CATCH researcher Dr Steve Ariss joins ground-breaking improvement initiative

CATCH researcher, Dr Steve Ariss has been selected to join Q – an initiative aiming to support continuous improvement in the quality of care for patients.

CATCH PhD student presents research at NHS Mental Health Services conference in Bristol

Matthew Bennion, CATCH PhD student attended the Facilitating Digital Innovations for NHS Mental Health Services conference in Bristol, 18th May 2017 and presented his recent research around E-therapy usage in the English NHS.

CATCH member Matthew Bennion debates the future of digital therapies in IAPT services at Digital IAPT 2017

Matthew Bennion, CATCH PhD student attended the IAPT DIGITAL 2017 conference in London, 8th May 2017 and sat on a debate panel entitled: Disrupting IAPT, Changing the Game: players, managers and supporters discuss.

Sheffield Occupational Therapy Clinical Academic (SOTCA) network meeting

A meeting of the Sheffield Occupational Therapy Clinical Academic (SOTCA) network was held on 26^th April 2017 at the Assessment and Rehab Centre, Nether Edge, Sheffield.

 

Seminar: The ‘Perfect Patient Pathway’: an update from the Sheffield City Region health-technology Test Bed

This week Dr Steve Ariss, evaluation lead for The Perfect Patient Pathway gave a seminar on the progress of the regional Test Bed as part of the ScHARR Seminar Series.

Apps library is advance for a digital NHS

On Tuesday 10th April the NHS launched two new digital platforms: NHS Digital Apps Library and a Mobile Health space for developers on Developer.nhs.uk.

Falls now the most common type of major trauma in England and Wales report reveals

In a press release published by the University of Sheffield last week, falls from a standing height are now the most common cause of major trauma, the first national report on major injury in older people has revealed.

Read the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed Newsletter - Issue One

The first issue of the South Yorkshire Region Perfect Patient Pathway (PPP) Test Bed newsletter has been published.

The evaluation, led by CATCH research Dr Steve Ariss is one of seven national ‘Test Bed’ sites in a drive to modernise how the NHS delivers care through creating new collaborations between the NHS and industry.

In this issue of the newsletter:

• Sir Malcolm Grant CBE visits Innovation Centre - the NHS England Chair was interested to see the rapid progress being made by the Sheffield Perfect Patient Pathway programme.
• Testing the new Health Emergency App - just one of the technologies being evaluated by the PPP.
• Diabetes patients benefiting from device that could help thousands - discover the device helping patients better manage insulin injections.
• Innovative Intelligence Centre will help support patient care - the centre will aggregate data from all health and social care partners to create one dataset.

The programme aims to create the ‘Perfect Patient Pathway’ to bring substantial benefits for patients living with long term health conditions, such as diabetes, mental health problems, respiratory disease, hypertension and other chronic conditions.

To find out more about the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed, visit the project page or contact Laura Murray.

The full newsletter can be downloaded and read here.

Sheffield Occupational Therapy Clinical Academic (SOTCA) network meeting

A meeting of the Sheffield Occupational Therapy Clinical Academic (SOTCA) network was held on 26^th January 2017. The network was started by Laura Di Bona and aims to provide peer support, form collaborations and consider service developments.

Occupational therapists based in Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Rotherham Housing Services, University of Sheffield, and Sheffield Hallam University attended. All were interested in or to pursue research, and ways to combine research with clinical practice. There was a great variety of clinical and research experience in the room with people at different stages of their careers. Some had done research MSc modules, some MSCs, some were studying for PhDs, and some had submitted applications to the NIHR clinical academic pathway doctoral fellowship programme. Sam Armitage (Occupational Therapist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital), Laura Di Bona (University of Sheffield & Sheffield Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust) and Professor Gail Mountain (Professor, University of Bradford) all gave informal presentations about their research journeys. It seemed that carving out a clinical academic career required resilience, commitment and flexibility, and that there wasn’t one clear, established ‘pathway’ to follow, the presenters had all created and responded to opportunities.  Everyone  agreed to meet again, perhaps with presentations  - possibly related to Occupational Therapy and assistive technology research, or the MSc in Clinical Research – to be confirmed.  

Any occupational therapists, or occupational therapy students interested in doing  research, service evaluation/development are welcome! You can come for general interest and/or use the group for support, for example project ideas, funding applications, conference or publication submissions...

The next meeting is planned for  Thursday 27^th April 5-7pm at the Assessment and Rehab Centre  (ARC) in Nether Edge although this will be confirmed nearer the time.

SOTCA has a new website at: http://www.catch.org.uk/current-project/sotca/ . If you are interested, please log on to it and register your details with our new Mailchimp account so you can be sure to hear about future work of the group. Also, please follow us on twitter 

Written by Becky Field

NHS 111 - speak to a person or a robot?

Interesting article about how artificial intelligence could hep our NHS 111 service. Click here to read. 

Health and Social Care Priorities: 2017

The King's Fund has published a report outlining the five key priorities for health and social care in 2017. 


You can access the report by clicking here.

The demand on services is changing hospital activity and funding in England

Interesting report publihsed by the King's Fund. 

Click here to access.

Data. Design. Diversity.

One dark and damp evening last month two members of the CATCH team decided to venture out across the Peak District to take part in a fantastic event organised by Sound and Music Charity as part of the Design Manchester 2016 Festival.

Translational Researchers Dr Katherine Easton and Dr Stephen Potter took part in the latest Creative Data Club, one of a series of regular ‘datagazing’ events, which had relocated specially for the Festival from its safe London home to the trendy Texture bar in the heart of Manchester’s bustling Northern Quarter. The event brought together speakers from a range of backgrounds to share their projects, working practices and thoughts with an audience of artists, scientists and general creative types.

The event was run in partnership with information design agency Signal Noise, and addressed the theme of design and diversity – more specifically, how might we diversify audiences, experiences and accessibility by using data and design in open and inclusive ways. Katherine discussed the importance of co-production with end users to the success of assistive technology projects, with Stephen presenting ways in which data and design processes can mislead and exclude the very people we try to assist. The other speakers talked about designing adapted musical instruments, inclusive musical theatre and composition, and wider issues of data privacy and data inequality. All in all, a fascinating evening that provided insights into the practices and concerns of communities beyond the usual reach of CATCH public engagement exercises.

NHS under pressure this winter

Kings Fund report on the pressures the NHS is facing this winter...click here to read.

T4I2016 programme now available!

The Technology for Independence (T4I) conference will take place on Monday 28th November 2016 from 08.30 to 17.30 at St. Mary’s Church & Conference Centre, Sheffield.

The programme for the conference is now available here.

The day starts at 8.30 with a packed programme including 22 talks in a variety of areas. We are delighted to have Prof Luc de Witte as a plenary speaker talking about "How to close the gap between what is technically possible and practically available?”. We will also be joined by Stephen Purdham from 3rings who will deliver a session on the Internet of Things.

This year, we will also host a free social event on Sunday 27th November from 7pm, the evening before the conference to give you a great opportunity for additional networking. The pre-event dinner will be hosted at Kelham Island Brewery (23 Alma St, Sheffield, S3 8SA) with steak & ale pie, peas and local beer. Those who have expressed their intent to be a delegate can apply to join this free social event*. Please email us to at t4i@sheffield.ac.uk.

(*Only 20 tickets available. Enquiries will be collected until 02/11/2016, allocated on a first come first served basis. Tickets will be sent out on 07/11/2016.)

Registration for the conference is open, please book your places here.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

We also offer exhibition space at the conference venue which is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate Assistive Technology.

We provide wifi, power and a table in a floor area of about 6m2 for £260 (plus VAT). Additional requirements can be accommodated, please get in touch and we will be able to provide you with pricing options.

This year we are also offering a light option for exhibiting. If you only bring a single banner, you can exhibit with the delegate fee of £160.

If you need more information or have specific requirements, please let us know.

We look forward to seeing you in November. If you would like further information about the conference please get in touch with Richard Simmonds.