Three projects from NHS organisations across Lincolnshire have been chosen to showcase their innovations at a national healthcare EXPO event being held in London on 9th and 10th March.
More than 10,000 delegates from across healthcare, education, industry and the voluntary sector are expected to attend the largest public sector health and social care event in Europe at the Excel Centre in London. There will be over 150 seminars to attend, 250 exhibitors and 100 inspirational guest speakers - including the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley and the NHS Chief Executive, David Nicholson. The focus of the event is on high impact innovations to improve patient care and productivity and for innovative practices to be shared to encourage widespread adoption across the healthcare system.
The Lincolnshire NHS projects will form part of the wide variety of innovations from NHS organisations in the East Midlands that demonstrate where frontline health care staff have had the opportunity to turn their ideas for quality improvement into reality.
Over fifty East Midlands innovators will be promoting and sharing their innovative projects at the event through a dedicated ‘Learning Café’ seminar, a Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) Zone and an exhibition stand. The projects cover a number of healthcare priority areas including supporting long term conditions, mental health and wellbeing and making services safer.
One Lincolnshire based initiative that will be showcased in the East Midlands’ ‘Learning Café’ is the ‘Outcome-Orientated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services’, which was developed by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to improve patient outcomes by reducing non attendance and drop-out rates through a targeted training programme, website and manual suited to the requirements of users. This has achieved significant results by eliminating waiting lists, reducing the number of patients in need of medication and decreasing the number of patients that have to be referred for inpatient treatment.
Kathy McLean, Medical Director and Lead Director for Innovation at NHS East Midlands said:
“We are delighted to be showcasing so many innovation projects from across the NHS in the East Midlands on this national platform. It highlights the fantastic work that has been taking place in the NHS since we launched the innovation journey in 2009 and the radical and exciting ideas that our frontline staff are turning into action, all to improve patient outcomes.”
