring benefits and impacts – An introduction, hosted by Health Innovation East Midlands, Tuesday 1 April, 11am.
Register now: https://zurl.co/XasEI
It was great to join last's week Mental Health Innovation Network on AI and mental health (big thanks to Aahuti Rai and Ross O'Brien for organising)
Lots of optimism about how AI could support people's mental health but also lots of knotty tensions and questions that need to be considered:
- Should AI enhance (ambient scribes, clinical tools) or replace human support in mental health services? Most of us feel that human-to-human therapeutic relationships can't be replaced. But given the huge unmet need for mental health support, both in the UK but also globally, how can we keep our minds open to the role that AI could play at scale?
- How do we ensure that we focus on improving mental health outcomes not just engagement? We need chatbots/digital therapists that can support people to recover - not create dependencies
- Frontline mental health support isn't solely provided by the NHS, the charity sector is also a big provider. But not all charities are in the financial position or have the risk appetite to embed AI in the way they work or their services. How can we learn from those that are like Matthew Hill FRSA at Rethink?
