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154 posts in: ‘Blog’
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Innovation supply and demand: never the twain shall meet?
Co-founder of the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), Dr Amanda Begley, introduces a new series of research and real-world insight from the NIA, which addresses what it will take…
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Sarah Armstrong: Covid-19 and care homes—why now is the time to invest in carers’ skills
This pandemic has underlined the vital work being done by care home staff and shown us that we must find more ways to support their skills, says UCLPartners'…
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Involving people who have had COVID-19, and carers, in developing rehabilitation services
Dr Erin Walker describes how UCLPartners has involved patients and carers in discussions about COVID-19 rehabilitation needs and how lessons learned have fed into London wide commissioning guidance.
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Genomics testing and pharmacy – a new era of personalised care for patients
Mandeep Butt considers the role of the emerging Genomic Medicines Service Alliance's and encourages pharmacists and their teams to educate themselves in genomics and personalised medicine.
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UCLPartners Improvement Fellows 2017: Interview with Dave Grewcock
This week we talked to Dave Grewcock, a 2016 UCLPartners Improvement Fellow, to find out his reflections on the programme. Hi Dave, please tell us a bit about…
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Taking the lab out of testing in the COVID-19 pandemic
UCLPartners Health Technology Advisor Gareth Cairns discusses how point of care and at home testing has come to the fore in the pandemic and looks at some examples…
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The Bedside Learning Co-ordinator: capturing and acting on insights from the front-line
Dr Jenny Shand explains how creating the role of Bedside Learning Co-ordinator at the Nightingale Hospital London helped capture frontline insights on improving patient care, efficiency, and staff…
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What can we learn from COVID-19 about how to fund, co-ordinate and deliver rapid service evaluation in health and care?
Health and care services have innovated quickly in response to the pandemic. But how do we evaluate rapid implementations made at scale?
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Post-COVID recovery: proactive care, self care and CVD prevention
A major concern for general practice is how to continue with the essential covid response while providing proactive care to patients who are at highest risk of deterioration.
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LGBT+ history month: Claiming our past. Celebrating our present. Creating our future.
Our Technology Evaluation Lead, Ilias Zapantis, writes about LGBT+ History Month, reflects on what it means for those who work in healthcare and shares some of the activities…
